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Thanks for the encouraging post :D I am glad that you enjoyed the song. :wink:

James]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334612 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334591 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:57:38 +0000 Thanks for posting the background, I wouldn't have had any clue otherwise :wink:
As for the revealing the ending or not alternatives you posted earlier... I'm with "The king was not the least bit thrilled
What the baby's birth would soon reveal" for an ending, since it reads better than the other one and the exposure of David having Uruah killed does not add much to the clarification of the whole story to my uneducated mind :lol:

Cheers,
straycat.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group straycat. https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334591 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334460 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:16:42 +0000 Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334460 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334448 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:47:35 +0000 I was thinking your song for this week might be a follow-up about last week's couple, but most likely from the neighbors' point of view....something about bells jingling at all hours :lol: :lol: :lol: You've got a vivid imagination James... :D

Actually, it's been a bad week here for writing songs. It's still school holidays, so looking after my son has been the priority, but I also got crook for a few days (in Australia that means I got sick, not that I turned to crime... :wink: ). I've roughed out a theme and some initial verses, but have run out of time to shape it up enough for posting, or to sort the music out, so it's gone back into the folder for completion another day.

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/paged/2/#post-334448 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334447 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:04:09 +0000 Oops.... Looks like you're right about my needing to update my research James ...by the way a lot gets miscommunicated when posting...hopefully I can clarify....

when I typed about doing more research, I was refering to your comment about childhood influences....so I was saying..."Sounds like you'll have to do some more research what your childhood influences might have included"....more a general statement that it can be quite a journey analyzing how one's past influences make up who they are today....I was not meaning you needed to do more research on David....anyway, you got it right. He was the sling-shot guy. :wink:

I was thinking your song for this week might be a follow-up about last week's couple, but most likely from the neighbors' point of view....something about bells jingling at all hours :lol: :lol: :lol:]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334447 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334434 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:56:20 +0000
That's probably why we love you Aussies, even though you keep beating us at cricket - you're fighters. Everybody loves an underdog, the little team that takes on the world with a "screw you!" attitude - like I said in another post, somewhere on this forum, you don't just kick the Aussies when they're down, you stamp on their windpipes - or else they'll just get up and come back at you. Twice as hard.

Vic Looks like the boot's on the other foot right now though! We missed our chance in the first Test and let you off the hook, and now it's your turn to make us squirm. :shock: Before this series started I was of the opinion that both sides might struggle to get the other one out twice. If your bowling attack isn't on top form these days it's hard to get the needed 20 wickets. It's still looking that way, so I'd say it's still anybody's Ashes.

Cheers,

Chris]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334434 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334400 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:54:09 +0000
I love that attitude - "hell with you, we're not the greatest, but we'll bloody well try harder....until we are!"

That's the sort of attitude I put in to my guitar playing and writing - "I might not be there yet, but I WILL get better, and I WILL work harder at it!"

Thanks Chris, for a timely reminder of why I play guitar....and why I keep writing....

:D :D :D

Vic]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Vic Lewis VL https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334400 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334313 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:41:27 +0000 . . . and those consequences can have devastating effects on others . . . as in this story.
Might not be fair . . . but none of us have a contract with Life . . . with terms and conditions . . .
or . . . maybe David did . . . but broke his contract.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group KR2 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334313 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334289 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:42:22 +0000
...interesting enough, this is the same David that fought a giant named Goliath when he was a boy or youth....in that story, he is definately the underdog and gets the praises of the people....even his rise to kingship was unusual as he was not of "royal" blood...but all that is another story :wink: or maybe another song :lol:

...his life's account reminds me how fragile life is with a person's capability to make "good" and "bad" decisions....and the impact those decisions can have on those around us.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group jamestoffee https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334289 https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334278 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:31:58 +0000
James It's always good to know that the hero repented his unworthy actions, but my primary sympathies always lie with the ‘bit part players' who seem only to exist to fulfil a useful function in the hero's script. In this case, that would be the baby who died in order to punish the king, Uriah who was cynically slaughtered in battle, and the concubines who are used in turn by the hero and his son. Their only real function in the drama was as framing - context for the actions of the star of the show. Somewhat chastening for the king no doubt, but a fair bit tougher for the ones who actually had to pay the price for his little lesson. Pretty much par for the course in tales about heroes and kings, whether it's historical stories or modern day movie scripts. Maybe it varies from country to country, but in Australia we have more of a tradition of supporting the underdog, ‘battler' or ordinary guy, so I tend to be a poor audience for tales featuring the exploits of those who inherit their titles and position. Just a personal blind spot I guess.]]> Sunday Songwriters Group Chris C https://guitarnoise.forum/sunday-songwriters-group/y7wk37-the-king-i/#post-334278