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Very POWERFUL lyrics @WelshBlue! Ive listened to every song you posted on Youtube and loved them all 😊
Listening to one of your songs(No More Silence)reminds me of a song I used to love many years ago….It was by a band called Casting Crowns called "East To West"
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So powerful i feel your journey and strenght truly inspiring
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I always say you never really truly know someone until ypu see them broken stripped of the mask every nerve exposed i really really love all your songs and videos
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This is so very true. You never know what's in anyone's head unless they show you. I know I'm very good at masking. Thank you Catherine for your kind words ☺️
@Santosha12 … nothing wrong with a CD player … I still use vinyl and a tape desk for the older part of my collection. As for Mindfulness - can only do it if someone else is orating the script, cannot for the life of me empty my head enough to do it by myself … but I guess this is my own form of it, to me. Thanks for planting that seed in my head. And thanks for the glowing praise
@Kiki23 … thank you so much. Nice to know I'm not totally mad - or if I am … I'm not alone 😜
Funny you should mention Casting Crowns, I've thought myself that some of my tunes have a bit of Christian Rock vibe going on. Thanks again
Thanks too to @MW123 and @Holly_Scope for the 👊
This is the very first one I wrote and produced.
Alcoholic Kisses … it's not very good, maybe the worst I've done, but my way of getting down what my father put me through as a child/ teen. Only me. My siblings had a life of riley. I guess I can thank him for my love of books … what better way to escape. Nature vs Nurture … would I have battled with 6 policemen all those years ago if I hadn't known the fist as a way of expressing rather than talking ? Then No prison. No rape. No mind totally messed up. No alcolism or drugs. But … not a pity party, as I am one strong survivor and wouldn't have my kids or wife without the past
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My god that room with coal fire could be from my childhood i gave up drink 3 years ago relapsed once life is better excellent really relate
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I completely agree with @MW123. This is incredible. When the door slowly closes 💛… the visuals work so well with the words.
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thanks @Catherine21 @Holly_Scope … also thanks to @Kiki23 @MW123
Maybe a bit too much shock value, should have thought it may be triggering to others.
My wife refuses to watch it again, so apologies if it was too hard hitting
Let's have something more uplifting for a Saturday night 😁
I'm a big fan of Chappel Roan, so tried to write something in her style. Neon Style Mascara
Still Electric … not letting the alphabet of CFS MS PTSD define me, or people judging not knowing the full facts, or the real me.
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I guess this isn't the place to share.
One last song
Whiskey Won't Whisper No More … beating the demon water …
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Thank you @WelshBlue for sharing "Whiskey Won't Whisper No More" it made me cry.
Incredible lyrics.
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@Bluebell21 … sorry 😔
And thank you. I write lyrics that mean something to me and/or experienced.
Some people have felt sorry for all I've experienced through my own faults or the hands of others … I don't. I embrace it all, as it's given me the character to still be here, to learn and to help others whenever I can. Plus what else could I write music about 😜
Thank you again … take care
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A song for you dear @WelshBlue 💜
Sharing Is Caring 💜
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@Kiki23 … thank you. That is very powerful. Music can say things words alone can't say. In all honesty I don't think I'd still be here without having had music in my life. Sounds melodramatic … but true
I can relate to the sentiment in that song so much, so thank you.
Rascal Flatts are a new one to me … gonna enjoy going down the YouTube rabbit hole listening to more
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Not been around for a little while but lovely to hear your last few songs @WelshBlue. I must admit I keep going back to 'Not my Burden', 'Manchester Rain' and 'The Needle and the Roses'....I'll know them off by heart by the end of the week I'm sure 🫠😊. Did mean to come back to say it was pretty much a mediative state they took me to rather than mindfulness.
Your comment about embracing it all really resonates, I embrace my experiences, good and bad - as well as my imperfections. An old friend said to me a few days ago, 'I like you very much J, just exactly as you are'. We had a right good laugh about that when I reminded her it's a line from Bridget Jones but without the exactly 😂 (from Darcy). It reminded me not to apologise for who I am. Your music reminds me of that. You're a Maestro imo and I appreciate you sharing your music, very much 😊.
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@Santosha12 … thanks. Not My Burden is very special to me. It means I won … not them.
The Needle & The Roses … again I won. Overcame what I became … because of them. Why else would you go from a non-smoker to a, well junkie (although I hate that word)
It's not always what we do in this life, it's how we admit/change the mistakes we've made. At least that's a mantra I adhere to
As for imperfections … I've many, like a craggy rock … but like that rock, will always be solid for those who need me. I'm sure everyone who knows you thinks you're perfect. As for Bridget Jones … you'd get on with my wife … huge fangirl of the films
A Maestro ? An Austin Maestro maybe … but thankfully I don't break down as often 😆
Dancing In The Rain … inspired to write this for someone I know. The man (I use that term very loosely) she was with … well not a nice person, and thankfully she found the strength to walk away. A bit of poetic licence in this one but …
Concrete Echoes … don't really want to put a synopsis. Just very personal to me, 34 years later
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@WelshBlue 'Dancing In the Rain' "Every drop feels like a second chance, I'm taking back my life taking back my dance".... Pure Gold... that's up there for me with 'Not my Burden'.
I say my dogs are Practically Perfect in Every Way [Mary Poppins] whereas I'm imperfectly perfect; the burden the world can lay on me for anything resembling perfection no longer has a place of importance. At the grand 'young' age of 63 it's amazing what we can learn in order to not only still grow, but to accept ourselves.
Btw, my beautiful dog Mr. Jones (RIP 9th Aug 2017) 🥰😍 was named after Bridget Jones when I was unable to have the **** and as he looked like a Mr. Jones 🤣 and as he was a 'singleton' like me.
Edited to add 'female dog'.
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Mr. Jones AKA Jonesy-Bones. Favourite songs, 'What's in a Kiss', 'Me and Mrs Jones' (changed to 'Mr' of course) and 'Never, Never, Never'.
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@Santosha12 love the photos. Sorry for your loss of Mr Jones, I know how inconsolable I'll be when my son's dog leaves us. He's been a constant help these past 3 years. He knows things no-one else does.
I think it's Watermelon Wine that's got the lyrics … Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes (God bless little children while they're still too young to hate) So very true
Both the dogs look absolute bonkers (in a good way) 😁Pugs or terriers ?
Thanks for the kind words about my ramblings … glad you can see in my head to 'get' the lyrics 😁
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Oh @WelshBlue, firstly, they're shih tzus haha but definitely look similar to pugs with their hair cuts (courtesy of me 😅) and they wouldn't feel any offence being described as such. And they're most certainly bonkers ... don't they say they take after their owners?? Sometimes, in life, some things just need to be said.
This is the cushion that Jonesy passed away on... 9th August 2017... he was 'looking' at me for a good ten seconds until I realised... heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe it... I brought his bessie mate Snicket downstairs and then went back up for Jonesy, lay him on a pillow downstairs with his favourite songs from Shirley Bassey playing, especially 'Never, never, never' - "I'd like to run away from you but if you never found me, I would die, I'd like to break the chains you put around me, but I know I never will".… and candles lit, then Scarperlina scurried across his body, literally walking on him 🤣🥰😍😂I said 'Scarperlina, have a bit of respect please'.. she was only 6 months old bless her.
If we don't have that connection I personally don't believe we truly deserve them. I took Jonesy to the vets to check he'd passed, several hours later.... it was pretty obvious. Could have avoided a 60.00 fee 🙄. Then took him to the little park we often went to and swizzled him around on the roundabout that he'd loved. A neighbour came and took us to 'Sleepy Meadow'.
Snicket was 18 months old then and still responds to Jonesys' name today and cries for his cushion which I give him. They were truly the very best of friends and Snicket's reactions shows me how maybe, they're like elephants and really do not forget.
Despite 'appearances' I actually have many physical 'disabilities' (no mental issues) and choose to be out of here, once my dogs are. The healthcare peeps involved in my care are aware of that. I purposely choose to engage, in the meantime, not necessarily with just those who 'agree' with me.... but those who truly show compassion. To fellow humans and our beloved animals. I genuinely 'get' you. I'm grateful for your music, it resonates... if it touches my heart then it touches my dogs, for that? Yes, you're a Maestro ❣️
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PS Mr.Jones' cushion …
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I too have ptsd so I understand
My ex husband caused mine
I still struggle
I'll health not helping or lack of money
I also have granddaughter s
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Aged 12 months, 16 months and 19 months
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