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Down and out
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Submitted on: Aug 01, 2007 - 03:34:27 PM
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Keywords catch (4), analogapalooza (11)

Description Last of my 'analogapalooza' uploads! Yay!! Bit 'welcome to the
jungle' and 'charlatans' this one - enjoy :o)

Another 'Catch' era one, recorded at the BBC Scotland studio 2 (24-track) later in 1992. This time
the only one I wrote that we recorded.

Alastair: lead/backing vocals
Graham S: keys, sequencing, backing vocals.
Pavla: backing vocals
Edwina: sax
Iain McD: drums
Graham K: bass, recording, mixing
Alan (apb): guitars, composition, lyrics, arrangement.

© 1992 Alan Brady & Catch, used by permission.

Lyrics When your down and out,
Feeling low,
You can pick me up and let me go.
An' if things ain't right,
I'll feel it too
You can pick me up,
An' I will show you through.

Say you want me,
Say you need me,
Say you'll see me,
Again ...

Move a little closer to me .. yeah
Share your insecurity ... yeah
Move a little closer to me ... yeah
Share your insecurity .. yeah

Nothin' serious,
Just good clean fun,
So that when you fall out with me,
It won't hurt noone.

I want you,
But you don't need me now,
Saw through you,
A window for deceit,
Smashed glass - a memory to keep.
I want you,
But you don't need me now.

When your down and out,
Feeling low,
You can pick me up and let me go.
An' if things ain't right,
I'll feel it too
You can pick me up,
An' I will pull you through.

Say you want me,
Say you need me,
Say you'll see me,
Again ...

© 1992 Alan Brady

Hardware 24 track reel-2-reel and studio
bands gear ..
J.Player guitar, VOX AC120 amp, BOSS ME-5 FX, Cry Baby Wah. (though the
Wah's on this are studio FX).

Software: GB v3 used to record from cassette

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	steck said 477 days ago
	Well fished from da Vault - classic Did we ever perform this one live? I can't remember, I was only 12 at the time.......... Steck

apb said 477 days ago

Live?
.. nope. Never live .. I found a cassette case for the
live @ "Blackfriars" pub gig in Glasgow (8.8.92), with the
track listing - sadly no tape as yet :o( .. we did a cover of
"majesty of rock" still then and I recall ealier doing the Scotsport theme tune at an earlier gig under the pseudo "The By-kicks" though :o).. I sang lead live for the first time ever back then doing the cover of the Small Faces "Tin Soldier" .. murdered it hahahha. I remember my amp used to
overheat .. so I had a dedicated fan on it .. and you had
to compete with the espresso machine at the end of the bar
in between songs at that gig. "noone order any more coffee!"
lol.

steck said 476 days ago

Live?
Didn't think so.

Ah yes, "Majesty of Rock" cover was a real hoot.

We certainly must have confused some audiences by doing a cover version of the Scotsport themetune hahaha

On the overheating front, you will of course recall my overheating Ensoniq ESP sampler which used to crash a lot :-(

"espresso machine at the end of the bar" oh yeah, I can clearly recall that issue that ruined some of our quiter track - damn those pesky expresso drinkers

	bud said 477 days ago
	It's great hearing all this music from the vault - guess I shouldn't be surprised by the depth of some catalogs - but this is really cool. Hot cryin' guitar - crazy changes in this one - neat arrangement.

	Feter said 476 days ago
	Down and out what a cool Guitar ...one of the songs that i believe represent the rise of Rock in the 90s after long time of computerized plastic songs .. this is a great rockin my friend !! thnx forsharing ..!

	J.A.Stewart said 474 days ago
	Nice guitar work Interesting composition, Alan. Lots of textures, time and mood changes and some very nice guitar work. Bands make the musical creation process so much easier. If only they would agree to sign up for the frontal lobotomies to avoid the unfortunate differences of artistic opinion that often seem to arise. LOL --- Joe

apb said 461 days ago

Thanks Joe
.. I'm glad I found this one .. it's one of the few examples of a tune I wrote with time changes in it .. just happened that way .. it was great to play in a band that had the competence to play 'with' those changes .. which very much is used to reflect mood change of the lyrics .. creating an almost medoly effect .. which I always thought was interesting to use in a song, not just as 'an example' of different songs .. but to get across different mood changes within the same subject/context etc.

I agree with you on the bands - I ended up leaving to get
a steady job.. and moved to England .. that was why I left this band... we never had any disputes really I recall.

	composerclark said 473 days ago
	Up! This is infused with an 'up' feeling... I'm boppin' along as I listen... I love the mood changes, it almost sounds like a medley! Great stuff!

	echoroom said 472 days ago
	Cool blues Wow Alan, this is great ... wonderful mix, and a real cool feel to this. Amazing to think you have this lying in your vaults ... you should make it open to the public! Great stuff Steve

	estellie said 464 days ago
	nice smooth saxophone player. Very talented. sounds like you had a great thing going with this band.

	Bad Smells said 433 days ago
	It's alright for some! just poppin into bbc scotland to record a few tracks...lucky bu....s! This sounds great. Funking off in places and the sax is sweet. enjoyed.

	davisamerica said 344 days ago
	right then alan this why you rock...such wonderful experience...wow!

	Heightened said 327 days ago
	This is a solid rock piece! very enjoyable.

	sloparts said 203 days ago
	Ooh yeah, I like this one Very well done lads and a killer song to boot. Love the lyrics and the arrangement. This is a very cool track my friend, thanks for sharing it with us. Be well and stay that way. Ed

	apb said 475 days ago
	Thanks bud .. crazy changes are a bit of a thing I seemed to specialize in my earlier pieces .. Real world I wrote prior to this time-wise .. never did it with this band or even presented it to them but you can hear the wild changes aspect of my arranging/composing in that one too. I think I've mellowed somewhat now .. ;o)

	apb said 474 days ago
	Thanks Feter .. it was that rise (starting in the late 80's) from bands like Guns & Roses, L.A.Guns, Faster Pussycat that paved the way for the grunge scene. Different elements of some genres come back round like fashion and if different enough are seen as a new era or genre. As a guitarist, I was glad about this return .. a welcome shift from the earlier 80s synth pop dominance.

	apb said 433 days ago
	LOL .. yup, we were indeed jammy btds - we saw the Scotsport studio and I saw Rab C 'Gregor Fisher' coming to work .. You might be interested to know steck uploaded an improved quality/touched up version of this one, here Thanks for stopping by.

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