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Post by Preston Platform on Sept 7, 2012 13:32:05 GMT -5
Thanks for listening
2nd CD recorded , but not sure if it will ever get released as Rob has decided to put his music on hold for a while while he completes his studies
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Post by Nonfatman on Sept 22, 2012 9:09:21 GMT -5
Things will be getting back to normal for me in two or three weeks, so I'm looking forward to spending some time listening to Rob's new material, which I've been meaning to for awhile now. Jeff
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Post by Preston Platform on Sept 24, 2012 10:14:30 GMT -5
Thanks Jeff look forward to your views on these latest tunes
Here is another tune of Robs captured totally live.
Not quite finished yet (needs a second verse) but here it is; Previous Page.
Lyrics-
It's plain to see, My time is now (and not in history) But something's stopping me Anxiety of influence it eats away at me...
Where will I be? In the year 2033 Will you remember me? Chronology Is symptomatic of the mindset of the 21st Century
We're always flicking backwards, To the previous page. It's like right now don't matter 'Cause it happened before yesterday. We're always flicking backwards, A generation's laughter Overlapped by the previous page...
It's plain to see, My time is now (and not in history) But something's stopping me Anxiety of influence it eats away at me...
Where will I be? In the year 2033 Will you remember me? Chronology Is symptomatic of the mindset of the 21st Century
We're always flicking backwards, To the previous page. It's like right now don't matter 'Cause it happened before yesterday. We're always flicking backwards, A generation's laughter Overlapped by the previous page...
One day I would like to be, Something special... Make a difference possibly. 'Oh no you can't do that,dont be so silly Because the previous page, was much better... Than you You see...'
More authentic, less generic More organic and romantic More original and seminal Less derivative and insipid.
We're tied to the previous page Tied to the previous page.
All rights reserved copyright 2012 Robert Lloyd
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Post by Preston Platform on Nov 10, 2012 3:47:32 GMT -5
Rob recently played a gig that was streamed live on radio and University TV Here is Robs full set performed live at Lancaster University 2nd November 2012
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Post by Preston Platform on Nov 12, 2012 15:16:33 GMT -5
Here are some tunes taken from Robs full set performed Live at Lancaster 2nd November 2012 , in case you dont have the time to check out all five tunes and interview in the 20 minute video in the previous post.
Trying To be Nice
Whispers From an Empty Room
What did You Notice ?
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Post by Preston Platform on Feb 7, 2013 15:12:18 GMT -5
Untitled Melody
He is not the same as he was on the day that you met His face has not changed but it has not delayed the onset of doubting And you hope that it’s not true I am afraid he no longer loves you But then suddenly out of the blue he will say I am so in love with you I don’t want not to lie as that would be unkind to a friend And it would be nice if we could live but twice or again I know you would like to tell your self, it’s not true ,but it’s clear he no longer loves you But then suddenly out of the blue he will say I am so in love with you he will say I am so in love with you he will say I am so in love with you I am so in love with you I am so in love with you I am so in love with you he will say I am so in love with you
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Post by Preston Platform on Apr 21, 2013 8:23:48 GMT -5
Have quite a lot of new stuff to share. Here is a work in progress tune
Take On The World : Audio Demo
Take On The World : Live Practices
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Post by Nonfatman on Apr 21, 2013 11:09:48 GMT -5
Have quite a lot of new stuff to share. Here is a work in progress tune Take On The World : Audio Demo Take On The World : Live Practice Great song, Preston. I like the driving force of the electric guitar rhythm and the cool, quirky vocals. The song definitely has balls. A potential hit in the making? Jeff
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Post by Preston Platform on Apr 27, 2013 8:50:24 GMT -5
Thanks for listening to Robs latest tunes Jeff
Here is another one , hope folks are able to check it out. Regards Preston
Work in Progress Demo
Best of Both Worlds
What do you want from me ? You flown across the sea to reconnect a love that has lost its batteries But now that one is two What are you going to do ? You want the best of both worlds sweet heart ,don’t you ? And it’s hard to say But there is no choice to be made Now, I have heard it all You contemplate our fall and Why we didn’t fight for something beautiful And now the end has come But your still clinging on You want the best of both worlds, doesn’t everyone? But it’s hard to say But there is no choice to be made
If you want the best of both worlds All you really have to do Is take a look around you You’ll find better things to do Now the final act With both our minds intact the pressure on us both is now somehow relaxed The curtain call is here Without a single tear
solo live version
Live Practices
What do you want from me ? You flown across the sea to reconnect a love that has lost its batteries But now that one is two What are you going to do ? You want the best of both worlds sweet heart ,don’t you ? And it’s hard to say But there is no choice to be made Now, I have heard it all You contemplate our fall and Why we didn’t fight for something beautiful And now the end has come But your still clinging on You want the best of both worlds, doesn’t everyone? But it’s hard to say But there is no choice to be made
If you want the best of both worlds All you really have to do Is take a look around you You’ll find better things to do Now the final act With both our minds intact the pressure on us both is now somehow relaxed The curtain call is here Without a single tear I am watching as you walk away then disappear………
Another Live Practice
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Post by Preston Platform on May 5, 2013 9:45:29 GMT -5
You Reappear ( work in progress demo)
You Reappear
I wish you all the best Now we have had our time together It could never last forever Still I am left with few regrets Although you are not actually here In my mind without a sign You reappear You reappear When I am sat here on my own all activities postponed You reappear You reappear As the slow hand shows its power Watch the days emerge from hours
You reappear You reappear And do they know Or do they know What I have done for you Are they aware Or do they care Where I have gone for you
Words and music by Robert Lloyd all rights reserved
raw first rehearsal of a shortened version of You Reappear
featuring Alun Davies Bass Robert Lloyd Davies Guitar and voice
solo live version
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Post by Preston Platform on Jun 1, 2013 16:37:52 GMT -5
Work in Progress audio demo of Still Awake
Still Awake Faceless , strangers, parade in their gowns of white I sit static, here every single night Maybe, one day, I can escape from here If I am lucky, perhaps I will just disappear
Maybe, I am fading away now Perhaps, today is the day now Can it be so far away now ? But I am still awake now still awake somehow
I was young once, but that was a long time ago Now I am ancient Nobody wants to know Endless corridors twist and turn in my head Seldom visitors, perhaps they assume I am dead
Maybe, I am fading away now
Perhaps, today is the day now Can it be so far away now ? But I am still awake now Still awake somehow Still awake, Still awake somehow Still awake, Still awake somehow Still awake, Still awake somehow Still awake, Still awake somehow
Robert Lloyd 2013
original live demo
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Post by Preston Platform on Jun 8, 2013 6:12:36 GMT -5
Hope that you can check out Robs latest tune captured totally live on a cheap camera Slate Grey Skies
Duo performance
it has a intentional sort of early Pink Floyd / Syd Barrett feel to it
Over steel grey skies we will fly Will I find you ? Will I find you ?
Free from gazes of the passers by Will I find you ? Will I find you ?
Over slate grey skies we will fly Will I find you ? Will I find you ?
Free from gazes of the passers by Will I find you ? Will I find you ?
Over slate grey skies we will fly Will I find you ? Will I find you ?
Free from gazes of the passers by Will I find you ? Will I find you ? Will I find you ? Will I find you ?
words and music by Robert Lloyd 2013 all rights reserved
solo performance
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Post by Preston Platform on Jun 21, 2013 13:04:08 GMT -5
Here is a work in progress tune recently written by Rob . Its working title is Intruder ...hope you like it
I can be here if you need me You can take me or leave me But you’d better believe me When I say I don’t want to be a burden I want to be relied on I want to be relied on
I don’t want to be an intruder Can’t think of anything ruder Does that make me a loser I don’t think so
And if you want me to I will leave here I will take right up and leave here I will take right up and leave here Yes I will
I can remain if you want me to You can take me or leave me But you better believe me When I say I don’t want to be a burden I want to be relied on I want to be relied on
I don’t want to be an intruder Can’t think of anything ruder Does that make me a loser I don’t think so
And if you want me too I will leave here I will take right up and leave here I will take right up and leave here
I will disappear words and music by Robert Lloyd 2013
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Post by Preston Platform on Jun 28, 2013 4:50:26 GMT -5
Here is another of Robs newly written work in progress tunes.
This one is probably going to be the opening number on a new EP or CD
Home Truths
If you don’t like what I am singing You can just turn me off If what I say irritates you maybe you would be better off because I will be shining torches through the cracks inside my mind and if you find it daunting you might get left behind
Sometimes there will be sunshine Sometimes there will be rain Sometimes there will be laughter Sometimes there will be pain
So if you have nothing else to do listen to me why don’t you listen to my home truths
So can you hack melancholy Can you withstand my disdain With melodies that are jolly Lyrics tinged with heartache and pain For I will be saying things I left unspoken for too long Pouring my heart and soul into every single song So if you have nothing else to do
Listen to me Why don’t you listen to my home truths Why don’t you listen to my home truths Why don’t you listen to my home truths
Why don’t you listen to our home truths
Robert Lloyd 2013 All Rights Reserved
Home Truths
And a slower version
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Post by Preston Platform on Jul 1, 2013 17:33:11 GMT -5
Another recent work in progress tune written by Rob
The Message
Tell me when the time is right And I will keep this thought alight Tell me when you want to leave A message sent but not received I know that I know that
You are happy And now you are without me We are better off But wont you tell me when the time is right I will keep this thought alight Tell me when you want to leave A message sent but not received I know that I know that You are happy And now you are without me We are better off I know that You are happy And now you are without me We are better off We are better off We are better off We are better of We are better off
Robert Lloyd 2013
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Post by Preston Platform on Jul 3, 2013 10:36:12 GMT -5
Another new work in progress tune
Heard It All Before Now that it’s over there is nothing to say I still think about you every day And will you believe me if that is all that I say
I have taken my chances and lost everything I am back where I started what good did it bring And so to the future
Is all that I can cling
But your moving away But your moving away But your moving away
Heard it all before Heard it all before Heard it all before Heard it all before
Now that its over
there is nothing to say
Robert Lloyd 2013 All Rights Reserved
solo performance
A rough and ready duo practice
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Post by Preston Platform on Jul 10, 2013 23:25:17 GMT -5
Enough Is Enough
Here is another work in progress tune recently written by Rob. He says ...'It is a sort of generic tune and when recorded will have a thumping bass and layers of guitar'
Hope you like it
Enough is Enough
Just give her a minute Just give her some time
She thinks that she is ok She’s losing her mind Got 51 problems and one of them is me What will be the outcome Let’s just wait and see I will take my time I will hurry up I won’t be long because enough is enough
Just give me a minute just give me some time I think that I am crazy I think that I am fine Got 53 problems and one of them is you What will be the outcome What should I do Got to take my time Cos enough is enough
but hurry up I won’t be long I will take my time enough is enough
I will take my time but hurry up I wont be long
enough is enough enough is enough enough is enough
Robert Lloyd 2013 All Rights Reserved
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Post by Preston Platform on Jul 17, 2013 12:58:07 GMT -5
A song for JND
When you first held me in your arms Some time in the early nineties Before, the photographs I would never know The tenderness that you showed me Later you told me the tales of your life aside from the whole family But holding court you were most alive Can’t say that it has rubbed off on me
Now your life has gone Such a strange outcome For each and every one Across the bridge across the sea A house filled with anxiety But , now you are free now you are free
You saw the world change in your life Did you grow accustomed to it ? How many stories didn’t you share ? Did we know the half of it How you desired to be noticed in life And that on its own is not bad But poet ,teacher, lover or friend Was it not enough just to be called Dad
Now your life has gone The strangest of outcomes For each and everyone Across the bridge across the sea A house filled with anxiety But , now you are free Now you are free Now you are free Now you are free
Though I can’t quite believe it I will always love you dearly Though I can’t quite believe it I will always love you dearly Though I can’t quite believe it I will always love you dearly Though I can’t quite believe it I will always love you dearly
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Post by Preston Platform on Aug 19, 2013 16:10:51 GMT -5
Here is a recent totally live Home Session from Rob and Alun Hope you enjoy the tunes
Heard It All Before Song For JND Intruder
plus some out takes
Enough is Enough Scratch The Surface
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2013 10:54:50 GMT -5
Preston,
For what my opinion is worth, tell Rob I really enjoyed that, the playing is so much more confident. great stuff!
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Post by Preston Platform on Sept 12, 2013 15:47:33 GMT -5
Thanks for listening and commenting Pat .. Glad that you enjoyed the session
Here is a new tune .. Rob often says that aspects of his song writing are influenced by Ian certainly this one shows it
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Post by Preston Platform on Sept 16, 2013 6:04:02 GMT -5
Here are seven new tunes from Rob captured totally live on a cheap camera over the course of 2 days last week.
Hope that folks are able to check them out Feedback is always appreciated
Words and Lyrics below
Advice
Don’t take yourself too seriously, And before you disagree, just look where it got me, And if life takes you by the hand, Don’t reject or demand, or say that you’ve got plans.
Well this is my advice I offer it to you But who the hell am I, To offer anything to you?
Don’t be somebody that you’re not, The false personas that you adopt, Sooner or later will start to rot, Because your true self cannot burn, You should embrace it’s return, With all the lessons you’ve learned.
Well this is my advice I offer it to you But who the hell am I, To offer anything to you?
I’m just a boy from a northern town, Who was raised in that northern town, I’m gonna die in that bloody town, if I don’t move soon.
I loved a girl from another town, A beautiful European town, But that was long ago, And my heart broke.
My heart broke.
So this is my advice I offer it to you But who the hell am I, To offer anything to you?
Who Am I to Talk ?
He’s in need of some support, I have watched him sink beneath the floorboards, There is something bothering him for sure, If he asked me for some help, I’d say of course.
But who- who am I to talk?
Oh who am I?
Who am I to talk?
We seldom speak, he’s not listening, So maybe I should just leave him to DREAM.
I Danced Down The Path (And fell into your trap)
I thought I was in love with you, But I didn't know where I was, Took a trip down many avenues in my mind but at what cost?
At a price, I could ill afford, Yes it cost me very dearly, But now I'm back and I've been restored,
I can see again, I can breathe again, I can be again, I am me again
AND
Where are you now? Where are you now? Where are you now? It's been so long now...
Since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap) Oh since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap)
I thought I was in love with you, But I didn't know where I was, Took a trip down many avenues in my mind but at what cost?
At a price, I could ill afford, Yes it cost me very dearly, But now I'm back and I've been restored,
I can see again, I can breathe again, I can be again, I feel like me again
AND
Where are you now? Where are you now? Where are you now? It's been so long now...
Since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap) Oh since I danced down the path (And fell into your trap)
I fell into your trap...
The Way Things Should Be
Another rainy afternoon, We walk outside, in and amongst the gloom, But you soon turn to me, We retreat to our sanctuary You say you'd like to meet my friends, Well Ok, but there aren't too many of them They're at arms length you see, You sigh and say 'That's not how things should be' How it should Be...
Since when did we, ever take heed- Of other people's beliefs about the way we should be? And if you really knew me, you'd know I never take heed, Of other people's beliefs about the way things should be When they apply them to me.
A coffee stain, a ruined vest, Can put my head into unrest, When I am in this state of mind, Forgive me if I am unkind, You say that I should call some friends, Well I would, but there aren't too many of them They're few and far between, You sigh and say 'That's not how things should be' How it should Be...
Since when did we, ever take heed- Of other people's beliefs about the way we should be? And if you really knew me, you'd know I never take heed, Of other people's beliefs about the way things should be When they apply them to me.
Just Another Song
Running - what are you running from? Hiding - who are you hiding from? (Whilst I'm) Writing - Who am I writing for? Why am I Writing another song?
Pining - who are you pining for? Smiling - what are you smiling for? So I'll keep writing - Who am I writing for? Why am I Writing another song?
It's just another, just another song.
Misery Guts Well I know we haven't spoken for a little while, So I'll write something happy for a change, And if you don't like it- well that's too bad, You always did say my songs all sound the same.
I may look a little different but I haven't changed, I've just accepted the inevitable, I'd really like to know just what you think of me, But I'm afraid that's rather predictable.
You think I'm just a...
MISERY GUTS! I'm at it again, But darling since I left you I've been uninspired and my songs all sound the same.
You know I'm just a... MISERY GUTS! Got love on the brain, But darling since I left you I've been uninspired and my songs all sound the same. (Yes they do) Oh yes my songs all sound the same.
Summer 2008
Hello my old friend I don’t care if it is late Cos I am calling from the summer of 2008
The weather is good the sun is out A nice cold beer each And there is no doubt That your my best friend Yeah your my best friend Everyone is here gathered around There is no fear There are no frowns And no none cares about money Just about what ever We are currently finding funny
Hello my old friend I don’t care if it is late Cos I am calling from the summer of 2008
Robert Lloyd All Rights Reserved 2013
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Post by Preston Platform on Oct 31, 2013 15:55:19 GMT -5
Rob wanted to share this revised and extended version of his Home Truths CD. It is now no longer available to buy. Two tracks have been dropped from the original CD ( You'll see , Keep Your Receipt) and were replaced by three others (Were We Closer , Right Now It ¡s Fine and Clouds.) Tracklist: I am Glad (1:16), Sailed Away (4:30), According To Plan (3:49), What Did You Notice (5:57), Melt The Ice (3:34), Storyteller (3:30), Where Did You Go (3:11), And On Returning (4:16),Were We Closer (3:11), The Delicate Persuasion (3:01),Right Now Its Fine (5:23), Clouds (1:48), Come Home For Tea (5:37), (That Our Paths Dared To Meet) (1:32)
If you have not heard it , I Hope that you are able to give it a listen and perhaps enjoy it Regards Preston
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Post by Preston Platform on Nov 10, 2013 8:17:47 GMT -5
latest tune from Rob Yes or No ?
I like your face on these cold winter mornings I like it when you tell me I 'm being boring I like you cos your truthful ,your always truthful that is all I want
I like it when you say that you are leaving Slowly unravel the plot I've been weaving I llike you cos your honest,being honest that is all I want
So let me ask you now, because I really want to know Do you see me in your future yes or no ?
Got to ask you now , because I really got to know Do you see me in your future yes or no ?
But ,I like your stern frown when I am conceited I like it when you smash my ideas to pieces I like you cos your truthful ,your always truthful that is all I want
I like it when you say mind your own business I carefullly close any lip I have left with us I like you because your honest, being honest thats all I want
Always honest and that is all I want
So let me ask you now ,because I really want to know Do you see me in your future yes or no ? yes or no ? Got to ask you now ,because I really want to know Do you see me in your future yes or no ? yes or no ?
Robert Lloyd 2013 All Rights reserved
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Post by Preston Platform on Nov 13, 2013 16:36:30 GMT -5
Here is an alternative version of The Way Things Should Be
Another rainy afternoon, We walk outside, in and amongst the gloom, But you soon turn to me, We retreat to our sanctuary You say you'd like to meet my friends, Well Ok, but there aren't too many of them They're at arms length you see, You sigh and say 'That's not how things should be' How it should Be...
Since when did we, ever take heed- Of other people's beliefs about the way we should be? And if you really knew me, you'd know I never take heed, Of other people's beliefs about the way things should be When they apply them to me.
A coffee stain, a ruined vest, Can put my head into unrest, When I am in this state of mind, Forgive me if I am unkind, You say that I should call some friends, Well I would, but there aren't too many of them They're few and far between, You sigh and say 'That's not how things should be' How it should Be...
Since when did we, ever take heed- Of other people's beliefs about the way we should be? And if you really knew me, you'd know I never take heed, Of other people's beliefs about the way things should be When they apply them to me.
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