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The Nights Are Cold
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Yes, they are... As often (always), base tracks (jangly guitar, foot stomp beat, vocals) were recorded in one take live. Cushions and curtains were added afterwards.. Song written by Richard Hawley (2001).
Released: 08-Feb-2025
Category: Alternative
Application: Logic Pro
File type: mp3
File size: 8.5 Mb
Plays: 30
Downloads: 2
Weekly plays: 10
Weekly downloads: 2
License: Derivative works allowed on iBandstand only; contact artist for permission
Lyrics
The fate of man is random so don't look down
The towns and the cities are all burning down
Your road is bitter like the whip off the wind
You wanna get to the end but you don't know how to begin
You want to know how we got to where we are now
The nights are cold
The nights are cold
The nights are cold

Let my life and all it's storms begin to blow
Take me here and there I don't care where I go
Ah, beauty is a dark cloud when you're alone
She says she has the answers but I really just don't know
You want to know how we got to where we are now
The nights are cold
The nights are cold
The nights are cold
The nights are cold

Ah the only road I walk alone
Where beauty nails me to her cross
Take me here and there I don't care...
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artist
Love it!! Great lyrics and vocals.
Latest song: Being A Mother
1 month ago
artist
This is so good Dyl!
Its amazing that this was recorded in one take!
Bravo! Mo
1 month ago
artist
The night may be cold, but this sounds like cozing up to a warm fire while gazing out the window. It has that sort of ambiance.
Latest song: The Manager
1 month ago
artist
Great version Dyl.  Your singing always makes the songs yours and I'd say better.  Amazing you did this in one take.
Latest song: Black Wall Street
1 month ago
artist
You put your own stamp on this and it’s a fine one indeed my friend.
1 month ago
artist
Very cool cover 
Awesome delivery 🎶
1 month ago
artist
Listening to your posts is an education for me. So many artists I would otherwise not have been exposed to.
Normally I'm not a huge fan of covers, but that's because it's usually so hard to surpass the originals. Your covers tend to be of songs I've never heard. Now when I hear an original I'll be thinking: "This sucks! Dyl's version is MY original!" Lol...
Anyway, another fine tune bro. Always love your singing!
:-)
1 month ago
Reminds me a bit of the Wallflowers (vocals) meets the Byrds.. (jangly guitar of course)  Most of all, a top notch recording as always from you..:)
Latest song: Guessing Games
1 month ago
artist
Sweet ballad with a nice shot, a perfect organ carpet and a nice voice too 😎
Latest song: Meditaçao
1 month ago
artist
The Dire Straits bag of songs gets a visit.   Great setting!  The snare is puffy, was that a choice?  
Your records are always pleasant.  Great job! 
1 month ago
artist
Great vocals, guitars, and productions.  Sounds a bit like Dire Straits, but with much better singing.
1 month ago
artist
very cool tune, more so the performance! Well done brother!
1 month ago
artist
Fantastic! I love this! You make great music!
1 month ago
This is a really well written and well performed song. I really like it
Latest song: Witch Dance
1 month ago
artist
Recorded in one take ? Wow, I am in a awe. Always pro sounding song from you.
1 month ago
artist
@deezee @MojcaCzarka @sammydix @TrebleFace @Bowman @yoslounge @Sociallite1957 @FrancoJazz @Venturesome @pete @StanTheManLoh @KennethLavrsen @thsantac Thank you all very much for your words and your attention... 
@Daugrin thanks, yep, that 'swollen' snare was a choice, and i knew it would sound a lil bit too much... But sometimes that's how it goes...
@Wyndsok Many thanks to you ! I know what you mean about covers... (oh no not again, some Beatles or Rolling Stones cover band massacre...). But over the years, i stopped feeling 'guilty' about it. A song is a song, it's not a religion, or a sacred temple. And when a song is good, it deserves to be celebrated, played, sung, and not necessarily by it's writer only. That's what i like about the folk tradition, or even early punk-rock music. It's not karaoke. It carries the torch a little longer, in some other territory. I discovered so many songwriters through someone else's version... And if we go down this way, what would all classical orchestras do, if only Mozart or Beethoven were allowed to play their own material ? We would not have the splendid work of @thsantac to listen to here !! And it would be sad ! Anyway : i write songs on my own, once i a blue moon (because i'm such a hard critic to myself in this exercice...), and i'm always amazed by the quality of the songwriting that YOU have - and others too - that someday i'll maybe cover one of your songs ! Happened quite much on Icomp and it might be time to do it again on IBandstand also... 
1 month ago
artist
Sorry bro if I was unclear... I totally agree with you about covers. In music, it's the sincerest form of "flattery." Indeed, it tends to keep the best material in the tradition! 
It just doesn't always work for me. Example: out of several covers I've heard of the Youngblood's "Darkness Darkness" only one wasn't a complete disappointment to me. 
Here at ibandstand there have been several covers posted where I had never heard the original, so the posting was/is a special TREAT for me. Has it happens, that's been the case thus far with everything you've covered. 
The other part of my intention has to do with my appreciation for those who create new material. While I would NEVER join a cover band, I have actually thought (more than once over the years) of doing a full CD of covers of my favorite rock tunes from my youth. Mountain's "Traveling In The Dark," Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well," Spirit's "Fresh Garbage" are songs that would likely go on such a project. 
Problem is I no longer have the time or the energy. I barely have time to write and record my own stuff these days! LOL...
Keep doing what you do Dyl. You're GREAT at it!
:-)
1 month ago
artist
@Dyl @Wyndsok my covers are so bad they can pass as my original composition 😂😎
Latest song: Black Wall Street
1 month ago
artist
Very nice. so smooth,  nice job on the production, fantastic........ !
 
1 month ago
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