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  @berni1954  Feb 29

  Thanks for listening to my "The Busker"
  
  The guy is a reasonable accordionist. But his repertory is so limited and he plays it over and over right outside our flat. It drives me nuts!

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  @tamsnumber4  Feb 25

  Thank you for commenting on my song "The Naked Eye", I appreciate it!

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  @matthew62  Feb 23

  Thanks for the comments on "No Win War". Truly appreciated.

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  @scottsimpsonmusic  Feb 13

  Thanks so much for the generous comments on my songs. Much appreciated! Let’s all keep singing til he falls!

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  @radioovermoscow Feb 10

  Thanks for all your comments boss. Good to know someone out there's listening 😀

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  @radioovermoscow Feb 10

  TOTAL DEVO

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  @berni1954  Feb 10

  YOU WROTE:
  "I won't be surprised if trump is reelected by the 'good' people you talk about"
  
  Ah, we need to clear up a point. I feel people are basically good in their everyday lives. However, when it comes to seeing through the lies they are being constantly fed by the billionaire press, then many people who would give help to a stranger if one fell over in the street, vote conservative because that is what they are advised to do by their newspaper or their preacher.
  
  It is one of the sad realities of our modern democracy that the cattle continually vote for those who lead them to the slaughter and not for the environmentalists who would free them to graze on the hills.

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  @vegansongs  Feb 8

  Thank you kindly!

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  @berni1954  Feb 8

  Thanks for the listen on "Last Orders"
  
  YOU SAID:
  "She could end up managing the store
  and the self checkout will mean less job opportunities"
  
  The point of the song is that she is doing a job she doesn't want to do. Being forced to act in a a certain way and stick to a minimalist script.
  
  I doubt the management route is open to that many check out girls. Carmen's cousin works in a supermarket and she has seen guys promoted above her, always. Besides, my protagonist probably doesn't even view management as an opportunity she would wish to pursue. It is not what she dreamed of.
  
  She is just an example of the many young people (especially here in the Iberian Peninsula) who are educated to University standard, but then find there are no opportunities left in their chosen field. The waste of potential in modern capitalism is criminal.

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  @berni1954  Feb 8

  Thanks for the listen to "Last Orders" You Said:
  "...that barman thinks he knows it all and may not"
  
  I don't think of him as a know it all. I think that, like Sisyphus, he is doomed to repeating a task which he knows is ultimately futile.
  
  He is a decent guy offering good advice based on 14 years of observations... But he probably knows before he starts that it will not be taken.

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  @berni1954  Feb 7

  So glad you like my take on your Swinging Hammock Blues.
  I tried to keep the Pabrizzer mindset in mind and keep the lyrics simple and to the point and lose the "Berni Wordy" 😜

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  @dmld2020 Feb 6

  Thanks so much for the feedback on my first 2 FAWMs. I'm noodling with electronic production, I usually write new songs on old guitars.

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  @berni1954  Feb 4

  Hi Brian,
  
  Thanks for listening to my "Not a Clue Though".
  I can barely believe that there is anyone in the Anglo-Speaking World who is my age and has never played Clue (US title) Cluedo (UK title). No wonder you didn't get the references. That was for a special "Board Games Inspired songs" thread. I had literally never heard of any of the others being offered as inspiration by the host.
  
  Have a good FAWM - Berni