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WV813
2005
... With Julia
"Julia, Julia, oceanchild, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me
So I sing a song of love, Julia..."
(The Beatles, 1968)
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
WV1659
2010
"Are we really happy with
This lonely game we play
Looking for the right words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anyway
We're lost in this masquerade..."
(Leon Russell lyrics)
Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Pink Floyd Songs Illustrated
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
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Brain Damage
Music & lyrics by Pink Floyd, Roger Waters 1973
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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.
And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear.
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon.
WV683
2002
"Linda was met een vriendin toen ik haar gisteren heb gezien en ze heeft meteen naar jou gevraagd... Ze is nog altijd even blond maar een droevig trekje om haar mond bewees dat ze veel leed had uitgestaan..."
(Will Tura Songs Illustrated)
WV1821/2024
While traveling through Laos I met this Laotian girl. She told me she was a dancer... and I made a sketch of her.
"She said she was a dancer. If I believed it, it was my business
She surely knew a thing or two about control
Next to the bar we hit the samovar. She almost slipped right through my fingers...
Well, maybe you're a dancer, and maybe I'm the King of Old Siam
I thought it through... best to let the illusion roll..."
(based on Jethro Tull lyrics, 1987)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Part 2 of the "Wonderful Tonight" saga...
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WONDERFUL TONIGHT
Music & lyrics by Eric Clapton 1977
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It's late in the evening; she's wondering what clothes to wear.
She puts on her make-up and brushes her long black hair.
And then she asks me, "Do I look all right?"
And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."
We go to a party and everyone turns to see
This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.
And then she asks me, "Do you feel all right?"
And I say, "Yes, I feel wonderful tonight."
I feel wonderful because I see
The love light in your eyes.
And the wonder of it all
Is that you just don't realize how much I love you.
It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys and she helps me to bed.
And then I tell her, as I turn out the light,
I say, "My darling, you were wonderful tonight.
Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight."
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2011
Elton John Songs Illustrated
DON'T SHOOT ME, I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER
Midnight Creeper
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1972
"Walk a mile in my tennis shoes..."
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2014
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I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY
The Eagles 1979
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Look at us baby, up all night, tearing our love apart
Weren't we the same two people who lived through years in the dark? Oh, oh
Every time I try to walk away,
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why
When we get crazy, it just ain't right
(Got to keep your head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely too
You don't have to worry, just hold on tight
(Don't get caught in your little world)
'Cause I love you
Nothing's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
And I can't tell you why
No, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
Every time I try to walk away,
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why
No baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
"Must have found a secret place
Hiding in our own world
Must have counted every smile on your sweet, sweet lips
Every single sound we heard...
Every month means a little something
But OCTOBER is the month that cares"
Lyrics Bernie Taupin "January" 1997
WV1840/2024
Coloured pencils on Steinbach paper.
Norwegian forest cat...
"I once had a girl
Or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn't it good Norwegian wood?..."
NORWEGIAN WOOD - The Beatles, 1965.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BLUE MOVES
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Someone's Final Song
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1976
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He died when the house was empty
When the maid had gone
He put a pen to paper for one final song
He wrote -
Oh babe, it's the only way
I know it's wrong but I can't stand
To go on living, to go on living, living life this way
And I don't know what the time is
Or what the next line is
Or how you're going to take the news
But if I had my life again
I wouldn't change a thing
I'd let nobody, I'd let nobody
Stand inside my shoes
Something's gotten hold of me
This home is not the home it used to be
I've gathered dust like the dying flowers
And I've drunk myself sober
After hours and hours
After hours and hours
WV303
1996
"Hey, that's her, and she's mine
Look don't touch 'cause lookin' I don't mind
See that girl lookin' so fine?
Ya that's her, and she's mine!"
(Little Feat lyrics)
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
"Lady of the dawn
You are the dealer,
In this strange, uncertain game,
Take my cards and deal again,
I can feel my life is changing.
Woman,
Now you taught me how to learn,
Teach me to earn
The love you give to me,
The love you give to me..."
(Mike Batt lyrics 1978)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
LADY SAMANTHA & Co.
Lady Samantha
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1968
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Elton John Songs Illustrated
SLEEPING WITH THE PAST
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Amazes Me
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1989
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You're a cool little one
My dark southern breeze
Sweeps through my fingers
And it amazes me
Dixie shadowland
Your envy shelters me
Lay down your burden
Mystery of ebony
And it amazes me
Oh it amazes me
Maybe the heat babe could be this tune
It amazes me
It amazes me
What drives me crazy is that big fat yellow moon
Look up that pale light
Well she's waking the trees
I'm drifting in your hoodoo
And it amazes me
That magnolia state
Got a hold on me
I got no blues to preach
Just Mississippi company
Ain't no magic potion
No gri-gri on her side
She's bound to my salvation
Sweet little mama
Take me down by the river tonight
And it amazes me
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
THE CAPTAIN AND THE KID
Blues Never Fade Away
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 2006
WV1940/2024
Well Elton was handsome, he was made in England
His was a bit fat and almost bald Marilyn was the queen of Hollywood, USA made
No one could hold her tight, her hair was bright as gold
Elton was magnetic, he hated growing old
Marilyn never got old
Elton and Marilyn spent many nights alone
With their dreams and memories on silent telephones....
WV61
1989
A drawing in colored pencil and calligraphy inspired by the song from Elton John with lyrics from Bernie Taupin in 1975.
WV1117
2008
AZ
"He died when the house was empty
When the maid had gone
He put a pen to paper for one final song..."
(Elton John/Bernie Taupin, Blue Moves 1976)
Coloured pencil on $teinbach paper
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
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RED LIPSTICK
Music & lyrics by Arno Hintjens
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There's something wrong
like my brain is gone
Not from drinking, but from living
My last girlfriend was a drinker
she lost her dog
his name was Thinker
The sunlight in her eyes
Shows her age
I wish I'd never seen her face
I still got her red lipstick on my face
She gives a stare that could
nail a sign on a tree
The eyeballs of a snake
Nothing is fake
she could make a fish sing
she could make a cow dance
she acts like a rock star
but couldn't play the guitar
The sunlight in her eyes
shows her age
I wish I'd never seen her face
I still got her red lipstick on my face
She walks so nice
as if she was afraid
of taking up too much place
she was beautiful like fire
she smells like fire
She smells like, like flowers
The sunlight in her eyes
shows her age
I wish I never see her face
I still got her red lipstick on my face
I still got her red lipstick on my face
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
"Little darling, I feel that the ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
And I say it's all right
It's all right..."
("Here Comes the Sun", The Beatles/George Harrison 1969)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2012
Elton John Songs Illustrated
BLUE MOVES
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Between Seventeen And Twenty
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1976
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I wonder who's sleeping in your sheets tonight
Whose head rests upon the bed
Could it be a close friend I knew so well
Who seems to be so close to you instead
Close to you instead
I'm blue tonight, I'm red when I'm mad
I'm green when I'm jealous, yellow when I'm sad
I guess I cannot have everything
So much has flown between the years
When I was twenty and you were seventeen
So out of choice I chose rock and roll
But it pushed me to the limit everyday
It turned me into a gypsy, kept me away from home
From there on, there seemed no use for you
For you to stay
And if I shower around 3 a.m.
It's just to wash away
The trace of a love unwanted
Oh in the times I went astray
The times I went astray
So much has flown between the years
When I was twenty and you were seventeen
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Original is a coloured pencil drawing on paper and digital reworked.
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Crystal
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1983
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We're caught up in a web, you and I
Since Crystal came between us
The knots of friendship seem to be untied
And it hurts me most to cheat and that's no lie
She can swing us both forever
In the long run she's the one who must decide
And if she leaves me handle her with care
Don't hurt little Crystal
And if she calls you long distance just be there
Oh Crystal
The world is your oyster, you're a pearl
But he's a jewel and my friend
I'm sure that in the end, Crystal you'll be his little girl
Oh Crystal
You're stronger than me but I'm sure
That the fight would fall to no one
The cold hard truth is stronger than us all
And it breaks my heart to see us go this far
We're just captives in our separate cells
And without her there's no peace behind these bars
WV1245
2008
AZ
"I'm a light world away
From the people who make me stay
Surfing on the BAD SIDE OF THE MOON"
Coloured pencil on $teinbach
WV1515/2010
Gouache & ink on Steinbach paper
"Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl
What can I do without you in my life?
I guess that our guessing game just had to end that way
The hardest one to lose of all the games we played
But the time is past for living in a dream world
Lying to myself can't make that scene
Of wondering if you love me or just making a fool of me
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
And watch the sun go down (and watch the sun go down)
Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)
But I'll be thinking of you (yes and I'll be thinking of you)
And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)
Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)
Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
For all the sunny skies, it's raining in my heart
I know down in my soul I'm really gonna miss you
But it had to end this way with all the games we played
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down)
And hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)
But I'll be thinking of you (yes and I'll be thinking of you)
And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)
Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)
Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down)
Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)
But I'll be thinking of you (yes and I'll be thinking of you)
And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)
Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)
Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island
Watch the ships come in (sit and watch the sun go down)
Wonder where they've been (listen to the sea roll in)
But I'll be thinking of you, darling (yes and I'll be thinking of you)..."
BACK TO THE ISLAND - Leon Russell, 1975.
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Leon Russell Songs Illustrated
CARNY
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This Masquerade
Music & lyrics by Leon Russell 1976
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Are we really happy
With this lonely game we play?
Looking for words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anywhere
We're lost in this masquerade
Both afraid to say
We're just to far away
From being close together
From the start
We tried to talk it over
But the words got in the way
We're lost inside
This lonely game we play
Thoughts of weeping
Disappear every time
I see your eyes
No matter how hard I try
To understand the reasons
That we carry on this way
We're lost in a masquerade
We could just start over
But it's oh so, hard to do
When you're lost in a masquerade
WV1858/2024
"I don't care if you never come home
I don't mind if you just keep on
Rowing away on a distant sea
Because I don't love you and you don't love me
You cause a commotion when you come to town
You give them a smile and they melt
Having lovers and friends is all good and fine
But I don't like yours and you don't like mine..."
PROMISES - Eric Clapton, 1978.
WV1665
2010
Michelle, il ya longtemps quelqu'un chantait des mots qui allait bien ensemble...
Gouache/mixed media on $teinbach paper
WV1883/2024
"They came flying from far away
Now I'm under their spell
I love hearing the stories that they tell
They've seen places beyond my land
And they've found new horizons
They speak strangely but I understand
And I dream I'm an eagle
And I dream I can spread my wings..."
EAGLE - Abba, 1977
WV1942/2024
"... I used to be the main express
All steam and whistles heading west
Picking up my pain from door to door
Riding on the storyline
Furnace burning overtime
But this train don't stop,
This train don't stop,
This train don't stop there anymore;;;3
THIS TRAIN DON'T STOP THERE ANYMORE - Music & lyrics Elton John & Bernie Taupin, 2001;
WV1908/2024
Coloured pencil on Steinbach paper
Here comes the sun queen
Here comes the Queen of El Dorado
Everybody's laughing...
Everybody's happy...
"No time for losers"
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Music & lyrics by Queen/Freddie Mercury
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I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
And bad mistakes
I've made a few
and I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fightin' till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world
I've taken my bows
And my curtain calls
You've brought me fame and fortune
And everything that goes with it
I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses no pleasure cruise
and I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
And I'd never lose
And I need to go on and on and on and on
We are the champions - my friends
And we'll keep on fightin' till the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for losers
'Cause we are the champions of the world
WV1875/2024
"You've got me under your spell, again
Sayin' those things, again
Makin' me believe that you're just mine
You've got me dreamin' those dreams, again
Makin' those things, again
I've gotta take you back just one more time
I swore the last time that you let me down
That I wouldn't see you if you came around
But I can't tell my heart what's right or wrong
And I've been so lonely since you've been gone..."
UNDER YOUR SPELL - Buck Owens, 1961/Dwight Yoakam, 2007;