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recording #Quantum with Friends , “The Real Deal” zoals Michel altijd zei. 2018
Kort daarna ging Michel over, maar dit hebben we nog samen mogen delen. En bij de presentatie van het Quantum album in
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van de partij op de drums. Een hele mooie eer die avond met ook oa.
op de gitaar,
op accordeon en piano,
op drums, @Nico Heilijgers op bas en Ewa Pepper op de viool.
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erbij was ook nog Henk Hak en iedereen van Cafe de Noot op een maandagavond zonder publiek van buiten.
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Ook in 2020 & ’21 kende de creativiteit en productiviteit van Ralph de Jongh geen grenzen. Zo bracht hij bijvoorbeeld weer een vierluik uit, getiteld The Whole World Inside. Daarnaast onder andere het meer dan uitstekende Let It Be Good For All. Hierop was geregeld een opvallende rol weggelegd voor de lapsteel van Tim Birkenholz, vooral in het wonderschone Seed the Seeds. Op On the Blue Line speelt deze lapsteel een nog een prominentere rol. De meer ingetogen kant van Ralph komt in de songs volledig tot zijn recht. Deze keer dus geen uptempo Stones achtige rockers. Toch weet Ralph moeiteloos de aandacht van de luisteraar meer dan zeventig minuten vast te houden. Ralph heeft met Birkenholz net zo’n grote muzikale klik als met violiste Ewa Pepper. Deze onderlinge samenwerking leverde ook de uitstekende, samen geschreven afsluiter Shadow op. Tot de hoogtepunten reken ik de titelsong, welke behoort tot de fraaiste songs die Ralph ooit schreef. Het fraaie gitaarspel wordt omkaderd door gevoelige zang en achtergrondzang van YLVALIE, Birkenholz en Leon van Etten. Net zo fraai zijn Clenching My Teeth en It Was on the Earth #2. Let It Be Good For All rekende ik al tot een van zijn drie fraaiste albums in zijn oeuvre, On The Blue Line bevalt me zelfs nog beter. Let It Be Good For All is trouwens tijdelijk voor slechts 4,99 te koop in zijn website! Ralph maakt trouwens ook deel uit van de groep Cosmic Walhalla, welke precies om twaalf uur het nieuwe jaar in zal luiden met hun tweede single Black and White Birds.
Theo Volk
Releasedatum : 15 januari 2021
Website : https://ralphdejongh.com/
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In 2020 verscheen van Neerlands hardwerkende bluesman Ralph de Jongh het vierluik The Whole World Inside, waarvan ik begin dit jaar het uitstekende eerste deel #misic#You Better#Music besprak. In de periode erna heeft Ralph ook niet bepaald stil gezeten, zo bracht hij het eveneens uitstekende dubbelalbum Em2 = Love uit. Verder nog Solo, Solo Germany, Solo 1996, Universal Strike, XL, Ride the Sunset to the Moon. Ook zal hij nog dit jaar Even If I Die uitbrengen en eind volgende week Let It Be Good for All. Zijn trouwe fans hebben dus niks te klagen, zeker niet als ze van het geweldige niveau zijn als Let It Be Good for All. Zoals we van Ralph gewend zijn biedt hij naast kwaliteit ook veel kwantiteit, want het album duurt zeventig minuten. De eerste drie songs, Blue I Love You, Shotgun Mama, High on My Own Supply zijn drie geweldige uptempo rocksongs, waarop The Rolling Stones vroeger een patent hadden. Sterker nog, ze zouden zeker niet misstaan in het oeuvre van die groep. De eerste song kan volgens Ralph trouwens verwijzen naar een vrouw, maar ook naar onze blauwe planeet. Na de eerste drie songs gaat het tempo omlaag en worden de songs meer ingetogen. Het fraaie Seed the Seeds werd reeds als single uitgebracht. De lapsteel bespeeld door Tim Birkenholz is hier wonderschoon. Het meest indringend is voor mij That’s Why I Cried Out Lung and Heart. In het titelnummer telt Ralph zijn zegeningen. Tevens een van mijn favoriete songs is There Are No Words, maar de rest doen er eigenlijk niet voor onder. Op She na werden de andere songs slechts in een dag opgenomen in de Jan Kisjes Studio. Het album zal vooraf gegaan worden door een rockversie, dat twee andere nummers, getiteld LadyG en I Am a Rock and Roll, bevat, maar ontbreken de laatste vier songs van de reguliere versie. Van de rockversie worden slechts 100 stuks gemaakt en zal dus een collector’s item worden. Let It Be Good for All behoort voor mij nu al samen met drieluik Dancing on a Volcano en Breath of Live tot de meest favoriete albums uit zijn oeuvre.
Theo Volk
Releasedatum : eind november 2020 Eigen beheer
Website : https://ralphdejongh.com/
7 JANUARI 2021
Als er maar vijftig van iets op de wereld zijn en er ligt één exemplaar daarvan voor je, wat ben je dan? Juist, dan ben je een erg bevoorrecht mens. Het leven van een recensent kan toch ook zo leuk zijn. Die release waar er maar vijftig van zijn is XL van Ralph de Jongh. Deze is afgelopen jaar uitgekomen via zijn eigen Ralph de Jongh Recordings.
Zoals elk mens dat niet onder een steen heeft geleefd en zijn of haar kleding gewoon in een winkel koopt, weet, staat XL voor groot. Het is groter dan large, extra large. Groter dan groot. Of in dit geval misschien wel groter dan groots. Ralph de Jongh speelt namelijk in een grotere bezetting dat gebruikelijk rondom deze muzikant te vinden is.
Niet alleen de bezetting is afwijkend van wat men gewend is van deze geboren Nispenaar, ook de invulling van de release is anders. Er staan acht tracks op XL. Die nummers samen zijn goed voor een kleine veertig minuten aan muziek. Dat is heel wat anders dan zijn releases met twintig of meer nummers die ook nog eens elke bruikbare seconde van de schijf in beslag nemen.
Deze plaat laat horen dat het bij Ralph de Jongh ook allemaal over een hele andere boeg gegooid kan worden. ‘Love’, welke bijna zeven minuten duurt, doet denken aan een middenweg tussen The Police, Rolling Stones en het blazersgedeelte van Pink Floyds machtige ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’.
In ‘Have You Ever Heard’ is duidelijk te horen dat Ralph de Jongh zich ook meer als bandleider opstelt. De blues, die in deze track duidelijk naar voren komt, wordt mooi opgesierd door de rol van de blazers. Die hebben echt een geniale rol op deze plaat. Dat geeft veel schwung aan de sound.
De plaat is korter en het zijn minder nummers, maar de indruk die achter wordt gelaten is extra large. In dat kader kan worden gesteld dat Ralph de Jongh deze plaat niet alleen vanwege de bezetting XL heeft genoemd. Prachtig samenspel tussen gitaar, stem en blazers.
Even leek het erop dat het door het corona geteisterde jaar niet zou worden opgesierd met een release van Ralph de Jongh. Afgelopen jaren heeft hij immers veel mooie releases op de markt gebracht. Toch verschenen er nog een tal van releases op de deurmat. De eerste daarvan is Solo. Solo brengt Ralph de Jongh uit via zijn eigen Ralph de Jongh Recordings.
De wereld totaal anders bekijkend dan de meeste doorsnee mensen doen verblijdt Ralph de Jongh inmiddels al een paar decennia de mensheid met de door blues geïnspireerde muziek. Wijlen Harry Muskee was groot fan. Zijn kenmerkende stem, die soms doet denken aan die van Mick Jagger, geldt in combinatie met zijn gitaarspel en sterke liveperformances als een belangrijke troef.
Nu is er dus Solo. Deze twintig tracks tellende release is – hoe kan het ook anders – Ralph de Jongh in zin uppie. Geen muzikanten om hem heen. Ralph op gitaar en Ralph die zingt. Juan Kiers zat rustig achter de knoppen voor zowel het opnemen, het mixen en de mastering.
De release opent met ‘So Many Kinds Of Blue’. Dat onderstreept ook het gevoel van 2020. Mensen waren ‘blue’ door totaal verschillende zaken, die vaak wel allemaal terug te leiden waren tot die ene pandemie. Ralph de Jongh zet gelijk de toon. Het gaat hier niet om een schijf waarin wordt gezegd hoe zielig men is, maar om een mooi document met warme liedjes.
Die warmte zit hem in de blues. Daarbij geldt dat ook in tijden van Covid-19 de stem van Ralph de Jongh zeer bijzonder blijft. In ‘Those Diamonds That Are In The Sky Will Be Waiting For Your Smile’ hint hij zelfs op een vleugje invloed vanJeff Buckley. Het heel klein maken van dit liedje met de grote titel doet hij meesterlijk.
Het mooie van deze setting is dat Ralph de Jongh zich klein maakt. Dat daar ook soms ‘kleine’ nummers uit voortkomen, blijkt onder andere in ‘The Wind Of Change Will Bring You Home’. In nog geen twee minuten gaat Ralph de Jongh ergens tussen Bob Dylan, Rolling Stonesen zelfs Johnny Cash hangen. Deze twintig tracks zijn dan ook veel meer dan pure blues alleen. Het is goed dat de mensheid beseft dat elke euro, dollar of yen maar eenmaal kan worden uitgegeven. Doe dat dan ook aan zaken die echt zijn. In dat kader valt Solo van Ralph de Jongh. Wie een pure, echte plaat wilt horen, onderuit wilt zakken met een heerlijk glas bier en wilt genieten, weet waaraan die euro’s besteed kunnen worden.
Het mooie van deze setting is dat Ralph de Jongh zich klein maakt. Dat daar ook soms ‘kleine’ nummers uit voortkomen, blijkt onder andere in ‘The Wind Of Change Will Bring You Home’. In nog geen twee minuten gaat Ralph de Jongh ergens tussen Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones en zelfs Johnny Cash hangen. Deze twintig tracks zijn dan ook veel meer dan pure blues alleen.
Het is goed dat de mensheid beseft dat elke euro, dollar of yen maar eenmaal kan worden uitgegeven. Doe dat dan ook aan zaken die echt zijn. In dat kader valt Solo van Ralph de Jongh. Wie een pure, echte plaat wilt horen, onderuit wilt zakken met een heerlijk glas bier en wilt genieten, weet waaraan die euro’s besteed kunnen worden.
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“2020: Voor Ralph de Jongh nog drukker dan gewoonlijk…” Ook in deze barre, donkere en angstaanjagende dagen zoekt een mens naar zekerheden. Op muzikaal gebied is dit o.a. onze 45-jarige energieke Noorderbuur, het “fenomeen” Ralph de Jongh. Muzikant, wijsgeer, kustschilder en schrijver RdJ begon in 1975 in Nispe, een dorp binnen de gemeente Roosendaal in Noord-Brabant, in het huis van zijn grootvader die ook schilder was, aan zijn reis. De Jongh vormde in 1992 samen met pianist/componist Harmen Fraanje zijn eerste band, The Blue Band. Daarna volgden The Three Nobody’s en de The Furious Freaking Dales. Ralph werd in 2004 door Harry Muskee (Cuby + Blizzards) ontdekt, met wie hij van 2006 tot 2008 tourde en het voorprogramma deed. In 2010 ontstond Ralph de Jongh & Crazy en won hij als beste zanger de Dutch Blues Award, waardoor hij in 2011 (en 2015) Nederland mocht vertegenwoordigen op de IBC in Memphis. Ralph de Jongh brengt zijn muziek in eigen beheer uit. De houten klompen (inclusief de Hollandse molens) die hij als percussie-instrument gebruikt worden als zijn handelsmerk gezien. Maart 2015 presenteerde hij zijn nieuwe album ‘Sun Coming Up’ bij De Wereld Draait Door, VI en de North Sea Jazz club. 2017 is een productief jaar met diverse exposities, 130 optredens en 6 nieuwe albums. In december trouwt Ralph met Monique Anderson in Borger live op het podium tijdens een optreden in Cultuurpodium VanSlag. “De hardst werkende Nederlandse bluesman…” Ralph de Jongh wordt regelmatig omschreven als “de hardst werkende Nederlandse bluesman”. Dit geldt zondermeer voor 2019. Uit niet 1 maar liefst 4 cd’s (of te wel 43 tracks of 5u, 11 minuten) bestond ‘Roadtrippin’ (4ology), één van de vier 2019-releases. Dat jaar bracht hij ook nog een studio album (‘Quantum’, een doos met vier albums) en twee live albums (‘Bluezy’ & ‘Live @ the Theatre’) uit. In 2017 bracht hij eerder ook al vier albums uit. ’Dancing on a Volcana: Trilogy (20 Years of Burst Out Explosions)’ was een doos met drie albums, waarvoor hij vijfsterrenrecensies kreeg. ‘Quantum’ werd in 2018 in de studio live, zonder publiek, met nauwelijks overdubs opgenomen. Alle nummers werden ter plekke door de Jongh geïmproviseerd. ‘Bluezy’ werd door geluidstechnicus Ron Knook opgenomen tijdens een radio-uitzending van Nico “Bluezy” Bravenboer (RTV Ridderkerk). 2020 rondde hij af met uiteindelijk 11 cd’s. In maart ontving ik de eerste lading van vijf nieuwe albums en op het einde van het jaar, de tweede van nog eens zes. Van de voorjaars releases zijn drie studio opnames uit 2019 (het resultaat van drie dagen in de studio) en twee live opnames. ‘The Whole World Inside Vol.1: #misic#youbetter#music#’ werd opgenomen in café De Noot in Hoogland en het dubbele album ’Live @ The Theatre Vol.2’, in het theater Beresteyn in Veendam. Dat de Jongh tijdens zijn dagen in Café De Noot veel materiaal heeft opgenomen is geen geheim. Uiteindelijk hebben al die nummers geresulteerd in vier releases. Naast ‘I Live My Life Without Make Up’ is ‘A Brand New Man’ er ook één van. De zes nummers schreef hij voor dit album wel alleen en de muzikanten die hem backten waren opnieuw Tim Birkenholz (gitaar), Marcel Wolthof (drums) & Nico Heilijgers (bas). THE WHOLE WORLD INSIDE VOL. 1: #misic#youbetter#music# (2020) -- video ‘The Whole World Inside Vol.1: #Misic#YouBetter#Music’ is een (live?) album dat opgenomen werd in Café De Noot, waar Ralph De Jongh een graag geziene gast op de bühne is. “On the spot” heeft hij met zijn muzikanten (Marcel Wolthof: drums, bvs/ Nico Heilijgers: bas, bvs/ Tim Birkenholtz: e- gitaar, pedal steel/ Ferry Lagendijk: Hammond/ Ylvalie Dik & eega Moon Anderson: bvs) twaalf nummers “gecreëerd” en opgenomen. Opener, het rustige “The Whole World Inside”,bevestigt al direct hoe hecht de band is. Ralph maakt indruk met zijn zang, maar zeker ook als gitarist. Na bijna tien minuten blijft er nog bijna 70 minuten muziek over, waarvan de “The Place I Know So Well” er veertien consumeert. Dit lange rock opus start heel gedoseerd, subtiel en afgewogen, maar verandert naar het einde toe om ook de blues wat meer de kans te geven. Het prachtige “Rolling to Who I Am” en “Out of Tune In a Fancy Way” hadden oude Stones’ nummer kunnen zijn, “Naked as a Baby Child” is misschien wel de meest bluesy track en “Update On Loving” de meest rockende én, ook nu weer, een met een erg hoog Stones’ gehalte. Met het stripped down “Miss Brown” maakt de Jongh ook heel wat indruk, “Ready to Sing the Blues” behoeft weinig woorden en de afsluiter “Let Me Grow”, om niets te missen, vooral de juiste relaxte attitude. LIVE! @ THE THEATRE VOL. 2 (2cd) (2020) -- video Dit dubbelalbum telt 19 tracks die de Jongh in Veendam opnam met Marcel Wolthof (drums, bvs), Nico Heilijgers (bas, bvs), Chiron Shut (gitaar), Ylvalie Dik (bvs) en zijn eega Moon Anderson (bvs, percussie). Beide cd’s kregen een ondertitel. Op cd1, ‘I Play Dirty, Dirty Rock & Roll’ staan tien de Jongh nummers die, op de eerste plaats vooral stevig rocken. “I Came Dressed in Rock and Roll” is er een waarin de Jongh het uitschreeuwt: “Just rock & roll…” en op “Message” zou hij een Mick Jagger kloon kunnen zijn. Het gospelachtige “Good Morning Woman” is de andere kant van de artiest en zoek je wat rust, dan is er “Waist Deep” of het bluesy “Life Is Like a Rattlesnake”. Met “With All the Boys and Girls” sluit het eerste deel af. Op cd2 met als ondertitel ‘Back to the Valley of Love’ tapt de Jongh uit een ander vat. Het is met veel emoties dat de singer-songwriter het hier overneemt. “Snow on a Hook” en “I’m a Fool” maken dit al meteen duidelijk. Marcel Wolthof opent dan het funky “A Last Goodbye” dat even voor wat deining zorgt, maar met “We All May Shine” herstelt zich de rust. Ook het Stones-achtige “Walk the Line” is erg funky, maar met het etherische en sterk uitgesponnen “Dreams Are Made Of” kom je terug in de Jongh’s eigen excentrieke wereld. Het intense “Valley of Love” sluit hier knap bij aan, maar “Light of My Love” is de rocker die er als sing-along de spanning in moet houden. Wolthof opent de afsluiter “Say Goodbye to the Burden of Man Funk” met een drumsolo, waarna met veel snedige wah-wah’s de last van de schouders van de funk man genomen wordt. I LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT MAKE UP (2020) -- video Uitzonderlijk schreef RdJ voor ‘I Live My Life Without Make Up’ niet alle nummers zelf. “Desert Blues” is geschreven met zijn maten/muzikanten Nico Heilijgers (bas), Tim Birkenholz (gitaar) en Marcel Wilthof (drums), die hem op het album backten. Deze donkere track laat na de lange basintro, een heel andere RdJ horen. Voor de “kenners” -ik ben niet de grote Kyuss-kenner- lijkt het, alsof men hier terecht is gekomen in een easy-going jamsessie van de Amerikaanse koningen van de desert rock: Kyuss. Kyuss was een psychedelische rock band -de grondleggers van de stoner rock- die aan het einde van de jaren tachtig in het Amerikaanse Palm Springs is ontstaan. Ze organiseerden midden in de woestijn, vaak door marihuana gedreven instrumentale jams, de zogenaamde generator parties. “Dessert Blues” is alleszins een bijzonder moment. De rustige rocker “Without Make Up”, de album opener, lijkt in “Kite”, “You Were My Food For Winter”, “This Boat is Sailing Strong” (met wat een gitaar solo!)en “Paradise Free” een eindeloos vervolg te krijgen. Het zijn bijna reprises van het akoestische nummer en zorgen ervoor dat er qua sfeer een rode draad doorheen de nummers loopt. “Thank You For Love” (met Tim Birkenholz op pedal steel) --’t is of ik hier “Wild Horses” van de Stones hoor- wekt voelbaar meer emoties op. “Dressed in Rock and Roll” brengt wat de titel impliceert terwijl het een lange groove genereert. Na “Coyote”, het meest bluesy nummer, volgt “Ocean Love”. Zachtjes trekt Ralph de deur achter zich dicht en laat ons in de afsluiter met spinsels achter, die de gevoelens in onze hersenen rijker maken. WILD BOY (2020) -- A BRAND NEW MAN (2020) -- video Met de titelsong “A Brand New Man” zet RdJ in. Het is vreedzaam nummer dat wat Southern “wisdom” en “proficity” uitstraalt. “I Flow Beneath” komt van dieper en “Ocean”, dat hier bijna perfect bij aansluit, puurt nog verder. “Just a Little Drop of Water” of, wat je zoekt in een woestijn en, wat een bloem doet bloeien. Met ook hier weer met zo’n knappe solo waar we ook op “This Boat is Sailing Strong” al op wegdroomden. “Thank You” is op dit album de meest bluesy (country) song en, het meest Stones’ getint. “I’m Lost a Little Bit”, de #6 is al de afsluiter. Het borrelt uit de ziel en kon in deze barre tijden een gebed zijn. SOLO 1996 – BURST OUT EXPLOSION (2020) In juni 1996 in de H19 (Centrum voor de kunsten) in Oosterhout in Noord-Brabant nam Peet van Tilburg 23 nummers op die Ralph de Jongh (hij was toen 21 en had wat weg van de jonge Mick Jagger- er solo bracht. De jonge de Jongh bracht er nummers die hij, zoals gewoonlijk, zelf geschreven had. Hij zingt ze erg rauw, soms Tom Waits-achtig, meestal zichzelf begeleidend op akoestische gitaar, met tussendoor korte “intermezzo’s” op fluit (“Flute intermezzo Pt 1” & “Flute intermezzo Pt 2”) of op piano (“Piano intermezzo”). De dingen waarover hij zingt en met het publiek (voor zover toen aanwezig, want je hoort geen reacties) wil delen zijn erg persoonlijk en niet zo vanzelfsprekend. Zo opent hij erg bluesy met “RIP Said the Sipper”, waarop hij later terugkomt in “Hey Good Morning Sipper” en wat je doet afvragen of het over een kapotte zipper zou gaan, die je ’s morgens meestal dichttrekt. Hij heeft het over de dood (“If the Only Way is Dying” & “As I Passed”), het andere geslacht (“Arrested Romance” & “Rattlesnake Bride”), de (wachtende) hond met ronde ogen (“A Dog with Round Eyes” & “The Dogs Waiting Outside”), wat hij hoort op de markt (“Market Noises”) en hoe te genieten van een kom soep (“Bowl of Soup”), de zon (“Sunshine”) of whisky (“Whiskeyness”). Na zo’n uur en 20 minuten, voor mij wat te veel/vaak moeilijk te verstane egotripperij… XL (2020) -- video In een totaal andere Ralph de Jongh is te horen op ‘XL’ waarvoor hij ook bijna alle (één samen met Rogier Hemmes) nummers schreef. ‘XL’ is geen soloalbum, maar werd opgenomen met Ralph’s geweldige XL-band met trompet, saxofoon, drums, bas & extra gitarist Maarten Ouweneel die het titelnummer van dit album schreef. De opener “Come Inside” scoort al onmiddellijk door de geweldige relaxte groove. “Drunken Darling” is een sfeervol Calypso nummer met geweldige trompet, dat je mee naar de stranden van de Caraïben neemt. Erg emotioneel klinkt “You Have Got to Use Your Heart”, “Love” is reggae en “Have You Ever Heart” en “See Me No More” -ik heb de vergelijking nog niet gebruikt- Stones-achtig. Het titelnummer “XL” wordt na de sax intro funky en “Rock My Party”, de korte afsluiter rockt verschrikkelijk. SOLO (2020) -- video ‘Solo’ is kortweg de titel van al zijn volgende solo release. Het is een album waarop Ralph zichzelf op akoestische gitaar begeleidt. De nummers hebben een bluesy ondergrond, maar zijn ook het product van een singer-songwriter die ons, zoals in de opener “So Many Kind of Blues”,wat wil vertellen over wat we allemaal voelen, uitleggen waarom we -is het alleen de pandemie?- allen “blue” zijn. “Give Me Just a Shadow of Your Dream” brengt hij hier voor de eerste keer, “Those Diamonds that Are in the Sky Will Be Waiting for Smile” is een van de pareltjes en “Say I Love You” een verstikkende love song. Je kan kiezen uit 20 nummers en er zijn er zeker sommigen die je meer aanspreken. Mijn keuze ging naar “There is a Way to Get Back”, “Life is so Full of Grace”, “When the Springtime Comes” en “Forever”. Op ‘Solo’ onderstreept RdJ het 2020-gevoel. Mensen leefden onder het juk van die ene pandemie. Ralph de Jongh zet gelijk de toon, niet door te zeggen hoe zielig men is, maar met ons op te vrolijken met mooie en warme liedjes. SOLO GERMANY (2020) -- video ‘Solo’ en ‘Solo Germany’ zijn qua concept (niet qua setlist) vergelijkbare live albums. ‘Solo Germany’ werd live opgenomen in Central Theater Brake & Theater Gallery Sonja Wachter in Neuenburg. Op het album staan 15 tracks, die hij ook nu weer schreef, waarop Ralph zich opnieuw op gitaar begeleidt. De verhalen zijn ook nu weer erg persoonlijk, soms fragiel en vaak herkenbaar. Ze gaan over de blues in al z’n aspecten, zoals in de opener “The Old Lemon Blues” en “Got the Old Blues Around Me”. Op “Blues for Loving You“ graaft hij diep in het slijk van de Mississippi en weent zijn harmonica even. Over dagdagelijkse dingen gaat het in “Another Light Bulb to Replace”, maar nog meer heeft hij het over relaties. “Wants to Share it all with You”, “We’re Together”, “Silence in my Heart” en “Straight from the Heart” zijn hier enkele voorbeelden. Kwetsbaar klinkt hij als hij ”When the Dirt Falls out of Your Eyes” en “Just a Little Boy” zingt, de leegte proef je in “Further Way from Home” en met goede bedoelingen eindigt Ralph met “Time for a Full Moon Kiss”. ‘Solo Germany’ is nog een portie mooie en warme liedjes, die je opvrolijken als de sneeuw in winterdagen niet vallen wil. RAINBOW CHILD (2020) -- video De voorlaatste in deze lange rij is ‘Rainbow Child’. RdJ nam het album op met (zijn vertrouwde) band. Marcel Wolthof zat achter de drums, bassist was Nico Heilijgers, op pedal steelgitaar speelde Tim Birkenholtz en Ylvalie Dik & Moon Anderson zongen in de achtergrond. De negen originele nummers zijn sterk gezongen weemoedige nummers, met mooie arrangementen die je raken. Het album opent met de uitgesponnen titelsong waarin Tim Birkenholz (mixing + mastering) op pedalsteel naast de backings al direct mee in de schijnwerpers staat. Het melancholische van “Rainbow Child” is ook uitvoerig gedrapeerd over “Flowing Finally in the Blues”, “Springwater & Dew” en “There Ain’t no Miles that Can Separate Us”. Heel afgemeten en bijna onhoorbaar opent Ralph op gitaar “We Sing a Song for You” dat daarna als een lange ballade -die me even aan Leonard Cohen doet denken- verder borrelt en, met enkele gitaarsolo’s zijn hoogtepunten kent. Mooi, heel harmonieus en bedwelmend klinkt “Won’t Leave Me Here in the Dark Unknown”, “Light of My Love” schud je dan weer wakker en “Lucinda is Dying” is chaos in de finale. ‘Rainbow Child’ is een verplicht album van Ralph de Jongh, eentje om te ondergaan en zalig je ogen bij te sluiten. LET IT BE GOOD FOR ALL (2020) ‘Let it be Good for All’ is de laatste december release van Ralph de jong, die hij ook nu weer met bekend volk (op twee nummers na) opnam met Juan Kiers in de Kisjes Studio in Dalfsen. Achter de drums zat Marcel Wolthof. Op sommige nummers verving Leon van Etten (hij drumde eerder al op ‘Quantum’) hem. Leon zong met Ylvalie & Ralph in het achtergrondkoor. Op pedal steel & elektrische gitaar horen we opnieuw Tim Birkenholz, op gitaar Chiron Shut & Ralph en op bas Nico Heilijgers. Het album bestaat blijkbaar in twee versies, waarbij op de “rockversie”, de laatste vier songs van de reguliere versie ontbreken. Van de rockversie die we hier bespreken, worden slechts 100 stuks gemaakt. Wij hebben # 87/100 in ons bezit. Volledig in Stones’ stijl opent RdJ ‘Let It Be Good for All’ met “Blue Blue You I Love You”. Nog meer aanstekelige rock volgt er dan met “Shotgun Mama” en (meer dan elf minuten lang) “I Am a Rock and I am a Roll”. Hierna gaat met “Lady G” het tempo fors omlaag en verandert de sfeer naar mate we naar het einde opschuiven compleet. De rust was slechts van korte duur, want met “High on My Own Supply” gaat de rockversie niet aflatend verder. Het meest intrigerend nummer is zeker het titelnummer, waarin Ralph zichzelf inhaalt, terwijl hij voor de spiegel staat. De lapsteel, bespeeld door Birkenholz, past hier uitstekend. Kort, maar erg indringend, is daarna -inclusief het verhaal van het bloemen plukkend meisje- “She”. Ralph vervolgt rustig -in ware singer-songwriter stijl- met de “Welcome to My World”, “Seed the Seeds” en (inclusief een knap gitaarsolo) “There are no Words that Can Tell You Who You Are” om, na “You Got to Open Up the Door” en “The Will That Floats to the Spring of All Life”, af te sluiten met “You’ve Got to Forgive Yourself “. Op ‘Let it be Good for All’ sluit Ralph de Jongh het jaar af met het bewijs van zijn grote klasse als singer-songwriter. Dat hij kon rocken, dat wisten we al! “Vanzelfsprekend beaam ik erg graag dat Ralph de Jongh één van de belangrijkste en veelzijdigste hedendaagse vertolkers van de blues in Nederland is. Dat impliceert echter niet dat hij “enkel” een bluesman, maar daarnaast ook een doorwinterde rocker én gevoelige, fascinerende singer-songwriter is. Het is daarom, dat RdJ vaak met de beginnende Rolling Stones vergeleken wordt. Of hij ons in 2021 opnieuw gaat verrassen, is nog even afwachten…” (ESC voor Rootstime.be) Eric Schuurmans
THE WHOLE WORLD INSIDE VOL.1: #misic#youbetter#music# (Recorded by Marc Hullegie @ café De Noot) / 2020 -- track list: 01. The Whole World Inside -- 02. Rolling to Who I Am -- 03. Out of Tune in a Fancy Way -- 04. Rolling Around -- 05. Back to the Ocean of Love -- 06. Naked as a Baby Child -- 07. Update on Loving -- 08. The Place I Know So Well -- 09. Miss Brown -- 10. Ready to Sing the Blues -- 11. For the Children of the Human Race -- 12. Let Me Grow / Words/music © 2020 by: Ralph de Jong created on the spot -- Produced by: RGR Productions | Album credits: Ralph De Jong: vocs, guitar / Marcel Wolthof: drums, bvs / Nico Heilijgers: bass, bvs / Tim Birkenholtz: e- guitar, pedal steel / Ferry Lagendijk: Hammond / Ylvalie Dik, Moon Anderson: bvs || LIVE! @ THE THEATRE VOL.2 / 2020 -- track list: CD1: I Play a Dirty, Dirty Rock & Roll: 01. Boy, Boy, Boy, It’s a Slow Turtle Sundance – 02. I Came Dressed in Rock and Roll – 03. Message – 04. It Takes a Lot of Courage – 05. Good Morning Woman – 06. Waist Deep – 07. Life Is Like a Rattlesnake – 08. Harry – 09. With All the Boys and Girls – 10. Come On, Baby / Words/music © 2020 by: Ralph de Jong -- Produced by: R&R Recordings | CD2: Back to the Valley of Love: 11. Snow on a Hook – 12. I’m a Fool – 13. A Last Goodbye – 14. We All May Shine – 15. Walk the Line – 16. Dreams Are Made Of – 17. Valley of Love – 18. Light of My Love – 19. Say Goodbye to the Burden of Man Funk / Words/music © 2020 by: Ralph de Jong -- Produced by: R&R Recordings | Album credits: Ralph De Jongh: vocs, guitar, blues harp / Marcel Wolthof: drums, bvs / Nico Heilijgers: bass, bvs / Chiron Shut: e- guitar / Ylvalie Dik: bvs / Moon Anderson: bvs, percussion || I LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT MAKE UP / 2020: track list: 01. Without Make Up -- 02. Desert Blues [with Nico, Tim & Marcel] -- 03. Kite -- 04. You Were My Food for Winter -- 05. Thank You for the Love -- 06. This Boat is Sailing Strong – 07. Paradise Free -- 08. Dressed in Rock and Roll -- 09. Coyote -- 10. Ocean Love / Words/music © 2020 by: Ralph de Jong, and as [noted] -- Produced by: RR Recordings | Album credits: Ralph De Jongh: lead vocs, guitar, blues harp / Tim Birkenholz: e- guitar, pedal steel / Marcel Wolthof: drums, bvs / Nico Heilijgers: bass, bvs / Ferry Lagendijk: Hammond / Ylvalie Dik: bvs / Moon Anderson: bvs || A BRAND NEW MAN (only 50 numbered)/ 2020: track list: 01. A Brand New Man -- 02. I Flow Beneath -- 03. Ocean -- 04. Just a Little Drop of Water -- 05. Thank You -- 06. I’m Lost a Little Bit / Words/music © 2020 by: Ralph de Jongh -- Produced by: RR Recordings | Album credits: Ralph De Jongh: lead vocs, guitar, blues harp / Tim Birkenholz: e- guitar, pedal steel / Marcel Wolthof: drums, bvs / Nico Heilijgers: bass, bvs || SOLO 1996 – BURST OUT EXPLOSION (only 50 numbered) / 2020: track list: 01. RIP Said the Sipper – 02. Flute intermezzo Pt 1 – 03. Piano intermezzo – 04. Seconds on Horizon – 05. My Head in my Hands – 06. If the Only Way is Dying -- 07. As I Passed – 08. Hey Good Morning Sipper – 09. Flute intermezzo Pt 2 – 10. Westman Town – 11. Today is Ready – 12. Summer is the Right Time – 13. Arrested Romance – 14. Market Noises – 15. A Dog with Round Eyes – 16. Swamp – 17. Ball of Age – 18. The Dogs Waiting Outside – 19. Bowl of Soup – 20. Sunshine – 21. A Rattlesnake Bride – 22. Whiskeyness – 23. My Razerblade Torn to Pieces / Songs by: Ralph de Jong / Recorded & mixed @ H19, Oosterhout, NL, by Peet Van Tilburg, mastered by Juan Kiers @ On the Farm Studio’s / Album credits: Ralph de Jong: vocs, guitar, all instruments || XL (only 50 numbered) / 2020: track list: 01. Come Inside – 02. Drunken Darling – 03. You Have Got to Use Your Heart – 04. Love – 05. Have You Ever Heart – 06. See Me No More -- 07. XL [Maarten Ouweneel] – 08. Rock My Party [w/Rogier Hemmes] / Songs by: Ralph de Jongh, or as [noted: 7,8] / Recorded, mixed & mastered by Juan Kiers @ Jan Kisjes Studio / Album credits: Ralph de Jongh: vocs, guitar & XL-band: trumpet, sax, drums, bass & extra guitar: Maarten Ouweneel || SOLO (only 50 numbered) / 2020: track list: 01. So Many Kind of Blues – 02. Heart and Soul – 03. Lone Way from Home – 04. Give Me Just a Shadow of Your Dream – 05. Those Diamonds that Are in the Sky Will Be Waiting for Smile – 06. Mister Sandman – 07. Singing the Lonesome Song – 08. Death is Alright – 09. Say I Love You – 10. Travelling to a Different Wavelength – 11. Closer Than Your Heart – 12. Sing a Lovesong – 13. Workship the Sun in You and Me – 14. The Wind of Change Will Bring You Home – 15. There Have Been So Many People Crying – 16. There is a Way to Get Back – 17. Life is so Full of Grace – 18. Alright – 19. When the Springtime Comes – 20. Forever / Songs by: Ralph de Jongh / Recorded, mixed & mastered by Juan Kiers @ On the Farm Studio’s / Album credits: Ralph de Jongh: vocs, guitar || SOLO GERMANY (only 50 numbered) / 2020: track list: 01. The Old Lemon Blues – 02. Pickin the Apples – 03. Another Light Bulb to Replace – 04. Wants to Share it all with You – 05. Silence in my Heart – 06. To Get By – 07. We’re Together – 08. Blues for Loving You – 09. Straight from the Heart – 10. Got the Old Blues Around Me – 11. How Many Times – 12. When the Dirt Falls out of Your Eyes – 13. Further Way from Home – 14. Just a Little Boy – 15. Time for a Full Moon Kiss / Songs by: Ralph de Jongh / Recorded, mixed & mastered by Juan Kiers @ On the Farm Studio’s / Album credits: Ralph de Jongh: vocs, guitar, harmonica… || RAINBOW (only 100 numbered) / 2020: track list: 01. Rainbow Child – 02. Flowing Finally in the Blues – 03. Springwater & Dew – 04. There Ain’t no Miles that Can Separate Us – 05. We Sing a Song for You – 06. Won’t Leave Me Here in the Dark Unknown – 07. Light of My Love – 08. Magic Hands – 09. Lucinda is Dying / Songs by: Ralph de Jongh / Mixing & mastering: Tim Berkenholz / Album credits: Ralph de Jongh: vocs, guitar / Tim Birkenholz: e- guitar, pedal steel guitar / Chiron Shut: e- guitar / Nico Heiligers: bass / Marcel Wolthof: drums / Ylvalie, Moon Anderson: bg-vocs|| LET IT BE GOD FOR ALL / 2020: track list: 01. Blue Blue You I Love You -- 02. Shotgun Mama -- 03. I Am a Rock and I am a Roll – 04. Lady G – 05. High on My Own Supply – 06. Let It Be Good for All -- 07. She -- 08. Welcome to my World – 09. Seed the Seeds – 10. There are no Words that Can Tell You Who You Are – 11. You Got to Open Up the Door – 12. The Will That Floats to The Spring of All Life -- 13. You’ve Got to Forgive Yourself / That’s Why I Cried Out Lung and Heart* -- Gotta Learn to Live Together* -- You & Me* -- Dancing in the Rain (*on the other, original version) / Songs by: Ralph de Jongh / Recorded, mixed & mastered by Juan Kiers @ Jan Kisjes Studio / Album credits: Ralph de Jongh: vocs, guitar / Marcel Wolthof, Arie Verhaar & Leon van Etten: drums / Ylvalie, Leon van Etten, Nico Heilijgers & Ralph: bg-vocs / Chi Ron, Tim Berkenholz, Nico Heiligers & Ralph: bass Discography RALPH DE JONGH: Let it Be Good for All [2019/2020] | Rainbow Child [2020] | Solo Germany (Live @ Central Theater Brake & Theater Gallery Sonja Wachter Neuenburg @ 2020) [2020] | Solo [2020] | XL [2020] | Solo 1996 – Burst out Explosion (Live @ H19, Oosterhout, June 1996) [2020] | I Live my Life Without Make Up [2020] | A Brand-New Man [2020] | Wild Boy [2020] | The Whole World Inside Vol.1: #misic#youbetter#music# (Recorded by Marc Hullegie @ café De Noot) [2020] | Live @ the Theatre Vol.2 (Recorded @ theatre Beresteyn in Veendam) (2CD) [2020] | Roadtrippin (4cd) [2019] | Bluezy [2019] | Live @ The Theatre [2019] | Quantum (4cd) [04/2019] | Fly [2018] | Breath of Live [2018] | Slow Turtle Sundance [2018] | Live [2018] | Dancing on a Vulcano (TrilogY – 20 Years Burst Out Explosions) (3cd: Highway Man, Misty Train & Bemuse Me) [2017] | [2017] | Lonesome Man, Ocean of Love [2016] | Live @ De Noot [2015] | Sun Coming Up [2015] | Ben’s Choice [2015] | Live @ the Saint Izaire Blues Festival [2014] | III [2014] | Free Music [2012] | More than Words [2011] | Just Ralph [2007] | Emotion [2007] | Live @ the Saint Azaire Bluesfestival [2007] | Brainmood, with Hans van Lier [2005] | Sunday Afternoon [2005] | Live in het Patronaat [2004] | Daddy’s Blues [2004] | Live @ Crossroads [2004] | Burst Out Explosion [1997] | Mooi stuk in Duitse krant over de nieuwe cd en vinyl die er aan komen. LET IT BE GOOD FOR ALL. door Markus Hagner Ralph de Jongh – Let It Be Good For All Rock’n Blues’N Roll mit „Blue You I Love You“ und einem Schuss Country Musik durch das Pedal-Steel Spiel von Tim Birkenholz bildet den mitreißenden Opener. Ralph singt sich ekstatisch den Teufel stimmgewaltig vom Leib und seine Gitarren-Duette mit Tim und Chi Ron als weiterem Gitarren-Magier sind absolut faszinierend. Ylvalie Dik ist die stimmlich verführende Background-Honkette Weiter geht es mit purem Rock’n Roll mit „Shotgun Mama“. Nico Heilijgers am Bass und Marcel Wolthof an den Drums sind die groovige Top-Rhytmus-Sektion. Den Freaks sind die legendären Mott The Hoople mit Ian Hunter und Mick Ronson sicher noch im Gedächtnis, „High On My Own Supply“ präsentiert spannend einen Sound-Mélange dieser Kombo mit dem der Stones. Der Gitarren-Bottleneck glüht hier zusätzlich heiß und ein spannender Gitarren-Jam entwickelt sich. „Seed The Seeds“ ist ein ergreifender ruhiger Song. Die Titel-Ballade „Let It Be Good For all“ ist träumerisch in Hoffnung auf eine rosige, bessere Zukunft. „There Are No Words That Can Tell You Who You Are“ wird zum musikalisch-poemischen Highlight mit traumhaften String-Finger-Pickin‘. „That’s Why I Cried Out Lung And Heart“ beweist, dass Ralph auch ein Blues-Man ist. „Got To Learn To Live together“ passt exzellent zur abgelaufenen US-Wahl. „Dancing In The Rain“ als Finalissimo-Tune soll defintiv Hoffnung auf die Rückkehr zum Normalen machen um die „Sunny Sides Of Live“ wieder ungetrübt genießen zu können. Mit „Let It Be Good For All“ beweist Ralph de Jongh erneut seine exzellenten Kompositions- und Songwriter-Fähigkeiten. Wer Ihn schon live erlebt hat, kann obendrauf nur bestätigen, welche Musiker-Ikone mit Charisma, elektrisierender Stimme und großartiger Gitarrist er ist. Alle Songs sind absolut ausdrucksstark und mitreißend, „On Top“ haben wieder phänomenale Mitmusiker Ihre Kunst beigesteuert. Songs: Blue You I Love You Shotgun Mama High On My Own Supply Seed The Seeds The Will That Floats To The Spring Of All Life Let It Be Good For All She There Are No Words That Can Tell You Who You Are Open Up The Door Got To Forgive Myself That’s Why I Cried Out Lung And Heart Gotta Learn To Live Together You & Me Dancing In The Rain Die cd wird exklusiv über folgenden Link kaufbar sein: https://ralphdejongh.com/shop/ Sinterklaas wird ja trotzdem die artigen Kinderlein beschenken, haha… Ralph De Jongh – Lead-Gesang, Gitarre Band: Marcel Wolthof – Drums Leon van Etten – Drums Ylvalie Dik, Ralph & Leon – Backing Vocals Tim Birkenholz: Pedal Steel – & Gitarre Chi Ron: Gitarre Nico Heilijgers – Bass Ralph de Jongh -- Let It Be Good For All https://rockblogbluesspot.com/2020/11/19/ralph-de-jongh-let-it-be-good-for-all/?fbclid=IwAR1ZvKTtrnyw6M-Y10olo-vUog2-9VRpjgCR9APFefcRMpNcdKhkTrrXlEQ#more-41081 |
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Breathe in me the way to love You,
That I may learn to faultlessly love You.
Pour me the wisdom-wine
By which I become intoxicated with You.
Whisper in my ears of silence
The way to be with You always.
Speak to my wandering senses
And lead them back to Your sanctuary within.
Call the marauding mind and counsel it
How to retrace its steps to Your home.
With Your silent eyes, just look at me,
And I will know where to find You.
You may hide behind the ocean,
You may hide behind delusion,
You may hide behind life,
You may hide behind dualities,
You may hide behind theological conundrums,
You may hide behind unanswered prayers,
But You cannot hide behind my love,
For in the mirroring light of my love
You are revealed.
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Fijne dag. Hier een nummer van de plaat LET IT BE GOOD FOR ALL
getiteld: Seeding The Seeds.
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“Give me some beer” was all he ever sang. ‘Cause he wanted to numb his life so long.
Almost feeling useless, until he quit that long that long that long that long way, that lonely way from home and he was walking so long.
Poor blind boy he could see really well, oh that blind boy he could see really well. Always found, always found his way back home. When he prayed, when he prayed, when he prayed to the ALL ALL ALL ALL.
Artificial intelligence on the other hand was braking the intuition down. Don’t need no telephone, to know where you are, to know what time it is. To transport to the Moon.
2. I TAKE THE STROLL
On a rainy day i just set up a walk. Put my rainboots on and i just take a walk. Set up a little time for myself. Living with the trees and no one else. Put my big fat feet on Mama Earth and take the stroll. For if the hurt was too much this year: take a stroll. take a stroll. take a stroll. take a stroll. Just take a stroll.
From birth on i got a name. It was a 5 letter word. And i had to learn to walk.
Now i can write my name, but i forgot the fountain of youth. But for music i’m waking up now.
I’m gonna take a stroll. Take a stroll. Take a stroll. Take a stroll.
And when i get home from that stroll, i’m gonna read my favorite book. It will get me off the hook. It will get me off the hook. Like the snow on a hook. Just melting when it rains. And it will set you free. Just take a stroll. Just take a stroll. Just take a stroll. Just take a stroll.
3. when the wind smells like raspberries so fine
Riding on my sober cycle trying to get back home. Riding against the wind my baby trying to get back home.
Following the arrows in the sky. Eastern wind smells like raspberries so fine. If you come back to the play of life, never to express the way of life. Yeah i will bring you back home my baby. Suddenly, i’m in another key.
Suddenly i’m in another key, feeling closer to you to i’ve ever done before. i eat the love, i eat the pain, and the girls will sing all the pain. Sing all the pain. Sing all the pain. Sing all the pain. Sing all the pain. Sing all the pain. Sing all the pain.
I’ve been barefoot just a moment in my life, when everything felt so separated.
All the pain. Sing all the pain. All the pain. Sing all the pain. All the pain. All the pain.
All the pain.
4. HUNGRY LOVE
i’ve been hungry for a while, so hungry for a while, though i could eat as much as i wanted. Felt like a dry desert, and i was walking in the sand. Felt like a dry desert, and i was walking in the sand. Maybe some years from now i will understand why.
All the hungry love. All the hungry love. All the hungry love. All the hungry love. All the hungry love.
All the hungry love. All the hungry love. All the hungry love. All the hungry love. All the hungry love.
Drink from the well. Put a bucket down in the water. Let it fill up, hold tight to the rope. We’re gonna quench your thirst, we’re gonna quench your Heart. We’re gonna quench your Soul. We’re gonna quench your Soul. Hungry Love.
Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love.
Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love.
Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love. Hungry Love.
5.STRAYING FAR AWAY FROM HOME
I’ve been hungry since i was born. I’ve been hungry since i was born. Thirst too. Crying too. Tell me how many miles i got to walk to my home.
Straying far away from home. I’ve been straying far away from home. I’ve been straying far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home.
Far away from home. Far away from home. Far away from home. So far away from home. So far away from home. So far away , far away from home. So far away , far away from home. So far away , far away from home. So far away , far away from home.
I’ve been straying far away from home. I’ve been straying far away from home. I’ve been straying far away from home.
6. AN OLD PLACE I’VE KNOWN SO LONG
i went to an old place that i’ve known so long. Try to reach myself, before i reach the end. Saw the grey are my friends, where i’ve been so long. Hollow feeling from the inside out. I need some music, i need some Soul. Make all vibrate with the love i live. My sweet old Lady, she sounds so bright. Pure as a child, ALL in music in mind. We all need the songs. Bring us together in peace. We all need the songs, to make us kneel. Sometimes in life, things seem so far away. But if the song hits the Heart, the tears might spring. Sprinkle a new love, sprinkle the tear. Sprinkle old memories and bring them near. Take off your hat my friend, sing a last salute to the near and dear ones that understood. The pain of living, will ease the dying. We come together in the song of love. We come together in the song of love. We come together in the song of love. We come together in the song of love. We come together in the song of love.
We come together in the song of love.
7. I’M A FAST MAN
Step by step we go higher, feeling the worm that eats the book. Still in our body, one day will rot. And feed the trees, and feed the leaves. Oh my heart, i kill it all, and it feels so light, as i never felt before. I’m gonna open up the door. I guess i’m leaving here. I feel it’s crying time. Feel it’s crying time.
Follow that you believe it all, silently swearing, i call it all. I’ve been a golddigger and i’m the alchemist, ‘cause i found the sacred space of our Heart.
Solemnly i swear to You that i will come back home, to our nest like i’ve always done. Never before. The Path of Life is beautiful though full of pain. Falling flat on the face, get up and try it again.
7. I’M A FAST MAN
I’m a fast man. Want to do it all fast. I’m a fast man. Want to do it all fast. Want to do it all fast mama. Want to do it all fast mama. I’m a fast man doing the best i can.
I’m a fast man doing the best i can.
Fast man. I’m a fast man. I’m a fast man. I’m a fast man. I’m a fast man doing the fastest i can. Living the highway, living the byway. I’m a fast man. I’m a fast man. I’m a fast man. I’m a fast man.
8. SEND IT WITH LOVE
All the hocus pocus that i’ve been through. Sick in bed, feeling blue. A marriage here, a marriage there. Now i found my frigidaire. I’ve been so high, it touched the sky. A flying rage of the saints. My sweet love she’s always in my heart. Just like that Rainbow child.
OH OH
Just a Rainbow Child on the Moon. Floating in the bubble of light to the morning. Dark in the night, light in the day. I love the darkness, it’s hard here to play, Embracing my Soul, it’s ALL energy. I’ll send it to You full of love. Bleed it all out. Till we’re together. Under the Water. Still in the Air. Which Planet do You wanna go? It’s all open now. You got control. Open Your Heart to the same Paradise. Open Your Heart to the same Paradise. Open Your Heart to the same Paradise.
Honky Tonk Blues i played so long. Eating all the ice cream, humming along. All the temptation, trying to pull me away. And that’s what i love to hear, let the waves sway.
Send it with love. Send it with love.
Send it with love. Send it with love. All the energy, send it with love. Send it with love. I send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love.
Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love. Send it with love.
9. TO BLIND TO SEE
Walking barefoot, with my feet in the dirt. Don’t know how far, I’m far away away from home.
I was schooled like a boy. Had to do exactly what they wanted. I was schooled like a boy. Had to sit up straight. Otherwise they would torture me with a big disgrace.
Blind from the first day, i just could not see. Blind from the first day, i just could not see.
My Heart can tell and do the boogiewoogie too.
My Heart can tell and do the boogiewoogie too.
My Heart can do the boogiewoogie too.
10. ALWAYS TOGETHER
Feel all that show. You found the swine too. So your feet won’t hurt. It’s gonna be alright. Don’t mind the dirt. Door open. Won’t you step outside? There is no place, you cannot hide.
Indestructible that’s what you are in your Heart. For ever and ever and ever, never apart.
Never apart. Never apart. Always together. Always together. Always together. Always together. Always together. Always together.
No please don’t mind if you’re tumbling down of the stairs of the Jacob’s Ladder, going up and down. Up and down is just a way to look at it. Just a shape or form. Another wavelength. And you’ll be born.
So always together, always together. Always together.
Always together. Always together. Always together.
1. EVEN WHEN I FALL
Even when i fall upon my knees you won’t come back, you’ve been hurting yourself way too long. Even when i fall upon my knees you won’t come back, you’ve been hurting yourself way too long.
Your papa told me: “Don’t be yourself. just follow all the rules. Forget yourself. Keep the distance in the morning. Keep the distance in the evening. Don’t come around to my daughter no more.”
I’ll be surrendering to you my sweet girl, in the dreams of yesterday. Singing all that blues time after time, after closing time when i’m drinking all i can.
Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, i’m not losing control.
Even when i fall, even when i fall, i’m not losing, even when i fall, even when i fall i’m not losing control.
Even when i fall, even when i fall, i’m not losing, even when i fall, even when i fall i’m not losing control.
Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, i’m not losing control.
Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, i’m not losing control.
Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, Even when i fall, i’m not losing control.
2. SING ME HOME EVEN THOUGH
Sing me home in the morning when my pockets are totally broke. Sing me home in the morning when i got no booze. No more dough to spend.
Sing me home in the morning when i got to go home and i got no place to sleep. Sing me home in the morning when the mountain’s so steep and i can’t seem to get against the grid.
Sing me home in the morning rain. Sing me home in the morning rain. Sing me home in the morning rain. Sing me home.
Even though i won’t see where i am. Even though i am broke. Even though i can not speak the language that they use, i’m going to survive.
Even if i translate into something new. Even though i’m far away from home. Even though the light turns me off, i got to go back home.
Even though, though. Even though, you’re blue as me.
Even though, Even though, Even though, Even though, Even though,
3. BLUE LINES IN HET FACE
The blue lines in her face where her make up used to be. ‘Cause we talked about sex, ‘cause we talked about things, ‘cause we talked about everything. And it hurts her heart.
She’s my baby, she’s my girl. She’s my baby, she’s my girl. She’s my girl, she’s my girl and i want her back.
She’s my baby, and i want her back.
4. FLOWER OF LIFE
Even when i spread my wings, i might never fly. But if i transform into something new. A different wavelength. A sun that rolls into a universe, will change the rules.
We’re the flower of life. We’re the tree and the sea of life. We’re the flower of love. We’re the tree and the sea of life.
I come back to you in the morning rain. I know it must seem insane, but i’m here with the morning blues. i mean the morning news.
Stretch my hands and morning light reveals. I give it all to you. I said spread your feeling now. I give it all to you. To You. To You.
Even if i transform into something else. Even if i don’t hear a ringing bell. You paint it all the colors, but i close my eyes. Still i’m going to stand up in a different wavelength.
We’re the flower of life. The tree and the seed of life.
We’re the flower of life. The tree and the seed of life.
5. SING MY HEART BACK HOME
Sing my heart way back home, when i’m so scared. The bleeding out i’ve done so long with you my friend. We had no words that we could share. Translated to a different wavelength for your heart. I got high on my own supply, just playing the blues. Take a cold cold shower and i play not by the rules. Old Fabriek is taking the pictures again. He gets on his cycle. It’s the cycle of life.
I mean the flower of life. I mean the tree and seed of life.
I mean the flower of love. I mean the seed and tree of life.
flower of life. flower of love.
flower of life. flower of love.
6. WHEN I JUMP INTO THE DEEPEST LAKE
When i jump into the deepest lake, i see your eyes one more time. Then i travel on to a different wavelength my sweet baby, and i wake up in the morning rain.
Was i a flower or was i just blind, waving with the harsh wind?
Turning with the rays of the Sun just one more time. I dance in the morning rain.
Oh just one more time. Oh just bleeding out. Oh just one more time, one more time, transcend in the morning rain with You.
If i bleed out, let me bleed out good, until my blood melts and mixes with the morning rain. I eat it for breakfast if i need to, and then i dance in a new refrain. Were you hungry, were you satisfied?
Were you playing on the roof? Were you child of the Sun and the Earth, my baby, my sweet child? Refrain and refrain in the morning light.
Well i bleed it in the morning rain.
7. UNTIE YOUR KNOT
Untie your knot my baby. Untie your Soul. You’ve been losing it far too long. You’ve been losing it all. Manipulated, that ain’t the latest news. All those thousands of years, now it’s ready for some news. That bleeding song of you is gonna bring me home. That bleeding song of you is gonna bring me home.
Hocus Pocus that we did so long. All the grey, the purple and the reptiles. We’ve been biting on ourselves. We’ve been following our own tale. Just live 40 years and then sink down in the hole. Some children taken hostage, never find the way back home. Tell me darling won’t you sing my song with me? Tell me darling won’t you sing my song? You’re not the 5 letter word that’s your name. You’re not the 5 letter word that’s your name. You’re not a boy or girl my friend. Move from your head to your feet, and turn a page. Start looking for a new form. Start looking for…
Unveil the veil that veiled your fights so long. Unveil the veil that veiled your sight so long.
8. FUNKY SHIT
Clap your hands, get up your hands. Go straight to the Heart. Clap your hands. Straight to the Heart. Get up your hands. Straight to the Heart. Cool now. Cool now. Play the two guitars man. Fire up those guitars man. One more time real loud. Come on both guitars, both guitars, both guitars, both guitars, both guitars, both guitars, both guitars, oh YeaH!
9. I’LL NEVER FIGHT ANOTHER RICH MAN’S WAR
I held my head in the flames and it burned down, i held my hairs in the flames and they burned down. Now i’m going to fight in the army my sweet friend, i’m gonna fight in the army.
I’ll never fight another rich man’s war, even if i’m gonna open every door. I’ll find the answers in your heart and in my heart my sweet friend. I’ll find the answer in my heart.
I’ll just take Coke with lemon and ice, ‘cause i’ve been in the fool’s paradise too. I know where that leads to: another headache and feeling blue. Bye bye sweet joys lead me back home to the doors that i got to step through. Even though i am blind, even though i can not see. I want you and you want me.
Even if you don’t want me baby, I’ll come back home. Even if you don’t want me darling i’ll sing myself home. Even if you don’t want me darlin, i’ll find my way. Even if you don’t want me darlin, i’ll find my way.
10. EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT ME
Even if you don’t want me baby, i’ll find my way. Even if you don’t talk to me baby, i’ll find my way. Even if salt water turns sweet, i’ll drink it. Even if you turn water into wine, i’ll never leave.
I’m bleeding out this time again, ‘cause i saw you dancing with another man. Even if the snow falls around my feet, let the blossoms of spring bless you with her needs.
Even if the deep blue water brings a fish. Even if the flowers blossom in the mist. And my father brings home the sweetest fish i ever ate. And i wash myself in the clean clean spring. Even if you will call me home. Even if you call me home. Even if you call, call me home. Even if you call me.
11. FLOW IN THE STREAM OF LIFE
The salty water brought me home when i washed off the ship. That salty water is so good to float in the streams of spring wash me ashore. I learned to read, i learned to write, and that helped me through the night. Though what i read didn’t make no sense, ‘cause the secret government still pretends. Free energy for us all, let get out under of this sticky control. We’ve been touched enough by those sticky fingers. Children of tomorrow must be able to live in peace. i just love the Mama Earth from which i was born, and i know that everything will be alright if we love enough.
Flow flow flow
I said flow with love straight from your Heart. Do we trust in the Heart? ‘Cause in your Heart all is one, ain’t no black and white. So trust in your Heart. Let the stream of life bring you home. Let yourself float in the stream of life, in the stream of life.
Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow.
Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow.
Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow. Flow flow flow, in the stream of life.
12. I’M GONNA DRINK SOME WATER FRO THE SPRING
i’m gonna drink some water, and drink it straight from the spring. i’m gonna drink some water, and drink it straight from the spring. Gonna feel like i drink it from my Mama. A long time ago.
I just crossed a web of spiders and they showed me the way. I just passed a web of spiders and they showed me the way. And they became my old friends. Everything’s God like You & me.
Now let me ask you. Have you ever heard, have you ever heard about the wishing well that’s gonna serve you well? Have you ever heard the ringing bell of the wishing well? Ring it now, ring it now. It’s gonna serve you well, bring you home. Ring the bell of the wishing well it’s gonna bring you home. Gonna bring you home. Gonna bring you home. My sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet baby.
13. EATING THE CAT
I’ve been walking like a dog every day, eating the cats. Barking like a dog every day, eating the cats. I’m just eating the cats, eating the cats, eating the cats, eating the cats every day. I’m just eating the cats, eating the cats, eating the cats, everyday.
I just cut my hair, ‘cause i don’t like to comb it. I wanna live easy, easy the peasy. I wanna bark like my dog and chase the rabbits in the meadow. I wanna bark like my dog, bark like my dog and chase the rabbits in the meadow.
I wanna chase the cats, bark like my dog. Baby that sounds so good! Gonna chase the cat. Gonna chase the cat. Gonna chase the cat. Gonna chase the cat. Gonna chase the cat. Gonna chase the cat. Gonna chase the cat.
14. TOOTHPASTE
When i wear my toothpaste, that’s where i save my speed. I love wearing my toothpaste, that’s where i save my speed.
To get high in the morning, to push a little further. When i feel shy i just sometimes i just wanna crawl away. That’s when i need my toothpaste.
Find you in my Heart, that’s when i need my toothpaste. That’s when i need my toothpaste, that’s when i need my speed.
Tooth, tooth, tooth, tooth, tooth, toothpaste.
That’s when i need my toothpaste. ‘Cause i’m so slow, ‘cause i’m so low. That’s when i need it. tooth tooth tooth tooth Toothpaste. Sky high, transparant as the sky.
When i get high i brush my teeth, i brush my blood, i brush my tears, i brush my fears.
I need my toothpaste. Brush it all way clean baby. Brush it all clean. Brush it all clean.
i need more guitar.
Come on go crazy man. More more more. More more more.
Oh mind the morning you know that stuff, time to sleep, let ’s to go to bed. People springing in the morning. A nice day, Relax and play my guitar. Everything’s dissolving baby, i feel so at home. Everything’s dissolving baby, i feel so at home. Now i can get high on my own supply.
alle teksten van het album You Don’t Need No Words:
0. We’re All Of The Same Coin
I give it all over, to the day that’s in front, without desire, to the day that’s in front. Without desire for something else. If you ever told to my diary: “Bleed your own sweat and tears into it.” Let’s make sad together, ‘cause we’re all of the same coin. Let’s sing it together ‘cause we’re all of the same coin. Let’s dance it together ‘cause we’re all of the same coin.
Finally I blow up these fears of light. I flow in the air and look around. Feel the Earth with my hands. So long in love with life of all. So long in love with life of all. So long in love with life of all. Of ALL.
1. You Don’t Need No Words
Crash lions in new space. You tear and torn it where you never been. Even when you think it’s time to move, you don’t need no words. You’re going to China now yeah, play your tale all i heard, from your heart.
The bleeding out was easy. You bled on to a new page, of your life. The colors are united, into the rainbow of your life. The bleeding, oh i give it up. Over to a new translation of your love.
One sheep after one sheep after one sheep after one sheep fell off the cliff, ‘cause they were following following the thoughtless ass. They were translated into another dream, into another light into another fellowship. It brought them home. The beads of the necklace were all tied together but all universes apart, but in the heart, all the same universe.
You’re so me, you’re so me, , you’re so me, you’re so me, you’re so me. Me so you, me so you, me so you, me so you. A black sheep, a white sheep. A black sheep, a white sheep. A black sheep, a white sheep. The wishy washy Mama washes her Son and Daughter, living together as one, eating the same grape. I’ve been flying high,
and the story goes on, spring after spring of light, spring after spring of light, winter after winter after winter. And though i know it’s all a lie, although i know it’s all just words, I support you. Bring it home, i’ll try to carry and signal to, the pole straight from the heart. I bled out over into you. Come in my arms, and in your arms. And that’s the way it goes, and that’s the way it shows. “Cause it’s now time or never, my baby i’m going home just living like the ocean of love.
2. The First Steps
The footsteps i slaved them, i gave them to your hand, to wash my self clean of the lust.
The church also told me that love is a must, not just for fun but to carry on. As i bleed out in you my friend. As i bleed out in you my friend. As i bleed out in you.
This offering, and getting, of old lies still burning, i yearn for so long my sweet friend. This handle with care is what i did so long respectful. Handling with care, lose the touch. Feeling me back home, imagining you and me as one. The touch of the Sun, the Womb of Mama Earth is one.
Hold me tight my sweet friend. Just give up, you can, this old honky tonk blues. The grapes of last year have turned into wine, which we drink as a sacred secret of time. Hold me close and dance with me. Hold me close and dance with me. Hold me close and dance with me. Hold me close and dance with me. And carry on this way. Bleed that song. Bleed that song.
Lonely is present. Did my prison time. I believe the border of the sky, but now i’m just flying in my triple pyramids. Flying out of, out of, out of time, ‘cause the story was already lived. ‘Cause we knew, we saw, but we had to remember. We had to ReMember.
What’s happening right? This old tango, this old jungle, i embrace it with my heart. Transparant as the sky. Transparant as the sky. Living with the endless space in heart. In the Sacred Space of Heart. In the Sacred Space of Heart.
3. Honky Boy
Monkey telling honky boy to get back home. Like a monkey boy just get back home. I wanna touch your sense, i wanna touch your spread, i’m just a honky boy.
Honky boy, Honky Boy, Honky Boy
I’m like a monkey boy trying to get back home. I’m like a monkey boy trying to get back home. I’m like a monkey boy trying to get back home. Give me a banana man.
i’m just a monkey boy, monkey girl. i’m just a monkey boy, monkey girl. i’m just a monkey boy trying to get back home. I got to find my way back home.
I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl.
I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. I’m just a monkey girl. Monkey Girl.
It’s nice to be who i am. It feels so good to be who i am. Just who i am. Just who i am. It’s right for me.
I don’t know how good it feels, if i’m just sticking to my Soul. My Heart and my Soul, are just one, just one, just one.
I got the whole Universe just in my Heart, if i stretch my arms i can touch the Stars.
Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. I’m just a Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl.
I’m just a Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl. Monkey Girl.
4. Watch The Flowers Grow
Sing my loving song just straight from my heart. Sing it to yours as good as i can.
Watch the flowers grow during this life. This transform, i’ve been here for some years.
Born on Mama Earth, underneath The Sun, i try to sing my song straight from the heart. straight from the heart. straight from the heart. straight from the heart.
Try to sing my song straight from the heart. straight from the heart. straight from the heart. straight from the heart.
Even when it’s going harder than i could ever imagine. People still so blind, though they’re not so bad, but they follow each other off the cliff.
Can’t you please help me, to show them the way. Help me too, ‘cause i’m still so blind. But i try to sing the song like magic that falls straight in The Heart of The Universe.
Help me to sing this song that will bring us way back home to the place where we all must star. To the place where we all must Star. Give it all to Soul Love. Give it to the Whole Love.
straight from the heart.
straight from the heart.
This old magic is bringing us home. We’re just pumping in the eye of the storm. Sacred space of your Heart, is your heart is the cold of The Universe. If someone just plays it’s alright. Play it so good. Try the guitar loud as it should.
I see a black and white guitar, a little yellow too. The brown that shines right into my eyes.
I like to hear it with electric vibes all coming from through space, centering the love, centering the life.
5. Can Get No More
i like it mama. like to dance my dance. Even though it’s illegal now, to enjoy ourselves.
Want to go to a concert hall, or just a farm. We make a party in a farmers’ Theatre, far away from it all.
I like to dance all night, make a fire, EnJoY Ourselves, get close to the Heart. Bleed on out in the morning rain. Till we can get no more, till we can get no more. Till we can get no more, till we can get no more. Till we can get no more, till we can get no more.
I like to Scooby Doo , like to Scooby Doo . Like to see the Wild, with the Lions. Kick it now to the , kick it now to the Bees. Kick it now to the Drum. Kick it now to the toys. Kick it now to the boys.
i can get no more, till i can get no more, i can get no more, i can get no more,
6. Open The Door
Like a candle in the wind, we’re gonna burn and get, the fuel from the sun, the fuel from the stars. We’re going to dance, get up from our arse. And that old Soul, we will play it and play it and play it, all night long. All night long. So now open the door.
Open the door baby, dance dance dance dance. Dance dance dance dance.
Open the door, with all that i am. That’s Freedom. Sharing. With an open Heart. We’re all one, with an open Heart. One one one one.
Good Night You All. Open the door. Open the door.
It’s all open now. yeah dancing Mama. Together.
7. It’s All In The Story Book
i never smoked a big cigar. i wonder how that will taste. But i am so scared for my pinky lungs, ‘cause my Mama told me : “Better get high on your own supply. You’re a child of Mother Nature. You don’t even need no phone. “
The Blues is good for You that’s what John Lee Hooker said. First he drank, but then he
stopped.
The songs that he played, they brought him home. The Blues that he drank has made hime
high.
Yeah that’s a story. That’s how far it goes. Are you gonna tell them? That’s the story Mama, listen too…
Even when the flesh falls of my face, i hum a song. Even if you think it was a big disgrace to stay true to my Heart.
Bleed on down Mama, it’s all in the story book. Translate into something new Mama. It’s all in the story book.
If you stay close to your Heart, like You read in the story book. The story line, it’s all in the story book, i ain’t lying.
Oh just one line from the story book, then i’m going to bed. Just one line from the story book Mama, then i’m going to bed. Bye Bye Bye Bye
Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye Bye It’s all in the story book.
Mama you know i’m just a poor boy, boy long way from home. boy long way from home.
boy long way from home.
8. Just A Lonely Boy
In the holy stories, edited by the few, who misuse and manipulate, us through all ages. Now it’s time to roll with a new tide. Giving love for the first time, giving a real chance.
Time to blossom, time to grow. See you neighbor with different eyes. Like you look at your Self, you’ve been to School in this Paradise.
Play the old Blues ‘cause that would fit, to bring my blue heart home. All the blue bloods were managing so long, till the Will was broke. Chrystal lining put in place again. Now it’s time to blossom fair. One time i tell it all, then i go so far away. One time i tell it all, but i’ll always look after You. Ease on down now, let your feet touch the ground of Mama Earth. Know that You got it ALL inside, no need for words.
He was a lonely boy on his way back home. He was a lonely boy on his way back home.
Terra Plane Blues was all he sang, going down the drain, with the whiskey and booze and old Mister Johnson, cut him real down low.
He was just a, lonely boy on his way back home. Found the shells and played.
He was just a, lonely boy on his way back home, to the Heart Of Love.
Just a, lonely boy on his way back home.
Even though You wouldn’t expect that words come next. Just a six string guitar and a little Love. Light shining right through his eyes, coming straight to your Heart. Now it’s time to circumsphere, in the old grave yard.
Just a lonely boy on his way home. Just a lonely boy on his way home. Just a lonely boy on his way home.
Just a lonely girl on her way back home. Just a lonely girl on her way back home. Just a lonely girl on her way back home.
9. You Are Going To Fly
Though your wings are not just high, i tell you baby are going to fly. Though your wings are not just full, i tell you, over the Rainbow, there’s a little Sun. Just got to, make a little jump.
All the feet, touching the ground. Make your move to the sound. Another day, another page, try something new. But the love will stay the same, if you don’t want to end up too blue.
Rock and Roll with a Reggae Voice, straight from the heart, straight from the heart.
Yeah, You know i’m just a blind boy. Yeah, You know i’m just a blind boy.
Did You hear about, the singer that sang his song for Love. The girls from next door. A girl from next door.
The girls next door they join in in the Dance. They were robed so beautiful. ‘Cause they were wearing them. We felt like Adams and Eves. We danced the night away. We danced the night away.
Open the door, and let them in. We’re gonna dance the night away. Open the door, Open the door, Open the door, Open the door.
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getiteld: Seeding The Seeds.
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Teksten van de plaat Let It Be Good For All
1. That’s Why I Cried Out Lung And Heart
i opened up my eyes and see the words before i say what is going to hurt your heart. i bled out so many times with you in the same room. we were never apart. The blowing wind tells me a change has got to come. I stretch out all of my life. The finish is now, the start is here, of a new womb full of tears. The ball is played, is on its way to the goal. Mama i sure like to lose control.
As old cities had the gaslight in the street, we now have darkness in our midst. The people only used to burn ‘cause they give no information, only lies they want you to hear. So break our leg, try the new, you feel happy though you are so blue. Take a little shuffle baby and do it right. Ain’t nobody calling me tonight.
This memory has shown me things about life that i did not see when i was born. Explained why i cried so long and hard. Explained why i cried so long and hard. Oh.
Explained why i cried so long and hard.
Help me a hand, help me to understand that our love will last for good. Together in this womb. Together in all dimensions. Live your life to step by step cry out lung and heart.
That’s why i cried out lung and heart.
That’s why i cried out lung and heart.
That’s why i cried out lung and heart.
That’s why i cried out lung and heart.
That’s why i cried out lung and heart. That’s why i cried out lung and heart.
2. Forgive Yourself
Just a lonely night where you cry yourself to sleep. So long baby, as you cry yourself to sleep. You got to learn to forgive yourself for all those lonely nights. You got to forgive yourself for all those lonely night. Got to forgive yourself.
You’ve been running around. You’ve been running around so long. Didn’t learn, did not learn to find your own soul. Now you got to forgive yourself for all those lonely nights. You ‘ve got to forgive yourself for all those lonely nights. You ‘ve got to forgive yourself for all those lonely nights.
You ‘ve got to forgive yourself for all those lonely nights. You ‘ve got to forgive yourself for all those lonely nights.
Walking around so alone in this rude world. Just hear Mama Earth, hear my old bones that keep on ratlin’ in the wind.
And I’ve got to forgive myself for all those lonely nights. And I’ve got to forgive myself for all those lonely nights. And I’ve got to forgive myself for all those lonely nights. Forgive myself for all those lonely nights.
3. The Stream That Floats TonThe Spring Of All Life
A baby washed ashore, all by himself. She knew when she was born. She remembered all of her past lives. She could tell the world.
The river flows, in his own direction, the river flows to the sea.
The river flows to the spring of water, and it comes back again.
Let us drink, the old free water, that we get from Mama & Sun.
Let us dance, in the rain forever, and let the sun shine through.
I wonder why i must feel alive like this for the 100.000th time
I wonder why i must feel alive like this. Hear my body crying.
A baby washed ashore and she could tell it all. About the lives she lived.
She’s meant to be a queen of life, get the people home.
If you want to ride a little longer in this life, the carriage that will bring you home.
If you want to live a little longer, just one more round. We gonna find her a new town.
Flow, it’s now stated, and we’re gonna fall in the room of mirrors. We’re going to see it all.
Even someday i will fall on the ground, deeper than i ever been. Someday i will fall deep under ground, deep under ground, it is where i been so long. deep under ground, it’s where i been so long. In the ready room i fall into a trance. a trance a trance. In the ready room i fall into a trance. a trance a trance.
To the new song of a new show of a why that’;s connected now. Sing the new song of the new day, the why is gone. We don’t need no artificial device to see the light. And the words took us further away from home. took us further away from home. took us further away from home.
took us further away from home.
4. You Got To Open Up That Door
Hey little old boy won’t you come up town and sing your song. Hey little old boy won’t you come up town and sing your song. You’ve been lonely for too long. Come play your song in the barrooms now. You can’t learn life when you’re on your own. You need the other girls and guys for Soul. To learn to live in peace and love, To learn to be a soul friend love. Come on open up your door.
Won’t you open up, won’t you open up, won’t you open up your door?
Put away your crack-pipe mama, and start all over. You’ve been lonely for too long. Though you did not learn to read or write i think You’re wise. Now learn to Love Your Self.
Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , you can’t live life all by yourself.
Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , you can’t live life all by yourself.
Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , you can’t live life all by yourself.
You Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , you can’t live life on your own.
You Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , can’t live life on your own.
You Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , can’t live life on your own.
You Got to open up the door, got to open up the door , you can’t live life on your own.
You Got to open up the door, you got to open up the door , you can’t live life on your own.
You Got to open up the door, open up the door , you can’t live life on your own.
5. There Are No Words
Sitting in Silence, in the Storm. I know this world, what’s going on. Through all the ages, God finds HimSelf. HerSelf too yeah, ‘cause God is ALL. A many colored looking glass. This is mist, make it clear.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
Let the music shine, shine you home. Let the music shine, shine you home.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
There are no words that can tell you who you are. There are no words that can reach that far.
There are no words, There are no words, There are no words, There are no words, There are no words, There are no words, There are no words. There are no words, There are no words, There are no words, There are no words. There are no words. There are no words. There are no words.
6. Seed the Seeds
If i learn to live in the gutter on the streets, survival is all that i need. But i try to learn to live with an open heart. Feel together everyone and not apart. Life is a film and you know how it goes. You can see better with your eyes closed. Eat that juicy apple, juicy apple of life. i’ll be your man and you’ll be my wife.
When i plough that old plough and seed those Holy Seeds. Children of the Children is all we need. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough.
I’ve got so much forgivenes , i give it all away. Till now till then till my dying day. I’m just
Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough.
Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. What my love can do. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seeding the Seeds, ploughing the plough. Seed the Seeds, plough the plough, Mama Baby. Seed the Seeds, plough the plough, Mama Baby. Seed the Seeds, plough the plough.
Seed the Seeds, Seed the Seeds, Seed the Seeds, Seed the Seeds , plough the plough. , plough the plough. , plough the plough. Seed the Seeds, plough the plough.
Seed the Seeds, plough the plough. Seed the Seed, Seed the Seed,Seed the Seed
7. Welcome To My World
Your moustache is shining with the soup you ate, my friend. Your face, is shining like a fly in the night. If you ever need some help, come by my door, i opened up. Lead you the heck inside, give you a drink. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world.
Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world.
This old World keeps on turning. Hope the Children will do You Well. They know how to start a new beginning. Heal your world, and heal your Soul Mama. We gonna heal the World and Heal the Soul Baby. They’re going to heal your World, heal your Soul Mama.
Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world. Welcome to my world.
8. She
She picked the flowers from the meadows in the place I was born. She picked the flowers that were blossoming that spring. She picked the flowers and gave them, to my heart, yes to my heart. And I still keep that memory.
She sang that song so true and sober as a baby child. She sang that song straight to my heart. She brought that love with emotion of the song straight from the heart, and i still keep that memory close.
She sang the moonlight right into my face when i had the rosy cheeks from drinking that gin. She broke through the shields, that harsh wall ‘round my heart. She connected with the sun in me, the sun in you and everybody’s heart. She sang it straight from my…
Even when i will lose my way someday, i keep that memory and that memory will bring me home. i keep that memory and that memory will bring me home, ‘cause she sang straight to, She sang straight to my heart.
9. Let It Be Good For ALL
she turned green, when she read that blue phone. and she felt so alone. she turned green, when she read that blue phone. and she felt so alone.
lying to herself for so long. pushing away the fear. Quiet and able, hardly able to speak. Hardly able to speak.
All the messages that we’ve learned. All the songs that ‘ve been burning.
I solemnly swear life has been so good for me. let it be good for all. I solemnly swear life has been so good for me. let it be good for all. I solemnly swear life has been so good for me. let it be good for all. I solemnly swear life has been so good for me. let it be good for all.
I solemnly swear life has been so good for me. let it be good for all. I solemnly swear life’s been so good for me. let it be good for all.
Ease on down, look down on the valley. See the last words, dissolving in thin air never to come back, ‘cause there’s nothing that words can say.
I solemnly swear life has been so good to me. I solemnly swear I solemnly swear life has been so good to me. let it be good for all. I solemnly swear life has been so good to me. let it be good for all.
10. High On My Own Supply
I’VE BEEN RIDING ALL SUMMER, RIDING ON THE WINDING ROAD.
I’VE BEEN RIDING ALL SUMMER, RIDING ON A SUNNY ROAD.
BLEED ON OUT IN A NEW STORY. KEEP MY VOICE KICKING.
BECAUSE I’VE BEEN USING ON THAT DOPE. AND NOW I VE GOTTEN READY TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
HEY NITTY GRITTY WON’T YOU TELL ME A SONG, THAT WILL BRING ME RIGHT BACK HOME. LET ME FEEL THE SUN INSIDE, LET ME FEEL THAT YOU’RE MY WIFE.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON YOUR OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
SOLO
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON YOUR OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
TO TO TO TO GET HIGH, TO TO TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH. TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH. TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH. TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH. TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH. HIGH. HIGH.
SOLO
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH. TUCO’S HIGH , TUCO’S HIGH , TUCO’S HIGH , ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.
TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH, TO GET HIGH ON MY OWN SUPPLY.’
11. Shotgun Mama
daddy gonna find, gonna find my way. find my way back home. radio, gonna find my way, find my way back home. dirty old town, gonna find my way, find my way back home.
i’m gonna find my way, find my way, find my way back home.
i got a shotgun Mama, let’s call it my truth. I got a shotgun mama, it’s called “my own truth”. I got a Radio in my room, that’s where i clean my Soul. Got a Radio, put it on 8, when i won’t be late.
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
Well i’m shooting flowers, right in your heart. Flowers, right in your Soul. I’m shooting Flowers right in your balls, flowers in your cunt.
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
i got a radio in my room. i got a shot full of lights. i got a shot full of flowers, shining right through lies.
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
i got a shotgun Mama, i got a shotgun Mama,
12. Blue Blue i Love You
me love, i love you baby. me love i love you baby. me love i love you baby.
you love me also, you love me also, you love me also, yeah yeah yeah.
me come from Curacao, me Corazon, me Corazon, you know i,
BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU
BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU
i breathe the R R, R R like a ship. He couldn’t help me to feel better. Couldn’t buy that hell off. Couldn’t help to make me feel better.
I wanna Roll you, I wanna rock You, I wanna steal that truth. I wanna blue blue, i wanna blue blue. Blue Blue I’m in love with You.
Blue I’m in love with You. Blue I’m in love with You. Blue I’m in love with You.
BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU
BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU,
BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU, BLUE BLUE I LOVE YOU
alle teksten van ON THE BLUE LINE en foto Edwin Fabriek
1. DIFFERENT WAVELENGTH
DRESSED IN WHITE, HERE I STAND. TIME FOR ANOTHER NIGHT.
STRAYED FAR AWAY FROM HOME, STRAYED FAR AWAY FROM HOME. NOW I’M
FALLIN’ ON MY KNEES, TRYIN’ TO SURRENDER, TRYIN’ TO GO BACK TO THE ROOTS.
WIND IS FLOWING FINALLY, RAIN IS COMING FINALLY.
THE DIRTY GIRL ON MY FEET, PLEASING ME LORD, GIVING ME PEACE.
I KNOW THE RUBBING NOW IS COMING CLOSE,
AS I TRANSPOSE INTO SOMETHING NEW,
WITH MY WOODEN SHOES, INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF YOU.
WITH MY RESTLESS BONES, RATLIN’ IN THE WIND,
RATLIN’ IN THE WIND, ‘TILL A DOGGY COMES MY WAY.
2. ALL THOSE SPIRIT LIGHTS
YES I’VE BEEN TRAVELING A LONE LONE LONELY TIME,
OH AND KNOW WHAT IT IS TO PICK UP MY MIND.
KNOW I CAN’T HELP IT TO FIND THE SOUL INSIDE.
I HAD TO DO IT BY KNEELING ALL THE TIME,
TO ALL THOSE SPIRIT LIGHTS, TO ALL THOSE SPIRIT LIGHTS.
ALL THE TIMING, THAT I’VE DONE SO LONG,
FOR ALL THE FIELDS OF JUST ONE STAR.
JUST BREATHE OUT INTO A NEW BEGINNING.
THERE’S NOTHING WHAT I CAN KEEP.
DON’T HOLD ME TIGHT, SWEET SISTER OF THE NIGHT.
TAKE ME HOME, AND SOUL ME BACK HOME, RIGHT NOW.
HERE IN THE WILD BULL, USE MY MIND.
I WILL, I WILL, WILL, LOSE MY MIND.
HIGH, HIGH, HIGH, HIGH, HIGH.
I WILL LOSE MY MIND, I WILL LOSE MY MIND, I WILL LOSE MY MIND,
I WILL LOSE MY MIND.
3. DISSOLVING INTO THE BLUE
YEAH I ‘VE BEEN SAD AND LONELY, EVER SINCE YEAH,
I’VE BEEN SAD AND LONELY, MY LITTLE FRIEND.
YEAH I’VE BEEN WALKING WITH MY BIG FEET, ALL OVER THE WORRY.
SO IF I FEEL SAD AND LONELY, AND I JUST CAN’T HELP MYSELF,
WELL I WILL ALWAYS, FIND MY WAY BACK HOME.
YEAH YOU KNOW I’VE BEEN LONG TIME TREMBLING. ALMOST LOSE MY MIND.
BUT I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY, I WILL FIND MY WAY BACK.
ALL THOSE NITTY GRITTY THAT WE ONCE KNEW, ALL THE NITTY GRITTY THAT WE ONCE KNEW, THEY’RE GONNA DISSOLVE SOMEDAY, MAMA, THEY’RE GONNA DISSOLVE INTO THE BLUE.
“IS THERE A STORY TO TELL?”
ALL THOSE SAD AND LONELY, AIN’T WE ALL? SOMEDAY EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LOSE.
AND SOMEDAY I WILL RISE ON THE FOUR.
OH HEAR THE BIRDS SINGING, SITTING IN THE HIGHEST TREE.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LOSE.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN, EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LOSE.
4. I’LL FIND MY WAY BACK HOME
WELL SHAKE IT UP, MOVE YOURSELF, I LITTLE OLD HOUR OUT OF THE WELL.
I ASK YOU KNOW, I GOT A JOKE, I NEED TO FIND MY WAY. WISH YOU THE BEST, MAMA WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR NOW.
RATTLE IT UP IN THE SMALL TOWN NOW, SINGING THE BLUES AND LIE UP TOWN.
I GOT TO FIND, I GOT TO FIND, I GOT TO FIND, I GOT TO FIND, MY WAY.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I SAID COCOCO, I NEED TO FIND A LITTLE BIT OF ROCK AND ROLL. I NEED TO FIND MY WAY, I NEED TO FIND MY WAY, I NEED TO FIND MY WAY, TO MY HEART.
IF YOU SEE THE SHOOTING STAR, SWEET ANGEL DON’T YOU WEEP. MOVE AHEAD, I GOTTA FIND MY WAY. AND I KNOW THAT, I’LL FIND THE DOOR BACK HOME.
I NEED TO FIND MY WAY, I NEED TO FIND MY WAY, I NEED TO FIND MY WAY, TO MY HEART.
RING THE BELL IF YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW BUDDY . YOU GOTTA FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME SWEET LIL’ ANGEL. GOT A FIND A WAY BACK HOME, BAK HOME.
I’M GONNA CALL UP MY WOODEN SHOES AND SEE, I’M WALK MY FEET THOSE MILES AND KNOW, I GOT A LONESOME TRACK AND I’LL FIND MY WAY, I GOT A LONESOME TRACK AND I’LL FIND MY WAY. STAND OUT STRAIGHT, MOVING LATE, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I SAY TURN OFF MY BRAIN.
I’LL FIND MY WAY BACK HOME
5. STS OH NOW I’LL MAKE IT FREE, ON A PATH WITH WHO I AM. HEAVEN KNOWS THAT I’M A SONG, A SONG, A SONG. DON’T KNOW IF I’LL EVER MAKE IT. IT’S HARD, HARD. BUT I KNOW THAT I’M BEGINNING, NOW, WITH MY SLOW TURTLE SUNDANCE.
IT’S A SLOW TURTLE SUNDANCE.
OH NOW YOU MAKE ME PRAY, GONNA GO WHILE I STILL CAN. STARING LONELY AT THE SUN, LONELY. HEAVEN LIVES IN ME. HIGH AND LOW. IN TRUTH I AM CONNECTED. MY HEART AND MY SOUL. IN MY SLOW TURTLE SUNDANCE.
IT’S A SLOW TURTLE SUNDANCE.
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I AM THE MOST LONELY CYCLER, AND JUST WANNA GO.
I AM THE MOST LONELY CYCLER, AND JUST WANNA GO.
6. RIDING WITH THE WIND
WELL I LOOKED OUT, OF YOUR EYES, AND I GOT WARM, FOR A NICE SURPISE.
I READ THE WHOLE STORY, COLD-HEARTED. DID YOU SIT ON ME? AND NOW I’M JUST A BOY, RIDING WITH THE WIND. AND NOW I’M JUST A BUM, RIDING WITH THE WIND.
AND NOW I’M JUST A BUM, RIDING WITH THE WIND.
AND NOW I’M JUST A BUM, RIDING WITH THE WIND.
AND NOW I’M JUST A BUM, RIDING WITH THE WIND.
7. ON THE BLUE LINE
WELL I’VE BEEN A SONG, AND I’VE BEEN SUNG BY YOU. YOUR LIPS IN THE VIBRATION OF THE LOVE.
I’M HOLDING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SOUL IN YOU. OH I CAN’T HOLD ON IF I’M COMING TOO, ‘CAUSE I’VE BEEN OUT, HEALING THE WORLD.
WAS I LAZY JUST TO, BE BY MYSELF? WAS I LAZY JUST TO DRINK, ALL BY MYSELF? WAS I FOOLISH JUST TO BE BY MYSELF? WAS I THINKING I JUST DIDN’T WATCH MYSELF?
WELL ON BLUE 1, I KNOW I’M JUST ALL ALONE. WELL ON BLUE LINE 1, I THINK I’M ALL ALONE. ON THE BLUE LINE, I’M TALKING TO MYSELF. ON THE BLUE LINE, I’M BLEEDING OUT. ON THE BLUE LINE, AM I SINGING NOW? IN THE BLUE LINE, AM I SINGING NOW? ON THE BLUE LINE, AM I SINGING NOW?
WELL I DID NOT EXPECT, HOW YOU ONCE WOULD HIT ME BABY. BUT YOU HURT ME LIKE I NEVER NEVER NEVER HURT BEFORE.
I HOPE WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT IT ALL, BUT NOW I’M LOSING ALL CONTROL. I CAN NOT LIVE WITH THESE LIES NO MORE.
ON THE BLUE LINE, TALKING TO MYSELF. ON THE BLUE LINE, BLEEDING OUT WITH HELP. ON THE BLUE LINE, TALKING TO MYSELF. ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE.
ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE.
ON THE BLUE LINE, ON THE BLUE LINE,
8. CLENCHING MY TEETH
IN THE MISTY MORNING, I FALL INTO A TRANCE. I DON’T KNOW WHY I’M STARTING THIS, NEW ROMANCE. THERE’S BLOOD OUT HERE, ON MY HANDS. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND, WHY I START A NEW ROMANCE.
IT’S BEEN HAZY, SINCE I WAS BORN THIS WAY. IT’S BEEN HAZY, BUT I LIKE THAT WAY. BUT I FEEL GUILTY, GUILTY OF LIFE. BUT I FEEL STILL, SO OBLIGED. ALL MY HEART IS TRUE, ALL MY HEART IS GREED.
CLENCHING MY TEETH. CLENCHING MY TEETH. CLENCHING MY TEETH. CLENCHING MY TEETH.
ARE YOU HOME NOW? ARE YOU SATISFIED? MAYBE THE SAME, SAID MY WIFE. I LOVE HER STILL, TILL THE MORNING COMES. WE TRANSFORM INTO SOMETHING NEW.
THE WAY IS OUT, I CALL UNTO YOUR DOOR. AND NOW I’M GONNA SING THE BLUES. I CAN TAKE LAST CHEER.
IN THE EARLY NOW IN SONG, IN THE EARLY NOW IN SONG. IN THE EARLY NOW IN SILENCE, IN THE EARLY NOW IN SILENCE. I TWISTED THE KEY. I TWISTED YOU AND ME. AND WHAT IN THE WORLD? WHAT IN THE WORLD?
9. YOU AND ME #2 I DRANK THE SOMBRERO. IT WAS NICE AND WARM. AND I FOUND OUT THERE’S NO DIFFERENCE, BETWEEN YOU & ME. THERE AIN’T NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU & ME. BETWEEN YOU & ME. BETWEEN YOU & ME.
AND ALL ALONG NOW. I TRIED TO GIVE THE BEST I EVER HAD. AND NOW IT’S TIME TO DISSOLVE, TRANSPOSE INTO A NEW COAT. AND THERE AIN’T NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU & ME. BECAUSE THERE AIN’T NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU & ME.
YOU & ME
YOU & ME
YOU & ME
10. IT WAS ON THE EARTH #2 I DRANK A CUP OF COFFEE, TASTED SOME, SAME AS BEFORE. COULDN’T EXPRESS NO MORE.
THE GUILTY FEELING OF PLEASURE, IN A WORLD TORN APART. A LONELY PEACE, THOUGH IT LOOKS SO FREE.
THE PASTURES THAT WE’RE WALKING THROUGH, OF FOOD, OUT THERE IS FOOD, THAT WE’RE GOING TO EAT THE WHOLE WINTER THROUGH.
AS I DENY ANOTHER GRAVE. WITH MY BODY NOW, SOMEONE IS GONNA LAY INSIDE OF IT.
I’M GONNA STEP OUTSIDE AND WALK IT THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. THE DARK MOMENTS THAT I NEED SO BAD.
HERE IN THE SILENCE OF FOREVER, I’M STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. I TRY TO FORGIVE MY SELF, TRANSPARENT AS THE SKY.
AS I WOULD ALWAYS BE DANGLING LIKE, A PUPPET THERE IN THE STREAM. THEY CAN’T MAKE ME GO ON FORVER IF THEY PLEASE.
IT WAS ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH.
THIS HEART IS SPEAKING NOW AND SOLEMNLY SWEARING, IT’S TIME TO GO NOW AND BLEED OUT ANOTHER DAY.
THIS OLD CRAZY FOOL HAS BEEN BRANDISHING HIS OWN DIRECTION. HE’S FALLING RIGHT THROUGH THE GROUND.
IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH.
IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH. IT WAS ON THE EARTH. ON THE EARTH.
11. REMEMBER AS I STEP THROUGH YOUR DOOR AND DON’T REMEMBER WHO I AM, YOU MIGHT HELP ME TO REMEMBER.
AS I STEP THROUGH THE DOOR AND DON’T REMEMBER WHO I AM, IT MIGHT FEEL LIKE COMING HOME.
ALL THE FOOTSTEPS, ALL THE CHILDREN. YOU AND I ARE JUST THE CHILDREN TOO.
THE SCARS MIGHT HURT, ‘CAUSE GOD IT’S PAINFUL HERE. IT SEEMS SO SEPARATED NOW.
BUT IF I FALL INTO A TRANCE, AND I GET INTO THAT ROMANCE, WHAT OUR LOVE IS ALL ABOUT.
AS I STEP TO THE DOOR, , AND I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER JUST LIKE YESTERDAY.
IT WAS JUST LIKE YESTERDAY, SO CLEAR IN MY MIND, BUT THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT CAN EXPRESS THIS WAY.
SOBER AS A BABY CHILD, WITH MUSIC IN OUR MINDS.
IN OUR MIDST AS A CANDLE THAT BURNS, FULL THROTTLE NOW, SHOOK UP THAT SEPARATED FEELING THAT BEEN THERE FOR MUCH TOO LONG.
GOT TO COME RIGHT CLOSE, GOTTA COME RIGHT CLOSE, LOOK IN YOUR FACE, AND REMEMBER ALL I REALLY AM.
REMEMBER WHO I REALLY AM, JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
AS YOUR HAND COMES CLOSER, TILL IT TOUCHES MINE. THERE AIN’T NO MORE SEPARATION, AND NOW I REMEMBER JUST WHO YOU ARE.
NOW I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHO WE ARE.
NOW I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE.
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER , I REMEMBER.
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER,
AND NOW WHERE’S THE GLIDING WIND, THAT GUIDES YOU HOME? YOU DON’T NEED TO REMEMBER HOW TO FLY.
YOU GOT TO GET BREATH INTO YOUR OWN HEART, REMEMBER WE’RE TOGETHER AND NOT APART. EVEN WITH EYES CLOSED.
I REMEMBER, JUST LIKE YESTERDAY. I REMEMBER, WE CAN HEAR THE PLAY. I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER.
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER,
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER.
12. SHADOW YOUR SHADOW. YOUR SHADOW. YOUR SHADOW. YOUR SHADOW. YOUR SHADOW. YOUR SHADOW. SHADOW. SHADOW.
HONKY TONK I’VE BEEN, PLAYING TOO LONG. I’VE GOT A FIRE, WAY TO EXPRESS MY SELF. I NEED THAT BLUES SINGING, TO KEEP ON RUNNING. TO KEEP ON PUSHING UNTILL THE END. SHADOW. SHADOW. IN YOUR SHADOW. GIVE ME YOUR SHADOW. GIVE ME YOUR SHADOW. GIVE ME YOUR SHADOW. GIVE ME YOUR SHADOW. I WANT. COME ON.
DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW.
DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW. DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW.
DANCING WITH YOUR SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW , SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW , SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW, SHADOW…
Het gebruikte kiekje voor de hoes werd gemaakt tijdens een van Ralph’s vele wandelingen door het bos. De hoes is een verwijzing naar het zeer aanstekelijke Stroll, waarvan de zang voor mij een soort reggae vibe heeft. Fast Man is een van de vijf albums, die Ralph nu gelijktijdig heeft uitgebracht. Flower of Life besprak ik vorige maand al lovend. Ook Fast Man is hetzelfde lot beschoren. Tien uitstekende songs met een gemiddelde speelduur van ongeveer acht minuten, waarbij het moeilijk is om echte favorieten aan te wijzen. De avontuurlijke, wat mysterieuze opener So Long heeft de nodige Noord-Afrikaanse invloeden. De inspiratie hiervoor werd waarschijnlijk opgedaan tijdens een vakantie aan Marokko enige jaren geleden. Tot mijn favorieten kan zeker ook Hungry Love gerekend worden, vooral door de wisselwerking tussen lead- en achtergrondzang. Het refrein ervan blijft meteen hangen. Met ruim dertien minuten is de titelsong Fast Man het langste nummer. Hier wordt op een geweldige manier naar een gigantische climax toegewerkt. Zoals altijd geeft Ralph zijn begeleiders alle ruimte om te schitteren. Het zijn trouwens niet de minsten, gitaristen Tim Birkenholz en Chiron Schut, de ritmesectie bestaande uit Marcel Wolthof en Nico Heilijgers en achtergrondzangeressen Moon Anderson (tevens percussie) en Ylvalie Dik. Heerlijk bluesy is Straying Far Away From Home. Ingetogen en persoonlijk is het hartstochtelijk gezongen Sent It With Love. Het album wordt uitstekend afgesloten met het opgewekte Always Together, opgesierd met fenomenaal gitaarspel. Wat het album zeker ten goede is gekomen dat alle songs live opgenomen werden in Kisjes Studio Dalfsen. Het geeft een goed beeld wat je live van Ralph en zijn kompanen mag verwachten en dat is niet gering. In de wachtkamer heb ik nu nog You Don’t Need No Words, Be Who You Are en Rainbow Child. Nog een drietal albums, die nu ook in zeer beperkte oplage bij Ralph te koop zijn, wees er dus snel bij!
Theo Volk
Releasedatum : Februari 2021 Independent
Website : https://ralphdejongh.com/
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HET WAS 14 AUGUSTUS 2019 IN DALFSEN IN DE KISJES STUDIO TOEN ARIE VERHAAR, CHI RON SCHUT, TIM BIRKENHOLZ, NICO HEILIJGERS, MOON ANDERSON EN RALPH PLAATS NAMEN IN DE STUDIO VOOR EEN MAGISCHE SESSIE. ALS OPNAME EN MIX TECHNICUS OP DE NEVE LEGEND TAFEL JUAN KIERS. EEN TAFEL UIT DE AIR Studios IN LONDON WAAROP OOK ELTON JOHN ZIJN PLATEN OPNAM, LORD OF THE RINGS DEELS WERD GEMIXT. OP DIT ALBUM GETITELD: ” BE WHO YOU ARE ” EEN MAGISCHE SELECTIE VAN 71 MINUTEN. MET GEWELDIG WERK VAN DE MUZIKANTEN. ADEMBENEMEND GITAAR , DRUM, EN BASGITAAR WERK. BEELDSCHOON WEER HEEL ANDERS DAN ALLE ANDERE ALBUMS. AAN UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE WAS IK WEL AL EERDER AAN HET WERKEN GEWEEST EN DAT ZAL WELLICHT VAKER GEBEUREN. ALLE ARRANGEMENTEN TER PLEKKE LIVE DOOR DE BAND. TEKSTEN EN MUZIEK ralph de jongh:
1. MY RAINBOW CHILD BE WHO YOU ARE
MY RAINBOW CHILD DANCE YOUR RAINBOW DANCE. BE WHO YOU ARE. SO MUCH MORE. MY RAINBOW CHILD, MY RAINBOW CHILD, MY RAINBOW CHILD, MY RAINBOW CHILD, BE WHO YOU ARE. MY RAINBOW CHILD, BE WHO YOU ARE.
YOU GOTTA DANCE YOUR DANCE. LET IT BE CLEAR. YOU GOTTA MOVE YOUR MOVES. DISAPPEAR. MY RAINBOW CHILD, MY RAINBOW CHILD.
MY RAINBOW CHILD, WON’T YOU LISTEN STRAIGHT, FROM INSIDE OUT, OUTSIDE IN, THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN LEARN. YOU’RE TRANSPARANT AS THE SKY, TRANSPARENT AS THE SKY. YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS, IN THE DESERT ALONE. YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS, IN, THE DESERT ALONE. YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS, YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS, YOU’RE THE FLOWER, YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS, YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS. GROW.
YOU’RE THE FLOWER THAT GROWS IN THE DESERT.
WALKING HAND IN HAND AGAIN, WALKING HAND IN HAND AGAIN, AS THE SNOW FALLS ‘ROUND, AS THE SNOW FALLS ‘ROUND OUR FEET. SINKING FURTHER IN THE SNOW, SINKING FURTHER IN THE SNOW, SINKING FURTHER IN, SINKING FURTHER IN, SINKING FURTHER IN, IN THE SNOW. SINKING FURTHER IN THE SNOW, FURTHER IN THE SNOW, SINKING FURTHER IN THE SNOW, FURTHER IN THE SNOW. SINKING FURTHER IN THE SNOW, FURTHER IN THE SNOW. SINKING FURTHER IN THE SNOW.
PICTURE, PICTURE, PICTURE,
PICTURE, PICTURE, PICTURE,
PICTURE IN, PICTURE IN THE SNOW. PICTURE IN THE SNOW.
PICTURE IN THE, PICTURE IN THE, PICTURE IN THE, PICTURE IN THE,
PICTURE IN THE, PICTURE IN THE, SNOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW, NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW.
2. SENTIENT BEINGS (dedicated to Camaron de la Isla)
THE OLD MALAGUENA IS A TREAT TO MY SOUL. CAMARON IS A TREAT TO MY SOUL. LET IT BE SO DEEP. SO DEEP AS THE UNIVERSE. SO DEEP AS THE CELLS IN YOUR BODY. SO DEEP.
I KNOW THAT IT’S TIME NOW TO EXPRESS IN FLOWERS EVERY PART. NOT KEEPING IT IN AS MY MOTHER AND HER MOTEHR AND ONLY READ THE LIES THAT THEY WANT YOU TO HEAR, THAT THEY WANT YOU TO HEAR.
MY FATHER BEFORE ME, GREW UP IN A WAVE OF FREEDOM, WHERE WOMEN GOT THEIR RIGHTS, AND WERE NO LONGER HIT BY THEIR MEN, AND WERE NO LONGER HIT BY THEIT MEN. I KNOW THAT IT’S TIME NOW, TO EXPRESS THE LORD OF THE NIGHT. THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF AS LONG AS YOU DON’T MIND SOMEONE ELSE.
LIFE IS ABOUT REAL THINGS. SOMEONE HAS PAIN. LIFE IS ABOUT REAL THINGS. SOMEONE HAS JOY. A PERSON, OR A COW, OR A DOLPHIN ON THIS EARTH. SENTIENT BEINGS THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. SENTIENT BEINGS THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. DOESN’T MATTER WHAT FLAG, ‘CAUSE A COUNTRY OR FLAG HAS GOT NO FEELINGS.
WELL YOU HEARD, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMAGINATION, FOR INSTANCE THAT MONEY IS WORTH THIS AND THAT, OR THAT WE BELONG TO A COUNTRY OR A FLAG. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THE DIFFERENCE? WHEN SOMEONE HAS REAL PAIN. A REAL PERSON. THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT. SENTIENT BEINGS. SENTIENT BEINGS. SENTIENT BEINGS. SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT BEINGS. SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT SENTIENT BEINGS.
3. THE TRANCE
THE TRANCE IS SO DEEP THAT I DON’T KNOW HOW I SPEAK. THE LINES ARE FADING, THE BULB IS MELTING. AND I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY I’LL WAKE UP. AND I KNOW THAT SOMEDAY I WALK TO WHERE OUR LOVE IS, TO WHERE THE LOVE IS, TO WHERE THE LOVE IS, TO WHERE THE LOVE IS, TO WHERE THE LOVE IS.
I KNOW THAT I’M SPEAKING BEFORE MY TURN. I KNOW THAT I NEED A LITTLE LIGHT. I HOPE THE MUSIC CAN DRILL A HOLE IN MY…, I HOPE THE MUSIC CAN COME ‘ROUND THE BACK DOOR. I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY I WILL BE SO OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AS A RAINBOW IN THE FIELD.
HUNGRY MAMA, HOW TO FEEL YOUR BABY. HUNGRY MOTHER, HOW TO FEEL YOUR CHILD. HUNGRY MOTHER, HOW TO FEED YOUR CHILD? HERE. TAKE IT, TAKE IT, TAKE IT.
I’M HUNGRY, FOR LOVE. I’M HUNGRY, FOR LOVE. I’M HUNGRY, FOR LOVE. I’M HUNGRY, HUNGRY, HUNGRY FOR LOVE.
JUST A KISS ON THE CHEEK, JUST A LITTLE ATTENTION, JUST A LITTLE TWINKLE, JUST A SWEET GOODBYE, HELLO YOU STRANGER, HOW DO YOU DO? HOW DO YOU DO? HOWDY?
THE MELTING OF THE ICE IN MY HEART, RIGHT ON TIME. AND THE ICE MELTS, RIGHT INTO TEARS ON MY CHEEKS, ALL THESE SNOWFLAKES OF MINE. HUNGRY, HUNGRY FOR LOVE. HUNGRY, HUNGRY FOR LOVE. HUNGRY, HUNGRY FOR LOVE. HUNGRY.
4. PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN
HEAR ME CALLING, HEAR ME CALLING IN THE LAZY MONDAY, IN THE LAZY MONDAY. HEAR ME LOVE, HEAR ME LOVE, HEAR ME CALLING. HEAR ME CALL. HEAR ME CALL. HEAR ME CALL. HEAR ME CALL. ON THE LAZY MONDAY.
HEAR THE DIRT, HEAR THE DIRT, HEAR THE DIRT CALLING.
WHAT’S THE MATTER BOY? DID YOU ROAM FAR AWAY FROM HOME? THE RIVER SHANNON, AS IT LEAVES THE LAND, AND ROLLS IN THE OCEAN, ROLLS IN THE OCEAN. HEAR ME CALLING NOW, IN THE LONELY, IN THE LONELY MONDAY. DAY. DAY. DAY. DAY. MON. DAY. MON. DAY. MON. DAY.
ON THE MON ON THE MON ON THE MONDAY
MONDAY IS WHERE WE GO AGAIN, WHERE WE GO AGAIN, HURRYING.
SOMEONE IS BLEEDING OUT, AND HE KNOWS WHAT ’S FAR OUT. AND HE GUIRDS, AND HE GUIRDS, AND HE GUIRDS HIS SAIL. THERE AIN’T NO BABY CHILD. ONLY HE HIMSELF. LIVING FOR THE DAY, LIVING FOR THE DAY, IN THE WORRIED SOUL, LIKE A LONELY FLOAT, PIPING IN THE MOUNTAINS, PIPING WITH THE WIND, PUT HIS FEET ON THE STILL WET SOIL. PUTS HIS FEET ON THE STILL WET SOIL. HE’S PIPING ON THE MOUNTAIN, HE’S PIPING IN THE, IN THE AIR. HE’S PIPING ON THE MOUNTAIN. HE’S PIPING ON THE DOOR. HE’S PIPING ON THE MOUNTAIN. HE’S PIPING ON THE HEART. PIPING ON THE MOUNTAIN. PIPING ON THE MOUNTAIN. THE NEED FOR A GAME. STILL HE IS NOT HUNGRY, ‘CAUSE HE FEELS SO BLISSED, FROM THE INSIDE OUT, FROM THE INSIDE. PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN. LOOKING BACK TO THE VALLEY. SEE ALL PEOPLE LIVING. THE DAY TO DAY MONDAY. SEE ALL PEOPLE HURRYING. SEE ALL PEOPLE TRAVELLING. SEE ALL PEOPLE SHUFFELING, THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE. AND I WANT TO BE, BE LIKE THE PIPER, WHO STANDS ON THE MOUNTAIN, READS IN BETWEEN THE LINES, READS IN BETWEEN THE LINES, READS IN BETWEEN THE LINES, READS IN BETWEEN THE LINES. NOW NOW NOW.
PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN. PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN. PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN. PIPER ON THE MOUNTAIN.
5. UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
ALL THE SUFFERING OF ALL THE AGES, ALL THE SUFFERING OF ALL THE AGES, ALL THE SUFFERING OF ALL THE AGES, ALL THE SUFFERING AND THE KINGS SAY: “OH” “OH” OH”
ME I’M JUST WATCHING ON. NOTHING’S CHANGED AND NOTHING’S WRONG. AND ME MYSELF I’M JUST WATCHING ON. AND NOTHING’S CHANGED AND NOTHING’S WRONG.
ALL THE SUFFERING AND THE KINGS SAY: “OH”
ALL THE SUFFERING AND THE KINGS SAY: “OH”
ALL THE SUFFERING IN THE DAY TO DAY LIFE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO CHANGE OUR LIVES. FREEDOM AND A LITTLE RESPECT. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER THAN WE EVER COULD HOPE FOR. I HOPE WE’RE STILL LEARNING FASTER, AND NOT LIKE THE ROLLING STONES WHO ARE JUST ROLLING TO BABYLON. SPEAKING WITH ONE TONGUE. SPEAKING WITH ONE TONGUE. A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT’S WHAT WE NEED. A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE IS WHAT WE NEED. SO WE CAN END THE SUFFERING. END THE SUFFERING.
ALRIGHT.
WE’RE GOING THE RIGHT WAY. WE’RE STILL RIGHT HERE.
ALL THE SUFFERING AND THE KINGS SAY: “OH”
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ROLLING STONES? THEY GATHER NO GRASS, THEY GATHER NO MOSS. THEY DON’T LEARN ANYTHING, THEY DON’T LEARN ANYTHING,
THEY DON’T LEARN ANYTHING WHILE THEY FALL. IT’S ALL JUST FALLING DOWN TO, FALLING DOWN TO, BABYLON. AND THEY SAY: “OH” “OH” “OH” “EEJ!” “AHA!”
THEY ARE LEARNING WHILE THEY FALL AND THEY SAY: “AHA!”
LEARNING WHILE THEY FALL, LEARNING WHILE THEY FALL, LEARNING, LEARNING.
6. ALL THE PRETTY LIES
WELL I’M BOTTLE UP, I GOTTO GO. WELL I’M BOTTLE UP, I GOTTO GO. WELL I’M BOTTLE UP, I GOTTO GO. THEY GONNA PUT ME 6 FEET, THEY GONNA PUT ME 6 FEET, THEY GONNA PUT ME 6 FEET. JUST A SHALLOW G, JUST A SHALLOW G, JUST A SHALLOW G.
OH I CAN’T REMEMBER ALL GUITAR, CAN’T REMEMBER MY NAME. IT WASN’T MINE ANYWAY. I JUST LEND IT. GOT IT STUCK ON ME.
ALL THE PRETTY LIES, ALL THE PRETTY LIES,
ALL THE FAIRY TALES THAT WERE DSIGNED TO HEAL THE HEART. ALL THE FAIRY TALES THAT WERE DSIGNED TO HEAL THE HEART. ALL THE PRETTY LIES THAT WERE SO TRUE. ALL THE PRETTY LIES THAT WERE SO TRUE. WHAT CAN I DO NOW, I’M JUST FLOATING AWAY. WHAT CAN I DO NOW, I’M JUST FLOATING AWAY. ALL THE PRETTY LIES ARE GONE NOW. ALL THE PRETTY LIES THAT YOU TOLD ME ARE GONE NOW.