Archive for July, 2009
Julio Rey – It’s Thru You/Better Off (live – Lead covers – YouTube vid)
Side one of the Lead’s first EP from 1985 performed on acoustic at church. I really don’t do justice to the first song, which Nina wrote (both her songs on that first EP just kicked – and they still do), and I loosen up a little for the second song which I wrote anyway. This [...]
Julio Rey – Bottom Line / The Soldier (Live – Loogie Soup & Visitors “covers”)
The first song was first successful songwriting attempt to marry el rock punk with los lyrics Christian, back in the spring of 1980 as riots erupted in my homietown and we were preparing to get invaded by a bunch of Cubans in boats. The second song was written about a year later when I had [...]
Julio Rey: The Hardest Part (live, Coldplay cover – YouTube vid)
Coldplay was a nice surprise to this jaded middle-aged man that I am. I’m no big fan of U2, but somehow I love these guys that are a semi-blatant imitation of that self-righteous overblown pompous Irish band (with a little “easy listening” style piano thrown in for good measure). Coldplay’s music is bubblegum for the [...]
Julio Rey – Kill Satan/Get Out Of My Face (Lead oldies, YouTube vid)
Been trying to adapt some of the oldies into my acoustic repertoire. Here’s two good ones, including a Nina tune from the first EP. Punk rock into punk folk. Recorded at International Church of South Florida by Jon Doozan on April 25, 2009.
Julio Rey – Great (YouTube vid)
Playing the single from my 2007 CD, Understand The Words, on my front porch. Just discovered D-modal tuning, which makes playing the song much more easy and fun. Cinematographic wiggery by Astrid Rey. Filmed on April 17, 2009.
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