I’D WALTZ YOU ‘CROSS TEXAS© Gary VaughanIf my arms could only hold you, just one more time tonight,it would make my dreams come true, to be holding you again... You would hear me softly whisper, sweet nothins’ in your ear,then I’d say to you, I love you,n’ that’s just how it’s always been... There were far too many years, that I longed to hold you tight, just waitin’ for a night like this, to renew an old romance...And when you’re in my arms, it comes to mind, an old promise made to you,‘’ I’d Waltz You ‘Cross Texas ‘’, if we could dance just one more dance...Now, I know that it may seem, that tomorrow comes too soon,so, I’ll dance with you,n’ hold you close, while I gaze into your eyes...Gone are the plans that we once made, those manyyears ago,and I recall the pain that filled our hearts, when wesaid our last goodbyes... To Waltz You ‘Cross Texas, is somethin’ that I’d do, if it meant that I’d be holdin’ you so tight...And, I’d feel like I’m in heaven, with an angel in myarms,if I could ‘’ Waltz You ‘Cross Texas ‘’, just one more time tonight...Now, the days and nights still come and go,n’ I often think of you, and what we had, long left behind, something never meant to be...The roads we chose to travel, each went their separate ways,but I hope you know, that I love you so, and that you sometimes think of me... When it comes the time, that the end is near, you’ll still be on my mind,I’ll pray that we might meet again,n’ that we’ll have just one more chance... So I can keep the vow I made to you, one made so long ago, ‘’ I’d Waltz You ‘Cross Texas ‘’, if we could dance just one more dance...Like a storybook ending, I would love to hold you tight, and I would ‘’ Waltz You ‘Cross Texas ‘’, tonight... Follow this link to listen....www.writeawaymag.co.uk 51GARYVAUGHANSOCIALMEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/gary.vaughan.31542MUSIC PLATFORMS:https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=HOLrcEm1hp-c&list=RDAMVMHOLrcE-m1hpc
52 www.writeawaymag.co.ukReminiscing You© Love ItoyaReminiscing You is an r&b song inspired by love itoya true life experience. She reflects on a past flirt and shows her vulnerability.Love Itoya is a Greek Nigerian singer, songwriter, dancer, performer and vocal producer.She was born on the 23rd of November 1996 in Thessaloniki , Greece by Nigerian parent’s.Her choreography and her powerful soulful voice capture the crowd whenever she steps on the stage.Love Itoya has won “Best Diaspora Artist” at the Nollywood film festival awards in Germany in 2016.She has worked with numerous local artists and has performed in various festivals and venues both Balkan & Europe.She released at the beginning of 2021 her first debut single “Pepper Dem”, which is about empowering black women and women in general. Beside that she also released her second single “Party”. On the 24th of September 2021 she released her Debut Ep called “ Introduction”On the 5th of November she released her Debut Music Video “Reminiscing You” on YouTube.
REMINISCING YOUC LOVE ITOYAWhy every time I close my eyesI think about youI can’t erase this memoriesI have of you why why why why whyI can still remember the dayI was on your bed I was in so much painI couldn’t concentrateCouldn’t communicateAll I wanted was just to sleep off yeahYou came closeHold me tightKiss me on the foreheadAnd ask me if i’m fineThat was a part of you I’ve never seenBeing so sensitive and worried about me I keep reminiscing youReminiscing you babyWhy can’t I get over youWhy can’t I get over the picture of us babyTell me whyWhy why why whyWon’t you tell me whyYeahI was cuddle with a blanketYou make sure I was warm and cozy Started strumming the guitar right across me babySomehow you wanted me to feel betterA beautiful melody i never wanted it to end Felt like I was in a romantic movie for a momentBoy this is a memory I can’t forgetYou came closeHold me tightKiss me on the foreheadAnd ask me if I’m fineThat was a part of you I’ve never seen Being so sensitive and worried about meI keep reminiscing youReminiscing you babyWhy can’t I get over youWhy can’t I get over the picture of us babyTell me whyWhy why why whyWon’t you tell me whyYeahFollow this link to listen...www.writeawaymag.co.uk 53LOVEITOYAWEBSITE:https://linktr.ee/Loveitoya?f-bclid=IwAR0stHhyJ1DQf-cr5Z7s1ir2G8wMqtJLU5bM-nIQLUzND8AfXTSsBHNm2I-ugISOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/loveitoya/https://twitter.com/lovei-toyaMUSIC PLATFORMShttps://music.apple.com/gr/art-ist/love-itoya/1552600242https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Love+I
50 www.writeawaymag.co.uk54 ww w .wr i t e awaym a g.co.ukSober© Emly ColeEmily Cole is an award-winning alt pop singer-songwriter/vocalist. She is a recording artist with music out on all platforms, including AMI Jukeboxes and NSM Music Jukeboxes located worldwide. Emily is a self-taught musician, performing at venues, festivals, and fundraisers, not only in and around her hometown of Montgomery, Texas, but also across the U.S. While Emily’s produced music is pop in sound, she sets up acoustic for her live shows, accompanying herself with guitar, ukulele, and keyboard. Emily is an advocate for many non-profits.Recent news is that Emily Cole has added Producer to her Resume, releasing three self-produced singles, followed by her first self-produced album “Manipulated.” Singles off this album are receiving recognition by the music industry. Wrapping up 2021, found “Manipulated” ranked as one of Houston’s Best Albums of 2021 and VW Radio’s Top 21 Albums of 2021!https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/joey-guerra-s-12-best-houston-albums-of-2021-https://virtuositymagazine.com/index.php/2022/01/02/top-21-albums-of-2021*12 best Houston albums of 2021 - Music critic, Joey Guerra, ranks “Manipulated;”*TOP 21 ALBUMS OF 2021 – VW Radio and Virtuosity Worldwide Arts & Entertainment Magazine “halts the presses” to include “Manipulated;” *The John Lennon Songwriting Contest Weekly Winner for self-produced single, “Dumb”*UK Songwriting Contest Semi Finalist, 5 Star Rating for single, “Dumb;”*Unsigned Only Music Competition Semi Finalist for single, “Dumb;”*American Songwriter Featured Artist for single, “Dead Feelings”*MVP Vibe Ambassador*MVP Vibe’s Session 3 Winner with feature of self-produced single, “Sober”*International Singer-SongwritersAssociation’s Rising Female Artist of 2021*3 A.M. EP nominated by The Josie Music Awards as Album of The Year 2021*The Josie Music Awards Vocalist of The Year, 2019With Festivals kicking off in 2021, Emily traveled to perform for NOLA’s Cutting Edge Music Conference, Carolina Indie Fest, Tune Out Cancer Music Fest, and the Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival.2022 will find Emily Cole performing live for SXSW (3 unofficial showcases), NOLA’s Cutting Edge Music Conference, the 2022 ISSA Awards Show at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She’ll also be performing for the Spyglass Indie Fest in Sunbury, PA; more in the works.Now that Emily Cole is producing and engineering her own music, we can be assured there will always be new music for us to add to our playlists. As a Producer and Engineer, she is learning a whole new side of her music career. Lots of growth has happened over the past year. Thus, the reason for her rebrand to XOE MILES, with the focus mainly being on Instagram and her Xoe Miles website. Learning and growing is happening daily, and she wants to showcase this growth; she’ll do so as Xoe Miles, an up-and-coming alt pop/edm artist who. She plans to release a new single soon.On her Instagram page, there is a short video explaining how she came about this. Emily is still known as an acoustic performer, especially in and around her hometown. She, for now, will be keeping her Emily Cole socials up and running to showcase all her acoustic shows. Instagram (rebrand): https://www.instagram.com/xoemiles/ Website: https://www.xoemiles.comTo keep up with Emily’s acoustic shows, Follow her at: https://www.emilycoleofficial.com For booking inquiries, please call Sherry Naquin Little at 281-731-9732 or email her at [email protected]
SOBER© Emily ColeWhy the hell you gotta do this to yourselfDon’t you know that I think it’s pretty selfishSame old same old circumstancesYou’ve been given lots of chancesTake a look in your eyesI can see you’re to high to realizeThe damage that you’ve doneNever on earth but you think it’s worthTradin’ what we have for the rushI wish I had never met youI’m just wanting to forget youWhy you do the things you doCan’t you see I’m right hereNarcissistic sociopath abuseManipulated forced to fall for youYou’re too far goneIt’s been way too longWhy can’t you just staySoberWhy can’t you just staySoberCan’t accept that it’s your own faultThat you’ve lost everyone you’ve lostOverdose of illegals, got a toxic heart poisoned egoTake one look in your eyes I can see uou’re to high to realizeThe damage that you’ve doneNever on earth but you think that it’s worthTradin’ what we have for the rushI wish I had never met youI’m just wanting to forget youWhy you do the things you doCan’t you see I’m right hereNarcissistic sociopath abuseManipulated forced to fall for youYou’re too far goneIt’s been way too longWhy can’t you just staySoberWhy can’t you just staySoberFollow this link to listen...www.writeawaymag.co.uk 51www.writeawaymag.co.uk 55EMILYCOLEWEBSITE:https://www.emilycoleofficial.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/emilycoleofficialhttps://twitter.com/ofcemily-cole/https://www.instagram.com/emilycoleofficial/MUSIC PLATFORMS:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0UjNHVNcfHwRH-bNI8JTAOI?si=IqP1JA9o-RY-SimxNA4nF5g&nd=1https://soundcloud.com/emi-lycoleofficialhttps://www.youtube.com/emilycoleofficial
56 www.writeawaymag.co.ukPink Was Her Pride© Steve BoltonI’d like to begin by explaining that the idea for the track was originally inspired by a visit to Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria. Whilst walking around this ancient, historical attraction I was fascinated by the story of The Pink Lady, which is the ghost of a former princess who lived there during the period of The Wars of the Roses. I read the details from plaques that were on the walls and of wearing the pink gown the princess disappeared up onto course I researched further information from the internet, the roof of the castle, which is located on the coast and in order to create suitable song lyrics.The princess fell in love with a local young man when she was young and beautiful, of course their affair blossomed into them being inseparable lovers. There was a tragic problem however the young man was from the enemy side and sadly when the princess’s kingly father found out, grave in pink ah she felt so proud! Ever since this moment he immediately banished her lover abroad. This of course ended their loving relationship and to make matters even worse the princess’s father even told her that her lover had rocky path leading to the nearby beach. Reports even say found a new partner, fallen in love again and married. The that she’s been seen on the beach gazing silently out to sea, princess sucked on her father’s lies and believed this to be the gospel truth, she was rather naive and always believed her father’s words to be the truth. Her lover had indeed been exiled by the king, but it was nonsense that within such a short space of time he’d met someone else and married!The king after some time felt great remorse about what he’d done, owing to how depressed and withdrawn his daughter had become. Therefore to try to make amends he ordered a pink silk gown to be hand made for his daughter and when the creator came to Bamburgh Castle to personally fit the gown the princess adored her new outfit. Tragically after admiring the image of herself threw herself off onto the rocks below, the rest of course was history.Princess’s pride was her new silk gown, but alas it was also her funeral shroud, from the heights of Bamburgh Castle she played she was a bird in flight, last thoughts to her in history The Pink Lady has often been seen floating along the ancient corridors of the castle, also down the of course still hoping her lovers waiting out there, in the spirit world of course!On Sunday 8th April I’ll be curating an album launch party, regarding my new album that’s taken me four years to complete. The album will be titled Weathered not Faded and will consist of ten studio mixed tracks, the producer Neil Rigg in my mind created an excellent production job and I feel I owe him such a lot. Pink was her Pride is a track that’ll be included on the album, also the other three tracks you’ve featured in your monthly magazine.The album launch party will be held during the evening at a Leeds City Centre Bar, named The Crowd of Favours, Leeds 1. The event will commence at 19.30 hrs and I’ll be performing a couple of short sets, I’m hoping to perform the album in it’s entirety unplugged. I have another track to release from the album, titled The Silhouette Tower.
PINK WAS HER PRIDE© Steve Bolton Along ancient passages floats the pink clad lady, pride’s her shining long, dark hair, glides down that rocky path gazing silently out to sea, hoping that her lover’s waiting out there! Northumbria princess sadly Copsi was the enemy only in her father’s eyes, affair a dark secret bonded by Hadrian’s Wall. Pink Lady she felt on top of the world staring at danger made her life complete, her lover it seemed stood seven feet tall! Dear princess her dream of love not for eternity, dad in the dark it just couldn’t last. Pink Lady so sad Copsi exiled abroad, secret out the news how it travelled so fast! Naive princess she sucked on daddy’s lies, Copsi exiled and wed she’d never see him no more. Pink Lady her daddy he tried to make amends, gave her a gown of pink silk that only once she wore! Princess’s pride was her new silk gown, alas it was her Funeral Shroud. Pink lady from the heights of Bamburgh Castle she played she was a bird in flight, last thoughts to her grave in pink ah she felt so proud! Along ancient passages floats the pink clad lady, pride’s her shining long dark hair, glide’s down that rocky path gazing silently out to sea for centuries her lover’s been waiting out there. In spirit Copsi still desires the little pink lady, sadly though these ghosts they’ve still never met!Follow this link to listen...www.writeawaymag.co.uk 57STEVEBOLTONWEBSITE:https://www.lightninghector.com/?fbclid=IwAR360syT-1tUbtvr_MJwHp270pcbcgb-7n1U3mYk7P7tc6lLlcoyqDP-wbYQpMSOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/LightningHector/MUSIC PLATFORMS:https://open.spotify.com/search/steve%20boltonhttps://www.youtube.com/re-sults?search_query=steve+bol-ton
58 www.writeawaymag.co.ukFind Myself In A Song© Hayley McKay & Bill DiluigiFind Myself in a Song was digitally released on the 11th February ahead of Valentines day sharing my love for music! I co wrote the song with Nashville writer Bill DiLuigi, who won the prestigious American Song-writer contest. We have written together within the past two years via zoom during the pandemic.The song reflects on my upbringing, singing at parties, my Grandma’s pub and at school. The song resonates hugely with me and mentions some of my musical influences.Find Myself in a Song was recorded and produced at Mirage Studios by John P Taylor The vocals and acous-tic guitar drive the song featuring fiddle maestro Jonny Bunce, who performed on my recent single Wild West, which was shortlisted as UK Song of the year at the recent British Country Music Awards.The music video which comes out on the day of release features me in my local pub singing to camera with my Martin guitar which I got out in Nashville. I think most people can relate to a “proper pub” that isn’t modernised and ripped from its character, where people from all walks of life can meet and chat. My Grandma’s pub was very much like that and she had so much respect from the customers.The video shows footage of me at various gigs over the years and from the early years of me singing at my Grandma’s pub with my Mum next to me helping me with the microphone.It makes me proud watching the video back because I’ve never stopped singing and even though it can be a tough industry at times, I’m still performing and doing something I love.NE ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2021WILD WEST-UK SONG OF THE YEAR BCMA AWARDSNO 11 ITUNES COUNTRY CHARTS“Beautiful voice & moving lyrics, infectious pop melodies/country influences” The Telegraphwww.hayleymckay.co.uk
My little shoes on the barAt my grandma’s pubI was the kid singing with the jukebox something for everyoneOld men at the bar putting pennies in my jarI was shy through school Wasn’t in the cool brigadeI had to push myself to get up on that stageHere’s a toast to the onesWho know where I’m coming fromDolly Joni Elvis MemphisGood old country soulWilder louder feel the power take a trip down thunder roadI reach for the radioAnd I turn it onAnd I find myself in a songSpent hours in my roomHolding my guitarGetting ready for my first gigAnd when a boy broke my heartHad to learn to let goGet on with the showLike Dolly Joni Elvis MemphisGood old country soulWilder louder feel the power take a trip down thunder roadI reach for the radioAnd I turn it onAnd I find myself in a songThese wheels keep on turning out here on the roadAlways searching yearning which way I should goOne thing takes me homeDolly Joni Elvis MemphisGood old country soulWilder louder feel the power take a trip down thunder roadI reach for the radioAnd I turn it onAnd I find myself in a songI reach for the radio and I turn it onAnd I find myself in a songFollow this link to listen...www.writeawaymag.co.uk 59 HAYLEYMCKAYWEBSITE:https://www.hayleymckay.co.uk/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/hayleymckaymusicMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://ffm.bi-o/3oyyv9n?fbclid=I-wAR0lTXz-pUSTyu2RB-wh7q2IrSoqEm4hL8aDZH-KdCUen8n3LiA2Kz0S0oC7Yhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/2d0qYkdN1WuxR-r39CXX937?si=IK06ShXuQ-jOZwgdbYYuwPA&nd=1FIND MYSELF IN A SONG© Hayley Mckay and Bill Diluigi
60 www.writeawaymag.co.ukMr BrightsideMr Brightside© The Killers“Mr. Brightside” is the first single released by American rock band the Killers. It was released as the band’s debut single and is from their debut studio album, Hot Fuss (2004). Written by band members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning, it was one of the first songs the Killers ever wrote. Two music videos were made for the song: the first one was shot in black and white and features the band performing in an empty room. The second one, based on the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, was filmed for the song’s re-release.The song was first released on September 29, 2003. It became more popular upon its re-release in 2004, peaking at number 10 in both the United States and the United Kingdom. It is the Killers’ best-selling song in the US, where it has sold over 3.5 million copies. In the United Kingdom it has also sold over 3.52 million copies and is the longest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart Top 100, with 260 weeks (5 years) on the chart as of April 2021, and is the most streamed track released prior to 2010.It is also one of the top fifteen most downloaded rock tracks ever in the United Kingdom.“Mr. Brightside” was named “Song of the Decade” by UK radio stations Absolute Radio and XFM, and in April 2010 Last.fm revealed that it was the most-listened-to track since the launch of the online music service, with the track being played over 7.66 million times. In October 2010, it was voted ninth in the Greatest Guitar Riffs of the 21st Century so far by Total Guitar magazine. Additionally, in 2010 Rolling Stone listed “Mr. Brightside” as the 48th-best song of the 21st centuryIn their first performance together as the Killers, Flowers and Keuning played “Mr. Brightside” as part of a two-song open-mic night set at Las Vegas’ Cafe Roma. Of the performance, Flowers says “It was terrible, awful.” In November 2001, the group had recorded “Mr. Brightside” along with three other demos including “Desperate”, “Replaceable”, and “Under the Gun” at Mike Sak’s Kill the Messenger Studio in Henderson, Nevada. They handed out a demo of the song for free during their shows in 2002. After signing with UK indie label Lizard King Records, the track was sent to radio as a buzz single and it received frequent spins by BBC Radio 1 DJ’s Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq as well as being play-listed by XFM. Just one week after its April release, MTV2 secured a deal to air the song for a week.The Killers performed the song live on the rooftop of Caesars Palace during halftime of the Las Vegas Raiders’ first-ever home game at Allegiant Stadium on September 21, 2020; the halftime show was broadcast on U.S. television on ESPN & ABC’s simulcast coverage of Monday Night Footba
www.writeawaymag.co.uk 61THEKILLERSWEBSITE:https://www.thekillersmusic.com/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/Thekillershttps://www.instagram.com/thekillers/?hl=enMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://open.spotify.com/artist/0C0XlU-LifJtAgn6ZNCW2euhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkhy-oTaWKuB-Rdbb6Z3Z5DAMR BRIGHTSIDSC The KillersComing out of my cage and I’ve been doing just fineGotta, gotta be down because I want it allIt started out with a kiss; how did it end up like this?It was only a kiss; it was only a kissNow I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cabWhile he’s having a smoke and she’s taking a dragNow they’re going to bed, and my stomach is sickAnd it’s all in my head, but she’s touching his[Pre-Chorus]Chest now, he takes off herDress now, let me goAnd I just can’t look; it’s killing meThey’re taking control[Chorus]Jealousy, turning saints into the seaSwimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibisBut it’s just the price I pay, destiny is calling meOpen up my eager eyes, ‘cause I’m Mr. Brightside[Instrumental Bridge][Verse 2]I’m coming out of my cage, and I’ve been doing just fineGotta, gotta be down because I want it allIt started out with a kiss; how did it end up like this?It was only a kiss, it was only a kissNow I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cabWhile he’s having a smoke and she’s taking a dragNow they’re going to bed, and my stomach is sickAnd it’s all in my head, but she’s touching his[Pre-Chorus]Chest now, he takes off herDress now, let me go‘Cause I just can’t look, it’s killing meThey’re taking control[Chorus]Jealousy, turning saints into the seaSwimming through sick lullabies, choking on your alibisBut it’s just the price I pay, destiny is calling meOpen up my eager eyes, ‘cause I’m Mr. Brightside[Instrumental Bridge][Outro]I never...I never...I never...I never...Follow this link to listen...
62 www.writeawaymag.co.ukCosmic LoveCosmic Love© Florence & The Machine“Cosmic Love” is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their debut studio album Lungs (2009). The song was written by the band’s lead singer Florence Welch and keyboardist Isabella Summers, and produced by Paul Epworth, with additional production from Summers.“Cosmic Love” was released as the sixth (seventh, counting the re-release of “Dog Days Are Over”) and final single from Lungs on 5 July 2010. The song was critically acclaimed, with many critics calling it the best song on the album, and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.The song was used in a scene on British soap-opera Coronation Street in May 2018, in which the character Aidan Connor (Shayne Ward) takes his own life.Lead singer Florence Welch elaborated on the writing of the song: ‘Cosmic Love’ was a joke title, but it stuck. The most hungover I’ve ever been when writing a song. I went to Isabella Summers’s studio after having been to a party, and I was lying on the floor wanting to vomit. We were working really hard on a song and just trying to make this sh*t piano part work, and all of a sudden I hit on one note, and I’d got it. We wrote the whole song in ten minutes.Welch told The Sunday Times that it’s a song about how being in love means “you give yourself up to the dark, to being blind”.
www.writeawaymag.co.uk 63FLORENCE &THE MACHINEWEBSITE:https://florenceandthema-chine.net/SOCIAL MEDIA:https://www.facebook.com/florenceandthemachinehttps://www.instagram.com/florenceandthema-chine/?hl=enMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://open.spotify.com/artist/1moxjboGR7GNWY-IMWsRjgGhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Mu-jsH-hrVWHBBfSSmv18ACOSMIC LOVE© Florence & The MachineAnd a falling star fell from your heartAnd landed in my eyesI screamed aloud, as it tore through themAnd now it’s left me blindThe stars, the moon, they have all been blown outYou left me in the darkNo dawn, no day, I’m always in this twilightIn the shadow of your heartAnd in the dark, I can hear your heartbeatI tried to find the soundBut then it stopped, and I was in the darknessSo darkness I becameThe stars, the moon, they have all been blown outYou left me in the darkAnd no dawn, no day, I’m always in this twilightIn the shadow of your heartI took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a mapAnd knew that somehow I could find my way backThen I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness tooSo I stayed in the darkness with youThe stars, the moon, they have all been blown outYou left me in the darkAnd no dawn, no day, I’m always in this twilightIn the shadow of your heartThe stars, the moon, they have all been blown outYou left me in the darkAnd no dawn, no day, I’m always in this twilightIn the shadow of your heartOf your heartOf your heartOf your heartOf your heartFollow this link to listen...
64 www.writeawaymag.co.uk“This Charming Man” is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by guitarist Johnny Marr and singer Morrissey. Released as the group’s second single in October 1983 on the independent record label Rough Trade, it is defined by Marr’s jangle pop guitar riff and Morrissey’s characteristically morose lyrics, which revolve around the recurrent Smiths themes of sexual ambiguity and lust.Although only moderately successful on first release—the single peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart—”This Charming Man” has been widely praised in both the music and mainstream press. Re-issued in 1992, it reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart (making it the Smiths’ biggest UK hit by chart position). In 2004, BBC Radio 2 listeners voted it number 97 on the station’s “Sold on Song Top 100” poll. Mojo magazine journalists placed the track at number 1 on their 2008 “50 Greatest UK Indie Records of All Time” feature. It was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry in 2019Morrissey deliberately used archaic language when composing the voice-over style lyrics for “This Charming Man”. His use of phrases and words such as ‘hillside desolate’, ‘stitch to wear’, ‘handsome’ and ‘charming’ are used to convey a more courtly world than the mid-Eighties north of England, and evoke a style that has, in the words of the music critic Mat Snow, “nothing to do with fashion”. Morrissey had already used the word ‘handsome’ in a song title—in “Handsome Devil”, the B-side to “Hand in Glove”—and observed in a 1983 interview with Barney Hoskyns that he used the word to “try and revive some involvement with language people no longer use. In the daily scheme of things, people’s language is so frighteningly limited, and if you use a word with more than 10 letters it’s absolute snobbery.” As with many of Morrissey’s compositions, the song’s lyrics features dialogue borrowed from a cult film. The line “A jumped-up pantry boy who never knew his place” is borrowed from the 1972 film adaptation of Anthony Shaffer’s 1970 homoerotic play Sleuth, in which Laurence Olivier plays a cuckolded author to Michael Caine’s ‘bit of rough’.Both studio versions begin with an introductory guitar riff, joined by the rhythm section. Morrissey’s vocals are first heard eight seconds into the track. His vocal melodies are diatonic, and consciously avoid blues inflections. The chorus is played twice; the first time it is followed by a brief pause, the second by the closing of the song. The rhythm section of Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce provide a beat more danceable than usual for a Smiths track. The drums were originally programmed on a Linn LM-1, under the direction of producer John Porter. Porter used the programme to trigger the sampled sounds of the live drum kit, featuring a Motownesque bassline.]Marr’s guitar part consists of single notes and thirds as opposed to strummed barre chords, and his guitar serves to creates a counter-melody throughout the song. Marr overdubbed numerous guitar parts onto the song, and in a December 1993 interview, told Guitar Player magazine:I’ll try any trick. With the Smiths, I’d take this really loud Telecaster of mine, lay it on top of a Fender Twin Reverb with the vibrato on, and tune it to an open chord. Then I’d drop a knife with a metal handle on it, hitting random strings. I used it on “This Charming Man”, buried beneath about 15 tracks of guitar ... it was the first record where I used those highlife-sounding runs in 3rds. I’m tuned up to F# and I finger it in G, so it comes out in A. There are about 15 tracks of guitar. People thought the main guitar part was a Rickenbacker, but it’s really a ‘54 Tele. There are three tracks of acoustic, a backwards guitar with a really long reverb, and the effect of dropping knives on the guitar – that comes in at the end of the chorus.The Charming ManThe Charming ManThe Smiths ©
THESMITHSWEBSITE:https://www.officialsmiths.co.uk/tqid/SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.instagram.com/thesmithsofficial/?hl=enMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://open.spotify.com/ar-tist/3yY2gUcIsjMr8hjo51PoJ8https://www.umusicpub.com/uk/Artists/T/The-Smiths.aspxwww.writeawaymag.co.uk 65THIS CHARMING MAN© The SmithsPunctured bicycleOn a hillside desolateWill nature make a man of me yet?When in this charming carThis charming manWhy pamper life’s complexityWhen the leather runs smoothOn the passenger’s seat?I would go out tonightBut I haven’t got a stitch to wearThis man said, “It’s gruesomeThat someone so handsome should care”Ah, a jumped-up pantry boyWho never knew his placeHe said, “Return the ring”He knows so much about these thingsHe knows so much about these thingsI would go out tonightBut I haven’t got a stitch to wearThis man said, “It’s gruesomeThat someone so handsome should care”La, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming manOh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming manAh, a jumped-up pantry boyWho never knew his placeHe said, “Return the ring”He knows so much about these thingsHe knows so much about these thingsHe knows so much about these thingsFollow this link to listen...
66 www.writeawaymag.co.ukFLOURESCENT ADOLESCENTFLOURESCENT ADOLESCENTJohanna Bennett, Alex Turner ©Fluorescent Adolescent is a song by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys. It was released as the second single from their second studio album Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007). It was released on 4 July 2007 in Japan, and three days later in the United Kingdom. The song was written by Alex Turner and Johanna Bennett, Turner’s girlfriend at the time, in a hotel room prior to the recording of Favourite Worst Nightmare.“Fluorescent Adolescent” was described as a ballad about sex, ageing and nostalgia for youth. It describes a woman who dreams of her youth while her current sex life is unsatisfying and boring. The song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart, and was the 83rd best-selling song of 2007 in the United Kingdom. “Fluorescent Adolescent” is one of the band’s most popular songs, and is frequently performed as a closer to their concerts. Kate Nash performed a cover of the song on 5 October 2007.In an interview with The Guardian, Johanna Bennett said about the song: “ We were on holiday and had cut ourselves off from everything. We were in a really quiet hotel and didn’t watch TV or listen to that much music. So as not to drive each other mad we started messing around with these words like a game, singing them to each other. It’s great to think that it came from something we did for fun on holiday. It’ll always be a good memory for Alex and I. He doesn’t usually write lyrics with other people, though I think he enjoyed it.”The music video was filmed in late April 2007 and was directed by The IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade. It features actor Stephen Graham (who previously appeared on the Scummy Man DVD and the “When the Sun Goes Down” video) as a clown. The music video premiered in the UK on 5 June 2007 on Channel 4, and was available online the next day.The music video is based around a fight between a group of clowns and a group of non-clowns at an abandoned warehouse. The presumed leaders of the two groups have a flashback showing that they were friends when they were young children. During the flashback, photos of the band as young children are shown. Throughout the fight, each group leader attempts to kill the other. As the music video climaxes, the non-clown leader tries to run over the clown leader. However the clown leader notices that the non-clown leader’s car (with the non-clown leader inside) has been leaking fuel and drops his cigarette lighter. The car quickly catches fire and the clown leader looks on as his former friend burns and the music video ends.
www.writeawaymag.co.uk 66FLOURESCENT ADOLESCENT© Johanna Bennett, Alex TurneRYou used to get it in your fishnetsNow you only get it in your night dressDiscarded all the naughty nights for nicenessLanded in a very common crisisEverything’s in order in a black holeNothing seems as pretty as the past thoughThat Bloody Mary’s lacking in TabascoRemember when you used to be a rascal?Oh, the boy’s a slag, the best you ever hadThe best you ever had is just a memory and those dreamsWeren’t as daft as they seem, aren’t as daft as they seemMy love, when you dream them upFlicking through a little book of sex tipsRemember when the boys were all electric?Now when she’s told she’s gonna get itI’m guessing that she’d rather just forget itClinging ‘till I’m getting sentimentalSaid she wasn’t going but she went stillLikes her gentlemen not to be gentleWas it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?Oh, the boy’s a slag, the best you ever hadThe best you ever had is just a memory and those dreamsWeren’t as daft as they seem, not as daft as they seemMy love, when you dream them upOh, Flo, where did you go?Where did you go? Where did you go?You’re falling aboutYou took a left off Last Laugh LaneJust sounding it outBut you’re not coming back againYou’re falling aboutYou took a left off Last Laugh LaneYou were just sounding it outBut you’re not coming back again[You used to get it in your fishnets(Falling about)Now you only get it in your night dressDiscarded all the naughty nights for niceness(You took a left off Last Laugh Lane)Landed in a very common crisisEverything’s in order in a black hole(You were just sounding it out)Is anything as pretty in the past though?That Bloody Mary’s lacking in Tabasco(You’re not coming back again)Remember when you used to be a rascal?(Oh...)Follow this link to listen...ARCTICMONKEYSWEBSITE:https://www.arcticmonkeys.com/SOCIAL MEDIAhttps://www.instagram.com/arcticmonkeys/?hl=enhttps://twitter.com/arctic-monkeysMUSIC PLATFORMS:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KTR-Bl9_6AX10-Y7IKwKdwhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/7Ln80lUS6He07X-vHI8qqHH
ISSA 2022 Awards Live Show 6th AugustISSA 2022 Awards Live Show 6th AugustWATCH THE ENTIRE VIRTUAL 2021 ISSA AWARDS HEREMARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 6TH, OF 2022.THE 2022 ISSA AWARDS LIVE SHOW IS ON!This year, we are set to resume our LIVE show at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center, right in the heart of At-lanta, (in the same venue where the Annual BMI Awards are also held), on Saturday, August 6th, 2022 with a Preparty the evening prior to the show and the After Party immediately after the show at our very close and convenient location right (Wild Wing Cafe Dunwoody) just around the corner from our new venue. The show will have our 20 plus foot plush red carpet entrance and banners, complete with photographers, four videog-raphers and will be the talk of the town with several local television celebrities on the red carpet conducting interviews with our Finalists. We will be releasing information from our production crew of over 15 people to help with anything you may need, from hotel reservations, concierge, airline travel for our International attendees, and more.If you need to book your reservations for next year to get great deals on travel now, DO IT!There is a lot to do in Atlanta, of course, it being a very large metropolitan city, it houses the largest International Air-port in the World and hosts a very eclectic realm of music genres, which is why our awards are based on you and your music, not the genre. You might want to consider staying a few days and taking in the city, and the music scene here. There are also some really amazing tours.We will be LIVE at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Atlanta!(Home of the BMI Awards)www.YouTube.com/c/ISSAsongwritersPreParty and After Party will be held at Wild Wing Cafe in Dunwoody, GAPreParty is from 5-9 pm on Friday August 5thRed Carpet Interviews and Photos will begin at 10:30amISSA Awards Show will begin at Noon and end by 3:00pmAfter Party is from 5-9 pm following the ISSA AwardsOur first year, we had attendees from over 18 foreign countries, and 8000 Members, and we have grown so much since then. Last year we had twelve thousand members and are vastly approaching the 15,000 mark. This is why we decided to step up our venue and provide you with the best of the very best when it comes a top notch, high end, high quality awards show.We will be presenting our show at SANDY SPRINGS PERFORMING ARTS CENTEROUR ANNUAL AWARDS SHOWS IS BECOMING MOST INSTRUMENTAL, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE OUR A FORCE ON THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCENE AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AT SUCH A RAPID RATE, AND OUR GOAL IS TO HIGHLIGHT YOU, THE ARTIST, EVERY YEAR.The 2020 and 2021 ISSA Gold Winners will be judging and some presenting and performing at the 2022 Awards.**ISSA is a free platform to singer songwriters and musicians worldwide. There will never be a fee to join. Our organ-ization prides itself in providing year round visibility for our members across various and vast social media platforms. Free promotion, free support, free management tools and much more. Countless hours are spent making sure that ISSA is prominent in all realms of internet promotional sites, with music industry resources and in coordinating day to day communication, support and promotion with our artists and members.*Being a well known international music organization, ISSA is widely recognized by industry insiders, giving legiti-macy and credibility to those serious about their craft. Winning one of our crystals, your reputation as an independent artist will stand out across cultures in this worldwide platform.
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