We came here for the fun, but stayed here for the feeling
Track 9 on Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections
Percussion - Joe Philogene
Electric Guitar and Backing Vocals - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson
Video by Nick and Andy Jackson
After a couple of sets of wise words from the almighty Ram Dass, Cosmic Bos come back to their musical roots and serve up a somewhat simple singer songwriter kinda song. With lyrics by Andy, the chaps came here for the fun, but stayed here for the feeling.
Stayed Here for the Feeling - Lyrics by Andy Jackson
Spread across the bed
While the mower’s in the shed
Gets dustier and rustier
Use paving stones instead
Lazy built an empire
And then slept through the day
Generations greatest gifts
Casually thrown away
But fun is what we came for
The feelings’ why we stayed
We’ll decimate the buffet
And likely misbehave
Yonder window sunset
Yesterday was better
Except for the pain we felt
So easy to forget her
Tomorrow could be easy
Or is that simply dreaming
Came here for the fun
But stayed here for the feeling
Today is all okay
This is time worth stealing
Came here for the fun
Stayed here for the feeling
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After the Words of Wisdom 3 Ram Dass, the musical adventuring just didn't want to leave the wise guy alone, so for the next song, Ram Dass continues to dish out the tasty wisdom treats while the Bos chaps noodle away in a musical fashion.
Cosmic Bos improved the music, and they are:
Percussion - Joe Philogene
Electric Guitar, Synth and Vocals - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson
This song is track 8 in the Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections album, which is available from all good music streaming venues, please take your pick
This song is a direct follow on from Words of Wisdom 3, as the music began to swell a vocal called out 'Be Here Now', and the whirlwind swirled us all in, and Ram Dass had to stop talking so the music could take over, and that is how this song was born.
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Be Here Now is one of Ram Dass's central thesis's, and truly a reflection of what we have been doing here at Cosmic Bos with our improvisation podcast project.
Ram Dass samples taken from Here and Now podcast, full episode link here
The fourth song from Cosmic Bos Improvisation 2: Sunrise Reflections, and the next instalment in our audio/visual presentation.
Ngoni and Percussion - Joe Philogene
Electric Guitar, Synth and Vocals - Nick Jackson
Acoustic Guitar and Vocals - Andy Jackson
The lyrics for this song were improvised on the spot, just like the rest of the song. There was a collection of jars sat behind Nick on a shelf, they acted as the launching point for the lyrical wonder that is 'Apparently'.
We decided on a colourful moving image palette to go with this song, and sunflowers. Hopefully a visual feast for your eyes while the music is a treat for your ears. Imagine the smell of beautiful flowers to complete the sensory experience (we are not yet capable of releasing the smell version of our jams)
For the full improv session visit our podcast site and download the 2 hour meditative improvised musical experience. The full version features some wonderful words of wisdom by Ram Dass, it's embedded right below these very words in fact.
