AND something else.

[rayc]

I was listening to some of Terry Hall's solo of post Specials/FUN BOY THREE stuff and this popped into my head.
BIAB supplied the acoustic guitar solo, organ, horns & drums.
No melody, no lyrics just a thing to build more stuff on I suppose.

terryhallslow2907.mp3

Updated the arrangement & mix.
MIX TWO thousand

terryhallslow0808.mp3

MIX THREE horns & draft melody/harmony

TH slow short 1808.mp3

Here's a mix, with melody & harmony rather louder so you can hear the interaction or otherwise of those parts.
TH2008 MIX FOUR Melody & harmony forward

TH 2008.mp3

Yes, the melody is abrupt/staccato in the 1st half of the verses deliberate at this point.
LYRICS - so far
additional vox lines in ( ) * with counter melody
@ with horn stabs
V1
One step
One word
One thought
One day
One plea
One love
Once all that was me then
Two steps
Two words
Too late
To see
To try, (twice me to be or not to be)*
To fail,
To be or to not be.
C1
Is this, is this real?
Is this all that we can ever be?
Is this the total deal?
What do you
What do you
Want from me?
What can I do,
If it's true?

V2
Three steps
Three words
Three lives
Three see
Three hours
Thrice gone
Three is more than are we then
Four steps
Forewords
Forethought
Foresee
Forwarned
Fourth time (for me to be or not to be)*
For t'was not to be
C2
Is this where we stand?
Is this how it will be, will it be ?
Is this what we had planned?
What do you
What do you
Want from me?
What can I do,
If it's true? (if it's true)@
Rep
Is this, is this real?
Is this all that we can
ever be?

[WhiskeyJack]

Coming in on Mix 2000.

This one could easily morph into some kind of spy movie theme song. Maybe with vocals or not. It has potential to my ears for sure.

[rayc]

Coming in on Mix 2000.

This one could easily morph into some kind of spy movie theme song. Maybe with vocals or not. It has potential to my ears for sure.

Thanks Shan.

[rayc]

Moved on a little bit.
The lyrics are sappy and need reworking but I like the general development.

[vomitHatSteve]

So is the synth violin playing what will become the vocal melody then? 'cause the big thing that's leaping out at me is that the violin tone is distractingly-fake. But if that's a placeholder, no big deal.

[rayc]

So is the synth violin playing what will become the vocal melody then? 'cause the big thing that's leaping out at me is that the violin tone is distractingly-fake. But if that's a placeholder, no big deal.

Yes Cello, flute & strings are all place holders for melody & harmony.

[Alison]

Another good one, Ray, with a TON of possibilities!

[rayc]

Another good one, Ray, with a TON of possibilities!

Thanks Alison.
I've not been writing in any one direction of late - more responding to things I hear, enjoy etc.
I was listening to Terry Halls' album LAUGH. A VERY different thing from his fame days in The Specials & Fun Boy Three.
The narrative in the linked song is ace but I knew I couldn't compete with his story or his metaphors nor his new Pulp/Jarvis Cocker soundscape but it did make me write a new one with a different style of backing.

[TheTestingYak]

good choon brav