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Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
Queen Songs Illustrated
THE WORKS
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Radio Ga Ga
Music & lyrics by Queen/Roger Taylor 1984
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I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
(Radio).
You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds, invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh - you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.(radio)
So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio.
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!
We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.
Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around cuz we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio - (Radio).
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!!
WV1717/2011
Ink and gouache on Steinbach paper...
"White man danger
He's come to stay
Red man, it's all over
You're in the way
White man danger
Time on his side
Red man, you don't know it
But your world just died
Let's hear it for the white man
He feels no pain
Let's hear it for the white man
He feels no shame
White man danger
His day has come
Red man got two chances
Slim chance and none
White man danger
He's come to stay
Red man, it's all over
You're in the way....
WHITE MAN DANGER - Music & lyrics Elton John & Gary Osborne, 1980;
My son has a German Shorthaired Pointer and this frog is his favorite toy, he plays with it ALL the time. Look what good shape it is in.
One of 12 ink drawings that are part of my show Sketchbook: Chapter Two at Blue Gallery in Kansas City.
acrylic ink on paper
8x10 inches, 2011
Available at www.bluegalleryonline.com
WV1535/2010
Gouache and ink on $teinbach paper
Wop bop a lu bop! Russian roulette no fun!
"A human heart goes out tonight
Yes, a red hot love on a red stop light
I see a scene, so cold it echoes in blue
Oh, those twisting tongues, they are after you
Wop bop a lu bop, Son, you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Oh, what a story dreams to buy
Don't need a knife to violate my life
It's all so insane
When the other man has none
You don't need a gun
Yes a Russian roulette, no fun
I don't need a gun
I just need someone
I don't need a gun
Blood red lights a domination street
Yeah, I just need your love, and I feel that heat
Yeah, you can drive me through
That red stop light
With a whiplash smile, whoa!
Wop bop a lu bop, yeah, you gotta move up
Flip flop fly
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Ooh, what a story dreams to buy
Don't need a knife to violate my life
It's all so insane
I say when the other man has none
You don't need a gun
A Russian roulette, no fun
I don't need a gun, yeah I just need someone
I won't need a gun
Oh yeah
You will always be crying, yeah
Oh, you will always be dying
Oh, you will always be dying
Elvis, a fight, the dying light
Johnnie Ray, he's always crying
Gene Vincent, he cried, "Who slapped John, John, John"
Yes and me, I'm movin', movin', movin', movin' on
Yeah, to be someone
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
I don't need a gun
Ow!
You will always be crying...."
YOU DON'T NEED A GUN - Billy Idol, 1986.
Old76 Music-inspired DArt 2014
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it"s "Candle In The Wind" time once again.
Ink on $teinbach paper
I'm not sure when it occurred to me. Maybe it was criticism that a working artist passed my way. I set the pens down for a month while we were in Nice and let things "sit."
The Muse visited and I started thinking of some really goofy ideas. I said to myself "stuff 'um! I'm doing something silly and I'm doing it for myself."
To explain what these were I did a title page to each drawing. As if it really explained anything, that is.
I first shared these with friends in England during our weekly Zoom calls. We had a "Show and Tell" kind of setup. It was a great way to get beyond the loneliness and to spend time with friends, even if we weren't in person.
WV1737
2011
"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..."
("Back To The Island", Leon Russell)
Ink on $teinbach paper
Training myself to draw has been an interesting exercise. I studied the workds of Nicolas de Crecy, the Rat Rod artists, Stephan Marjoram, R.Crumb, S.Clay Wilson and many others. While I certainly will never develop the kind of talent they had, this has been a good way to "kill time" during the various periods of lockdown here in France during the Covid Pandemic.
WV1789
2013
B
"You say it's your birthday
It's my birthday too yeah
They say it's your birthday
We're gonna have a good time
I'm glad it's your birthday
Happy birthday to you!"
(The Beatles lyrics)
Gouache and ink on $teinbach paper
The Paper Nautilus (Argonauta argo) is a cephalopod related to the octopus.
J.Herbin Perle Noir Ink on Khadi Paper using a Sergent-Major nib
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013 WV2013
The Beatles Songs Illustrated
REVOLVER
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Taxman
Music & lyrics by The Beatles, George Harrison 1966
Covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
Oh DO go on. You were saying something about 'being a black cat means having impunity to bad luck'... particularly on Friday the 13th.
#307 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: Barcelona
Result: Day 1
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook
Location: apartment in Barcelona
Note: The next 23 drawings are reflections of my trip to Spain, Dublin and Scotland. It's a combination sketchbook / journal. Not all of the pages contain writing ....those are yet to be filled in because while I did make a point of doing a drawing every day I really didn't have time to also fill in the blanks with words...those are to come. I just needed to get these posted so I could get my daily drawings back on track. :)
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
France Gall Songs Illustrated
PARIS-FRANCE 50 707
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Il Jouait Du Piano Debout
Musique & paroles France Gall & Michel Berger
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Ne me dites pas que ce garçon était fou
Il ne vivait pas comme les autres, c'est tout
Et pour quelles raisons étranges
Les gens qui n'sont pas comme nous,
Ça nous dérange
Ne me dites pas que ce garçon n'valait rien
Il avait choisi un autre chemin
Et pour quelles raisons étranges
Les gens qui pensent autrement
Ça nous dérange
Ça nous dérange
Il jouait du piano debout
C'est peut-être un détail pour vous
Mais pour moi, ça veut dire beaucoup
Ça veut dire qu'il était libre
Heureux d'être là malgré tout
Il jouait du piano debout
Quand les trouillards sont à genoux
Et les soldats au garde à vous
Simplement sur ses deux pieds,
Il voulait être lui, vous comprenez
Il n'y a que pour la musique, qu'il était patriote
Il s'rait mort au champ d'honneur pour quelques notes
Et pour quelles raisons étranges,
Les gens qui tiennent à leurs rêves,
Ça nous dérange
Lui et son piano, ils pleuraient quelques fois
Mais quand les autres n'étaient pas là
Et pour quelles raisons bizarres,
Son image a marqué ma mémoire,
Ma mémoire..
Il jouait du piano debout
Il chantait sur des rythmes fous
Et pour moi ça veut dire beaucoup
Ça veut dire essaie de vivre
Essaie d'être heureux,
Ça vaut le coup
#352 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: My son + our cat + laser pointer
Result: Mouse snipers
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen Red ~ 219, in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook
Location: home
Note: The red dot of a laser pointer is to a cat, what spotting a squirrel is to a dog. Soon the mice will figure out .....it doesn't just distract cats, it embarrasses them. Feline pride goes OFF. THE. RAILS!.