Breaking The Ice

[Ray Brookes]

It's a loaded dice.
Kids breaking the ice
Taught Maths and English; History and Geography
Kids checking out the dark web pornography
A loaded dice.
They're breaking the ice

The thin end of the wedge.
Town on edge
Popcorn, sporty type little more than a child
Chicken-fillets, lip gloss, gone a little wild
It's a loaded dice.
Kids breaking the ice

Everybody uptight.
Gotta get it right
She likes to flaunt and flash; flitter and flirt
In her low-cut top and her favourite skirt
It's a loaded dice.
Kids breaking the ice.

[StephenM]

nice surprise tonight to see a new Ray song... yeah man... vibrant and full of life this is..
I get it may be a pretty serious subject but the music is just cruise ship and carribean beach kind of fun to me... love that sax too at the end...

great vocals... love them..
lots of really nice beatage here... my feet and legs and arms are so happy to move to this...

[Ted]

I love the lead guitar work on this. Percussive, like Knopfler in a ska band. And the lush guitars too. It's a very clean arrangement. Bass is a bit low in the mix, IMO.

Kids checking out the dark web pornography

The other day I was talking to my 12yo daughter about what is happening to the minds of the boys she knows, and will know in school – particularly those who have unrestricted access to the internet. How their ideas about women and gender relationships are being formed. These kids can see porn any time they want. Then I told her about the first time I saw porn, when I was about her age: My neighborhood friends had to arrange a clandestine event, where we went to someone's house when the parents weren't around. They set up a Super 8 projector and closed all the curtains. They had 3 reels. That was it! That was all the porn to which I had access – for one afternoon when I was 12 or 13 – and I didn't see any more of it for the entire time I was growing up. And I still had to unlearn regressive ideas about gender relationships, just from the stuff I saw on TV. Maybe I should write a song about that.

[Farrell Jackson]

A new reggae blues sound from you and I like it Ray! The lyrics are thought provoking and sang well. Children are exposed to a lot of bad stuff earlier these days on TV, social media etc...The mellow lead guitar chops are sort of jazzy sounding and played perfectly. The sax caught me by surprise but sets with the song style easily. Nice work!   

[hardlock]

Stellar song! Oh those tones - melt in your mouth smooth. Important context and performed flawlessly!