https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:58:12 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253262 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:19:13 +0000
Pete and Joe, yeah, thanks for letting me know that I'd captured some intensity in the lyrics; the issue demands it.

Vic, Trev and Paul, wow thanks, that means a lot.

Elle and Joe, yeah, a little slow: I laid down the drums at 90bpm, then recorded the guitar and it felt good, but when I went to record vocals it felt a little slow. Changing the drums would just have been a button click, but after recording over 8 minutes of guitar relatively successfully, I wasn't going to go back. If I re-record, I'll try at 95 or 100; it is a slower song, but it could use a small boost. Thanks for letting me know.

Elle, funny that you mention the photo of the girl running from the napalm strike. I heard her speak at an event in Paris a few months ago ( the lesser known Paris here in Canada :) ), so I had that image in my head too. Also, one of the native leaders here is named "Runs Through Fire".]]> Sunday Songwriters Group SlowPlay https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253262 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253249 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:34:51 +0000
It's not hard to start a genocide
Just take a mirror and stare at it for days
Go outside once your face is memorized
Then kill everyone who doesn't look the same Very strong. And sadly true. Excellently done.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253249 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253235 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:03:44 +0000
These were my favourite lines:

It's not hard to make you listen
When armed men close your roads
But our children run through fire and dirty water
Everyday, will you listen to their ghosts scream

Wow! I kept seeing that photo of the little girl on fire in my head, after the napalm in Nam. I think you're crystallizing your skills, my man, and this is just a symptom of your thoughts, and the entire process you have going on.

I wanted it to speed up, tempo-wise, but that's about all that I would change, if it was up to me, and it's not. It's your style, and it works, too well...

Elle]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Ellenback https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253235 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253033 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:23:41 +0000
this is an outstanding song well done, don't change a thing.

Paul]]> Sunday Songwriters Group pbee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253033 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253029 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:57:25 +0000
Awesome job Robert

Really thought the vox was brilliant


Trev]]> Sunday Songwriters Group BarnaBus RoX https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253029 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253004 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:07:17 +0000
That's EXCELLENT writing mate! Every week, there's a couple of good songs posted here - every so often, there's a real killer. I'm putting this in the "killer" category! I've even tried the chords - work pretty well, but of course I've no way of knowing exactly how you're going to play them.....I'm REALLY looking forward to this MP3!!!!

:D :D :D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-253004 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-252978 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:31:22 +0000
I particularly like the verse;
It's not hard to start a genocide
Just take a mirror and stare at it for days
Go outside once your face is memorized
Then kill everyone who doesn't look the same An excellent use of words and imagary there.

Great job.

Pete]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Embrace_the_Darkness https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-252978 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-252948 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:45:01 +0000
Joe]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Joe https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-252948 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-26713 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:36:14 +0000
I hope the song is clear enough about its general subject matter. This has always been a hard issue here in Canada, and from what I understand, Australia as well, and to a lesser extent, the US. No need to pull punches on the feedback, the issue is important to me, but I'm not directly entangled in it. I just thought it would make for a challenge.

I've recorded it. It takes some inspiration from Paul's 'The Drum', except that I had a little electronic man play drums for me ( I drift a bit from the perfect drummer ). The strumming pattern I stole from Tom Cochrane ( I think it was a live version of 'Good Man Feeling Bad' ). The chanting I took from Martyn Joseph, again, a live perfomance, don't know if he ever recorded the song. Warning: it's a little long, 8:41. :oops:
You can listen at: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=337003&songID=5531327


Reparation
©2007 Robert Gowland

It's not hard to make an enemy
Just take another man
Find what you want and place him between you two
Then stare at him down the length of your gun

It's not hard to make a savage
When he speaks a language you don't understand
Demand of him that he turn another page
Or measure him with the Bible in your hand

Chorus:
But it's hard to give
What you've taken
And it's hard to sell
Reparation

After Chorus

It's not hard to start a genocide
Just take a mirror and stare at it for days
Go outside once your face is memorized
Then kill everyone who doesn't look the same

It's not hard to make a promise
Pump your fist, smoke a pipe, and save the day
Lay out your best intention, and if you play it right
It'll be a hundred years before you're ever asked to pay

Bridge

Bridge with lyrics:
Now dance around my drum
Full of talk of unity
But all that you can give
Is everything you stole from me

Chorus

After Chorus

It's not hard to make you listen
When armed men close your roads
But our children run through fire and dirty water
Everyday, will you listen to their ghosts scream

Chorus

After Chorus

Bridge





For anyone interested, these are the chords:
Verses:
Em G Em G Em G Am D Em

Chorus:
Am Bb2 F Dm
Am Bb2 F G

After Chorus:
F#m A Em G

Bridge:
Em G Am D]]> Sunday Songwriters Group SlowPlay https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/ssg5-week-35-reparation-mp3-added/#post-26713