Merry Christmas and a Happy Old Year. A reach way back into the vaults for this one . The first Abraham Cloud song pressed to Vinyl, "Cheap Fun." Way back when he was known as Bill and roamed the Seedy Streets of Point Loma California desperately trying to join bands. This was in the days of Talking Heads and Joe Jackson . This project was put together by famous San Diego Celebrity Jimmy True who was known for releasing records for local punk bands on his Radioactive Records. True put the best of the best in San Diego for this record. He recruited the young Abraham to write a song and Rick Elias to produce it. Abe was definitely the best up and coming songwriter in town and Rick Elias was already a rock legend . The record features True on Vocals , backed by the Rick Elias band and even featuring amazing artist Stuart Pearson on Shopping Cart. It was a magical session at Hit Single Recording Studios in San Diego and to this day remains a classic summer song. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=351t0Lu4WFo
Abraham Cloud with Johnny G on bass, John Garwood on lead guitar and Johnny Pop on Drums at the release party for "Voyage To Afghanistan." it was definately a wild party and there are all those rumors about what and who can be heard in the background.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHUjx9kzFE
"Falling In Love with Myself" by Abraham Cloud live at Ghengis Cohen in Los Angles. Two acoustics blasting away into the Los Angeles night. Abraham Cloud singing with Rory Stalwick on lead acoustic. Caught on film by local filmaker Randy Morgan. This was back when LA was rocking.
Feast on the wild lyrics of "Falling In Love With Myself."
Falling In Love With Myself
I wiped a tear from your eye
Tasted like day old french fry
Salty and processed
but once you got undressed
I tasted your tears everyday
Summer is coming again
Time to find some summer friend
They stand in public
and show lots of skin
but you're never quite sure where they've been
I'm Falling In Love With Myself
I'm making my living standing motionless
Next to the Ocean
And Falling In Love With Myself
Some say that time heals all wounds
Still I've been bleeding since June
Just like a car wrek
I crashed into your sex
got me so shook I can't move
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wgKX5iYSeM
There is a feeling in a club or a bar when you have the perfect buzz and just the right song is on and you are surrounded by people you want to be with. It is that feeling of being in the Right Place. Success has often been described as being at the right time in the rignt place. That perfect combination when time and space conspire to bring you to a perfect moment.
This song takes a more sisnster view of the right place . Almost like a ritual that you are lured to , thinking that it will be the RIGHT PLACE, when actually it is the right place for the decadent entertainment to claim another soul, for circus to claim another freak, for the devil to claim another convert. Like all of consumerisim , all the glitz and glamour and money and fame is all to enslave. All to steal the freedom that naturally belongs to everyone . Freedom is the dirt and the wind and the forest and yet we crave the Bar the Booze and the debauchery .
You're in the right place
You're in the right place
if you like
the right place
There is a man
who will stand on this stage
in about an hour
and you will never forget
He's been through a lot
and he's gotta get off
so he's gonna light his soul
on fire
and burn it here
right in front of you
IF YOU LIKE TO SEE
THIS KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
JUST TAKE ANOTHER BAIT
There is a girl
who used to come around
she'd sit high up in the rafters
looking down
She wanted to be the one
that everybody loved
She gave up her home and then
came out west
lookng for love
IF YOU LIKE TO SEE
THIS KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
JUST TAKE ANOTHER BAIT
you're in the right place
no one can stop you
no one will care
a lock on the door
a cold lizard stare
it only took a minute
for it to swallow it whole
IF YOU LIKE TO SEE
THIS KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
JUST TAKE ANOTHER BAIT
you're in the right place
to start your life
you're in the right place
you're in the right place
They lay in the Sunshine
Talking their trash
Eating the best food
They're never coming back
They got it made
They got it made
They got it made
in the right place
IF YOU LIKE TO SEE
THIS KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT
YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
JUST TAKE ANOTHER BAIT
You're in the right place
You're in the right place.
The video was made with images generated by Dalle-2 AI.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O0xCHz7WJs
as anyone ever told you a story that actually gave you shivers? I met a woman once in Hollywood who told me she had been abducted by aliens repeatedly when she was growing up in Ohio. I had met a lot of crazy people in Hollywood, so I kind of didn't believe her that much. I was shaken up by the possibilities though. Especially when she talked about how powerless she felt against them. They could prod and poke her at will. She would scream, " Stop" and "Leave me alone." But no words would come out. She felt separated completely from her identity and said here real life seemed like a dream. Her real terror was that she would lose memories of her life during these bizarre kidnappings. I tried to write a song about what she told me. I was struck especially when she decided to leave Ohio forever by taking her bags out of a friends car and just re-starting her life in California. ( Throw your baggage from the car, Start again right where you are.) It wasn't til years later after seeing hundreds of similar alien abduction reports that I realized she was quite possibly telling the truth.
Pieces of a Dream
In the middle of the day
In the middle of the street
In the middle of a vivid daydream
She knew what it means
And she started to scream,
"You can't have it"
All I own is pieces of a dream
And I'm gonna live it 'til the last day
Never looking back to see what's gone
On the last row of the bus
On the last page of the book
Inscribed in pencil we read
"Nothing will last"
And the man in the hat
Says that revolution is a personal thing
All we are is pieces of a dream
But I'm gonna live it
Like the last one
Never looking back to see what's gone
Throw your baggage from the car
Start again right where you are.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMioF-wk3vc
Always thought this song should be softer. As much as I loved our live version of the song it was a real pleasure to re-do it as a soft ballad.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FiadNjlAIc
Somebody told me once they cry whenever they hear this song. Taken off of the CD "Children of the Milkman," it pretty much tells the tale of the grieving. The loss of a parent or any significant loved one is hard to describe. Sounds a bit like Neil Young and the Black Crowes
I went down to the big parade,
To see if I could find some fun.
Marching bands with steel batons
Shining in the setting sun,
But there was nothing in the eyes
of the people passing by,
There was nothing there but me
and the Tragedy of Mary.
I went down to the shopping mall
But I knew I wouldn't buy a thing,
Just walk around with my head held down
Tryin' to feel a part of something.
There's nowhere in the world like you.
And I really wish I could see you again.
I'd tell you how I love you so,
And I'd ask you to please forgive me,
for selfishly, thinking only of me,
when I had a chance to see you.
The sadness in your eyes,
Every time I went away,
And where in the hell was I goin' anyway?.
There's nowhere in the world like you.
And I really wish I could see you once again
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmM1skDP6io
Walk through of the Red Carpet area during rehersals for the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. See the preparation process and what goes on Behind The Palace Walls.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js4qCVGD8eA
An older song of mine I re-did. Originally a flowing angst ridden acoustic poem , I re-cast it as a bastard child of Depeche Mode and Talking Heads.
I wanted to highlight the angst and imposibility of the romantic vision, "I'm nothing until you're with me," It has convinced me that I have to play more bass. The bass suits my personality and body type perfectly. In fact , I may have discovered the true meaning of this song. I'm nothing until THE BASS is with me. I was never meant for guitar ......BASS is what's missing in my life.
The video is almost all Dalle-2 created images. Once again I am in awe of the power of AI.
Until You're With Me
You dress in red
and repeat what's been said
and the words fall like fences
protecting the dead
I wear my rhyme
like the cruelest of crimes
and I write what I wish I was feeling instead
so time is our friend
let's us know where we've been
but we never begin til we know it will end
and we ...
cry out in anger
or cry out in joy
these feelings we try to avoid
my tears made my stronger
this song sets me free
Im nothing until you're with me....
here in the light
between earth and the sky
we pretend to be right
and save love for the night
take what you want
hold it close make it last
beat a path I can follow cause I'm lost again
and we ...
cry out in anger
or cry out in joy
these feelings we try to avoid
my tears made my stronger
this song sets me free
Im nothing until you're with me....
how do you know what you want
do you know what you need
all i know is I don't have a thing
until you're with me.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_aXcyKMxo