Boys Of Putworks
Holy Ghosts

TDK-122

 

Boys left for the spring and summer break. They are not for talks. Before they left, we recorded two re-mix songs from the Ghost Covers album for you and this page. We have been gathering and writing down small things from the production and production time, for the album covers. From the below can you read the comments from these two songs. You can play all Boys' albums from this page. You can change the album / playlist  from big cover screen index, with blue album names.

Michelle [ Tornado Mix ]
25.5.2005

Michelle [ my belle ] is one of the Lennon-McCartney classics. Big Band arrangement belongs to the best Sunday and Big Band songs ever. 

We made the song from that Big Band arrangement. Making the song from that was easy. Made it very quickly, do not have any production time notes from the original Holy Ghosts mix. The Holy Ghosts mix was made and practiced for recording in the summer 2012.

In the 20th may 2013, a huge and disastrous tornado hit Oklahoma city in United States. The tornado demolished two elementary schools. At the end of the school day. Over half from the casualties and injured people were young children under 10 years old.

Took Michelle to the workshop after the tornado. Tried to get something painful, distorting and soothing to the play. Times are not very good at the moment, either.

Made changes to the original melody-play. Added two "tornados" to the song. They are in the second and third repetions from the straight power play. 

Tried to get some color to the song by changing melody by swapping few notes from one tornado-power play take off. 

The closing guitar play got also few totally new noting sequences. Jack, who wrote the notes for the play, said that embedding new look-a-likes to the well known and well written song, is not the easiest job in the world.

+ + We'll meet again + +

In the next song Arnold Terminator promises "I'll be back", excuse me, wrong media . . . sorry . . . I'm so embarrassed . . . live broadcast and so on . . . me getting confused . . . khrmm . . . let's try it again. Yes So here it comes.

"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when" is the chorus for the song, We'll meet again. An old ball room classic. Originally played by a British singer Vera Lynn in the year 1939. Very popular during the second world war, amongst allied forces. At the same time Germans dreamed about Lili Marleen ( Marlene Dietcrich ).

The rhythmic ticks in the background are made with two wooden blocks or sticks. Popular instrument in the old days, and in the big orchestras, which had many players. One wood hitter in the percussive team belong to almost all old orchestras.

Not much to say about this song. Good melody and good arrangement, didn't have much troubles with our own version. Played the song with Ghost drums, Ghost Box and Ghost organ. Standard Ghost Trio for us . . . with Holy Ghosts.

+ + Brothers In arms + +

Brothers in arms is a Dire Straits hit single from 80's. Very popular song. This is our second version from the song. Almost the same than the old Space  Waves mix. Changed Pad to Ghosts and replaced traditional drums with ghost drums and drumming.

+ + I Wanna Hold Your Hand + + 

"I Wanna Hold Your Hand" was originally played by Beatles in the 60's. One of their big hits and hit singles.

This is our second cover from the song. This time we followed the original song, arrangement and tempo. Played the melody with typical Brightness-Ghosts combination.

Our listeners criticized us quite a lot from the first version. We made the first version hastily for the Music Box I. So we decided to make a proper cover version from the song. The " Space- Waves" Pulsing Pad with what we played the first version, is a bit difficult instrument in cover songs.

 

HOLY GHOSTS
Song list, subject to change
Original Play
You Tube

Nursery Rhymes v1 - EP

 
Flintstones [live mix]: Tv Theme, YA 
Looney Toones [Ghost mix] : Tv Theme, YA 
Itsy Bitsy Spider [interactive mix] : Nursery Rhyme, YA 
Tele Tubbies [Ghost mix] : Tv Theme, YA 
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Special Occasions v1

 
Congratulations :  Sir Cliff Richard, 60's POPYT
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen : Neil Sedaka, 60's POPYT
.  

Tribute to Whitney Houston

 
I Will Always Love You : Movie Theme from Bodyguard, 90's POP YT
. 

Movie and Tv themes

 
We Are the Monkees [Live Monkey Mix] : Monkees, Tv ThemeYT
Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Tv Theme, 50'sYT
Jeannie : Tv Theme, 60's, YAYT
Mission Impossible : Tv Theme, 60'sYT
Benny Hill - Yaketty Sax : Tv Theme, 70-80's, YAYT
Mary Poppins : Movie Theme, 60's, YA 
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 Decades in music

 
Everyday : Buddy Holly, 50's POPYT
Three Steps to Heaven : Eddie Cochran, 50's POPYT
Do You Wanna Dance : Bobby Freeman , 50-60's POPYT
Runaway : Del Shannon, 50's POPYT
. 
Yesterday : Beatles, 60's POP 
I wanna hold your hand [ Holy Mix ] : Beatles, 60's POP 
We Are the Monkees : Monkees, Tv Theme, 60's POP 
Daytime Dreamer : Monkees, 60's POP 
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Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport : Rolf Harris, 60's POP, YAYT
With a Girl Like You : Troggs, 60's POPYT
Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy-Dam-Dam [ Piano Mix ] : Manfred Mann, 60's POPYT
Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy-Dam-Dam, 60's POP 
Kissing Cousins ( in the Zoo ) : Elvis, 60's POP, Movie ThemeYT
Apache : Shadows, Guitar Classic -60'sYT
Calendar Girl : Neil Sedaka, 60's PopYT
Working For the Man : Roy Orbison, 1962 - PopYT
. 
Spirit in the Sky : Norman Greenbaum,  1969 -  RockYT
I was made for loving You : Kiss, 1979 - RockYT
. 
I Only Want To Be With You : Bay City Rollers, 70's POPYT
Dance while the music goes on : ABBA, 70's POP  
Some People : Sir Cliff Richard, 70's POP YT
. 
I am what I am : Gloria Gaynor, 1984 - POP  
Always On My Mind : Pet Shop Boys, 80's Techno-Disco  
It's a Sin : Pet Shop Boys, 80's Techno-Disco  
Brothers In Arms  [ Holy Mix ] : Dire Straits, 80's POP  
Drive : Cars, 80's Techno-Disco  
   
I'm gonna be [ 500 Monkeys Mix ] Proclaimers : 1988 - Rock 
. 
Kingston Town : UB 40, 90's POP  
Back For Good : Take That, 90's POP  
Barbie Girl : Aqua, 90's POP  
My Oh My : Aqua, 90's POP  
Hijo De La Luna : Mecano, 1991 Pop [classical]  
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Elder and Miscellaneous Popular Music

 
Beethoven's 5th symphony : Classical classic  
Can Can : Offenbach's famous dance from [1858]
->  "Infernal Galop" from Act II, Scene 2 - Orpheus in the Underworld.
YT
Sing Sing Sing : Jazz classic from 30's [1935] YT
Putting On the Ritz : Old Ball Room song from 30's [1930] YT
We'll Meet Again : Vera Lynn, 40's POP [1939] YT
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes : Musical Roberta [1933] Ball Room song  YT
Some Day We'll Be Together : Johnny and Jackie, [1962 ] Soul YT
Go away little girl : Bobby Vee [1962] YT
How High the Moon : Jazz Classic [1940] Composer Morgan Lewis YT
By the Light of the Silvery Moon : Pop-Jazz [1909]
- Composers : Gus Edwards and Edward Madden
YT
  

Additions, confirmed

 
In the year 2525 : Zager and Evans [1969]YT
Forget Him : Bobby Rydell [1964] YT
Stripper : Instrumental composed by David Rose [1961]YT
I can see clearly now : Johnny Nash [1973]YT

Additions, Pending

 
Phantom of the Opera : Andrew LLoyd Webber [1986] work list entry  

YA = Song is made for younger audiences.