Busking Moody Blues

[michelew]

Chris,

Nice song. I've never heard it before. Notch up another new song for me.

12 string, great riff, Moody Blues song, Chris' singing = great recipe.

The only disappointing thing was that I couldn't hear it better. The sound quality was muffled, or something.

Thanks for another intro.

Very nice.


Michele (Address -Under a rock in Sydney - actually we have a place called 'The Rocks' not far from here - maybe that's contributing.)

[dekotaj]

Hey Brother.

Love the flow of the song.Brother Chris,If I could sing like that,You could not beat me away from open mic night around here.Great vocals on this and all your song.But the flow of the song made the vocals sail!!BRAVO!!!!

Kevin

[lueders]

Outstanding, Chris!!!

Even with a multitude of excellent posts to your credit (And, there HAS been a lot of 'em.)...this has got to be TOPS!! :woohoo: (I agree with Dennis) That riff sounds AMAZING and is flawlessly executed. Sure it sounds extra heavenly because of the 12. But, that riff/lick (because of the way you executed it) would sound just as good on a $50 pawnshop dog turd of a guitar. (I'm sorry I can't do the conversion to francs.) Wonderful singing as usual! A first-rate performance!!

[dennisg]

I believe -- at the current exchange rate -- $50 equals 17 Swiss dog turds. They've got large dogs over there, you know.

[lueders]

dennisg wrote:

I believe -- at the current exchange rate -- $50 equals 17 Swiss dog turds. They've got large dogs over there, you know.

ROFLAPMP! HAH HAH! :laugh: :laugh: Mr One-Liner!!

[willem]

Chris i enjoyed that pretty much on this early sunday morning and sandman is gone,maybe for some wine,,,Yeah man the ss and sh it could also happen with p's what the heck..

I have much respect for that quick riff you did and without a pick,,how you do that,,great. great singin again,,thanks

[tovo]

Hey Chris. Top notch singing and playing mate. Well done indeed.

[jayswett]

Loved it. Is that 10 string back up to a 12 string?

[daryl]

Very impressive Chris. While watching I was thinking what great control you had on the pick. Then at the end I saw you had no pick! And then I was doubly impressed!

[neverfoundthetime]

Many thanks for tuning in folks!

The guitar is tuned down 2 half steps and the strings need changing so that low E string was dead as a Dodo and out of tune. The "Hmmm" at the end was a message to myself as I thought this would be the first run through and apart from me mashing up the lyrics seemed promising. Getting this riff up to speed has been a long road. Basically, every time I would pick up a guitar, I would practice it 5 or 10 times. I have to admit, I have not yet managed to play the song word perfect, riff perfect and flow perfect. There's always something goes astray. Oddly I have trouble holding the lyrics in my mind as I play the riff... normally that's the easy part for me. On this recording I really notice how the camera mic is flattening the sound - it seems to mute the guitar quite a bit. And the upload process has me lisping and shh-ing like Liza Minnelli!

Jay: Many thanks! Not quite up to 12 yet ... just 11 (no low E octave)

Tony: Many thanks for listening in! You will get to know the Moodies song by song

Willem: Many thanks! Sandman? Hmmm, that's an idea.... that riff has been a challenge and now its feeling good.... I'm so used to using my fingers ... I just use my index finger nail like a pick. I'm actually too chicken to try a pick on this song now that I have the riff under control .

Cori: LMAO! Thanks man, I really appreciate your comments and creative expression . And Dennis nailed it on the conversion rate!

Dennis: I'm so happy to help you recall your so well spent youth. So glad it wasn't your finger twirling in the hairs of her chest . Lying on the floor of my college room with my head between the speakers is also how I best remember the Moodies' songs. Thanks for your very supportive comments. And Cori is right on the one liners... my favourite is "...basking in the love..." which I am doing this morning. I was thinking up my own Dollar/dog-turd conversion rate when your comment arrived. I know when to quit!

Dekotaj: Thanks Kev, my friend, it's been great listening to your posts too this week.

Michele: So happy to be of service... better late than never! Maybe it was just the missing finger in the chest hairs which caused you to miss it first time around. As I mentioned, it never gets radio air-time, you'd have to have had the album. Many thanks for your up-lifting comments.
PS: Remind me to send you a link about some of the things which have been found under rocks recently... you'll be amazed!

Daryl: Many thanks Daryl, its just because I don't handle a pick very well, so my fingers have to make do.