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WV870/2006
Coloured pencil and pastel on Steinbach paper
"The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon
The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane
You lock the door and throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me...."
BRAIN DAMAGE - Pink Floyd, 1973.
WV717/2003
Coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
"Along Sandy beaches..."
"I'm flying across the ocean and I'm soaring
Back home to the place I was born
You know that I'm flying across the mountains
And valleys, back home to the one that I love so much
Now don't blame me for feeling homesick
I have been away for such a very long, long time
Lord, you know I served once in the county jail
And I feel strong for being hungry, tired and poor...."
FLYING - John Baldry, 1971.
WV665
2002
"Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea,
You lay your bets and then you pay the price
The things we do for love, the things we do for love".
(10CC)
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Original coloured pencil drawing on paper and then digital reworked...
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Healing Hands
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1989
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I never dreamed I could cry so hard
That ain't like a man
I could fly like a bird some days
Had a place where I could land
I could have sworn we were all locked in
Ain't that what you said
I never knew it could hurt so bad
When the power of love is dead
But giving into the nighttime
Ain't no cure for the pain
You gotta wade into the water
You gotta learn to live again
And reach out for her healing hands
Reach out for her healing hands
There's a light, where the darkness ends
Touch me now and let me see again
Rock me now in your gentle healing hands
I never knew love like poison
That burned like a fire
All I ever wanted was a reason
To drown in your eyes
I never knew sleep so restless
Empty arms so cold
That's not the way it's supposed to be
It ain't the spell that I was sold
WV1880/2024
"How many miles will it take to see the sun
And how many years 'til it's done?
Kiss my confusion away in the night
Lay by my side when the mornin' comes..."
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND - Leon Russell, 1971;
WV1739
2011
"I'm taking a turn in the right direction
By leaving his soul in the lost and found
I'm chasing the crown, I'm chasing the crown..."
(Bernie Taupin lyrics)
Ink on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BLUE MOVES
Theme From A Non-Existent TV Series
Music by Elton John 1976
WV1368
2009
"Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I've been inclined
To believe they never would
Oh, Lord, no!"
(Neil Diamond lyrics)
Ink on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Eric Clapton Songs Illustrated
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LAYLA
Music & lyriucs by Eric Clapton (Derek & The Dominos)
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What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
[Chorus:]
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
David Gilmour Songs Illustrated
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ON AN ISLAND
Music & lyrics by David Gilmour
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Remember that night, white stairs in the moonlight
They walked here too, through empty playground, this ghosts town
Children again on rusty swings getting higher
Sharing a dream on an island it felt right
We lay side by side between the moon and the tide
Mapping the stars for awhile
Let the night surround you
We're halfway to the stars
Ebb and flow, let it go
Feel the warmth beside you
Remember that night, the warmth and the laughter
Candles burn though the church was deserted
At dawn we went down through empty streets to the harbor
Dreamers may leave but they're here everafter
Let the night surround you
We're halfway to the stars
Ebb and Flow, let it go
Feel the warmth beside you
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
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Bennie And The Jets
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1973
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Hey kids, shake it loose together
The spotlight's hitting something
That's been known to change the weather
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight
So stick around
You're gonna hear electric music
Solid walls of sound
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
But they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful
Oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots a mohair suit
You know I read it in a magazine
B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Hey kids, plug into the faithless
Maybe they're blinded
But Bennie makes them ageless
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Where we fight our parents out in the streets
To find who's right and who's wrong
"Dolly Summers was a simple girl from a mid-west family, with a stucco home and her own Mustang and a charge account at Sears.She had everything that a girl could want to live happy for the rest of her years. But..."
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BLUE MOVES
Shoulder Holster
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1976
WV724/2003
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
"Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horse
And a fine coal miner for the NCB that was
A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross
A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater's waltz
Some people have got to paint and draw
Harry had to work in clay and stone
Like the waves coming to the shore
It was in his blood and in his bones
Ignored by all the trendy boys in London and in Leeds
He might as well have been making toys or strings of beads
He could not be in the gallery
And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at all
He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall
The birds of a feather all the phonies and all of the fakes
While the dealers they get together
And they decide who gets the breaks
And who's going to be in the gallery
No lies he wouldn't compromise
No junk no bits of string
And all the lies we subsidize
That just don't mean a thing
I've got to say he passed away in obscurity
And now all the vultures are coming down from the tree
So he's going to be in the gallery....."
IN THE GALLERY - Dire Straits (lyrics Mark Knopfler), 1978.
WV1863/2024
"You can take her
Make her change her name
You and your old money
Dance around the flame
But you can never, never love her like me
You can charm her
Calm her when she's wild
Show a little comfort
Play with her inner child
But you can never, never love her like me..."
LOVE HER LIKE ME - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 2001;
WV1454
2009
Ooh baby baby, it's a wild wild world out there...
Collage & mixed media on $teinbach paper
WV1361
2009
AZ
"I cannot move a mountain now;
I can no longer run.
I cannot be who I was then:
In a way, I never was.
I watch the clouds go sailing;
I watch the clock and sun.
Oh, I watch myself, depending on,
September when it comes..."
(Rosanna & Johnny Cash songs)
Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper
Finally!
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Beatles Songs Illustrated.
ABBEY ROAD
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Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Music & lyrics by The Beatles, Lennon-McCartney 1969
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Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube
Ohh-oh-oh-oh...
Maxwell Edison majoring in medicine
Calls her on the phone
"Can I take you out to the pictures
Joa-oa-oa-oan?"
But as she's getting ready to go
A knock comes on the door...
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
Back in school again Maxwell plays the fool again
Teacher gets annoyed
Wishing to avoid an unpleasant sce-e-e-ene
She tells Max to stay when the class has gone away
So he waits behind
Writing 50 times "I must not be so-o-o-oo..."
But when she turns her back on the boy
He creeps up from behind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead
B.C. Thirty-One said "we caught a dirty one"
Maxwell stands alone
Painting testimonial pictures ohh-oh-oh-oh
Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo
But as the words are leaving his lips
A noise comes from behind
Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon his head
Bang, Bang, Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead
WV677
2002
... stone cold sober as a matter of fact!
Elton John songs illustrated
Bernie Taupin lyrics
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
WV1994/2024
Along the coast road, by the headland
The early beach lights still glow
I pour another singha beer
And raise it to your health, say cheerio
Choke dee, Miss Siam, farewell...
"And what have I got at the end of the day..."
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Dire Straits Songs Illustrated
TELEGRAPH ROAD
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Private Investigations
Music & lyrics by Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler 1982
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It's a mystery to me
The game commences
For the usual fee
Plus expenses
Confidential information
It's in a diary
This is my investigation
It's not a public inquiry
I go checking out the report
Digging up the dirt
You get to meet all sorts
In this line of work
Treachery and treason
There's always an excuse for it
And when I find the reason
I still can't get used to it
And what have you got at the end of the day ?
What have you got to take away ?
A bottle of whisky and a new set of lies
blinds on the window and a pain behind the eyes
Scarred for life
No compensation
Private investigations
WV927
2006
And now I know... these books got a lot of songs to sing...
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
After J Vermeer, "The Girl With The Pearl Earring", ca. 1665
And inspired by the movie "The Girl With The Pearl Earring" with Scarlett Johansson, 2003
"These are not my decisions
Flaming visions
Ringing expressions
The clamouring voice
It's volcanic desire
The unquenchable fire
It isn't a question
Of having the choice
Anyway, now I'm old
But if you won't be told
If you've been created
To answer the call
All passion and lust
Is going to end in the dust
But you'll hang on some
Government gallery wall..."
("Let it all go".. lyrics Mark Knopfler, 2007)
WV302
1996
"There is always a smile to remember that you were here..."
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
WV1365
2009
AZ
"Some day little girl
Everything for you is gonna be new
Some day little girl
You'll have a diamond as big as your shoe..."
(Bob Dylan lyrics)
Ink and coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
WV640/2002
Coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
"Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight
She held me spellbound in the night
Dancing shadows and firelight
Crazy laughter in another room
And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon
Woo hoo witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye
Well, I know you want a lover,
Let me tell you, brother,
She's been sleeping in the Devil's bed.
And there's some rumors going round
Someone's underground
She can rock you in the nighttime
'Til your skin turns red
Woo hoo witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye..."
WITCHY WOMAN - Eagles, 1972.
One of these nights...
WV1833/2024
Coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
Themes of a non-existent series about football fans...
WV1918/2024
Olivia from princess to queen...
"I never was one for talk
I keep things to myself
Let everyone ramble on
When people get to reminiscing
I'll always be the one to listen
But now I need to find those missing words
I love Princess Olivia
Can't speak, I slip into trivia
To know what you feel inside
Is not enough, you've got
To put it across with style
The literati in their cellars
Perform semantic tarantellas
I wish I did it half as well as them
I love Princess Olivia
Can't speak, I slip into trivia
She's got long red hair
Her nose up in the clouds
Just how did she get up there
She's frosty as the face of Phineus
Leaves me feeling igloominious
Why's she so continuously cool?
I love Princess Olivia
Can't speak, I slip into trivia
I love her
She may be large..."
PRINCESS OLIVIA - Al Stewart (uncorked), 2009.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Just like Belgium!
Oh no what's come over me
If I am dreaming then let me sleep
Oh wow I'm heaven bound
Love is getting sweeter than chicken by the pound
Now I'm ducking in the alley of common sense
Hiding from the claws of my old girl friend
She's screaming murder beating my door down
While I'm right behind it I'm eating chicken by the pound
I'm right behind it eating I'm chicken by the pound
(Bernie Taupin lyrics - adapted)
WV1394
2009
AZ
"The last I heard of you
You were somewhere on a cruise in the Caribbean Sea
So imagine my surprise to see you very much alive
In the Holluwood Sun again..."
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
WV1897/2024
"...Just across from Friday
The weekend circus rolls
I cross my heart turn on the charm
I say my prayers between two hungry arms...
Somethings so young and pretty
Should never be released
We place our bets we take our pick
They wind up in the belly of the beast
And when you can't get what you want
You take anything you can
So I wear this suit of wolves at night
I slip it on how come it feels so right...."
SUIT OF WOLVES - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1992.
WV1984/2024
SAD SONGS...
"... Slow down Georgia she's poison
Hey girl, you've got to watch yourself
She's gonna get in your head, she's gonna crawl in your bed
You're just a stepping stone for someone else
Slow down Georgia she's poison
She's just another divorcee
An undercover lover of a hundred
Other little fish in the sea...."
SLOW DOWN GEORGIE (she's poison) - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 1984;