{"id":74,"date":"2016-02-06T21:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-06T21:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=74"},"modified":"2016-02-22T20:52:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T20:52:50","slug":"can-i-just-explain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"can I just explain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">can I just explain?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Such a natural macrocosm of real life in a 3 minute pop song. Totally won me over with its unforced charm and restraint..&#8217;\u00a0M.J.Bennet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>thanks!<\/p>\n<p>it&#8217;s brutal, but with jokes&#8230;<br \/>\nthe idea is to catch something of the truth about what people say when things break up, not how it is in songs.<\/p>\n<p>music:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F245734777&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=604&#038;maxheight=906\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>the film is all from old super 8 footage of weddings &#8211; it took ages &#8211; but I think it really works. \u00a0Throwing \u00a0rice looks appropriately\u00a0violent slowed down, \u00a0and look out for \u00a0apples of temptation over the wedding car at the end&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-tGcx9Z5tU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>can I just explain?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to fight<br \/>\ni don&#8217;t want to do this tonight<br \/>\nit was just a fling<br \/>\nno it didn&#8217;t mean anything<\/p>\n<p>you were acting like a stranger<br \/>\nturning your back in the dark<br \/>\nnow this marriage is in danger<br \/>\ntell me we&#8217;re not falling apart<\/p>\n<p>I was working late<br \/>\nI had those appointments to make<br \/>\nshe let down her hair<br \/>\nI could feel the thrill in the air<\/p>\n<p>you were acting like a stranger<br \/>\nI was alone in the dark<br \/>\nnow this marriage is in danger<br \/>\ntell me we&#8217;re not falling apart<\/p>\n<p>would you like some tea?<br \/>\nwould you like to throw it at me?<br \/>\ndo you feel the same?<br \/>\nmaybe I won&#8217;t do it again<\/p>\n<p>you were acting like a stranger<br \/>\nturning your back in the dark<br \/>\nnow this marriage is in danger<br \/>\ntell me we&#8217;re not falling apart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>can I just explain? &#8216;Such a natural macrocosm of real life in a 3 minute pop song. Totally won me over with its unforced charm and restraint..&#8217;\u00a0M.J.Bennet thanks! it&#8217;s brutal, but with jokes&#8230; the idea is to catch something of the truth about what people say when things break up, not how it is in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=74\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">can I just explain?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,12,14,13,8,10,11,9],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":312,"url":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=312","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":0},"title":"track 4: can I just explain?","author":"admin","date":"April 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"nice photo hu? (thanks Jonathan) After the optimism of the previous 'wedding' song comes this, a marriage gone\u00a0sour. It's not my most popular, but it is one of my best - \u00a0both the lyric and the melody hit the spot for me and Late Junction on Radio 3 played it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"6music\"","block_context":{"text":"6music","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?tag=6music"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Vince_CD_book_HIGH-5.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":96,"url":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=96","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":1},"title":"Another Win!","author":"admin","date":"February 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Late Junction (Radio 3) played me again on Thursday! 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That's 4 different songs Max Reinhardt\u00a0has played of mine now so over the moon really - although shouldn't I be rolling in money by now? \"vincent burke South Londons\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"radio","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Catherine_Deneuve_1968-240x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":128,"url":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=128","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":2},"title":"100 of my favourite songs: Simon Smith and his Amazing Dancing Bear","author":"admin","date":"May 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The problem with irony is nobody gets it; they get it in conversation, on TV,\u00a0 but not in songs. \u00a0 I know this from personal experience - there's something about singing which everyone\u00a0believes is personal, autobiographical and that can be great, but it's\u00a0not always what is happening, it can be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;100 of my favourite songs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"100 of my favourite songs","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?cat=27"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/27a929898ff530cb8afdb8d4872aa487-2-232x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":430,"url":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=430","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":3},"title":"Call your Mother!","author":"admin","date":"March 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Something's coming? \u00a0 Something's here! 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Hanging on to some of your playfulness and being fascinated by small things, like a child in a sandpit. In fact don't\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;365 Reasons to be Cheerful&quot;","block_context":{"text":"365 Reasons to be Cheerful","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?cat=155"},"img":{"alt_text":"1280px-Paul_Klee,_Swiss_-_Fish_Magic_-_Google_Art_Project","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1280px-Paul_Klee_Swiss_-_Fish_Magic_-_Google_Art_Project-300x236.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1280px-Paul_Klee_Swiss_-_Fish_Magic_-_Google_Art_Project-300x236.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1280px-Paul_Klee_Swiss_-_Fish_Magic_-_Google_Art_Project-300x236.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1280px-Paul_Klee_Swiss_-_Fish_Magic_-_Google_Art_Project-300x236.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":351,"url":"https:\/\/www.vincentburke.co.uk\/?p=351","url_meta":{"origin":74,"position":5},"title":"I&#8217;m not supposed to talk to you","author":"admin","date":"March 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"in a break from banging on about the album: here's a thing I just wrote and recorded, and then did a video for singing at the computer \u00a0nice and quick (like it should be). \u00a0Actually there's a lot you can do with a mac and one Halloween mask. 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