ALL IS WELL
AUSTIN BASHAM
SONGWRITER: AUSTIN BASHAM
WHERE: BRUXELLE 2016
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LINTON // OSLO
LABEL:NETTWERK RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK
YEAR: 2015

Austin Basham is a Texas born indie-folk singer with more talent in his pinky finger than most of us can imagine. If you’ve never heard of him before don’t worry because prior to his EP Linton // Oslo released on May 4th, 2015, he’s only had three singles on iTunes and sadly has no YouTube page, that being said keep an out out for him in the future. Maybe you can even claim to be one of his first fans!
The mellow, melodic nature found in all of his music including the 5 songs found in this EP, has the ability to snap you out of whatever you’re concentrating on and bring you into his world. The combination between his guitar playing and his soothing voice, his music connects you to memories, and gives you a sense reconnecting with an old familiar friend.
He says that his influences come from Bob Dylan and Johnny Flynn and it is in no way surprising. When listening to all his tracks, both from the EP and his singles, you can hear hints of their music within Basham’s voice and his guitar. My favourite track between on the EP is by far Running, which was also previously released on iTunes as a single.
Although there is a solid line between what is considered folk and what is considered indie in todays music world, Basham has found a perfect balance between the two.
I know what it is
But I'm hoping that all is well
No harvest of green
But it's still my heart to sell
I put everything I had
Into something that didn't grow
Like going on a wild hunt
Shooting arrows without a bow

But lord, you know it's true
I only want to be with you
Oh, you know it's true
I only want to be with you

Death is stopping by
And I'm hoping it's not too late
A filthy bishop to thank
Shaking hands into a fatal stalemate
Trading riches for love
Knock a year or two off of the pin
So got a hundred left to serve
Standing hopeless on court

But lord, you know it's true
I only want to be with you
Oh, you know it's true
I only want to be with you

Cause all your love
I left it at the door
Don't stop the skies
Let them rain
Let them pour
All your love
I left it at the door
Don't stop your heart
Let it rain
Let it pour
Don't stop these tears
Let them rain
Let them pour
Oh, let them pour
Oh, let them pour
And let them pour

Woe is me
Weary soul
Heeding grief
Your love in my heart
Feels like the ocean breeze
Said your love in my heart
Feels like the ocean breeze.
SUNNY GIRL
THE HEP STARS
SONGWRITER: BENNY ANDERSSON
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
ALBUM: THE HEP STARS
LABEL: OLGA RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1966

The Hep Stars was a Swedish rock group, formed in 1963 in Stockholm. During 1965-66 the band was the most successful of contemporary 1960s Swedish pop groups performing in the English language. Outside The Nordic Countries the band is best known as a launching point for the keyboard player and composer Benny Andersson, who went on to enjoy worldwide success with ABBA.
The band was founded by the drummer Christer "Chrille" Pettersson (3 November 1942 – 27 August 2006) and the bass guitarist Lennart "Lelle" Hegland with the keyboard player Hans Östlund and the guitarist-singer Jan "Janne" Frisk. At the height of their popularity, the line-up consisted of Hegland, Pettersson, Frisk and Sven "Svenne" Hedlund on lead vocals and Benny Andersson on keyboards.
She's a sunny girl, a real girl
And no-one can declare
That she's something that I never need
And never want to care for
She's a sunny girl, a real girl,
That's why she's satisfying
She will never ask for anything but you
Ain't that a girl

She's domestic, she is property
She's slim like reed
She's devertin', she is faithful
Ain't that all you need
And I'm souring like a feather
In a world I've just created
For a very simple reason
That is one, she's mine
She's all mine.
IT HAD TO BE YOU
HELEN FORREST & DICK HAYMES
SONGWRITER: ISHAM JONES
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: IT HAD TO BE YOU
LABEL: DECCA RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1944

Helen Forrest (April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music.
She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
Dick: it had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found the somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me feel blue
And even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you
Some others i’ve seen might never be mean
Might never be cross or try to be boss
But they wouldn’t do
For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults, i love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you
Helen: It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around and finally found somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me beblue
And even be glad just to be sad thinkin’ of you
Some others i’ve seen might never be mean
Might never be cross or try to be boss
But they wouldn’t do
Dick: For nobody else gave me a thrill
With all your faults, i love you still
Helen: It had to be you, wonderful you
Both: It had to be you

LIFE ON MARS

DAVID BOWIE
SONGWRITER: DAVID BOWIE
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: HUNKY DORY
LABEL: RCA VICTOR
GENRE: ROCK AND ROLL
YEAR: 1971

"Life on Mars?", also known as "(Is There) Life on Mars?", is a song by David Bowie, first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory and also released as a single. The song, with cryptic lyrics by Bowie and prominent piano by Rick Wakeman, has been described by BBC Radio 2 as "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting." When released as a single in 1973, it reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks.
In 2015 Neil McCormick, chief rock music critic of The Daily Telegraph, ranked it as number one in his "100 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. In 2016, Pitchfork named it the best song of the 1970s.
David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie(/ˈboʊi/), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in popular music for over five decades, acclaimed by critics and fellow musicians for his innovative work. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, his music and stagecraft significantly influencing popular music. During his lifetime, his record sales, estimated at 140 million albums worldwide, made him one of the world's best-selling music artists. In the UK, he was awarded nine platinum album certifications, eleven gold and eight silver, releasing eleven number-one albums. In the US, he received five platinum and nine gold certifications. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
It's a God awful small affair
To the girl with the mousey hair
But her mummy is yelling: No!
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seats with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is sadd'ning bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall.
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man!
Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a sadd'ning bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man!
Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?