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  • Alchemeon: Born Of Stars
    Born Of Stars by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    The audio file for this song was plagued with hundreds, maybe thousands, of corrupted waves. These ranged in sound from a very big click at the small end of the scale, to something akin to trousers being ripped when bending over in a Carry On movie at the large end of the scale.
    The audio file is now massively better than it was. A few blemishes and some sounds not unlike that of a scratchy old vinyl record still exist in places.
    Repairing the damaged audio file for this song was an incredibly time-consuming and tedious task. It required massive amounts of the wave forms to be redrawn by hand in tiny, tiny detail.
    The first time we attempted to repair it, the work was almost finished when the main hard drive on the mastering machine lost the will to live and mangled itself beyond all recognition. We had to buy a new one and completely reinstall the entire system.
    All the repair work already done to Born of Stars was therefore utterly destroyed. It had to be done again from the start. Fortunately, as we are reasonably diligent with regard to backing up our work, no other files were lost.
    This is why the Winter version of Born of Stars appeared two years after the rest of the album was released!
    * Born of Stars is a highly rifftastic space rock song in the key of E.
    * Several sections are deliberately left quite loose to allow for improvisation.
    * The lyrics also tend to vary from one version to another.
    * Born of Stars was performed by the Spacegoats, including in their brief “Electric Elves” manifestation.
    BORN OF STARS
    We are born of stars
    We are born of stars
    We are born of stars
    We are born of stars
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya
    Gaia
    We are seeds of time
    We are seeds of time
    You are a seed of time
    We are seeds of time
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya
    Gaia
    Create a brighter future
    Create a brighter future
    We are a brighter future
    Create a brighter future
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya
    Gaia
    Earth
    Planet Earth
    Planet Earth
    Our planet
    Terra Firma
    Has made a conscious decision
    A conscious, conscious decision
    To become whole
    To become one.
    Entombed, cocooned
    In concrete, metal, plastic, tarmac
    Effluence of all kinds
    Chemicals, radiation and nuclear waste
    Yet she shall break free
    She shall break free from this prison
    Free from these chains
    Planet Earth is undergoing
    An evolutionary, interpersonal, galactical
    REBIRTH!!!
    We are born of stars
    We are born of stars
    We are born of stars
    We are born of stars
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    We are seeds of time
    We are seeds of time
    You are a seed of time
    We are seeds of… time!
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya
    Gaia
    Create a brighter future
    Create a brighter future
    You are a brighter future
    Create a brighter future
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya maitraya
    Om nam maya
    Gaia
    Words and music by Simon Miller/Pete Phoenix/Chrissie Ortner.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 17th December 2008.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2020.
    Cover illustration by Pok.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released 27th July 2020
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2020 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1996 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/born-of-stars
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    16 min
  • Alchemeon: Orb
    Orb by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * There are some songs that give the listener goosebumps as soon as they hear and recognise the first couple of notes and realise they are about to hear something truly extraordinary.
    * Orb is one of those special songs.
    * There are several distinct sections to the song with classic riffs and earworm la-la-la vocals.
    * It was performed by the Spacegoats before Alchemeon started playing it.
    * Orb would have been the first of two encore songs in a live performance.
    * Jim’s droll “Thank you and good morning.” at the end was a moment of sublime comedy.
    ORB
    When the walls of the temple
    Are cast to the ground
    And light shines through the ruins
    When the form decays
    To leave no trace
    That is the time of re-doing
    And the sun is shining
    Casting rays throughout the universe
    And everything goes on as before
    The slip of light has pierced
    The very heart and soul of you
    Take a look now, open up your door
    At first you may find it a little curious
    Just let go to the feeling
    Describe a circle your arms outstretched
    Learn to feel this healing
    Singing...
    Li la li li li li la li
    Li li li li la la li la la li li la la
    Send the sun’s rays into the earth
    And round and round and round revolving
    The moon will shine her light upon you
    As round the stones we are returning
    Return...
    Li la li li li li la li
    Li li li li la la li la la li li la la
    Become a tribe of many lives
    Around and round and round and round evolving
    The moon will shine her light upon you
    As round the stones we surely are returning
    Return...
    Li la li li li li la li
    Li li li li la la li la la li li la la
    Send the seeds into the earth
    You know you know you know it’s worth
    Send the seeds into the ground
    It’s a holy holy holy sound
    La la li la la la li li
    Hey hey!
    Don’t you don’t you don’t you know
    We gotta sow sow sow sow
    And don’t ya don’t ya don’t ya know
    We’re gonna grow grow grow grow
    Grow grow grow grow grow grow grow grow!
    La la li la la la li li
    Hey hey!
    And the sun is shining
    Casting rays throughout the universe
    And everything goes on like never before
    The slip of light has pierced
    The very heart and soul of you
    Take a look now
    Open up your door
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 13th January 2009.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1995 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/orb
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    10 min
  • Alchemeon: Castrol GTX a Go-Go
    Castrol GTX a Go-Go by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    Castrol GTX a Go-Go was composed by Pok in 1992 at George’s flat, opposite the Heavitree swimming baths and just a couple of doors downhill from The Emporium, a splendid old traditional second-hand hi-fi and vinyl shop in Exeter run by John John, who still to this day DJs a fabulous weekly progressive rock radio show on Phonic FM.
    Amongst those present was the famous and acclaimed photographer Marcus Podilchuk. Pok said he would write a song for Marcus and sat on the floor with pen and paper. After some time, when he had finished, he sang this for all of us. We loved it!
    “Is that really for me?” asked Marcus, slightly surprised.
    “Actually, no,” replied Pok.
    * Castrol GTX a Go-Go starts on an A major ands ends on a D minor.
    * Simplified, the chord sequence for the verses is A – G# – Dm – Bb – A – Dm.
    * Describing to Iggy how the beginning should be played, Jim said “Play some jokes! Play some musical jokes!”
    * Children seem to love the whackiness of this wonderful song.
    * Castrol GTX a Go-Go was first performed by the Spacegoats before Alchemeon started playing it.
    CASTROL GTX A GO-GO
    We’re gonna juice you to the bone
    Feed the ogre faintly bold
    He’s grinding chrome
    West is my kind of tree
    Feel till you’re opaque in the door
    Scooping up the gnomes from the floor
    Blessed be the world
    For there is a dragon so deeply curled
    I’ll sing you a sweep of dreams
    Crown the day with night
    I’m a matt-bam-bootle
    Ride away on my scooter
    I peel oranges now
    Castrol GTX a go-go
    I’ll motor your mojo
    Brideshead’s eagle and a seagull
    Home again, ogre-man
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 17th December 2008.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1992 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/castrol-gtx-a-go-go
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    4 min
  • Alchemeon: Finale
    Finale by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * Finale is a song in the key of E.
    * It would have been the final encore of an Alchemeon live show.
    * Finale was originally performed as the closing track for the play Chameleon, which Pok wrote in the mid 1980s.
    * A version of this song is in the works for Pok’s growing Anthology album.
    * Finale was also performed live by the Spacegoats.
    FINALE
    When we were young
    We saw the faces
    And friends from the stars
    Built the earthworks with us
    And energy ran through
    The earth’s sacred surface
    Messages ran from star to star
    Aaaah
    All you can see
    All you can be
    All that is now
    All that’s to come
    And all that means something
    All that’s inside
    All that you covet
    All that you hide
    Aaaah
    Aaaaah
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 13th January 2009.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/finale
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Alchemeon: Born
    Born by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * Born is in the key of E minor.
    * It was first performed by Laughing Sun in 1985.
    * There are many changes of tempo throughout, some subtle, some not.
    * One of the changes that Jim introduced was replacing two of the B minors with G majors during the main ascending theme.
    * The main ascending theme is ten bars long, four measures of 2.5 bars.
    * This version has slightly mangled audio to start on the right hand side but it sorts itself out before long when the beats kick in.
    * Pok plays Marsha, a pale gold 1985 Ibanez Roadstar II.
    BORN
    Can she see?
    Will she be?
    Saintly lady by the water
    Faintly fiery fisher’s daughter
    And you see nothing is as it is
    Nothing is as it ought to be
    And you see it’s back to where we began
    Back so far you’re out in front again…
    It’s time.
    Born – you were meant to be
    Born – into the family
    Born – we were meant to be
    Born – into the family
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 12th December 2008.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/born
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    7 min
  • Alchemeon: The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth)
    The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth) by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth) is a glorious rock n roll anthem and call to action in the key of G major. It was performed by the Spacegoats before Alchemeon started playing it. The Freaks (Shall Inherit the Earth) would have been the final song in an Alchemeon set, with Orb and Finale as encores.
    THE FREAKS (SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH)
    How many jacks are kept in their boxes?
    How many dreams are trodden underfoot?
    It could be in you or it could be in me
    The fate of all nations or a colour TV
    Look down any road see a million faces
    Scream back their pain from a sheer concrete wall
    There’s a million products made just to fill that hole
    But you never never, can never fill it at all
    It’s a cry from the depths of a pin-stripe suit
    And whose voice dares not to conform
    Why is it just those who can see through the see through?
    They’re the misfits who break out from the norm
    The Freaks! The Freaks!
    The Freaks shall inherit the Earth
    The Freaks! The Geeks!
    Who speak shall inherit the Earth
    Should we obey what the government says?
    Is it wrong not to tag along?
    The question is no question at all
    But what we do with our backs to the wall
    What is a freak? I think we’ll see
    When what is established gets washed away
    Those who cling to it will not survive it
    Destiny’s child awakes a new day
    Just look around you see those bulldozers working
    Their ripping up the land for fool’s gold again
    It’s getting worse, can’t go on forever
    And who’s gonna be here when these dinosaurs fall?
    Ok. What’s it going to be if it is as we’ve hear?
    Who’s gonna emerge with these worlds submerged?
    When the damage is done from the profit we made
    Are you gonna cling to the wreckage or else go with the change?
    CHANGE!!!!!
    Now there’s some pretty megaton forces
    Stirring up hate and making a war
    Who can get poison and spit out the bullet?
    Who are these freaks, do you think that one’s you?
    The Freaks! The Freaks!
    The Freaks shall inherit the Earth
    The Freaks! The Geeks!
    Who speak shall inherit the Earth
    The Freaks! The Freaks!
    The Freaks shall inherit the Earth
    The Freaks! The Geeks!
    Who speak shall inherit the ….. Earth!!!!
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 17th December 2008.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1992 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/the-freaks-shall-inherit-the-earth
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    6 min
  • Alchemeon: The Winged Man
    The Winged Man by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * The Winged Man is in the key of A major.
    * It is an Alchemeon exclusive.
    * The Winged Man was never performed by any of the Masters of Drone bands such as Laughing Sun or Now, nor by the Spacegoats.
    THE WINGED MAN
    Heaven knows why but he saved us from the furnace
    We mistreated his kind and stained his need to see
    Heaven knows why
    Our people will fly
    Memory will die
    This winged man he cried
    Melting above he drew his energy from below
    And seeing the sun he knew he had to go
    Heaven knows why
    Our people will fly
    Memory will die
    This winged man he cried
    Can you hear the voices
    Hear the voices around you?
    And the echo of the voices
    Hear them too
    Play on
    Play on
    Seething below the man was a wreck of invention
    And we brought him down just like a crash landing
    Heaven knows why
    Our people will fly
    Memory will die
    This winged man he cried
    He was too far ahead for us here so he flew
    Back to the sun where he’s working on something new
    Heaven knows why
    Our people will fly
    Memory will die
    This winged man he cried
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 12th December 2008.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1985 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/the-winged-man
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Alchemeon: Celestine
    Celestine by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * Celestine is a song of several parts.
    * Sometimes it seems to be in the key of B minor, other times G major.
    * In the end it resolves to D major.
    * Celestine is an Alchemeon exclusive, having not been performed by the Spacegoats, nor any of the Masters of Drone bands such as Now or Laughing Sun.
    CELESTINE
    Celestine they make their way
    Brothers to the water
    To cleanse the crystal in the head
    Still in silent laughter
    The drop into the forehead
    Silver people roam
    To lace the time
    With story rhyme
    And drink the river’s daughter
    Drink the river’s daughter
    Oh! La la la la…
    Pyramids inside the mind
    They walk the crystal line
    Or trade their scarlet dreams for talk
    All wisdoms from the grail
    Tower stands against the sky
    You people are not there
    Stone’s old voice speaks of an age
    The brothers hear and reel amazed
    The brothers hear and reel amazed
    Oh! La la la la...
    Wind through stone
    Your eyes and ears
    The time has come
    Wonder begun
    Wind through stone
    Your eyes and ears
    The time has come
    Wonder begun
    (They break their fast!)
    Now to be
    Now to be
    Now to be
    Now to be
    Now to be
    La la la la la…
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 17th December 2008.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1993 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/celestine
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    6 min
  • Alchemeon: The Centre of the Cyclone
    The Centre of the Cyclone by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * The Centre of the Cyclone is more-or-less in the key of A major.
    * There is a classic chord progression in the first verses, which is A - Em - G - Bm - D.
    * This mutates into C - G - D - Am - Em - G.
    * The final chord of the whole song is an Asus4, which leaves a giant tantalising question mark dangling in the air.
    * The Centre of the Cyclone has several sections, each with a different tempo and texture.
    * It was first performed live in 1985 by Laughing Sun in the drama studio at Exeter College during a free lunchtime concert given for the students.
    * Jim used his amazing understanding of arrangement to take this wonderful song and make it longer and more elegant with the addition of a guitar solo before the vocals start.
    * It seems more and more extraordinary that Pok wrote the lyrics for this when he was only 19.
    THE CENTRE OF THE CYCLONE
    In forlorn castles too brief for living
    We rose to catch the sound but were defeated
    Just around the corner beyond the eyes
    Beyond the skies we set ourselves as real
    Like spaceships casting cosmic lines, left behind
    With stars strewn from our astral selves and planets in our eyes
    You walk along the road of life too high to see
    The mountain you are climbing
    Casting seeds and scrolls from our outstretched hands
    The forgiven forget of the gift
    And it’s too late, the ladder stretches up and down
    And where do you stand in perspective to it all?
    Can you imagine a place, a space that you have not been before
    But which is not new to you?
    A place you can recall softly, push through bad dreams
    Make it real, remember
    Complications contradict but reality sticks
    And unbounded has its realms
    In everything you see
    Yes, what do you see?
    Push through the dark vales to the sea
    Cast your cosmic line wherever it may fall
    Maybe you will find some higher guidance there or
    Maybe you will find a place that you can truly rest
    Maybe you will find some friends who love you the best
    Listen
    Listen
    Listen
    The tides of swirling memories
    Are nearly gone but forgotten
    Would you choose to beg or loose
    The axis which you hold onto
    Thirteen is the number, twelve it is the rite
    Thirteen red eyed ravens
    Outside the house at night
    Outward, outward on out
    Cast light, cast light about
    Outward, outward on out
    Look out, which way is far out?
    Petty wages are falling like leaves, calling the master
    To apprenticeship again
    Will he recall the time, the chime of freedom
    Blowing through his keyhole
    Step down from your pedestal and mingle once again
    With the crowds that you shunned as a youth
    At the centre of the cyclone
    Where all our thoughts are real
    You’re cacooned in your mental egg
    Imprisoned inside your head
    If we look out the bars we’ve made
    Can we maybe follow just a little way
    To see there are no shackles to pass
    Yet more fresh air, green fields and grass
    And we are like the butterfly
    We can’t take off, our wings aren’t dry
    But soon if we shall heed the guides
    The caterpillar metamorphosise
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 13th January 2009.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1984 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/the-centre-of-the-cyclone
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    10 min
  • Alchemeon: It's A Blue Sky Don't Hold No Rain
    It's A Blue Sky Don't Hold No Rain by Alchemeon, from Alchemeon Live In Session Winter 2008-09.
    * It’s a Blue Sky Don’t Hold No Rain was one of the very first songs that Pok ever wrote.
    * There are probably not many 17-year-olds who would write such a thoughtful lyric as this.
    * Pok once described the song as being about “the loss by genocide of the native Americans and general early eco lament directive for that generation.”
    * He also said that the original idea for it came from listening to Neil Young.
    * The very first time we heard this was when it was played by Pok on a 12-string acoustic with only six strings, as he sat on a bench along a footpath in the dark in Honiton late one evening.
    * Its first proper live performance was at the Sidmouth International Folk Festival in the summer of 1983.
    * It’s a Blue Sky Don’t Hold No Rain has been performed by Laughing Sun and the Spacegoats previously to Alchemeon performing it and you can hear their versions at Bandcamp, SoundCloud and the Wud Records website.
    * A studio version of it is in the works and will appear on Pok’s Anthology album when it is finished.
    * One of the most definitve moments of the song are the three riffs that are repeated during the instrumental section.
    * These can be heard as far back as Laughing Sun’s Cander recording, with Ken redoubtably bashing out the Em7 – A7 rhythm on the acoustic in the background.
    * In earlier versions of the song these riffs were repeated four times each, but Alchemeon chose to repeat them only twice.
    * It’s a Blue Sky Don’t Hold No Rain is in the key of E minor and begins and ends with a big glorious Em7 chord.
    * The chords in the verses are Em7 – Am7 – C/G – B11#9.
    * There is a rather wonderful key change in the “What have we done” section, which is C7 – D7 – Gm7 – D7 – Am – C/G – Em7.
    IT’S A BLUE SKY DON’T HOLD NO RAIN
    We came across some bones of men
    Scattered in the rust
    So many good souls turned to dust
    Within their shattered husks
    And these people had worn jewels
    And their heads had been held high
    Speckled foreheads touched the sky
    Behold the sparkling in their eye
    Don’t you know it’s a blue sky
    Don’t hold no rain
    Don’t hold your love in vain
    ‘Cos we’ve still got some loving to do
    Some time ago the white man came
    Bringing bible books and swords
    Bound them up in twining cords
    In the name of their great lord
    They slew down the Aztec
    Inca Ibu Masai
    Now we hide in concrete lies
    So to my Mammon side I cry
    What have we done
    To the Mother Goddess Gaia
    Why can’t we nestle in her
    Warm aching bosom
    Now the world’s a spinning ball
    Two thirds with none to eat
    So while we chew our scrawny meat
    Can you hear those big bells beat?
    What have we done
    To the Mother Goddess Gaia
    Why can’t we nestle in her
    Warm aching bosom
    Words and music by Simon Miller.
    This arrangement by S. Miller/G. Davies/J. Peters/Iggy.
    Performers:
    Pok the Bard – guitar and voice
    Jim Iz – keys and voice
    Iggy – drums and percussion
    George – bass and technicals
    This version recorded live at Depot X, Exeter, 13th January 2009.
    Cassette salvage and remastering at Wud Records Studio One, 2018.
    Cover illustration by Pok the Bard.
    Graphic design by Sam James.
    Released August 23, 2018
    Original release date: 15th January 2009
    Copyright © 2018 Wud Records.
    Copyright ℗ 1983 Pok Songs/Explicit Music.
    See also:
    https://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alchemeon/
    https://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alchemeon/alchemeon-lyrics/its-a-blue-sky-dont-hold-no-rain
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-spring-2009
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-session-winter-2008-09
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    7 min

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