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The ultimate Box Of Goats track. Features fab lead guitar from Zander Blair. |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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5.8MB |
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Co-write between AListair McIntosh and lyricist Nigel Lawry. We always play this one live. |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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4.8MB |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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3.5MB |
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Live version of Ten Things I Wanna Do Before I Die recorded at The Thompson's Arms, Flaxton, near York, UK on 11 April 2008 |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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4.4MB |
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Something of a new departure for Box of Goats with much more of an emphasis on the vocals and backing vocal sound.
Difficult to specify but it's a wistful ballad about growing older and moves away from our usual guitar based sound with a mostly piano backing. I think it's one of the nicest things Alistair has written and if I heard it on the radio it would seem to satisfy most of the criteria for a winning pop song - strong tune, nice chord progression and good words.
Has a slightly jazzyish vibes solo in the middle too by way of a change. Hope you enjoy it!
Alistair McIntosh - Vocals
Lynne Blair - Backing Vocals
Nick Blair - Piano and Guitars |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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8.0MB |
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This one rocks like stink! |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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4.6MB |
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Listen carefully to the lyrics! |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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3.8MB |
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Also recorded at Studio Cube, York, UK on 14 August 2005.
Features Zander Blair on lead acoustic guitar. See Zander's Soundlift.com page for some amazing guitar instrumentals. |
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The Bubble Has Burst
I was the boy in the bubble in my silk cocoon
I was kept out of trouble by my silver spoon
I stayed seen but not heard so they shielded me from dread
And protected me from the monsters under my bed
But a word to the wise robbed the innocence of youth
Traded for lies by a stranger to the truth
(Chorus)
Just for a minute I was the first
But then I had reckoned without this reversal of fortune
Oh the bubble has burst
To see or be blind, I don’t know which is worse
I took the cup of knowledge with a raging thirst
So I know, the bubble has burst
The bubble has burst
I had a masterplan to change the world
But I was just sixteen and I’d never even kissed a girl
I just got started when a woman turned my head
And all my grand ambition ended up in a double bed
She shone like the sun and she showed me the stars
I lasted the distance, but I’m still wearing the scars
Chorus
Liars and hypocrites lined up in a row
And every single one is someone I know
They missed the moral high ground the path was too steep
They were broken by promises they could never keep
But a word from the wise robbed those innocents of youth
Faded by lies, they are strangers to the truth
Chorus x 2
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Alistair McIntosh |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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4.7MB |
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Recorded at Studio Cube, York , UK on 14 August 2005. Engineered and mastered by Lee Hutchinson |
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Struck Twice By Lightning
First thing this morning
I heard the storm warning
Haranguing me from outside my window
I chose not to heed it
Well, I didn’t need it
Thought the truth can’t hurt me if I didn’t know
But now you’re something of a revelation
Feel like I’m plugged into the mains
Your energy is giving me palpitations
Your power flows through my veins
Chorus 1
I’ve been struck by lightning
And it’s not the first time
Last time I felt lucky to survive
Struck twice by lightning
Chance in a million
Only now do I really feel alive
Struck twice by lightning
Now I feel alive
Struck twice by lightning
Now I feel alive
The first time I met you
So hard to forget you
That I could not remember how to breathe
You were the spider
And I was the fly
Caught in the tangled web you weave
But now I’ve seen you in a different light
The scales have fallen from my eyes
I was shocked by your bolt from the blue
I know lightning can strike twice
Chorus 2
I’ve been struck by lightning
And it’s not the first time
What did I do to deserve a second chance
Struck twice by lightning
One in a million
I feel like I’ve been living in a trance
Struck twice by lightning
I’m gonna take my chance
Struck twice by lightning
I’m gonna take my chance
But now you’re something of a revelation
Feel like I’m plugged into the mains
Your energy is giving me palpitations
Your power flows through my veins
Chorus 2
© Alistair McIntosh 17 August 2004
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Alistair McIntosh |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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5.9MB |
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A song written as a reaction to the 7/7 London bombings |
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Alistair McIntosh |
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4.0MB |
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