Category Archives: bjdsongs 2023

Song Week 2023 #47 This is a song which I wrote and quickly recorded in 2020. It was written about failed political leadership and the endless drift to conflict. Lessons unlearned from history. As we have still not learned the lesson, the song becomes very relevant again in 2023. I have remixed and mastered it, adding an improved string arrangement.

Song Week 2023 #46 This is the confession of a stalker, who used his obsession with a female celebrity to watch her life in intimate detail, selling on her secrets to the tabloid press and celebrity magazines. In his defence he says that his motivation was rooted in his desire to live her lifestyle. “I just wanted to be like you”.

Song Week 2023 #45 A warning for the age of the great divides.

Song Week 2023 #44 A simple short song, in which a parent talks to their child about the imminent death of their own parent (Grandma).

Song Week 2023 #42: Song a Week composition that is about this week. Replace ‘amplify’ with ‘escalate’ and it all makes sense. This is just a way of processing horror but I have not got beyond despair.

Song Week 2023 #42: Song a Week composition that is about this week. Replace ‘amplify’ with ‘escalate’ and it all makes sense. This is just a way of processing horror but I have not got beyond despair.

Song Week 2023 #41: Few words to describe this one. I had the idea of fireflies being fitted with afterburners. Hence their tails glowing like jet engines. Rock instrumental.

Song a Week 2023 – Week 10 We were challenged to write a song with the prompt “Oh no! It’s the Plantagenets”. So here is a history song. It’s a bit long but it is a full appraisal of the kings from Henry II to Richard II. A horrible history of the Plantagenets. I tried some orchestration on this one. Never trust a king…………

Song a Week 2023 – Week 9 :Having written a song a week for 100 weeks I am resting up this week and delivering a cover version of Little Lore’s song The Space Between Us. I have re-imagined it as a pop song. Tricia submitted this to SaW on Feb 5th.

Song a Week 2023 – Week 8 :100 Songs in 100 Weeks – NUMBER 100! In the early 1960s the BBC had a monopoly on radio broadcasting in the UK mainland. In order to meet demand for continuous pop music pirate radio stations were operated from ships in the North Sea. One of these was Radio Caroline.