Blood and Oil

ronnielong

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Sat down one mornin' at my Keyboard...(which I aint very good at by the way) and started to play a somber tune... dark, or in the "minor" if you will...

This is for all the Fathers and Mothers... Brothers and Sisters... the poor and the innocent... who have died and continue to die because of George W. Bush and his war with Iraq.

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Lyrics

Forgive me father...for I have sinned...I just want to go home.... only a child...fight in the name of "freedom"...

Song Stats

Hits: 1741
Comments: 19
Fans: 7
Plays: 296
Downloads: 135
Votes: 14
Uploaded: Nov 01, 2005 - 10:43:31 AM
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2005 - 10:35:11 AM Last Played: Nov 01, 2009 - 03:18:39 PM

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Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

iBook G4, M-Audio Keystation 49e, Cable up mic...

Software:

GarageBand.

Comments

chakeres	chakeres said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	Powerful Powerful stuff here ronnie, you cut right to the bone with this one. And you state the case in the simplest most dynamic way. I'm with you.-JAC Check out my latest song called Steady

_nderscore	_nderscore said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	making me hurt sad & true, without being hurtful or 'political'. nice work, J cheers to the _nlucky ones Check out my latest song called glyd

	said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	BLOODY Moving my fickled fingered friend! That was a deep tune! LOved the piano parts and the voice! I felt like I was there with those cats fighting this ridiculous war for this fuckin idiot! I just can't believe what a state America is in right now? It's sad!

thoddi	thoddi said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	Great work This is indeed touching ronnie. You did good choices when arranging this piece, and created a mood very suited to the theme of the song. Amen Check out my latest song called Don't tell me what I can't w/KTB and Ingve

Einarus	Einarus said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	wow Moving stuff. Very dark, indeed... Excellent work Check out my latest song called Running Scared (w/ Ziti)

elfdaughter	elfdaughter said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	Wow. Totally blown away. Very dark, very powerful. Check out my latest song called Carol of the Bells 2009

Jim Bouchard	Jim Bouchard said 1486 days ago (November 1st, 2005)
	Excellent Really well done, superlative! The distortion on the voice makes it sound disembodied, but that somehow seems appropriate. The pacing of the speaking reminded me of the voiceovers in "Apocalypse Now"...and the piano is really well matched to the concept. Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze

	said 1485 days ago (November 2nd, 2005)
	We live in Interesting Times Too interesting. Very well done here and using a musical bed that I didn't expect. I enjoyed the production too - it gets the point across without being distracting.

Sil-VER	Sil-VER said 1485 days ago (November 2nd, 2005)
	Yes!!! ... I agree!! Silver Check out my latest song called Falling (W/I. Spike)

bronco

bronco said 1485 days ago (November 2nd, 2005)

Good Work
Nice sentiment. The war is forgotten but not gone. It has become just
like Viet Nam just part of the daily news that everyone now takes for
granted! The "shock and disgust" light show has now dimmed as the
grim reality that war always is has begun to shine through the vast
obstacle of major news media propoganda and the innocent/ignorant
minds of the majority. Let's bring all the troops home from everywhere
and spend all of those billions on alternative energy, cleaning up the
environment and taking care of our people. Seems like a small thing to
ask as it benefits everyone but the 5% who own 95% of the wealth in
this country.

Check out my latest song called Strange Feeling

	said 1021 days ago (February 10th, 2007)
	Rich ? I believe they are 3 % - who own 95% of the wealth in the world : ( I'm not exact but..... Mikro & Makro Kosmos aways the same MUSIC UNITES!

obbster	obbster said 1484 days ago (November 3rd, 2005)
	Great Track Knock out stuff. Very moody and and well constructed. Fantastic. Check out my latest song called Legend

CIPHER

CIPHER said 1484 days ago (November 3rd, 2005)

Very powerful
I like how simple this is. There's nowhere in this song for anything to
hide. It is stark and very sad. I thought that if you doubled your voice with
an actual child's voice during that lyric it might have been cool.

This song is soundtrack worthy.

By the way, the intro sample of the machine guns, helicopter and man
shouting sound a lot like the opener of "One" by Metallica. I thought I
even heard Hetfield barking "move, move, move".

Did I hear right or is this another sample?

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Paul_T

Paul_T said 1484 days ago (November 3rd, 2005)

Wicked.
Ronnie:

You don't have to be good at an instrument to coax the magic out of it.
This is one gripping, well paced track. I'd hate to hear what it would
sound like if you were actually "good" at the piano. Awesome processing
on the voices. I thought the track was over then Bushie came back in like
a recurring nightmare. Whew. I might not sleep tonight.

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FEEL	FEEL said 1483 days ago (November 4th, 2005)
	A great tribute for the people who had to sacrifice so much for someone else's gain. Check out my latest song called Pigs Fly

aclarke	aclarke said 1482 days ago (November 5th, 2005)
	Not the run of the mill RL tune. But man- this is really, really good. The simple piano line adds to the drama of the spoken word. Excellent work... let's bring the troops home soon. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

	mdurrie said 1480 days ago (November 7th, 2005)
	Dramatic Very powerful and moving. Excellent sonic palette -- muted yet really seething with emotion. Exactly right. Perfect. Great. Check out my latest song called Self-Obsessed - by Common Loon

	Matho_Valens said 1451 days ago (December 6th, 2005)
	Metallica rocks Hearing the opening battle sounds...It instinctively got me singing the opening notes of One lol. Nice track, though. Definitely a sad vibe to it, and nice touch at the end with Bush's voice: very creepy and evil-sounding. Check out my latest song called Get Well Soon

saymme	saymme said 554 days ago (May 21st, 2008)
	. ..great hearing it again!!!!!!!!!! 10sss

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