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prismatica2019-10-05 06:52 pm
spah) wrote in prismatica2019-10-05 06:52 pm
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[005 | AUDIO] ain't nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl
Hey y'all.
[There's the sound of shifting and guitar strings lightly strumming on the feed.]
It's a quiet sorta evenin' for me down here on Level 3, and I felt like sharin' a tune I learnt not too long ago. If y'ain't interested, free to change the channel... so to speak. There's a story in this one, 'bout a boy and a girl and a motorcycle. Here goes.
[Engineer takes a short pause - then starts with a crisp, single strum. He then starts into Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.]
[Sean Rowe's version of the song has a lot more energy than the original, but the story's all the same: James and Red Molly meet and bond over his motorcycle, a '52 Vincent Black Lightning. They fall in love, and James warns Red Molly that he's led a live of crime since seventeen. If anything should happen to him, he'll give her his Vincent to ride.
Sadly, that day comes. James is fatally shot in a failed robbery. As he lays dying in a hospital bed, he smiles and gives the keys to his Vincent to a tearful Red Molly.
The story is short and sweet, but told with gusto and sharp, emotional lyrics. Engineer is an average singer, but his low, gravely southern voice adds to his skillful, enthusiastic guitar, especially over lines like "red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme". The guitar itself gets wild and fast between the words, and the merc's fingers pace every time.
The song ends with one last strum down the strings, and Engineer lets it reverberate for a while. Silence passes as the sound fades, and he laughs, nearly impressed with himself.]
Alright for my first net-wide performance.
[There's the sound of shifting and guitar strings lightly strumming on the feed.]
It's a quiet sorta evenin' for me down here on Level 3, and I felt like sharin' a tune I learnt not too long ago. If y'ain't interested, free to change the channel... so to speak. There's a story in this one, 'bout a boy and a girl and a motorcycle. Here goes.
[Engineer takes a short pause - then starts with a crisp, single strum. He then starts into Richard Thompson's 1952 Vincent Black Lightning.]
[Sean Rowe's version of the song has a lot more energy than the original, but the story's all the same: James and Red Molly meet and bond over his motorcycle, a '52 Vincent Black Lightning. They fall in love, and James warns Red Molly that he's led a live of crime since seventeen. If anything should happen to him, he'll give her his Vincent to ride.
Sadly, that day comes. James is fatally shot in a failed robbery. As he lays dying in a hospital bed, he smiles and gives the keys to his Vincent to a tearful Red Molly.
The story is short and sweet, but told with gusto and sharp, emotional lyrics. Engineer is an average singer, but his low, gravely southern voice adds to his skillful, enthusiastic guitar, especially over lines like "red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme". The guitar itself gets wild and fast between the words, and the merc's fingers pace every time.
The song ends with one last strum down the strings, and Engineer lets it reverberate for a while. Silence passes as the sound fades, and he laughs, nearly impressed with himself.]
Alright for my first net-wide performance.