Caroline, Plato and the news

Look. It's really late. I MEAN IT! It's 03.07 am in Italy, and I'm probably doin' a lot of noise just ticking the keyboard's keys. Moreover... my head is about to explode! In just a day and a half I recorded the last 3 songs for Plato, but managed only to finish this one...

Caroline Yeah by tinytide

And do you remember the lyrics that I passed to John to turn'em out in a song? Well... HE DID IT! And WHAT A GREAT SONG! So proud of him! It's like Julian Lennon singing a new hit! And the sound of the song is SO clear, not like my usual chaos! The song turned from "Falling Skies" to "Yesterday's News", and you can listen it... HERE!

The Significant Others - Yesterday's News by platosummerstars

Well, this Summer is about to end. I came up with 11 songs, and I feel like it makes sense to gather'em together in an album, just like a diary. It make sense. That's why I think that we'll have two releases instead of one: "Plato's Summer Stars" and the EP "Plato's Summer Sparks".

But - as I was telling you - my head is cracking, and it's really late. So I think I better leave you with the lyrics of "Caroline Yeah", another love song and a direct reply to Brian Wilson :)

Take it a way Wil!

"CAROLINE YEAH"


"Don't ever ever try to change your hair
You're color is just rad
morever you have said it's natural
Oh Caroline yeah
If your should pick a place make sure it's here
Oh Caroline yeah
Make up your bed and make my life a mess

Oh Carline Yeah

WHo took that look away must be insane
But Carol doesn't mind
I guess I'll fall in love each brand new smile
Oh Caroline yeah
If you should pick a heart make sure it's mine this time
Oh Caroline yeah
Make up your mind and make my day tonight

Oh Carline Yeah

But if a chance is meant to be this time
I don't wanna say goodbye"

Name and Shame

Hi there from the hot dark room. Even close in this place London Riot acts easily managed to disrupt into my room through news, reports, but especially by the updates of some friends of mine living in there. Don't know why all this madness managed to catch my attention and hurt my feelings more than worldwide economy breakdown or the fights in Syria and Afghanistan. Maybe because friends were involved, possibly because it's still Europe and as for me it was totally unespected. Having a diary of Summer 2011 would have sounded quite lame ignoring those riots, so here's my song supporting the MET POLICE against London Riots what you can join and help subscibing here (or maybe I should talk in past tense if you're reading this from the future and a) all this madness is just history or b) England doesn't exist anymore and wer've got New Shanghai instead.)

Anyway. Here's the song.

Name and Shame by tinytide

and the lyrics so far...

NAME AND SHAME

"We are watching happening right now, any second counts
I could get updated by a tweet or a shout
Use your power, don't steal and keep calm, bring the police down
Mindless thugs the ones that should have payed by now

Hope that all those bobbies will stay safe tonight
Shoppers even had no insurance.
Families have lost their hopes and place, I'm ashamed
No one moved a finger on those fat beefeaters

Give'em guns, blow'em up
fill this great lack of regard
I don't care, what it's right
I'm just waiting for the cop cars

Name and shame
I can't see your face today
Herd the scums, like rouge cats
and then shipp'em to Afghan
What the Fuck
it's a crime
Bring on water and dum shots
Name and shame
Sign right here for your own safe

Police had a lot of calls today
Did somebody set a page?
Violence won't bring back your home today
All because of all these mindless thugs

Where are all the parents now?
Are they guilty just like us?
Wanna try to see who wears the mask?
You can't hide a face for that long time
Wonder what became of human rights
A shoot in the leg should be enough...


Give'em guns, blow'em up
fill this great lack of regard
I don't care, what it's right
I'm just waiting for cop cars

Name and shame
Name and shame
It's abuse thrown on our face
Useless cunts, stinky rats
will they grow to stab your back
The whole place
goin to Hell
who will save us from ourselves
Name and shame
Name and shame
Bring me water for scum bags

Can't believe what England has become
today
Can't believe what we all have become
these days"


sdsdsd

Green Eyes

Really dark and hot in here. Average Italian august weather. My neck bones still hurt, but I wanted to find the strength ant the time to finish this song. It's called "Green Eyes" and it's dealing with last night Handsome Fur show. They didn't played their most popular hit, but at least I had a real nice surprise in return, meeting a friend I was really pleased to see. Totally unexpected. Too bad she left after she received a phone ring. Whatever... Here we are with music and words.

Green Eyes by tinytide

GREEN EYES
by Tiny Tide

"Waiting for the part where they get confused
Staring at the two shaking their tattoos
They were not as cold as Kubrick
Weren't Aliens not at all
They got busted on the beach chairs
while pretending to make love

And now that they're about to leave the stage
All I have to do is turn away
But a look among the posh crowd
Just a look and you were there
Wasn't ready to your sweet smile
Only inches far from mine

Green Eyes
Green Eyes
You caught me by surprise
Green Eyes

Green Eyes
Green Eyes
I hope you won't mind
My love is blind


And soon we walked away from those strob lights
because of all that noise we did talk high
Throwing lines and burning bridges
timing dreams with alarm clocks
As your mobile started bleeping
I was trying hard to see again your eyes

Green Eyes
Green Eyes
You caught me by surprise
Green Eyes

Green Eyes
Green Eyes
Got water in your bag
My love is dry

Green Eyes"

Hash Piper

Today has been a bad day. I spent so many energies on writing and recording the new song in just one day that my body cracked, and I had a little breakdown. Nevertheless life went on, and I struggler with all the power I had left to carry on my tasks, mainly because I felt the urge to hear my new track on the car stereo :)

This week I had the great honour to be the DJ for the American psych-pop band Puro Instinct. It was a nice night, and Kaplan sisters did a great show. Funniest thing of the experience? The singer obsession with hash, so that I started to call her "Hash Piper" instead of "Piper Kaplan" (of course I didn't miss the chance to play the obvious consequential Weezer song :) )

That's my attempt to write and record a psych-pop song inspired by the two sisters reports on socials. Extra note: I think I'd never made so many pronunciation mistakes in a song. Enjoy.

Hash Piper by tinytide

"HASP PIPER"
Tiny Tide
Loving you it's easy
You're out of your fucking mind
Not just a psy-folk geezer
I am so sad about us
You know that I'm in ruins.
You gotta do what you know it's right
So make me swag I beg you
The only thing I like
'Cause that is that
little brat
I've got the cash so bring me hash
So bring her
Hash Piper

Our last night show was quite weird
with chronic needs and wasted drums
I miss you dude it's pretty rad
but not like when where having fun
Heart broken and quite stoned friends
I'm Hanging with my Hand grenade
I'm warning you, I'm coming there
don't wanna get you unprepared.
And that is that No time to chat
I've got that cash, don't make me upset
So make me
Has Piper

Hello! Hello| Hello!
Don't be shy
Hello! Hello| Hello!
Don't say goodbye"

Mirna Loy

This week Mr. Robert Schneider, from Apples in Stereo, introduced me to Otomata, an application to create random patterns of sound on a grill. I used Otomata to create some random patterns and use it as a start for a new song.

Nothing much interesting happened this week, but I've went out to dinner with Mirna. So I started writing lyrics focusing on that event and the difficulties of having nothing particular to say or not being able to say it because of the persons you can meet in a restaurant.

Do you know a drink called Limoncello? At the end of the dinner (I had pizza, of course!) we waited 25 MINUTES just to have the waiter to come to our table with the drink. We were supposed to get angry, but the restaurant offered us its finest handmade Sangria, forcing us to be nothing but delighted and you to have another search on Wikipedia :)

Mirna Loy by tinytide

Here's the lyrics:

You and I

You and I

again

and again

and again

and again

You and I

just this time

again

town is desert

wouldn't mind

bit of cakes

cherry pies

we're here

for the start

her

Face to face

You devote your life to act

minor roles as silent vamp

your career improved a lot

on the studio that you bought

Rise the stardom with Ramon

The Barbarian felt the aplomb

Mirna Loy

wants to talk

about life

and the pressure that she's got

while the daily work got tough

what to say?

In first place

Here's an enemy of mine

sitting ight her by my side

Charlie Chapling will return

just in time to have it done

Top ten Money Making Stars

Double Wedding for your parts

And blue birds from red cross

will be singin for your love

Mirna Loy

I would dance dance dance and play motown

I would dance dance dance and go downtown

you know we pose, play, pause play, pause and then we stop

whil we change our names and roles for Warner Bros

Here comes the lyrics

Don't know if it's because of European Banks Meltdown, but it's really hot here in Italy. Not feeling quite right since yesterday disease, so guess tonight I'll just lay on my bed watching Falling Skies new episode and maybe some old Doctor Who's ones (possibly the 10th Doctor). But first... to hell with braveness! Forget about being shy. Here comes the lyrics...

TINY TIDE - SHOOTING WITH THE WELSH GIRL

We were waiting restless by the rocks
spending the hours singing the song
Though we just pretended nothing more
than being famous was not a joke

Blue Sky over emerald green grass
and Jelly Babies on the landscape

I believed that our act was something more
but I guess I'll never really get to learn
Then I started shaking
shakie shakie, my head!

Shooting with the Welsh Girl
Seeing her body tan red
Shooting with the Welsh Girl
Laughing at the wrong gag

You have stolen much more than my band
Taking my guitar, playing so well
Coming from the fairytale I made
facing the real world going away

I believed we were becoming so much more
As I stepped into the water
And I started shaking
Shakie shakie, my head!

Shooting with the Welsh Girl
Seeing her body tan red
Shooting with the Welsh Girl
Smiling with a new friend
Laughing at the wrong gag
Meeting with the Welsh Girl
puttin' on the long scarf
Cheeks are looking better
On my sunday Welsh girl

We sat watching our love bleeding out in silence

*** *** ***

TINY TIDE - SHOE'S GOT A HOLD ON ME

Meeting her sweet face it was all I ever wanted
since a week already passed but I'm running out of chances
and she's sparkling little sparks when she steps out of her motorcar
and I raise my double fingers to give the girl the sing of "Peace"
She gives peace back to me

Can't hold on myself but let go on every smile she's cracking
all of of my bad thoughts and I want to talk for hours
about everything we like, from music to our silly stuff
as I stare back to her face from the awesome pretty legs I see
She's looking back at me

I'd love to stay for a while
I'd love to be by your side
As the time that we drove by for miles and miles
Show me a star and I'll try...
to stay and hope to watch it shine

I'd love to stay for a while
I'd love to be by your side
as the time that we drove by for miles and miles
I could run, I should try
like you when clock did strike midnight

Shoe's got a hold on me

And the little lady imagined pretty well
Staying out of troubles wasn't summer plan
Growin up the girl got close to her momentous day
It was July 9, they knocked the door they asked the boy to stop
It was way too loud so he freaked out and yelled the World to fuck


Summer is the season for finding out new treasures
everyday is full of colour while perfect evening ease your life
should be in technicolor in limited edition till Fall
brings back brand new fashions and I will step on toes to see
Will you step back to me?