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Has a face, a voice, a touch, ever haunted you or been etched in your memory? A folky song, on which I played the first guitar I ever bought: a classical guitar that I've had for 33 years.
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Touching, funny, serious, award-winning songs about life and love; all penned, played, arranged, sung, recorded and mixed by Al.
So he never existed... not really, as a real person. He made himself up one day in 1969 and lived a dual existence: half of him surviving on dead-end jobs, the other half believing that one day he would write at least one song that the world would remember. Now half of him is dead, and, as with all conjoined twins (without major surgery) that sentences both of them. It would be sad if it wasn't so pathetic. Fairy-tales always end this way... well not always, rarely... and this was rarely a fairy-tale; so there the similarities end: the ending was neither sad nor happy - it just... was. The enigmatic and tragic Jackson C Frank was a hero of his... now he emulates that frail and failed soul. Maybe in 40 years people will still say 'Al who?', much as they do today. That would be both a great epitaph, and a fitting legacy. Below is the page as he inexplicably and hurriedly left it: hot meal still on the table; knife and fork still in place and at the ready; the drink untouched in the bone china cup... ************************************************************* I now have an album: 'The sentence that I serve' available from CD baby. Click on this mini album cover to take you there: INVALID -- CDBABY INVALID INVALID INVALID INVALID for AL STRAVINSKY: The sentence that I serve -- It's on iTunes too, where the whole album or individual tracks can be downloaded in mp3 format: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=216015067 Thanks. I've been a professional musician for 24 years, and over 3000 gigs (I've stopped counting); always working, travelling, trying to make ends meet...nearly...if you could just hold these a minute please...er...thanks: my hands are now free so I can get on with actually (ironically) playing some music at last. I sing and play bass guitar and I play some acoustic/electric guitars also.
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #808
Peak in subgenre #341
Author
Al Stravinsky
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December 14, 2005
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MP3 2.4 MB • 128 kbps • 2:37
Story behind the song
Has a face, a voice, a touch, haunted you or been etched in your memory? This is a folky song, on which I played the first guitar I ever bought: a classical guitar that I've had for 33 years. A quantised drum loop, some congas, etherial oohs and ahs, and bass guitar complete the backing track. It was recorded in August 2005 with a break midway for a holiday in Cornwall; which helped it take shape in my head, and thus helped me get quickly close to the final effect I wanted.
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Verse 1 Your lovely face burned its image on my eye, So when the earth turns her back on the sun in the sky, And I in turn, turn out the light, Eyes open or shut, wherever I look, Your lovely face smiling for me. Verse 2 Your crystal voice carved a spiral groove in my mind, So when the last train slowly rumbles away into the night, And the last strains of this day fade away, I hear the sweet sound 'round and around, As your crystal voice plays inside me. Middle 8 Your kiss, oh your kiss Has captured my soul and swallowed me whole; I am yours in every sense, With all my senses... Verse 3 Your gentle touch seared a trail across my skin, So all the world will know where you end and begin; And with each breath I breathe you in: Simple things that you do bind me to you: Your touch (burning), Your voice (ringing), And your lovely face smiling for me.
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