Reel Life

[kenny mac]

This is unfortunately true today and it paints a bleak future for our children.
You see it everywhere and I'm glad I lived in a time when this phone epidemic did not exist.
The spelling is correct as it is reel as in a film reel and not real .
Hope you like it.

Hes watching all the people
On their mobile phones
 passing by each other
Locked inside their zones

All Searching for some new friends
To secure a like
A blog that's just went viral
A  trend that shows a spike

And this real worlds been forgotten
All the brain cells disappear
Yeh this apple core is rotten
We have no real fruit here  to bear

And he cries as he remembers
How the children used to play
He remembers interaction
And the words he used to say
We gave it all away

And this world is fading slowly
Like the raindrops on the street
Yeh this life's one big illusion
A heart without a beat.

Welcome to reel life

[Johnbee]

Truer words were never said.  The devices have taken over.  You can walk into any room now and instead of people conversing with each other they're all silently clicking away on their phones.  It's pathetic.

The haunting music adds to the solemnness of this great tune.

  John B

[StephenM]

I ain't gonna read the lyrics yet because the beauty of the music is flowing into me and healing me... and that is great...
in the darkness I find light... in what is lost I find hope... and the music absolutely conveys this... love will triumph... it always has and always will.
Welcome to love.  Welcome to real life.
beautiful work Kenny!  Beautiful song.

[godinqc]

Great song Kenny .. I really liked the lyrics, also great vocals.
Very well produced and played.. Well done .

[Farrell Jackson]

The first thing that stands out to me is the cool, Mark Knopfler like, mellow guitar riffing. If I recall correctly you use your fingers instead of a pick which would account for the excellent smooth tone. Beautiful vocals and truthful lyrics. I find myself relying on my iPhone more and more. It's addictive. Super song Kenny!

[hardlock]

A fine song well performed. Great style that holds you to the theme.

[SE]

Kinda forgotten but so true,has Dire vibe on the guitar.
Cool listen!!

[DarrenG / The Devil's Toupee]

Great lyrics and sadly true. What a great song, excellent vocals and the music is brilliant too. From the synths, strings to the wailing guitars.

[SteveB]

This is hauntingly beautiful; and sadly prophetic. A wonderfully-produced piece. Well done. 

[OdilonGreen]

Yeah, it's a real problem. I like how the music has a quiet urgency; it doesn't pound you over the head with rage or with sadness, but there's an impassioned sense of loss, of important things slipping away. It draws listeners into a sense of mourning, as the swells of the music and the guitar tug at our souls.