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Live at Ty Blues

by Simon Scardanelli

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1.
Whirlwind (Live) 02:57
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WHIRLWIND We were standing in the middle of a whirlwind trying to keep our feet on the ground there were maps and papers all across the table some of them had marks to be found - yeah, some of them had clues to be found Then we came across a man who would be righteous and righteous was the name of the game he was surrounded by a gang of freedom fighters but no-one ever told us his name - no, no one ever told us his name. we were huddled in backroom where they organised the partners and they gave us a number to call and I remember you exactly (as you do) and wondered when you knew we would be saved We were standing in the middle of a whirlwind trying to keep our feet on the ground yeah trying to keep our feet on the ground Then a truck arrived to take us to a safe house somewhere we would never be found but they kicked us all out just beyond the border told us to go deep underground - yeah told to go on underground when we surfaced we were standing by the quayside staring at a row of broken boats they were making up the crew to sail at high tide and you and I were press ganged by a vote - yeah you and I we lost by just one vote so we piled onto that frigate that was never meant for sea although the captain was a man of the world and I remember you exactly (as you do) and wondered when you knew we would be saved We were standing in the middle of a whirlwind trying to keep our feet on the ground yeah trying to keep our feet on the ground yeah trying to keep our feet on the ground. © 2014 Simon Scardanelli / Musica Scardanelli
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Talk About Glory (Live) 03:44
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TALK ABOUT GLORY I’m just sitting here getting fat drink a beer think about life as it disappears I’m just lazy I never watch the evening news it’s full of bad things that give me the blues it’s crazy, makes me mad. I’d rather be a five star general on a battlefield talk about glory that’s a life you could be proud to live I’m not bragging here I’ve been everywhere no, not abroad who’d want to live there anyway? - it’s far to hot I read it on a poster or was it on a coaster? I know about things you’d never understand cos I read a lot - and I smoke pot.... I’d rather be Duncan Bannatyne he has a lot of money and a car that shines I’d rather be a five star general on a battlefield talk about glory that’s a life you could be proud to live I nearly had a girlfriend very nice but in the end I had to call it off she came on far too rude didn’t like Star Wars, Call Of Duty, Game of Thrones tried to teach her but she did not have the aptitude, or the skill. I’d rather be an astronaut in space they get a lot of women with that chiseled face I’d rather be Duncan Bannatyne he has a lot of money and a car that shines I’d rather be a five star general on a battlefield talk about glory that’s a life you could be proud to live I’d rather be President Vladimir Putin He has a lot of fun sticking it to the UN I’d rather be an astronaut in space they get a lot of women with that chiseled face I’d rather be Duncan Banatyne he has a lot of money and a car that shines I’d rather be a five star general on a battlefield talk about glory that’s a life you could be proud, you could be proud - to live. © 2015 Simon Scardanelli / Musica Scardanelli
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Annual General Meeting (Live) 04:40
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING All the lights in the ballroom are burning like a thousand wells lit up by the spark of crusaders mission - burn in hell still you take another swig of Dom Perignon or Cristal or whatever gets you high and drowns out your baying shareholders while you set your dogs lose in the theatre of lies did you say, we’d be sorry if we all stood our ground there’s a war coming to you here’s that sound so let’s toast another year of prosperity against the markets we have prevailed set aside the fact, that we’re government backed because we’re just too big to fail so let’s crush another union and take away freedoms in this fucked up welfare state you don’t need the net of survival - a bed or a roof or a square meal when you’ve got the charity plate did you say, we’d be sorry if we all stood our ground there’s a war coming to you here’s that sound © 2014 Simon Scardanelli / Musica Scardanelli
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Hopes In My Pocket (Live) 05:45
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HOPES IN MY POCKET I got hopes in my pocket I got worlds in my head I got some dreams in my suitcase and something else in my bed I got a shortage of reason I can't tell you why if I need something to believe in I'll take the devil's side, I'll take the devil's side, I'll take the devil's side Oh no, don’t tell me something I already know I got a thing for disaster seems to follow me around got a black dog for a house mate well I never wanted to be found I must have been out there walking in some sheet metal rain poor little mutt he was howling I thought it would ease my pain, thought it would ease my pain, thought it would ease my pain... Oh no, don’t tell me something I already know no, don’t tell me something I already know I got more than I asked for but I got less than I need I got an abundance of cravings They're going to feed my greed it get's me up in the morning this feeling of malcontent but everything ends with a question when nothing is heaven sent Oh no, don’t tell me something I already know no, don’t tell me something I already know I used to work with the Robots and they were beautiful still ticking at 5 in the morning with the sand room full I would have been smoking those Marlboros and drinking cranberry juice I wonder what happened to Jaynee? the ketamine set her loose... I could have been somebody's brainchild I could have been nobody's fool and many's the time I've been attracted to the wrong damn school the school of hopeless causes the school of follow me down to the bottom of a mindfield I'll wear the dunces crown Oh no, don’t tell me something I already know no, don’t tell me something I already know Oh no, don’t tell me something I already know don’t tell me something I already know © 2014 Musica Scardanelli / Musica Scardanelli
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Days That Lie (Live) 05:11
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DAYS THAT LIE I picked the holes in the score on the days that lied count out the precious that I hold as the rules divide the animals came in four by fours, made camp in the middle of the green cut out the heart and the body soon learns to die. Picked me up on a couple of words of war me and the battle-done boys trying to settle the score threw me in the back of a butcher's van, hit me with a lightning rod to tell you the truth I really don't want to say more. Those days days that lie those days days that lie Well I broke free to the strains of a victory song crept to the edge of the camp then I was gone took what I could carry - which was nothing much at all headed for the river but the boat won't take me home I walked for miles in the hills at a dangerous pace with stones in my shoes and a wind that burned my face I was buckled blue and all used up they'd hung me out to die cut me from the bottom of the list in a favoured race Those days days that lie those days days that lie You can't buy silence and you can't sell a peace of mind and a man can't trade what he's never had the luck to find so put me in the middle of a hurricane I'll never be a willow tree better to be broken than bend to a crooked line © 2014 Simon Scardanelli / Musica Scardanelli
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Wicked Love (Live) 05:04
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WICKED LOVE Woh oh, woh oh, woh oh, woh oh. Well I’ve been looking for the places finding only traces down on the floor kicked out the door shady lights and never know nights, when they get cat cornered it’s a - holy fight woh oh - no place I’d rather be woh oh - home from home I‘m gonna put on a clean shirt and when I get a phone gonna call up every body - tell them I’m not home wear a Zoot suit, a DM boot Look like a film star a real tooty fruit She said “je suis la belle, la femme de la craque” I don’t need this - I don’t need the flack I was Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Woh oh, woh oh, woh oh, woh oh She’s gonna drive me to drink and petrify my liver gonna get me in the papers gonna throw her in the river I’ll be tried, fried, crucified and died but I’d rather be un-dead than have her as my bride She said “je suis la belle, plus grande de relief” I don’t need this - I don’t need the grief I was Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Woh oh, woh oh, etc Well something tells me I gotta get clear gotta get out of the city while I still got my ears Rap to the left, crap to the right Do you have to have that station on all damn night She said “Je suis la belle, la belle de la jour” I don’t need this - I can’t take no more I was Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Bound, gagged, caught in the middle Caught in the middle of a wicked love Ooh Ooh ooh etc. Words and Music © 1988 Simon Scardanelli / Musica Scardanelli & Shark / Sharkadelic Music

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Recorded in February 2020 at Ty Blues Garage, Mûr-de-Bretagne, France at a special concert for the live video shoot (watch the videos on Youtube) this six track album of Simon playing with his trio line-up features five songs from the "Make Us Happy" album of 2016 and a grand finale with a version of the Big Bam Boo song "Wicked Love"

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released August 28, 2020

Leañdr Gwindourdezhi - percussion & backing vocals
Christian Lefievre - accordion & backing vocals

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Simon Scardanelli Merléac, France

Simon Scardanelli is an English singer, songwriter & composer now based in Central Brittany, France.

Currently working on his next album - a folk-opera which he will launch in early 2023.

A great live performer who has toured extensively, available for solo acoustic & amplified concerts as well as in trio with accordion & percussion.. ... more

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