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LIFE ON THE KNIFE (Andrew)
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This is the first song written by Andrew after 12 years of silence. There are five guitars plus bass on the track in one point. Charts: 23 - "Blues", 9 - "Blues Rock". iTunes.com, MusicNow.com.
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'...I like the song because it's different, and it doesn't follow any of the same rules, formulas, or molds that most other songs follow'. (From the review).
Andrew (Andrew Praiseword, he has another artist exactly with this name on SoundClick) lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He guesses that his songs are pretty known among the top North American and British rockers. They have reputation of v e r y unusual. ("I don't think I've heard anything like this before"). (Posted in about beginning of 2005, edited on December 5, 2009.) The songs are "dark". Almost all of them. This is natural, not sci-fi darkness. Mostly because of the lyrics, which often rise to the heights of Shakespearean dramatic: "Yes, war is hell, But peace - is "kind of" boring. You doing well, Until you good with gun. All things must pass. There's nothing to be worrying. You pressing hook - They shout, fall, and run..." "Game" ("So Far - So Good") Andrew (Andrew Praiseword) Oct.14, 2004, London (England) / Feb. 7-9, 2005, Toronto (Canada) Copyright (C) Andrew P., 2004-2005. Andrew Praiseword, at last, had written several "not dark" ("light"?) songs. Rock-and-Roll "Come On, Amadeus!" is probably the best of them. Unfortunately it is not recorded yet because of... financial problems. But it's so c-o-o-o-o-o-l !!!!! This is the best song EVER. (Andrew thinks.) (Update of December 5, 2009.)
Song Info
Genre
Blues • Blues Rock
Charts
#6,360 today Peak #23
#2,767 in subgenre Peak #9
Author
Words/music/performing/production by Andrew.
Rights
Copyright Andrew P., 2000-2005.
Uploaded
December 14, 2005
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.7 MB • 128 kbps • 4:03
Story behind the song
Andrew started to write songs at 16, after he quit the school band and plunged into other (not R'n'R) worlds. He became very interested in art, poetry, literature. But he did miss the music, so when he attempted to write his own poems, some of them became songs, and some were even written following the music. After finishing a university Andrew worked in scientific computer programming. These two activities are totally different. Though Andrew could be good in both of them, he couldn't do them well simultaneously. He thinks nobody can. So the more he got involved in programming - the less songs he wrote. So eventually he stopped to write them at all... And suddenly, after being silent for more than twelve years, in December of 2000 he had written the song again. This is the song. This is it's first multi-track appearance, which came four more years later... DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE ON WWW.ITUNES.COM, WWW.AMPCAST.COM.
Lyrics
When you've lost best friend nobody can, Nobody can give you a hand. When you're going down nobody can, Nobody can be a better friend. You are swimming, you are sinking, You are singing till the end. They are dancing, they are swinging, They are feeling pretty well Who cares you won, you lost, you fell, You've gone to hell... When it came to end - it came to end. Nobody can start it again. When it's night - it's night, when day - it's day, When shine - it's shine, when rain - it's rain. You are swimming, you are sinking, You are singing till the end. They are dancing, they are swinging, They are feeling pretty well Who cares you won, you lost, you fell, You've gone to hell... When you gonna lose - you gonna lose. You still may win in future life. The worst of the stories are better than the best of news, And round blues is sharp as knife. You are swimming, you are sinking, You are singing till the end. They are dancing, they are swinging, They are feeling pretty well Who cares you won, you lost, you fell, You've gone to hell... Dec. 9, 2000, Toronto Copyright (C) Andrew P., 2000 Most of Andrew's lyrics are available at http://www.altitudesite.com/Andrew/Andrew's_lyrics.htm
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