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Looks like the idea is in place. I noticed a lot of jokes with people "getting in trouble with the law" while "researching" this week's assignment. So consider introducing the law enforcement as well :wink: ...one more angle could be the singer also works for the Department of Motor Vehicles in a head position and thinks he is or is "above the law" when it comes to getting tickets.

Thanks for sharing about your music adventures as well. Sounds like fun. :D

James]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367968 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367953 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:39:09 +0000 Congratulations on becoming a millionare by the way, although I think I might be above you in Australia's rich list, My son gave me a couple of 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollar notes for Christmas ;)

Cheers
Peter Excellent! Always nice to chat with a fellow member of the mega-rich classes. I remember reading a story about Elton John in his most extravagant days. He was around town with a friend (I think it was his then manager John Reid) and they strolled into a showroom for Rolls Royce. Elton bought two - one each. He apparently told Reid that it was only fair that he (Elton) paid, because Reid had bought lunch. :D

I might be visiting Melbourne later this year, so perhaps we could drive round the CBD in your Bugatti Veyron and buy a few landmark buildings? I'll shout you Flinders Street Station, and maybe you could pick up the Victorian Art Gallery for me?

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367953 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367942 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:22:19 +0000
It's starting out nicely. I do have to say, though, I was kind of expecting the return of one of your other songwriting characters at one point:

My menopausal missus is sitting right behind
Giving me a piece of what's remaining of her mind
Look right, look left, make sure you watch out for that truck
What I'd give to be surfing with my good friend duck...

Congrats on both the million and the upcoming work with your new teachers. Looking forward to hearing what comes out of it.

Peace]]> Sunday Songwriters Group David Hodge https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367942 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367941 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:07:18 +0000
"My menopausal missus is sitting right behind
Giving me a piece of what's remaining of her mind"

Hey, I resemble that remark! :lol:

The people here all think I've lost my mind anyway, now I'm giggling away in front of the computer.

I like this POV Chirs. Nice to see a perspective from the other side. I enjoyed it.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group katreich https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-367941 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-41526 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:35:21 +0000
I seem to have hit a busy patch lately, so my chances of finishing anything for SSG aren't looking good at the moment. It's not all bad though, I've been re-arranging my music setup, and I've also just started lessons with a guy who has a local studio. Apart from improving my playing I hope to learn more about the craft of recording. Very interesting so far, but it will be along haul.

Some good news too! I've done the sums and it's official - I've joined the Millionaire Songwriter Club! :D I thought it would take longer than that, but there you go... sometimes you do get lucky...

I've definitely written and sung a few songs now, so the Songwriter part wasn't so hard, but I wasn't really holding out for the millions. But then a friend who had recently been to Indonesia came home with an offer I couldn't refuse..... "Give me Aus$100 and you can have all the change I brought back from Bali.... 1,000,000 Indonesian rupiah. So we now have our million - in used Indonesian currency - some 100,000 rupiah notes worth about ten bucks, and 1000 rupiah ones worth about 10c each. (I didn't actually say that the songwriting and the million were connected, it just looks that way when you put words near each other. Licence to bullshit is half the fun of songwriting, isn't it?...). My wife is going there for a few days next month so, including a top up, she'll be a multi-millionaire when she gets there. And you can say that you knew us when we were poor... :wink:

Sometime you DO get lucky though. My mate with the studio (above) told me a story about a friend of his who was in bands that never made any money and were always semi broke, but who wrote songs. He was playing in a bar in Cairns one day when George Thorogood, who was there on holiday, heard them play and showed interest in recording one of the songs he heard. Apparent he offered a flat one-off sum for the rights to record it, or a royalties deal. The lure of the cash was too good to pass up, and he pocketed a cheque which was reported to be for $250,000 (time and retelling may have inflated it a bit...). Very nice indeed. But George then had a rather large hit with it, so he might have done even better with the royalties option! I Googled the guy and it looks like he's writing lyrics for kid's songs at the moment. David Avery and friend. Apparently Keith Urban used to sing it too. Ah, dream on....

So here's all I've got this week. It's from the perspective of the sinner rather than the people he enrages. An older gentleman who no longer cares what the world does or thinks. He seems strangely familiar, in some aspects...

CHORUS:
(currently being played nice and s l o w l y )

I'll drive as slow as I please
And savour each yard of the view
I examine each leaf on the trees
And I don't give a *hit about you.
We're not so different you see?
So shut up and wait in the queue
You don't give a toss about me
And I don't give a *hit about you

Then there's a lone verse, and a pair of stray couplets:

My menopausal missus is sitting right behind
Giving me a piece of what's remaining of her mind
Look right, look left, make sure you watch out for that truck
Yes dear, no dear, why should I give a flying duck...


Every now and then I like to pull up with a jerk
It's good to test the brakes, to make sure that they still work

I've paid my tax for fifty years so, yes, I think I'm owed
And, yes, I really do believe I own the bloody road

There's no real purpose or direction to the song at the moment - much like his driving - but any suggestions would be cheerfully received. I think this one will probably fade slowly off into the sunset though.

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg-year-9-week-37-2/#post-41526