All things to all men - Neil solo demo

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magda · #16 Post by **magda** » Mon 09 Jun 2008, 12:50 pm

No Muscle Mary wrote:Some well dodgy singing towards the end.

Very brave of Neil to put this up for public scrutiny. Well done Neil!

I totally agree with you!

TallThinMan · #17 Post by **TallThinMan** » Mon 09 Jun 2008, 5:49 pm

Interestingly, the MP3 tags say that it's track 3 of 4. I wonder what the other 3 tracks are?

Tom Angel · #18 Post by **Tom Angel** » Mon 09 Jun 2008, 7:10 pm

do we know if Chris was doign any music before neil, I mean in terms of writing stuff (i know he w asin one under the 8, etc). I get the feeling jealousy may have been one of the first things he wrote - though I'm probably way off the mark...

Leeds City Boy · #19 Post by **Leeds City Boy** » Mon 09 Jun 2008, 9:44 pm

I like this. It reminds me a hell of a lot of the pre-fame demos Keane did with the guitars.

rabagast · #20 Post by **rabagast** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 7:28 am

Tom Angel wrote:do we know if Chris was doign any music before neil, I mean in terms of writing stuff (i know he w asin one under the 8, etc). I get the feeling jealousy may have been one of the first things he wrote - though I'm probably way off the mark...

Obviously, Jealousy is not the first thing Chris wrote (it's way to complex and sophisticated to be the first song written by anyone) but it's the first song Chris bothered to record on tape. He's said in intervirews that he used to doodle around on the piano for ages writing stuff, but never actually recording any of it (as he never had any of Neil's pop-star aspirations).

psb-freak · #21 Post by **psb-freak** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 10:51 am

And Chris also said that when his parents asked what he was playing on the piano, he just stopped and went off.

So even his parents don´t know.

Corina · #22 Post by **Corina** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 11:11 am

psb-freak wrote:And Chris also said that when his parents asked what he was playing on the piano, he just stopped and went off. So even his parents don´t know.

This always looked like a very sweet image to me: "Chris, what are you playing there?"... and instead of an answer, he bashfully stops and runs away...

BlueSwan · #23 Post by **BlueSwan** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 12:13 pm

Great of Neil to put this up on the homepage. Very interesting to listen to. Not a particularly great song, IMO, but interesting nonetheless.

DJAMIX · #24 Post by **DJAMIX** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 12:15 pm

rabagast wrote:
Tom Angel wrote:do we know if Chris was doign any music before neil, I mean in terms of writing stuff (i know he w asin one under the 8, etc). I get the feeling jealousy may have been one of the first things he wrote - though I'm probably way off the mark...
Obviously, Jealousy is not the first thing Chris wrote (it's way to complex and sophisticated to be the first song written by anyone) but it's the first song Chris bothered to record on tape. He's said in intervirews that he used to doodle around on the piano for ages writing stuff, but never actually recording any of it (as he never had any of Neil's pop-star aspirations).

Next it will be Chris and a trombone.

Fugitive1979 · #25 Post by **Fugitive1979** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 12:48 pm

mariuka wrote:
psb-freak wrote:And Chris also said that when his parents asked what he was playing on the piano, he just stopped and went off. So even his parents don´t know.
This always looked like a very sweet image to me: "Chris, what are you playing there?"... and instead of an answer, he bashfully stops and runs away...

I can just imagine that happening.

Corina · #26 Post by **Corina** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 1:03 pm

Fugitive1979 wrote:
mariuka wrote:
psb-freak wrote:And Chris also said that when his parents asked what he was playing on the piano, he just stopped and went off. So even his parents don´t know.
This always looked like a very sweet image to me: "Chris, what are you playing there?"... and instead of an answer, he bashfully stops and runs away...
I can just imagine that happening.

This scene shouldn`t miss from a PSB biopic... when it is done. I also remember an old video with them on YouTube, playing Later Tonight, and being so shy... Neil`s hands were even trembling at one point

Deschanel · #27 Post by **Deschanel** » Tue 10 Jun 2008, 9:53 pm

It's really not that bad. The reverb at the very beginning does sound reggae- and is that the producer ordering Neil to "go!"?

The title is SO psb. Otherwise, it's interesting to reflect about a time where Neil really seemed to prefer Cat Stevens to Kraftwerk, say. It's kind of touching that he made available this demo, which isn't awful at all, but so different.

Good songwriting is good songwriting, I guess, whether guitar or synth. The song's the thing, and this isn't half bad.

psb-freak · #28 Post by **psb-freak** » Wed 11 Jun 2008, 12:00 pm

mariuka wrote:
Fugitive1979 wrote:
mariuka wrote: This always looked like a very sweet image to me: "Chris, what are you playing there?"... and instead of an answer, he bashfully stops and runs away...
I can just imagine that happening.
This scene shouldn`t miss from a PSB biopic... when it is done. I also remember an old video with them on YouTube, playing Later Tonight, and being so shy... Neil`s hands were even trembling at one point

It must be really scary to be on tv and playing live. Normally they have backing tapes on tv performances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XL2CsXZgKg

Corina · #29 Post by **Corina** » Wed 11 Jun 2008, 12:21 pm

Yes, that is the performance, thank you chris -freak

. It seemed to me completely live, though.

psb-freak · #30 Post by **psb-freak** » Wed 11 Jun 2008, 1:17 pm

That one IS live. But most of their other tv performances aren´t.