I believe in Father Christmas / Greg Lake & De Ushuaia a la Quiaca / Gustavo Santa-Olala

[TGMatt]

Hi,

I am a new Member from Germany (yes, I found the way to Neil

This Songs I love very much.

Greg Lake is a normal Guitar, the other not. So is it possible to make a Video for Greg Lake an maybe the other Song in a playable tranfsform for Guitars ?

thx
Ralph

[Lavallee]

Hi Ralph, welcome to TG. You are joining a worldwide community. I am from Canada. Neil have been an inspiration for all of us guitar players. You will find of course all kinds of songs that Neil teaches, a lot of help from the TG team and the forum is very friendly a a good source of information.

When you have chance please let us know more about yourself on the thread Please introduce yourself.

I did not know about this song from Greg Lake but it sure seems worthy of a lesson. I found a video that you migth already have seen. This is a cover but you can see all the chords.

Marc

[Chasplaya]

Although it is often categorised as a Christmas song this was not Lake's intention. Lake wrote the song in protest at the commercialisation of Christmas.

The song is often misinterpreted as an anti-religious song and, because of this, Lake was surprised at its success. As he stated in a Mojo magazine interview:

"I find it appalling when people say it's politically incorrect to talk about Christmas, you've got to talk about 'The Holiday Season.' Christmas was a time of family warmth and love. There was a feeling of forgiveness, acceptance. And I do believe in Father Christmas."



You just need to really look at the lyrics and see, this song has been misintepreted, the last verse is quite poignant I particulalry like the last line:

They said there'll be snow at christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the virgin's birth
I remember one christmas morning
A winters light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that christmas tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of christmas
They sold me a silent night
And they told me a fairy story
'till I believed in the israelite
And I believed in father christmas
And I looked at the sky with excited eyes
'till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful christmas
I wish you a brave new year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
Hallelujah noel be it heaven or hell
The christmas you get you deserve

(Edit ps)
And oh yeah I'd like this as a lesson!

(Edit pps lol)

Welcome to TG Ralph, tell us more about yourself in the Please Intro yourself thread, as you can see your post really captured my attention lol, bring on more of the same mate!

[haoli25]

Welcome Ralph. I am glad to have you with us. I think you will really like Totally Guitars and the TARGET program. If you have any questions or need any help, just ask.



Bill

[BigBear]

Ralph- Grüße von Oregon, VSA!! Wir freuen uns haben Sie mit uns mitgemacht. Sie werden wirklich diese Gitarrewebsite genießen. Könnten wir Sie bitten, über zum "Please Introduce Yourself" Faden und erzählen Sie uns mehr um Sie? Wie alt sind Sie? Wo wohnen Sie in Deutschland? Welche Arten Musik bevorzugen Sie, und so weiter? Wir mögen alle um einander lernen.

I'm sure your English is far better than my German so I'll stick to my native language. Father Christmas is a great song and I'd really like to learn it.

Does anyone have a good tab for Father Christmas? I have the chords but not the various fingerings?

Welcome again Ralph and please let us know if we can ever help you out!

Tschuss! :cheer:

[caymandiver55]

I have been listening to this great song in the last few days. There are a few people who have posted it as a solo/singer piece on Utube. I wonder if Neil would post this an one more Xmas song video for all of us ? Anyone else in favor, please answer in this thread.

JJ

[neverfoundthetime]

Herzlichen wilkommen Ralph und viele grüsse aus Zürich. Natürlich bist du hier gold richtig! Deine English is bestimmt besser als mein Deutch (bin selber Englander) aber falls ich behilflichs sein kann... bin ich jeder zeit für dich da! Enjoy the site Ralph and see you around the forums and groups. Chris

[neverfoundthetime]

Hi, thx,

I found this songs on Youtube. But I think to play this its better to get base informations about picking and playing.

I have try this to play it before, but I see (after I check Dont fear the reaper on this side) that I play iot before, but wrong. And now I must learn it new (dont fear the reaper).

So I think, difficult songs is better to learn it right from the first step, otherwise you must spent a lot more time to ply it right.

regards
Ralph

[stratman3]

Prima, dann habe ich schon mal einen Übersetzer

Ich habe auch gleich einmal eine Frage, welche mir im Target Programm offen geblieben ist. Ist das was ich gerade bezahlt habe eine

- Monats
- Jahres

Gebühr?

Gruss
Ralph

[neverfoundthetime]

BigBear wrote:

Ralph- Grüße von Oregon, VSA!! Wir freuen uns haben Sie mit uns mitgemacht. Sie werden wirklich diese Gitarrewebsite genießen. Könnten wir Sie bitten, über zum "Please Introduce Yourself" Faden und erzählen Sie uns mehr um Sie? Wie alt sind Sie? Wo wohnen Sie in Deutschland? Welche Arten Musik bevorzugen Sie, und so weiter? Wir mögen alle um einander lernen.

I'm sure your English is far better than my German so I'll stick to my native language. Father Christmas is a great song and I'd really like to learn it.

Does anyone have a good tab for Father Christmas? I have the chords but not the various fingerings?

Welcome again Ralph and please let us know if we can ever help you out!

Tschuss! :cheer:

No, Problem,

with a little time I can learn better english, nbetter guitar playing and you better german !

Here answers for your questions:

I live in a very small town, only 11000 people lives here. It called Möhnesee.

I love to play old songs from Queen, Jethro Tull, and all other perfect Guitar songs in the past.

I am not realy youg, a little bid over 40, and a little bid to 50 (oh man ....) but I feel very young.

I played and learn guitar by myself in the 70', play until the beginning of 80' and stop for more than 25years.

In a holliday a friend have a guitar in his Holiday rooms. He would like to learn guitar.

I take the guitar and I play Stairway to heaven, after 25 years again. In this moment I feel : buy, learn and play guitar

This is my way

regards
Ralph

I hope my english is ok and you undertsnad it. I have many problems with times, so maybe I can learn here english too.