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Blake
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from the UK. https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/ New LP 'Kaleidoscope’ launches 24th September 2021 on Subjangle. Sign up to my mailing list and receive a free download of my song 'Vinyl Junkie': http://eepurl.com/dRKxb
I recorded this on my tiny Tascam Porta 02 MkII twenty years ago. That's the same length of time between Sgt. Pepper and The Joshua Tree. Weird. A bonus track on the 'Will the Real Blake Please Stand Up(Demos, Rare & Unreleased Vol. 2)' album, available as a free download from Bandcamp: https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/will-the-real-blake-please-stand-up-demos-rare-unreleased-vol-2
Taken from '1971' released 8th June 2020: https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/1971
For Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
Over and Over Again
Don’t know why the things you do Are so bizarre ain’t got a clue Don’t know why the things you say Are bent and twisted come what may
But over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again I hear it Over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again
You smile and you joke along But underneath there’s something wrong You just can’t hide what’s true There’s something dark inside of you
Cos over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again I hear it Over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again
It takes a special type to cause such pain and take delight It takes a special brain to tell yourself you’re not insane It takes a parasite to welcome and believe the hype And do it over and over again
I wonder what it’s like to see the world as black and white With profit in your veins to you the world is just a game Can’t ever get it right but never turn to see the light Just do it over and over again
You look me in the eyes But everything you say is lies I’d say I pity you Buy you know well the things you do
It’s over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again I hear it Over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again
Don’t know why the things you do Are so bizarre ain’t got a clue Don’t know why the things you say Are bent and twisted come what may
But over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again I hear it Over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again
It’s over and over and over and over And over and over and over It’s over and over and over and over And over and over and over It’s over and over and over and over And over and over and over and over again
Words and music by Julian Pugsley Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved
“The Free Life”, is an Alan Parker song that was the theme tune to the 1970s ITV schools programme “My World". It is featured on my new album '1971' released on 1st June 2020: https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/1971 The album will be issued as a free download to everyone signed up on the release date. Follow this link to sign up: eepurl.com/dV04f
Inspired by Lou Reed. Taken from my new vinyl LP 'RIDE': https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/ride
From my record 'RIDE'. Available to buy on vinyl, CD and high quality download here: https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/ride
From forthcoming album, 'Jubilee', due for release in December 2016. Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-7H4yYTJsE www.thisisblake.com
Title track from album released Saturday 18th April 2015 for Record Store Day. Free high quality download here: http://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/vinyl-junkie
Vinyl Junkie
I don’t buy mp3s I’m in love with vinyl It’s not snobbery it’s about survival I’ve got a steady hand when I drop the needle Collecting lots of bands especially The Beatles
I got a long way to go but I know that I’ll never reach the end And my collection’s not complete and I’m becoming obsolete can I amend my ways?
Got an enquiring mind, I examine labels Know what I want to find leaning over the table At the record fair, at the vintage clothes store You’ll always find me there trying to find a new score
I got a long way to go but I know that I’ll never reach the end And my condition’s down as used my inner sleeve has been abused can I amend my ways?
I see it as my goal to find the rarest pressings Something I can’t control spent too long obsessing But it’s my pension plan and it’s appreciating So can you dig it man my ears have got mint rating
I got a long way to go but I know that I’ll never reach the end And now my record’s getting stuck and I believe I’m in a rut can I amend my ways?
La la la la la I’m a vinyl junkie I got to get my fix I’m a vinyl junkie I got to get my hit I’m a vinyl junkie
For Mohammed (9), Ahed (10), Zakaria (10) and Ismail Bakr (11) murdered on a beach in Gaza on 16th July 2014 as they played football.
We'll Be Champions
Go get the ball we can play by the harbour wall, quickly Take turns in goal you can be Ronaldo, I’ll be Messi Pass it to me, pass it over I’m free, put a cross in Do you know what it means to be part of a team, it’s belonging
And I hope when we grow up we’ll be champions And I hope when we grow up we’ll be free
Playing games on the sand but we don’t understand what the rules are Because we never knew they would target us too, we’re just children Take a penalty shot, do you think we can stop them from scoring Just look at us run little shapes in the sun now we’re soaring
And I hope when we grow up we’ll be champions And I hope when we grow up we’ll be free
Words and music by Joe Brown and Julian Pugsley copyright Rockhopper Records 2014
Taken from my album 'By the Banks of the A350': https://thisisblake.bandcamp.com/album/by-the-banks-of-the-a350
Falling
I've been climbing up the walls I've been feeling two foot small I've been down upon my knees I've been drowning in your seas I've been walking in the park I've been sleeping til it’s dark I've been writing you a song I've been waiting here too long
I climbed up tried to see I climbed up but now I'm falling
Like a room without a door Like a song without a score Like a boat upon the sand Like a gig without a band Like a tree without a bird Like a letter without words Like a race without a start Like a man without a heart
I climbed up tried to see I climbed up but now I'm falling
Words and music by Julian Pugsley Copyright Rockhopper Records 2007 http://www.thisisblake.com/