Reavsey

2 Albums now available for download on Amazon "Leysdown Sunday" and "Big Autumn".

Individual tracks also available.

Above will also be available on ITunes and all of the sites listed below shortly.

New web site here www.reavsey.com

If you are interested in obtaining any of the other tracks on here or any of the many albums listed here

http://www.last.fm/music/reavsey1/+albums

Please contact me via the e mail link on the e mail link at the top of the page

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The Songs on here... 

Sleepless Nights and Love Bites

Following hard on the heels of Veranda Propaganda and in fact so close as to be

pushing it out the door "Sleepless Nights and Love Bites" is a collection of songs

I said I would never make, well not so soon after Veranda Propoganda so how they

all came about only heaven knows...they just krept up on me!

On saying that, they are a great collection of songs or I wouldnt have bothered

with them everything from a bit of Teenage nostalgia to a song about Sid Vicious

and as usual there is something for everyone ;o)

1    Mr Clean    4:25
2    Bet and Nancy    5:25
3    Me    5:30
4    Melinda 5:44
5    Old England    4:57
6    Rainham Calling    4:56
7    Pearls To Swine    6:10
8    Underclass    4:26
9    Chips and Gravy    6:09
10  Run    3:50
11  The Girl With The Feather Cut Hair    6:18
12  Who Killed Sid Vicious?    5:56

Veranda Propoganda!

1     Smashing Tony   4:10
2     Just As Long   3:05
3     A Peaceful Night   5:41
4     Big Billy Grins   4:43
5     Room Above A Shop   4:08
6     A Chatham Love Song   6:29
7     Freak   5:06
8     Big Kent Sky   5:28
9     The Day They Buried Mr Bones   6:40
10   Pretty Rose   3:44
11   All The Bright & Shiny Girls   4:14
12   Stand   4:09
13   Veranda Propaganda   6:59
14   Her   5:40
15   Between A House And A Home   2:34

Escape From Peckham

As usual the songs are about real life experiences/observations I was either involved with or personally witnessed. In saying that, I was never ever part of the Vichy goverment...Honest!!!

The album was called "Escape From Peckham" after the track of the same name.

From the complicated situation of Vichy France to the mini screenplay of "Escape From Peckham" there is of course something for everyone as usual.

1 Casino Boche 5:18
2 A Killer In A Small Town 6:54
3 Dehydration 5:14
4 Kenneth What For? 4:35
5 Sticklebacks 4:02
6 The Bootboy 5:13
7 Your Monster Appeal 4:51
8 Alice 6:02
9 Escape From Peckham 7:58
10 Costa Criminalia 6:12
11 The Saddest Boy On The North Peckham 4:39
12 The New Way 3:28
13 Rudie Pierre 6:20
 

Leysdown Sunday

 Quite a creative time which came out of nowhere really

2 days to complete 80% writing songs either from scratch or filling in the gaps of ideas and record all...not bad going even for me.

I had about 20 in all from this little session, most were actually from snippets of chorus/lyrics collected over about 2 months and stored on the old dictaphone some only 2 lines or even a title to full chorus plus the tune!

Pleased with this one as there are some strong songs on here particularly Leysdown Sunday which I am very happy with along with Maid Of Margate. I had a particular lyric in mind that could evoke an "Atmosphere" for both which I have achieved, Mixed with a bit of nostalgia from personal experiences so not sure if that translates for others?...Leysdown Sunday is a personal message...my own nostalgia mixed with my current feelings not living far from there nowdays...turn off and tune out, the amusement arcade is the British equivalent of the Japanese Pachinko LOL

I am very pleased with the results myself and it was hard to get it down to 15 tracks as I always limit myself to an 80 min CD in length.

Some good observation stuff on here which includes personal experience whether it was that of myself or others.

How do you really sum up a Saturday night out in the UK maybe and the people we are or meet on the local scene stoned out of your head or at some exotic west end dive...sort of impossible to sum up the feeling but that was what "Ginger Reeves" attempted to do.(With a tongue in cheek tribute to Bowie)...

"Living my Death Series End"...Came just from that...the chorus (as you will hear) was all I had, but it lent itself well with a topic I have covered over and over again over the years, that of the fading old thespian who is "No longer required"
and how past glories have faded and the once "Important Celebrity" is now cast aside by the Biz...

"Lewisham" is a true story. As a youth, local gangs used to fight with other groups in their own areas and on occasions would get together for an almighty battle when something very bad had happened to one of their number outside of their "home area" and retribution was deemed necessary.

"A Guest on Jeremy Kyle" is an indictment of the sneering git himself and his hapless (and probably toothless) guests who can obviously be bought for the price of a cheap hotel bed, a bottle of beer and a packet of fags...for that they will say whatever the "golden boy with the skyscraper ego" sets them up for.

Cheap show for cheap people = cheap entertainment?

"Leviathan" look that one up LOL and "Gentleman Sweet Lips"

Its basically about the lothario type, a larger than life sort of bloke who charms the pants of women with his good looks and chat always taking advantage of a situation for his own benefit. Takes the woman in and then usually takes all she has...when it comes on top he is already off and away to the next one..."When the goings gone, Leviathan" (He will eat you alive etc)

Some fluffy stuff on here as well even...like every gullible young man, my heart was broken by some pretty young bitch with doe like eyes and a cuteness that could melt the soul..she in fact usually morphs into the sperm of the devil and plots to destroy you while you are to blinded by emotions to see it, that is of course until its to late ... LOL...

but of course all these years on, I am not at all bitter about it and have forgiven her unconditionally ;o)

It was certainly intense ... I much prefered a kiss on the lips to a punch around the head though...the line between love and intense hatred is of course very thin.

That was "The Girl In The Coney Coat"...that was

1 Leysdown Sunday 6:12
2 Leviathan 3:14
3 Media Whore 6:11
4 In a Moment 4:33
5 Showdown 4:18
6 Maid of Margate 7:48
7 Summer Sun Toupe 4:13
8 Ginger Reeves 5:05
9 The Girl in the Coney Coat 8:34
10 Gentleman Sweet Lips 4:15
11 Living my Death Series End 3:38
12 Lewisham 4:01
13 A Guest on Jeremy Kyle 4:49
14 Splitting in Two 3:16
15 The Tramps of Camberwell 7:20

 

Big Autumn

A Mixed bag interesting though I think from the old world charms of Frances De La Tour (Miss Jones) to the Modern

hero that is Wayne Rooney (Ball Boy), as usual, something for everyone!

There is some serious stuff with "The Enemy Within" and"Witness" And of course some semi serious stuff, in songs like

"Morphine Days" and "The Medway Line".Easy listening mixed with some harder sounds.

So with tongue firmly in cheek the quest for the perfect song continues.

1 1973    3:38
2 Arthur New Wave   5:07
3 Ball Boy   6:53
4 Eating Bhuna For Brocklesham 4:55
5 Whose Laughing Now?  4:06
6 Cheeky    6:42
7 Morphine Days   6:48
8 Big Autumn   6:12
9 The New Wave   5:47
10 Oh Grace   5:02
11 Miss Jones   7:24
12 The Enemy Within  6:07
13 Witness    4:08
14 The Medway Line   5:01
   

Neon Soul and the Soho Slider

These are a very snappy set of songs quite poppy and happyish IMHO although the subject matter can be a bit dark LOL but

thats not unusual some of the songs are based on Soho and the west End of London and some of the people who have frequented it in years gone by. Although not all of the songs are.

I have always had an affinity with the West End of London having spend time in my cot in the dressing rooms of the Windmill

theatre as a baby being looked after by  "The Dancers" (lol) to spending time in the many theatres there as a child...and before anyone jumps to conclusions my mother worked in an organizational capacity at many west end theatres so as a child I had to go with her when no one was home to look after me...Also in my younger days I was always at a club somewhere in the west end and also in punk times Soho, Wardour Street, Oxford Street, Piccadilly, Covent garden and the surrounding areas.

I still visit the area if infrequently these days...I have seen many changes in the area and come accross some amazing characters in my times there. I still get a buzz when around that area.

This one followed hot on the heels of "The Darker Side Of Me" so a partiularly productive time I feel for me.

1 Neon Soul (and the Soho Slider) 4:51
2 Paper Cut 2:55
3 Lothario 4:18
4 Maurice and George 4:39
5 Suburban Kids On Speed 4:06
6 Oh Yer Lovely 4:39
7 My World 4:12
8 Pop Kids In Love 6:27
9 Love Terrorist 5:19
10 Body and Soul 3:56
11 The Boy From Bristol 4:48
12 Soho Boys and the Baker Girls 5:15
13 Cruel 4:46
14 The Slider 6:20
15 Lebanese Cedar 6:21
16 The Darker Side Of Me 6:13
 

 The Darker Side Of Me

 Due to lack of space on reverb "Ballads For Modern Life" Can be heard here

www.last.fm/music/reavsey1/The+Darker+Side+Of+Me

"The Darker Side Of Me" was composed as a loose story

The Album order is as it appears on Reverb.

Its about the darkest moments and rising phoenix like from the ashes of depression.

There are some nice little stories in the songs and as always, I aim to write songs that

are short stories or could form the basis for full length projects.

The concept of "The Yellow Dog" represents evil and depression and that is a theme that

runs through the album. The dogs just waiting to get you when you let your guard

down...fuelling the paranoia.

An interesting one...dark versus light...sanity versus the insane...evil versus good...the

usual stuff!

1 Smile!    4:12
2 Who Killed Carver  3:38
3 Butterfly Boy   5:08
4 The Wolf   6:46
5 Make The Senses Stop (Dead) 2:52
6 Tonight!   4:37
7 Devastation Highway  5:53
8 Only The Tortured Know  4:20
9 Sebastian (Lonley Xmas)  4:10
10 Puppet King   3:45
11 Supermarket Soul  3:27
12 Its A Dogs Life!  6:09
13 Stop It    5:33
14 Good Intentions   5:54
15 My Name Is Steve  3:16
16 Yellow Dog Blues  7:26

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Due to lack of space on reverb "Ballads For Modern Life" Can be heard here

http://www.last.fm/music/reavsey1/Ballads+For+Modern+Life

 "Ballads For Modern LIfe"

This is a good album IMHO. Certainly one of my best if not the best...

I had to leave about 6 tracks off it to fit an audio CD but will probably add them anyway to the Internet sites.

Give this one a listen if you dont bother with anything else I have done.

1 Oppertunity Rocks 5:34
2 As London Swings 3:52
3 Where Theres A Song In My Heart 6:46
4 The King Of Peckham 8:14
5 The Girl With The Pin Cusion Arm 5:49
6 We Wasted Men 5:54
7 Toytown (EDIT) 4:50
8 Johnny Come Lately 3:54
9 Respectability 4:34
10 The Ballad Of Modern Life 6:33
11 Madam Geneva 3:59
12 Bikini Kill Basement 3:57
13 My Breeze Block Jerusalem 6:54
14 The Ego 6:02
15 If You Go To America 2:39

 Victor & Victoria Can now can be found here....Due to lack of space on Reverb!

http://www.last.fm/music/reavsey1/Victor%2B%2526%2BVictoria

Victor & Victoria

 

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Influences

Pre Station to Station Bowie, TRex, The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, The New York Dolls, Circa 76/77 Punk, Pistols, Clash.Adverts, ATV, The Jam etc etc. Smiths/Morrisey Mott The Hoople, Lloyd Cole,Psychadelic Furs, These Animal Men, Belle and Sebastian, The Hold Steady, Okkervil River, The New Pornographers

and many many more!

Bands I Like and have liked

Idlewild, Pavement, Guided By Voices, The Pixies,The Sweet, Slade,Sparks , Rancid, The Who, The Magnetic Fields, Daniel Johnson , Alice Cooper (Earlier Stuff), Billy Bragg, Heavy Metal Kids, Echobelly. Suede, Sugar, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Roxy Music

I must add bands I currently like

The Singing Loins, Death Cab For Cutie, Wolf Parade, The Hold Steady, New Pornographers, Okkervil River, The Shins

Shearwater, The Destroyer, Of Montreal, , The Long Blondes, The Decemberists, The Awkward Stage, Clap your hands and say Yeah, Saturday Looks good to me, The Mountain Goats, My Morning Jacket, Patrick Wolf, Beirut, Cold War Kids, Beaulah, Big Star, Bishop Allen, Calexico, Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, Wilco, Camera Obscura, Cloud Cult, Great Lake Swimmers, Stars, Voxtrot, Robyn Hitchcock, The Thermals, The Preston School of Industry etc etc.