[NetBehaviour] Change Alley - Hungarian minor mode

[Simon Mclennan]

Hi Mark,
That’s great I’m really glad you got something from this.
I never thought about my work as folk, however I take 
Your point.  Maybe it could
Be called that. 
Normally I perform with
My band - bassist and drummer, but as we’ve had this pandemic break I put 
Myself to the test as a solo 
Performer! 
I like the folk tradition in
That sense. 
Be nice to get hold of a barrel
Organ player to accompany this
Song live!
And maybe a banker ;-)

Cheers,
Simon


Sent from my spyphone 

> On 17 Apr 2021, at 10:12, Mark Hancock <mark at memecortex.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi Simon,
> 
> Echoing Alan, the intensity of this is compelling. Watching musicians at home is the new going to gigs!
> 
> Would you classify this as a type of folk music? I’m drawn to that idea because the song is commenting on cultural social changes in local spaces in the way that only’local’ musicians tend to observe. 
> 
> I really like the guitar work on this. I’ve been listening to a lot of laptop/synth of late, this is encouraging me to pull out more guitar bands, like Sonic Youth.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 at 03:09, Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>> quite like the intensity of this and I can hear Tom Waits somewhere in the distance or maybe the floor below -
>> 
>> Best, Alan, love the scale as well
>> 
>>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 5:41 PM Simon Mclennan via NetBehaviour <netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>>> Performing my songs solo rather than with the trio… some drum sequencing overlaid
>>> 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7kllNRD2Ww
>>> 
>>> This song penned a few years ago called CHANGE ALLEY (original may be heard on band camp https://solidbirdsflying.bandcamp.com/album/pictures-of-soldiers )
>>> 
>>> for those who might care this song was conceived using the Hungarian mode… and the triads thus derived
>>> 
>>> the note B is referred throughout 
>>> 
>>> which note is the second degree using A as the root
>>> 
>>> creating the tension and mood of the song
>>> 
>>> The lyrics refer to Change Alley behind the bank of England… arguably where it all started
>>> 
>>> and organ grinders plied their trade later on
>>> 
>>> The single performance was cut in length - the middle section is always improvised - I never plan it - but attempt to
>>> 
>>> go where it takes me
>>> 
>>> HERE THE FULL LYRIC
>>> 
>>> Night turns into the day 
>>> It's an epic feeling 
>>> All the newcomers 
>>> All the old men 
>>> And the young men that sit 
>>> In their traders' red braces 
>>> Mr big shot in the 21st Century 
>>> Is not a schizo 
>>> With one proviso 
>>> Two houses in the sun 
>>> Twenty pints of cider 
>>> The particle beam 
>>> That would have satisfied all newcomers 
>>> And all the old men 
>>> 
>>> Creature comfort - seldom satisfied 
>>> (Creature comfort) 
>>> Contraband - elephant ivory 
>>> (Ivory) 
>>> Silver service - crime of passion 
>>> (Crime of passion) 
>>> Hereditary - mended shoes in the factory 
>>> Horror film 
>>> (Horror) 
>>> 
>>> Organ grinder and the young men 
>>> That sit in their traders' braces 
>>> Take a walk down Change Alley
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> Simon
>>> 
>>> 
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