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New Single: Ice Cream Parlours

https://vincentburke.bandcamp.com/track/ice-cream-parlours-2?from=fanpub_fnb_trk

That’s the Link up there if you want to hear it – course you do!

This song is about the shy 14 year old me cycling down a hill in Plymouth one Sunday morning and meeting this girl, who said we should go out; and then what happened after that…

I think it has some lovely playing on it – particularly that middle bit.

https://vincentburke.bandcamp.com/track/ice-cream-parlours-2?from=fanpub_fnb_trk

and Here are words in case you want to sing along.

Ice Cream Parlours

it was a break in the cloud,
it was the first day of Summer
I was just standing around
what did I do?
I did nothing
and suddenly you were there
and you were looking like Summer
you had the sun in your hair
and we were stood on the corner
you had your hand on your hip
and all the sky was an ocean
and all the awkwardness gone
and I was falling like ice cream parlours 
blue and golden

and when I got to your house
I said hello to your sister
because your parents were out
so we went up to your bedroom
like it was always allowed
and we were sat on your bed
and all the bed was like flowers
and I was talking to you 
and we were kissing for hours
and all the rubbish was gone
and we were covered in sunlight
and we were falling like ice cream parlours 
blue and golden

lightening strike me down if I’m not good enough
lightening strike me down if I’m not good enough
God can strike me down if I’m not good enough

now when I’m passing your house
it’s kind of odd to remember
like how we even went out 
beneath a golfing umbrella
‘cos when I went back to school
well I forgot to remember
so when I saw you with him
I had to treat it like nothing
how we were sat on your bed
how we were covered in sunlight
how all the rubbish was gone
and we were falling like ice cream parlours 
blue and golden

lightening strike me down if I’m not good enough
lightening strike me down if I’m not good enough
God can strike me down if I’m not good enough…

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released February 27, 2024

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Blog: I have not been sleeping…

working hard for your pleasure…

…It’s probably not obvious because I don’t do a lot of Social Media stuff but pretty much everyday for about a year and a half I’ve been quietly tinkering away at a new collection of songs. There are 3 of us on it, that’s me Hana and Paul so it’s much more like you might have heard us at gigs. Honestly parts of it still give me a big emotional punch every time I hear them. I just need to finish the cover and do some technical stuff, but I’ll let you know when it’s sorted because now it’s finally done I can’t wait to let you hear it.

In the mean time me and Paul have been doing occasional gigs, and this month it’s the Streatham Strut on Oct 14th which was a lot of fun last year, I played and stayed for pretty much all of it.

I also recently wrote the Music for a great Digital Works film called ‘Hello Campers!’ If you ever went to a Holiday Camp it’ll bring it all flooding back. Here’s a link to it:

So, I’ll be in touch about the Album Launch and all that. See you soon!

Vincent

Our First Basement Session!

Thanks everyone – it was great to see all your smiling faces and I really felt like we’d created something special. Thanks again to Gabriel Moreno for such a great set; if anyone took any footage it would be great to have it for the Archive, for the moment though just this photo of all of us :

Carol did get some of me Paul and Hana on her phone though so here’s a bit of that.

and here’s Hana’s amazing solo at the end (I think you all know the tune right?)

The Hamlet want us there every week but once a month I think is plenty, looking like the next one will be the beginning of July – I’ll keep you posted – I’m looking to get another fabulous Act down to play a set. would be great to see you all there!

Ps The new Album is also now Available on iTunes/ AppleMusic if you listen that way it’s here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/a-conversation-with-fate/1617715091

Happy Xmas and Thanks For Sticking Around :-)

Just wanted to say thanks for being here through another weird year on planet earth.

I was really happy to get the second Album out and really pleased with the reaction. Thanks to everyone who listened to it, I hope it felt like a gift to you – that’s certainly how it was meant.

Last week I re-worked my Christmas Song so here it is for you with Seasons Greetings – put your feet up!

New Video: ‘all good things will come to me ‘ :-)

Thought I’d let you know about the song and video ‘all good things will come to me.’

Tom Robinson at BBC 6Music played it last week, (thanks Tom!),

…so I thought I’d do a Video to keep it company.

It’s the opening track off the Album so kind of a sneak preview too.

I suppose the song sounds a bit like a mantra, which isn’t really something I do;

maybe the night I wrote it my subconscious was asking if I could make something happen I wasn’t really concentrating it just came out this way, anyhow

at the very least I got this song 🙂

These are the Words:

wanted to stand for something,

something as certain as a

stone

wanted a sure position,

sure as a king upon a

throne

wanted to see direction,

sure as a feather down the

stream,

I wanted to fast and free,

but only do it by degrees,

and everyday the signal shifts…

uh oh,

all good things will come to me

all good things will come to me

all good things will come to me.

wanted to stand for something,

more than a window and a

fly

wanted to be forgotten,

wanted to slip beneath the

tide

wanted a celebration,

wanted to sing forever

more

I wanted to be fleet of foot,

but in a way my feet got stuck,

and everyday the signals change…

uh oh

all good things will come to me

all good things will come to me

all good things will come to me.

Thanks to Pete Flood for the drums!

The footage was taken largely from an animation reel called “Thin Lear – Second Nature” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dNuT…

and to a lesser extent the Film “Double King” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MSF…

with some other bits and pieces all of which was allowed by a Creative Commons Search.

Any how as usual the Video takes it to a slightly different place but I can live with it

– see you soon 🙂 Vince

365 Reasons to be Cheerful #1: ‘Dear Prudence’ by the Beatles

Yes – 365 days worth of  something beautiful or uplifting each day.  Will I keep it up everyday? –  doubtful, I’m going camping in 2 weeks – but 365 of them will happen;  it should be easy I’ve thought of a few already.

Here’s one to kick off:

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‘Dear Prudence’ off the White Album  – I mean I could pick a lot of Beatles songs but this is  my favourites today; kinda  beautiful and lumpy sounding at the same time.  Love the sleepy atmosphere woken up by that heavy bass line, and when the backing vocals come in and don’t stop where they should… there’s a lot to hear in it.

Written in Rishikesh for Mia Farrows sister, Prudence, who Lennon thought was taking the meditation too seriously…  well you already knew that didn’t you pop pickers; but did you know that’s Paul McCartney on drums?

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You can Listen to ‘Dear Prudence’ by clicking on this

if you want to make your own suggestions you are very welcome.