Po-Faced

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Well, my first foray into the dark after Interim Reports is this song. The tune is an old one which I’ve been meaning to rework for some time. It’s earlier incarnation was on a 70s LP. I have revised some of the guitar lines and lyrics and the thrust of the song is different now. Here is the link to the page where it sits (It’s a 256kbps mp3 and is a little of 5MB, so I suggest downloading).

www.dave-keir.com/Pages/Song%20Pages/Songs.html

Please let me know what you think. If you have any pointers on the recording, I would dearly welcome your advice. Despite the CD, I know that I’m still learning. I’m aware of a couple of faults – I wonder if you’ll hear the same.

Cheers!

Oh, and zee lyrics:

Po-Faced

This is no place to be
With the sun beating down on me
I'm thirst, jeez, give me whisky please
But no ice and no repartee

There's power in the words you said
You've got muscles in your head
You've got a savage tongue for one so young
You talk like an excocet

You said you were looking to me
But you were looking through me
Like you never knew me

I know that you’re no man's fool
You live by no man's rules
You need a man to hate feel emancipated
Po-faced and cruel

It took half a century
Finally for me to see
There is more grace in outer space
And this is no place to be
Dave Keir
2006

[Gypsy Picker]

Wow. Cool song, and the guitar is fantastic. You've got lightning fingers, my friend. I heard no faults, save a couple of string squeaks, which I personally don't mind at all.

[billhammond]

I just finally got around to listening, too, Dave, and I LOVE IT!

Don't change a THING, even that obviously FAKE Scottish accent!

Wow, is that a wonderful tune and talk about virtuosic playing!

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Thanks folks!

Bill, you know I had to practice that accent for days before the recording and even had to do a few takes from which to comp the final version before I got it right.

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Great stuff Dave! I like the playing, the lyrics, the structure, and the singing. Certainly good 'nuff to be right there with any successful college or folk act out there.

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Thanks Scruff!

Certainly good 'nuff to be right there with any successful college or folk act out there.

That's very kind of you to say so. Funnily enough I'm considering trying to get over to the US next year sometime and see if I can get some gigs. Maybe combine it with a holiday. I'll be looking into that shorly and asking for some pointers here, I'm sure.

Cheers!

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Nifty! Toes a tappin' here.

[iamjohnne]

That is very good. Never edit out string squeaks. That let's me know you are really playing live and not over producing. Sounds more like you are sitting in the room with me.

[theevan]

I'm honored to post on the same site as thee. Great stuff.

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Ha! Ha! Cheers folks! I was listening to it myself in the car driving to work this morning after a break and I think it'll be a keeper with a touch of EQ and stuff. I think I'll redo a couple of lines of vocal, too. Thanks for listening!