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Thread: "Come Wormwood" (Life's No Fairy Tale) (7 Replies, 8,028 Views) by ElegantButler
Well written. It could actually lend itself to at least two distinctive musical genres (metal and country. heck, you could invent the country-metal genre with it if someone else hasn't done that...
Thread: Circus Sinister (3 Replies, 2,493 Views) by ElegantButler
This is just a basic concept of the music so far. I was going to use an organ but it sounded better with Celeste, Timpani, and Cowbell.
https://youtu.be/SOI_YQ87DO8
Thread: Circus Sinister (3 Replies, 2,493 Views) by ElegantButler
Yeah, that is the tone. It was inspired by a creepypasta called Deadwoods Circus. I agree about the organ. I can hear it as well. A playful yet sinister two beats per measure undertone as well, like...
Thread: remains (2 Replies, 2,310 Views) by ElegantButler
A touching and sad song. I can almost hear a soft guitar (plucked not strummed) in the background.
Thread: Will I Ever Make It (7 Replies, 4,692 Views) by ElegantButler
An excellent song. I really love the bridge.
Thread: Circus Sinister (3 Replies, 2,493 Views) by ElegantButler
Circus Sinister
VERSE 1:
Can you hear the music?
It’s all around you?
Can you hear the music
As it surrounds you?
The calliope’s playing as loud as it can
With the help of the drums of the...
Thread: Gimme Stephen King (2 Replies, 3,236 Views) by ElegantButler
Lol. He's actually a really cool guy who writes some of the best (and strangest) horror novels and short stories.
The lyrics are an homage to his writings, referencing several of the wonderful and...
Thread: Gimme Stephen King (2 Replies, 3,236 Views) by ElegantButler
This is a song I wrote which was inspired by my love for reading a good Stephen King story...
Gimme Stephen King
Verse 1
Randall’s got a handle on the end of the world
He’s driving all the...
Thread: Clearly (8/31/14) (1 Replies, 2,138 Views) by ElegantButler
Clearly might be a good title.
Thread: Willow Creek (1 Replies, 2,194 Views) by ElegantButler
Willow Creek
Chorus:
Gonna take the midnight train to Willow Creek
In a pair of faded jeans with boots on my feet
Buy a little vacant home in the middle of the street
And start a brand new...
Thread: Abigail and Leon (2 Replies, 3,485 Views) by ElegantButler
Filled in the hook and a new chorus and renamed the song Sugarpop Tease
Verse One:
Abigail Anderson
Star of the day
Caught a boy’s attention
And turned away
Laughing as she ran
Thread: "Ray of Sunshine" (6 Replies, 2,518 Views) by ElegantButler
Excellent song. I love the twist. It counters the first verse nicely. Very wel written
Thread: Abigail and Leon (2 Replies, 3,485 Views) by ElegantButler
Abigail Anderson
Star of the day
Caught a boy’s attention
And turned away
Laughing as she ran
Trying to catch a star
Trading love for fame
And for a fancy car
Thread: Battle of the Little Screen (1 Replies, 2,885 Views) by ElegantButler
Battle of the Little Screen
Verse 1 (Duet):
There is a battle that will never end
A conflict that cannot be won.
A war in a theater that’s ever-changing
Arms and combatants rearranging.
...
Thread: Planet Of Death (2 Replies, 802 Views) by ElegantButler
It all comes down to that, doesn't it. A lifetime of grand achievements. Of scrimping and saving for a rainy day. And in the end there is nothing left of us and the only purchase that matters is our...
Thread: 'Befallen Our Hero' (3 Replies, 1,005 Views) by ElegantButler
A wonderful protest song that really makes the listener think.
Thread: Beginning of a new song... Don't know the title yet. (6 Replies, 1,581 Views) by ElegantButler
I must be very hard for you to write. It sounds like you've been rather badly hurt. As for the title, when you are finished you'll find it in the words that reach deepest into your soul.
Thread: "Truly Alone?" (4 Replies, 1,172 Views) by ElegantButler
Lemming soldiers.. oh how very true. Uncle Sam says jump into a lake of fire and they don't even question the insanity of it.
In a way, even civilians are lemmings. The younger generation needs to...
Thread: The Redheads and the Virtuous Butler (3 Replies, 1,080 Views) by ElegantButler
(think of an old madrigal or similar style)
The maiden maid was a wondrous maid
With hair of violet red
At night alone she dreamed she'd take
The butler to her bed
A trip-fall maiden was...
Thread: Nothing New (6 Replies, 2,342 Views) by ElegantButler
Each stanza of this song contributes well to the overall message. There is pain, and regret here along with a touch of remembered anger as the singer, while moving on as best as possible, is still...
Thread: Burton St. (4 Replies, 1,201 Views) by ElegantButler
It makes me think of what might have been accomplished if the Beatles sat down with David Bowie and produced a number one hit. It has the flavor, mainly, of "I am the Walrus" with a little sprinkle...
Thread: PlayTime (9 Replies, 1,857 Views) by ElegantButler
Actually produced this recently with a really good musician from Germany called Howie. It's on cocompose if you want to hear it.
Thread: Mild Winter (2 Replies, 1,039 Views) by ElegantButler
Let me know when this becomes available as a full-on song with guitar and vocals. I would love to hear it sung.
Thread: Heavy Metal Hell (3 Replies, 1,539 Views) by ElegantButler
Heavy Metal Hell
Starvin’ for the body
Drinkin’ from the soul
Heavy Metal
Rock n’ Roll
Feedin’ muses to hungry demons
Oh the mystical taste of their souls
Thread: Anthurium Paradise Mile (3 Replies, 4,087 Views) by ElegantButler
No real inn as such, but I've wanted to visit Mauritius for some time now. It sounds (and looks) like a beautiful place.
Thread: Maybe (6 Replies, 4,834 Views) by ElegantButler
Maybe all these things are true. And maybe they only matter if you want them too. But as to this being a well-written poem? There are no maybes about that. It definitely is.
Thread: Anthurium Paradise Mile (3 Replies, 4,087 Views) by ElegantButler
Anthurium Paradise Mile
The inn called Anthurium Paradise Mile
Up in Lafayette Pointe, Mauritius Isle
Is guaranteed to make you smile
If only for a little white.
The owner with hair of like...
Thread: (Homage to) Foul Play (5 Replies, 1,916 Views) by ElegantButler
Comics may or may not cause crime. But religion DEFINITELY causes WAR! I think that maybe all the comic book writers should get together and sue to ban religion. (LOL!)
Thread: Fed Up (1 Replies, 917 Views) by ElegantButler
The good songs are about happy people. The great songs are about people who are completely ticked off about something. Excellent lyrics.
Thread: Danger Zone Love (4 Replies, 2,401 Views) by ElegantButler
Danger Zone Love
verse 1
In her little cardboard house
She hears the welders welding all night long
Shivering under a blanket
She cannot sleep.
verse 2
In his home of brick and steel
Thread: (Homage to) Foul Play (5 Replies, 1,916 Views) by ElegantButler
Not entirely mine, as stated. It is in homage to an episode of an old EC Comics. the story is worth a look. This song is dedicated to those who wrote it, in the same way as songs about Bilbo Baggins...
Thread: Money (9 Replies, 2,004 Views) by ElegantButler
I don't worship money. I sacrifice it on the altar of the Gods of Commerce. On the other hand. I adore great songs like this one.
Thread: Nothingtown (5 Replies, 1,238 Views) by ElegantButler
I can hear a slow and somber guitar as the lyrics begin. I can hear the music swell as the tale is told, and then ebb as the singer's fate is revealed.
Thread: Legend Of Bret Maverick (3 Replies, 1,351 Views) by ElegantButler
Awesome lyrics. Can just hear that guitar, pickin' in the verses and strummin' the chorus.
Thread: (Homage to) Foul Play (5 Replies, 1,916 Views) by ElegantButler
This song is dedicated to the writers, inkers, and readers of EC Comics.
Warning: pretty gruesome at the end.
(Music style: country)
FOUL PLAY (in homage to EC Comics)
verse 1:
There on...
Thread: The Easy Excuse (25 Replies, 9,329 Views) by ElegantButler
Lenny Bruce died way too soon. If he and others of his ilk were alive today to see the wreck that political correctness (Politically co-wrecked? (that's gotta be a book title, it's too cool for...
Thread: Need romantic lyrics (16 Replies, 44,541 Views) by ElegantButler
(slow and romantic)
"Something Stupid," Frank Sinatra
"Eres Tu" (english version) Ray Conniff, Jr
(Medium Pace)
"Sexy Eyes" Dr. Hook (and the Medicine Show)
"I Can't Put My Finger On It"...
Thread: Spirit Mystery (0 Replies, 2,418 Views) by ElegantButler
I looked for God inside the mirror
But what did I see?
A demon with the kindest eyes
was staring back at me.
'twas not the God of humankind
With fists aloft to pound
Whatever they say that He...
Thread: ''California'' song... (3 Replies, 1,667 Views) by ElegantButler
It might be a California-based band called Laguna.
Thread: Shivery (2 Replies, 3,685 Views) by ElegantButler
Shivery
Closed and locked, the heart of Bryce
Fragile treasure encased in ice
A silver key of things unfelt
May cause the coldest ice to melt
Calculations replace dreams
As does tech the...
Thread: Thank You (39 Replies, 15,143 Views) by ElegantButler
I once thought I'd found Jesus in my local church. But all I had truly found were self-righteous fools. I looked for him the Bible, and found only words tainted by man's inability to truly comprehend...
Thread: Free thought (1 Replies, 3,255 Views) by ElegantButler
Socrates would be proud.
Thread: Lynch (1 Replies, 2,941 Views) by ElegantButler
Lynch
In the flashing of the star that shines
Between the forest's densest leaves
Twinkling in pale dark pools
As something sings a mystery
Halfway up the man-made pinnacle
In a cave of...
Thread: Poem: Excessive Transfer (6 Replies, 4,075 Views) by ElegantButler
The only really successful recasting of the Fonz was Snoopy as Joe Cool. And you're right about Max. Max could survive more than ten minutes with Bryce Lynch without having a major meltdown.
Thread: Poem: Excessive Transfer (6 Replies, 4,075 Views) by ElegantButler
Without Max to tell us the updated meaning of cool, we'd have to continue relying on the Fonz.
Thread: Poem: Excessive Transfer (6 Replies, 4,075 Views) by ElegantButler
I'm really glad you liked it. I still can't believe I dared to write it. It was inspired by the Dream Thieves episode of Max Headroom and the Excessive Machine scene from Barbarella. (it was Bryce...
Thread: Poem: Excessive Transfer (6 Replies, 4,075 Views) by ElegantButler
A sweet sonata heard by she
Then through bizarre technology
Transferred to the mind of he
Into his virginal body
Every note in sharp staccato
Every hum in sweet vibrato
Tech of deadly sweet...
Thread: Uncle Sam Scam (22 Replies, 10,840 Views) by ElegantButler
Remember when being publicized as promiscuous was a bad thing? Or when rewards were only given out for actually winning? It's not so much as a scam as it is a theft. Those who reward the losers for...
Thread: Long As I Can Get To The Stage (2 Replies, 1,285 Views) by ElegantButler
A very good song about a very good answer. And it's a true answer, too. Whether its the stage of the theater or the stage of life.
Thread: Hey, Droog (1 Replies, 1,917 Views) by ElegantButler
HEY DROOG
Sitting in the old MB
You and he, and they and me
Tats on rats
Flash on trash
Mesh on flesh
He on she
Hey, droog, is that all it's ever gonna be?