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Close Your Eyes (Feat. Ange Hardy)
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It's in 3/4 time, it's a love song - but not too soppy!! Thanks to Ange Hardy for the fabulous vocal.
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Acoustic, Alternative, Blues and Rock
I had my first 4 track cassette recorder when I was 16 and I've still got most of the recordings, but you won't find those here! Some funny, some stupid, some ok bits, lots of rubbish! 30 years later I'm still writing and recording my own stuff - drum machine, bass, guitars and keyboards - (which I'm learning). Soundclick is breathing a bit of new life into my music - it's giving me an outlet, a meeting space, a place of inspiration. I hope that in the coming year, there will be some collaborations and swapping of music, thoughts and ideas. I do seem, however, to be spending an awful lot of time at this computer.........
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Peak #1
Peak in subgenre #1
Author
John Holgate
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John Holgate
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February 15, 2009
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MP3 8.1 MB 320 kbps 3:32
Story behind the song
It's about being there. No strings attached. Written in May '99 I recently re-recorded this and Ange Hardy very kindly agreed to do the vocals. A Soundclick collaboration.
Lyrics
Close your eyes now I can feel you sleeping in my arms all around you love surrounds you I'll keep you safe from harm I'll be here when you wake I'll stay by your side and give you all I have I will shelter you, keep you away from the dark Sheild you from emptiness, give you the love in my heart Close your eyes now let me touch you, my fingers on your skin feel your heartbeat skip a moment catch your breath upon the wind I'll be here when you wake I'll stay by your side and give you all I have
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Painted Water
May 07, 2009
Soundclick number one all the way!!!!!
Empty Audio
Mar 20, 2009
Really nice song, the vocals really compliment your playing and vise versa.
KAUL
Mar 12, 2009
Smoooothe sounding with a nice voice on top. well done both of you!
pneil100
Mar 05, 2009
Wow, great song. Love the timing. Nice one. Are you an alien?
DEADWATER MONK
Feb 23, 2009
Awesome work!!! Beautiful song! Fabulous vocals and harmonies Very strong presentation and really amazing lyrics and a wonderful hook This is really good Congratulations on a brilliant collaboration! This is going on my Momma's Home Cookin' station Awesome!!!
John Wonderful acoustic strumming (and solo later on), bass and drums pretty much in the background. Ange´s wonderful voice: Close your eyes now I can feel you sleeping in my arms all around you love surrounds you I'll keep you safe from harm I'll be here when you wake I'll stay by your side and give you all I have Lines of love, a loving lover or wife, a loving mother? There´s a wonderfull atmosphere of innocence here. How very wonderful in a (music) world where the rougher timbre seems to be generally more appreciated. Now to the Chorus: I will shelter you, keep you away from the dark Sheild you from emptiness, give you the love in my heart The most poetic line to me is to shield someone from emptiness. Wonderful! What an image. I love this and as I said in other places. As one who believes that poetry long ago found a new home in song, good poetry is what counts. Now the music. This is a easy to follow piece musically, and the band is, except t