So friends,
The conclusion of the Sunrise Reflections comes in the form of 2 songs, the penultimate track being Clearly Designed, and the final song being Pinata of Troy.
Clearly Designed - Cosmic Bos Improvisation
Ngoni - Joe Philogene
Electric Guitar - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson
After the deep thinking soul soothing antics of Ram Dass, it is time for the smokey wisdom of Cosmic Bos, with Joe using his Hunters Harp to hold the song together, Andy and Nick help build the tapestry. At the end of our musical/visual journey we are at our most burnt out, and beautiful colourful smoke carries our almost final musical opus away, the sun sets and the day is done, after the next one (Piñata of Troy).
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Here are the lyrics which were written prior to the musical improv.
Clearly Designed - by Andy Jackson
Waiting out another cycle Too many layers to this trifle Clearly designed and built to shine But socially easy to stifle
Wear the honour like a hat There really is no shame in that Clearly designed and made to shine You’re the hipster coolest cat
Normally the normal me Would embrace all that I can see The signs are all designed clearly Proving this ain’t reality
Save your memories in a chest One day it will be all that’s left Clearly refined preserved design Testament to your dying breath
Normally the normal me Gets swept up in catastrophe Of late though I’ve designed clearly A proclaimed self sufficiency
Systems trotted out and barely tested Propping up the failed reinvested A clear design fault finally been bested Medal goes to third, the hairy chested
Normally the normal me Gets glitched out by bad latency On this occasion I’ll agree To check this was designed clearly
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and finally...
Pinata of Troy - Cosmic Bos
The final track from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections sees the sun setting on our adventure and the Pinata being gifted to Troy.
Percussion - Joe Philogene
Electric Guitar and Synth - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson
PIÑATA Of TROY - lyrics by Andy Jackson
Slow cooking up a cluster duck
Shredded, pancaked, out of luck
From pond to plate
Best not to wait
Or moral issues surface
Kindness floats on angel wings
From start to end
The great pretend
Will barely scratch the surface
Back end of the convoy
First to see the decoy
But treated like a chew toy
Piñata given to Troy
It’s animal to instinct
Not capable of deep think
But baby, bath and the sink
Don’t deserve discarding
It’s human to be lazy
It’s chaos wrapped in crazy
memory is some what hazy
Unless directed by Scorcese
Back end of the convoy
First to see the decoy
Treated like a chew toy
Pinata given to Troy
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At the end we have our toy horse full of treats, ready to be given to someone who will hopefully enjoy it and get something positive from it, we are not enemies, but friends who haven't met yet, so here's a piñata. Our journey concludes.
What a journey it has been, from the early twinklings of Time is Now, through the ups and downs of Sunrises, Intentions, Bad Decisions, World Feelings worth staying for, wise wise Ram Dass, Being in the now, Now, reflecting, reflective...to the end, where the oversized Pinata is gifted to the enemy, so we may all be friends and solve this riddle of existence together, for together is always better.
The sun sets on this journey, the second of our fully improvised album releases, utilising the sunsets filmed after the session from our window, we close this book. But fear not, for the story is far from over, and Improvisation 3: Summadelica is already in the bag and itching to get out.
Sunrise Reflections was a truly wonderful project to work on, and Joe Philogene brought so much love, energy and talent to the core of this work which gave Nick and Andy such a rich space to explore musically, it was an honour.
Also Ram Dass, what can be said about Ram Dass?!
Mainly for what we were using him for it was rhythm, Ram Dass speaks with such flow and rhythm that combining his voice with our improvised music just worked so well, so well in fact that we used him for all of the improvised Words of Wisdom sections, as well as the song that bore his books title 'Be Here Now'.
Check out the Here and Now podcast to hear lots of awesome mind opening speeches by Ram Dass
Also check out our podcast for plenty of improvised musical shenanigans and visual funfoolery, we love you dearly and have something special to share with you, it's in our podcast somewhere, go have a look.
Peace and infinite love
Cosmic Bos
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