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Topic: South Sea Lullaby - Andy Iona |
Graham Griffith
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Tempe, N.S.W., Australia
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Posted 9 Nov 2004 2:26 pm |
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Can anyone work out (or have)the lyrics of this song?
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2004 4:08 pm
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I just put it in Sound Forge ... and tried ... ya got me ???.
I can post the song if you want ... and maybe some of these guys/girls with "Bat Ears" can figure it out ...
I'm not very good at stuff like that ...
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My wife and I don't think alike. She donates money to the homeless and I donate money to the topless! ... R. Dangerfield
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Rick Aiello
From:
Berryville, VA USA
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Graham Griffith
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Tempe, N.S.W., Australia
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Posted 9 Nov 2004 4:45 pm
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Rick,
thanks for the efforts. I should have explained. I've got the tune but your first reply's the one ... the vocal's sort of murky ... pleasant to listen to but a bit unintelligible.
My wife and I have started playing the tune at our gigs but the vocals are now calling.
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2004 4:53 pm
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I figured you did ...
I put it up ... in the hopes that some of the more "Sonically Advanced" amoung us ... may be able to figure it out.
I tried the internet "Lyrics" sites ... but came up with "el zippo" ...
I have faith in the forum ...  |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Graham Griffith
From:
Tempe, N.S.W., Australia
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Posted 9 Nov 2004 5:32 pm
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What I've worked out is:
South Sea Lullaby(ies)
Seem to come alive
Where the sound of night
Where the ...... daylight
.... .... pleasant (sight?)
Upon the island
South Sea Lullaby(ies)
Seem to {empathise?)
Singing of the breeze
{of?} the moonlit seas
..... the (air?)that (breaths?)
Upon the island
I boosted the highs and attenuated the lows as a simple "murk filter". Maybe better ears and more refined filtering.
Graham
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Graham Griffith
From:
Tempe, N.S.W., Australia
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Posted 9 Nov 2004 5:34 pm
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Gerald,
You're probably right.
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Dwayne Martineau
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 10 Nov 2004 12:32 pm
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Rats! Now you've got me hooked, too. I used the Win-D'ohs media player and left only the 2K-16K Hz faders up. It clears things up considerably, but wow, that's tough.
Gerald's version is great, and he's right about the role of the lyrics. Good lesson for those of us who drive ourselves crazy writing them.
But, since I just spent my lunch hour listening to "South Sea Islands"...
>The 1st verse is:
...seem to harmonize
with{where} the sound of night.
>The next line could be anything...
Where the clouds' gay light?
Wears the soft daylight?
Weary troglodytes!?
>"And it's pleasant sight" seems certain.
>The 2nd verse:
South Sea Lullaby(ies)
Seem to emphasize
Singing of the breeze
Songs of moonlit seas
and then I swear they say "fair" not "air" in the next line, but... why?
Anyway, make it up and sell with gusto! 
And you may as well pack some subliminal messages in there while you're at it. Who knows how many records you could sell with a neurolinguistic programmer in the band.
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