Hello friendlings,
Continuing on with the lazy online busking, here is 'Nobody Does It Better'. The original song was composed by Marvin Hamlisch with a lyric by Carole Bayer Sager, made famous by Carly Simon as the theme song for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me.
This is my acoustic cover of it
I hope you have been enjoying my lazy busking series, it's been easy to make, and pretty lazy of me really. In my defence though, I am busy working on other musical, less lazy, projects. Expect plenty of new material soon.
You can catch me singing and musicing over on Donny Stax's album 'Wasted' with a whole bunch of my other musical buddies, including the almighty Jipsy Magic and the awesomeness that is Truth, as well as many many more.
Here is the link to hear it all over on the How Bout That Records blog http://howboutthatrecords.blogspot.co.uk/
Peace and infinite love to you all
Mr Jackson
Friday, 7 June 2013
Saturday, 25 May 2013
Thank You - lazy online busking part 5
Hello me lovelies,
Continuing on with the online busking, here is 'Thank You' by Alanis Morissette. This song has been in my busking repertoire for a couple of years. It's a simple song to play, with only 3 chords being used for the entire length. Capo 5th fret and then G, D, C for the whole thing.
I saw an amazing singer do a version of this while I was living in Utrecht, it was one of those musical performances that stays with you, and since then whenever I play this song I think back to that night.
Lyrically this song is massive and for a long time it has inspired me to put long complicated words into my own songs and not be afraid to hit up a little philosophy (lyrically). Thank you disillusionment.
Thank you for listening, I love you
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Continuing on with the online busking, here is 'Thank You' by Alanis Morissette. This song has been in my busking repertoire for a couple of years. It's a simple song to play, with only 3 chords being used for the entire length. Capo 5th fret and then G, D, C for the whole thing.
I saw an amazing singer do a version of this while I was living in Utrecht, it was one of those musical performances that stays with you, and since then whenever I play this song I think back to that night.
Lyrically this song is massive and for a long time it has inspired me to put long complicated words into my own songs and not be afraid to hit up a little philosophy (lyrically). Thank you disillusionment.
Thank you for listening, I love you
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Apeman - lazy online busking part 4
Hello friendlies,
Continuing on with the busking song theme, I present to you 'Apeman' by The Kinks. This is not the best known song by The Kinks by a long way, and that's a shame because it is one hell of a tune. I added this song to my busking set a couple of years ago and it is certainly a favourite of mine to play.
If you make it to the end of the video you will enjoy some silly faces from me as I fluff up the last couple of chords. I couldn't be bothered to rerecord the vid so I just left the haphazard ending there. Hardly anyone ever gets to the end of a youtube video these days anyways.
Thanks for reading my blog, I love you very much (in a completely platonic 'no need for naked touching' kinda way)
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Continuing on with the busking song theme, I present to you 'Apeman' by The Kinks. This is not the best known song by The Kinks by a long way, and that's a shame because it is one hell of a tune. I added this song to my busking set a couple of years ago and it is certainly a favourite of mine to play.
If you make it to the end of the video you will enjoy some silly faces from me as I fluff up the last couple of chords. I couldn't be bothered to rerecord the vid so I just left the haphazard ending there. Hardly anyone ever gets to the end of a youtube video these days anyways.
Thanks for reading my blog, I love you very much (in a completely platonic 'no need for naked touching' kinda way)
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Friday, 10 May 2013
Space Oddity - lazy online busking part 3
So friends,
Part 3 of my lazy online busking blogs is the mindblowingly amazing song 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie. This is one of the hardest songs to play on the streets, mainly because it has a few different sections which range from big and punchy to small and floaty, which makes for great songwriting, but doesn't always gel so well with people passing a busker who suddenly decides to shout about Major Tom in their faces.
I always find a handful of people really appreciate this song on the streets, if only for the nod to the legend that is David Bowie. I also love the fact it's a space song, as there aren't enough songs about space.
This isn't a tune you will find many buskers doing, which is a shame given what a brilliant song it is. We need more Bowie on the streets, more I tell you!
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Part 3 of my lazy online busking blogs is the mindblowingly amazing song 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie. This is one of the hardest songs to play on the streets, mainly because it has a few different sections which range from big and punchy to small and floaty, which makes for great songwriting, but doesn't always gel so well with people passing a busker who suddenly decides to shout about Major Tom in their faces.
I always find a handful of people really appreciate this song on the streets, if only for the nod to the legend that is David Bowie. I also love the fact it's a space song, as there aren't enough songs about space.
This isn't a tune you will find many buskers doing, which is a shame given what a brilliant song it is. We need more Bowie on the streets, more I tell you!
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
High and Dry - lazy online busking part 2
Hello friendlies,
Continuing on from part 1, the online busking adventures continue with 'High and Dry' by Radiohead.
I've busked this song for many years, I probably owe Radiohead a chunk of royalties for all the pennies this song has made me over time. The lyrics are pretty dark considering how beautiful the song is, but that's Thom Yorke for ya. This recording was made back in 2011 while I was busking it up in Utrecht and staying with the legendary Henk, Silvia & The Fongster100. Good times indeed.
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Continuing on from part 1, the online busking adventures continue with 'High and Dry' by Radiohead.
I've busked this song for many years, I probably owe Radiohead a chunk of royalties for all the pennies this song has made me over time. The lyrics are pretty dark considering how beautiful the song is, but that's Thom Yorke for ya. This recording was made back in 2011 while I was busking it up in Utrecht and staying with the legendary Henk, Silvia & The Fongster100. Good times indeed.
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Scattered Black & Whites - lazy online busking part 1
Hello friends,
It's been a while, sorry about that, I've been busy doing stuff, secret stuff that I haven't been compelled to share with the smiley people of the interweb. There is loads of "stuff" in the pipeline, and once the plumber sorts out a bigger plunger there will be new material gushing into your face (mainly via the ears). How Bout That Records has quite a full release schedule for this year, starting next month with Donny Stax 'Wasted', and I am featured on that several times, as well as the mixtape that will follow a month later.
Until then though, since I haven't put out any video's, or done anything at all internet wise really, I thought I would record some of my busking songs to share. I've done busking for many years now, and there are some songs which I have played so many times that I could do it with my eyes taped shut while being repeatedly kicked by a gang of midget pirates (you don't see many of them these days). So anyway, I played some of them again, this time in front of a camera, so I could post them to youtube, and then have something to blog about.
So here is part 1, 'Scattered Black & Whites' by Elbow.
I love this song, it's one of my favourite tracks by one of my favourite bands. I've busked several Elbow tracks over time, including 'One Day Like This', 'Open Arms' and 'Not A Job'. Not many people know Elbow that well, but if I busk one of their songs and someone walks by who knows it, I always get a big smile of recognition.
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
It's been a while, sorry about that, I've been busy doing stuff, secret stuff that I haven't been compelled to share with the smiley people of the interweb. There is loads of "stuff" in the pipeline, and once the plumber sorts out a bigger plunger there will be new material gushing into your face (mainly via the ears). How Bout That Records has quite a full release schedule for this year, starting next month with Donny Stax 'Wasted', and I am featured on that several times, as well as the mixtape that will follow a month later.
Until then though, since I haven't put out any video's, or done anything at all internet wise really, I thought I would record some of my busking songs to share. I've done busking for many years now, and there are some songs which I have played so many times that I could do it with my eyes taped shut while being repeatedly kicked by a gang of midget pirates (you don't see many of them these days). So anyway, I played some of them again, this time in front of a camera, so I could post them to youtube, and then have something to blog about.
So here is part 1, 'Scattered Black & Whites' by Elbow.
I love this song, it's one of my favourite tracks by one of my favourite bands. I've busked several Elbow tracks over time, including 'One Day Like This', 'Open Arms' and 'Not A Job'. Not many people know Elbow that well, but if I busk one of their songs and someone walks by who knows it, I always get a big smile of recognition.
Peace and infinite love
Mr Jackson
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Babies and Old People - The Cycle path if you're lucky
Hello friends,
A couple of months have pasted now since the world ended, and things are looking good, it generally seems to be the same kind of story it was before the end. As far as I'm concerned, we have ourselves a lovely new blank canvas on which to paint a new picture of whatever we want, the gloves of limitation have been ripped off and given to charity to send to some poor developing species in another solar system. Don't worry about fuel prices for these interstellar old junk delivery rockets, they use hyper dimensional funnels that function on imagination rather then petroleum based propulsion.
There has been a strong theme of birth and death since the new Earth began,well for me at least. For one thing my sister had a baby, the first of the next generation of my immediate family, and he's called Harrison (I like to think it's because my sister secretly loves the complex guitar stylings of the late great George Harrison, but it's probably to do with some other reason that is un-beatle related entirely).
Baby Harrison is tiny, and he comes with many many tiny accessories. So numerous are these tiny accessories, that they create an entire layer of baby over everything within a ten meter radius. While the baby and my sister were staying with us to recover, I had to become an amateur archaeologist, performing complex digs in order to locate relics of pre-baby times (such as computer games and useful adult items deemed unsafe for children). The layer of baby would quickly return though, and evidence of the excavation lost to time.
Also with new baby comes baby related programming from the flashy corner box. 'One Born Every Minute' seems like it's on all the time, showing blurry vaginas and splooge covered tiny wobbly humans in HD being pushed into our dimension through them. It's not exactly the sort of thing you want to watch while trying to eat dinner, it would really put you off your horse burgers.
I think the reason I keep encountering the 'One Born' thing is because it comes right before the absolute bestest thing on TV in the UK at the moment, namely 'Derek'. I will write a whole special blog dedicated to Ricky Gervais's latest and greatest mockumentary once the whole series has been shown. Until then, the element of the show I wish to comment on is the Old people. The show is set in a care home for the elderly, and every episode has a strong focus on kindness and being good to your fellow human beings, no matter how young or old they are. I'm not afraid to admit that I have shed a tear every time I have watched it, it works for me, mainly because it reminds me of my Granddad who inspired and influenced me so much.
Death is a big part of the show as well, and also a recurring theme in my life at the moment. No one I know closely has died recently, but my current temp job is related to death in several ways. I can't go into detail as I signed a contract not to reveal any information (which makes it sound so much more important then it really is), but I can say that daily I am thinking about growing old and the inevitable ending of that process of old growing. But who knows what my future holds, as my granddad would always say, he had no idea that in his life he would see the birth of television, the rise of computers, diseases cured, cars outside every house, spaceflight, the internet, phones in every house before ending up in every pocket and so many other mind-blowing things that if he had been told about any of it when he was young, he wouldn't of believed it possible. So who knows what will happen in the next hundred years, I am willing to bet that it will be a whole load of crazy awesome stuff that if we knew about it already, we wouldn't believe it for one moment. Tomorrows normalities are today's fantasies. If we can dream it, then somewhen down the line we can live it, but it's not all up to you, there are billions of other dreamers out there, some of them are tiny and cry lots for attention, and some are old and frail, but no matter what point on this journey of life you are at, there is loads more time for stuff to change and it inevitably will.
So cheer up, life has all the symptoms of something incredibly awesome and expansive, and it's very contagious.
Peace and infinite love
[adj] - Andy D Jackson
A couple of months have pasted now since the world ended, and things are looking good, it generally seems to be the same kind of story it was before the end. As far as I'm concerned, we have ourselves a lovely new blank canvas on which to paint a new picture of whatever we want, the gloves of limitation have been ripped off and given to charity to send to some poor developing species in another solar system. Don't worry about fuel prices for these interstellar old junk delivery rockets, they use hyper dimensional funnels that function on imagination rather then petroleum based propulsion.
There has been a strong theme of birth and death since the new Earth began,well for me at least. For one thing my sister had a baby, the first of the next generation of my immediate family, and he's called Harrison (I like to think it's because my sister secretly loves the complex guitar stylings of the late great George Harrison, but it's probably to do with some other reason that is un-beatle related entirely).
Baby Harrison is tiny, and he comes with many many tiny accessories. So numerous are these tiny accessories, that they create an entire layer of baby over everything within a ten meter radius. While the baby and my sister were staying with us to recover, I had to become an amateur archaeologist, performing complex digs in order to locate relics of pre-baby times (such as computer games and useful adult items deemed unsafe for children). The layer of baby would quickly return though, and evidence of the excavation lost to time.
Also with new baby comes baby related programming from the flashy corner box. 'One Born Every Minute' seems like it's on all the time, showing blurry vaginas and splooge covered tiny wobbly humans in HD being pushed into our dimension through them. It's not exactly the sort of thing you want to watch while trying to eat dinner, it would really put you off your horse burgers.
I think the reason I keep encountering the 'One Born' thing is because it comes right before the absolute bestest thing on TV in the UK at the moment, namely 'Derek'. I will write a whole special blog dedicated to Ricky Gervais's latest and greatest mockumentary once the whole series has been shown. Until then, the element of the show I wish to comment on is the Old people. The show is set in a care home for the elderly, and every episode has a strong focus on kindness and being good to your fellow human beings, no matter how young or old they are. I'm not afraid to admit that I have shed a tear every time I have watched it, it works for me, mainly because it reminds me of my Granddad who inspired and influenced me so much.
Death is a big part of the show as well, and also a recurring theme in my life at the moment. No one I know closely has died recently, but my current temp job is related to death in several ways. I can't go into detail as I signed a contract not to reveal any information (which makes it sound so much more important then it really is), but I can say that daily I am thinking about growing old and the inevitable ending of that process of old growing. But who knows what my future holds, as my granddad would always say, he had no idea that in his life he would see the birth of television, the rise of computers, diseases cured, cars outside every house, spaceflight, the internet, phones in every house before ending up in every pocket and so many other mind-blowing things that if he had been told about any of it when he was young, he wouldn't of believed it possible. So who knows what will happen in the next hundred years, I am willing to bet that it will be a whole load of crazy awesome stuff that if we knew about it already, we wouldn't believe it for one moment. Tomorrows normalities are today's fantasies. If we can dream it, then somewhen down the line we can live it, but it's not all up to you, there are billions of other dreamers out there, some of them are tiny and cry lots for attention, and some are old and frail, but no matter what point on this journey of life you are at, there is loads more time for stuff to change and it inevitably will.
So cheer up, life has all the symptoms of something incredibly awesome and expansive, and it's very contagious.
Peace and infinite love
[adj] - Andy D Jackson
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