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Chasm of Regret BOND THEME COMPETITION ENTRY

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« on: November 25, 2012, 11:51:54 PM »
hi folks
im sorry this is late, im sorry for the drums and odd parts..
in fact the whole mix is all over the place
but i think ive got the spirit of it and if i posted it any later...
hope you enjoy it..

the synopsis..

                                      CHASM OF REGRET
james is waking with the dreads in a high rise hotel, somewhere oriental.
it kept happening lately, he’s tired, worn out and not one of the scented mealy mouth bastards would notice the coded desperate signals of a gentlemans life going down the pan, drowning under the weight of his past, like bricks around his feet guaranteeing the seabed any time soon...and one day his slate grey socks would rise to the surface, carried by doves to a beautiful home by the seaside..STOPIT STOPIT..

lately it was - james’ll sort that, james ‘ll do this..loves it does james...!
fucking spare wheel, thats all he was..pump him up get you home...
he just cant face saving the world, again.. fucksake how many more times ?
he dreams of working in sainsburys, cheese counter or biscuit section, going home to a birds eye chicken dinner and his Bullseye videos.
hes at the end of his tether, pacing the deep pile, tweed jimjams, the rash wasnt getting any better.... what the feck was happening..
the phone rang.
no this is not danial fucking craig...!
he slammed down the reciever and slumped into himself, defeated..
his toupe was on the draining board laid out like a dead thing, his special watch and an assortment of pills and lotions in a boots bag on the bedside table. where where his good socks ?
since becoming a vegan he’d seen the world differently, lost a lot of tosserterone or whatever moneypenny called it and the air was different these days...
he thought of deirdre, back in time,  she’d become a nun and later joined the taliban, he ended up shooting her with an anti tank missile and..
‘it was war. no it wasnt .. it would have been...yes your right...of course..’
he didnt know...
his head weighed a ton on its own this morning, the crash helmet didnt help but these days he took every possible precaution, anxious, upset tummy.. .wasnt the half of it, if they only knew..
he was pleased with the st pauls thing, he’d spent months working on it, knitted it extra large size with a polo neck so the head would pop through the dome. it was quite striking he thought and that bit of extra room would allow him to carry more nefarious technical nonsense and some emergency nivea strapped to his person..
'still a devious bastard though eh ? ' the bond smirk ..
‘what a pullover..’ a smile at last.

he was just settling down watching father ted dubbed in manturian when there was a polite knock on his hotel room door.
‘room service ‘
it was Bliss, his pink pekanese warrior droiddog. her tiny whirring legs trotted convincingly tho mechanically into the room..
Good evening Bliss said James warmly.
Bliss spun round twice and hopped onto the sofa, vinyl tongue wagging, waving, eager..
Bond hated the little fucker..


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CHASM OF REGRET

the world is not enough, for the diamonds who love me,
you just cant russia with love and be thunderball

a quantum of solace or whatever that means,
i was the man with the golden gun and dr no no no no

ill never get to heaven, my reputation as oo7, they wont let them in

you and your golden eye, the lonely live twice,
a moonraker over pinewood walls , skyfall

looked like rain said james as he draw back the blinds,
lights flash across the hong kong skyline
bleak and mawdling, eyes heavy as lead,
dead spiders and snakes all over his bed
and burys his head in his hands

the world is not enough, for the diamonds who love me,
you just cant russia with love and be thunderball

the world is not enough, whatever that means,
i was the man with the golden gun and dr no no no no

i may not believe this tomorrow...

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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2012, 12:27:52 AM »
A unique approach to the bond theme, sort of like a greatest hits version as far as the lyrics went.

An enjoyable jaunt down memory lane :)

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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2012, 08:07:09 AM »
this is really cool, love the way you put your individual stamp on stuff, i'd use this on a bond documentary or something like
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2012, 11:41:03 AM »
Wow nooms....you've managed to put my whole world into slow motion  ;D ;D   Great stuff...love the vocals, really 'hooky'.  And a beautiful 'laid back' feel to the whole thing.  This is certainly an original take on a bond theme.  Enjoyed listening to this very much. ;D  Thanks
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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2012, 12:00:50 PM »
I was waiting for you to slide a "Live and Let Die" line in there to boot! Very cool lyrics and spacey guitar sound...flange?

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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2012, 01:43:46 PM »
hooray!! im so pleased you entered something for this nooms & you sound like sting here!
i didnt like it much 1st listen but by the 3rd time i realy liked it
it was hard to seperate james boond from nooms on this...he became you rather than you became him...what i mean is he ended up sounding like a world weary & spiritual  south london geezer telling your jokes instead of his own!
what stopped me liking it 1st time round was the lyric... it makes the song sound like a joke song but if you forget there all bond titles it actualy reads tremendous & the song sounds completeley diffrent...
 take 'moonraker over pinewood walls skyfall'  that sounds brilliant if you forget there bond things
i also dont know how you get away with never rhyming anything but you do somehow :)
so glad your in the comp!
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2012, 05:26:05 PM »
This has an absolutely gorgeous feel to it

I totally agree with TINA about the song standing on its own without the Bond references

If it were mine I would be tempted to re-write the lyrics, perhaps using some of the wonderfully obsecure lines, to make it less a "Bond tribute" but a track on its own

Either way great stuff - the double tracked vocal is great and the whole groove is spot on

I liked this a lot!
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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2012, 08:23:54 PM »
Nooms, for some reason I can't open the link. Have you excluded me? :)

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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2012, 09:48:00 PM »
ere sarf london geezer.... is that chasm as in chasm & dave? ;D
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« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2012, 11:13:49 PM »
Link would not work from 'work' - only home.

Superb feel to this - and yes, the bond part is 2nd to the smooth vibe.  The lyrics in this sort of song could be anything really - as long as the rythmn/tone was right.    I like the harmonies - very very laid back and barely trying to be harmonies at all.

Great choice of sounds/tones to fill it out and complete  - I wonder if the vocals are a touch too close / heavy at times?  ( I'm on headphones). 

Another bond but not as we know it - great work!

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« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2012, 11:33:11 PM »
thanks all for the comments. really appreciated
first off sorry about the synopsis, got a bit carried away.

im really pleased with the song but concerned it sounded laboured ..
cant wait to put my bass player mate on it and hopefully a drummer with a pulse,
think that would really bring it to life, thats the plan anyway...

hear what your saying boydie, glad you enjoyed it but i cant imagine it now with different words, ive kind of 'bonded' with it, no pun intended..

thanks tina im pleased when you get into a lyric ive written, respect your opinion greatly.
i was interested in the comp but as usual i didnt want to commit, but i did download all the film titles. it was sounding like a joke til i got the 'you and your golden eye' part and 'the lonely live twice'..took me by surprise that phrase , seemed a really strong metaphore and it became real from then on..i could imagine bond as being really fucked up..and like dorian grey somewhere theres a bond growing older and crumblier..  

thanks bin, im glad you enjoyed it, you needed slowing down mate..

thanks mike, think it was a flange,  i played it through a line 6 pod, just sounded right and left it alone.

cheers jim & faero appreciate your comments, glad you enjoyed it, you might be right..vocals actually a bit up and down, ..hopefully wil sort that when i get the bass & drums done..

i havent blocked you richie, why in the name of cameron would i do that..?  
pull yourself together man..

ere sarf london geezer.... is that chasm as in chasm & dave? ;D

magic, those two...
do you realise chas was in heads hands and feet..!


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« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2012, 11:44:03 PM »
do you mean he had head hands & feet?
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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2012, 11:44:52 PM »
is that a sar chasm ?
i may not believe this tomorrow...

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« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2012, 11:50:23 PM »
theres a huge gap between sar chasm & sarcasm
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« Reply #14 on: November 27, 2012, 12:15:42 AM »

no gap in this though..
i may not believe this tomorrow...

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