STARS THAT LINGER (FOR BRI): CRIPPLE CLUB & HANS ALBERS by Mountain Songs published on 2021-07-29T10:16:04Z (Written by Terry Reeves) Terry Reeves: Lead Vocals / Guitar Hans Albers: All additional instruments, Arrangement and Production When Brian first played me “If The Stars Are The Dreams Of Spacemen“, I was absolutely stunned by its brilliance. Of course, having grown up with his songwriting, I was already a huge fan of everything he wrote but did think there was something extra special about the song. Knowing him as a brother, I saw just how revealing it was about his often uneasy relationship with the world and his place in the scheme of things. The closing line, “Who am I?” said it all for me. It was a song to which I often returned, particularly after he was gone. Eventually, I arrived at the idea of writing something that in some way linked to his original composition but told the story from my own perspective. Not wanting to ride on his coat tails in any way, I felt very uneasy about doing this, so decided it was something I would do purely for myself. It took many long months to come up with something I thought would be a worthy companion piece but the more I wrote, the more the idea took on a strength and shape of it’s own until I had fashioned it exactly as I wanted it to be. It took quite some time to summon up the courage to play it to Gary, thinking if he thought it was any good, I might take it further. When he said that he thought that it was one of the best songs I’d ever written (something I really didn’t expect) and that I should send it to Hans, it had an overwhelmingly emotional effect on me, particularly since I was very doubtful about playing it to anyone else at all. Hans always has a way of emotionally inhabiting the songs I write and the arrangement he produced was exactly what I felt the song needed. There’s no doubt in my mind that if he and Bri had ever played together, they’d have created musical dreams that would spread throughout the universe. Today, the 22 August 2021, marks the ninth anniversary of Bri’s death and I can only hope that this song does him justice. We miss him more than ever. (Terry Reeves) *Manu (https://soundcloud.com/man-on-a-grill) put together a wonderful version of Bri’s original song a few years back. If you’d like to hear it, you can do so here: https://soundcloud.com/man-on-a-grill/rocky-mountain-wmoag-the-inconsistent-jukebox-if-stars-are-the-dreams-of-spacemen How can I write a song about the stellar writer? Breathing music in space, helping bands to be tighter A Bishop’s marriage of schemes inside your wigwam As the cluster of stars reflects only you as it can CHORUS If the stars are the Dreams of spacemen Floating around by imagination Adjusting scope to seat the nightmares A magnetic field of dreams With musical chairs A spaceman in search of the perfect mate Floating through Galaxies more dreams of love can’t wait Loving tears never seen behind a facial shield As the Milky Way melts revealing what Kepler’s laws might yield CHORUS I could never write the songs of stars With your heart so full of love from here to Mars The spaceship framed inside a past that lingers Touching gravity with your skill of voice and fingers CHORUS Isolations ending showing fusions of greatness Will never explain your skill of silence and lateness Knowing love as you do Making love a sad fool I will never fully know who you are CHORUS Genre For Bri Comment by FlexHead Great track, cool vocal 2023-03-22T18:27:51Z Comment by Gaz Brownie Remarkable piece of work this came on a repost and I thought wow . Such a detailed and interesting listen with a stunning vocal delivery 👍 2023-02-14T20:08:27Z Comment by LOONY DE BUSSY That’s avery nice song and your brother did well when he encouraged you to go on with it!.. 2023-02-13T15:06:28Z Comment by Frank DANA Good song , nice vocals and guitars ! 2022-11-20T06:10:31Z Comment by Electrometis amazing song - what a wonderful tribute ♥ I love the retro progressive vibe - fantastic! 2022-11-20T00:55:43Z Comment by David. k. A. Spencer. Superb 2022-11-20T00:49:51Z Comment by kensuke kotori The guitar part here is beautiful and cool! 2022-11-06T14:10:17Z Comment by jigs trippin super tribute , emotional , very good :-) 2022-10-10T07:30:03Z Comment by clive hawkins nice song.....cool concept! 2022-10-05T14:05:36Z Comment by RiZLiX amazing work!! 2022-09-14T11:13:44Z Comment by Rowena Simpson Loving the starman quality of the place your brother now lives. My own brother is now a butterfly. Peace x 2022-02-19T12:12:40Z Comment by Uli Stonedigger Splendid 70s vibes! 2022-01-13T15:08:56Z Comment by JoeLiberty Really nice track :) 2021-11-07T20:51:02Z Comment by colbru magnifique !!! 2021-10-24T14:05:55Z Comment by Echo Garage wonderful song! 2021-10-19T12:39:29Z Comment by Dominique Briand Another fantastic song, great lyrics, amazing instrumentation and beautiful vocals 2021-10-16T08:57:45Z Comment by Lillithe Superb collab! Congrats to all! 2021-10-13T12:11:17Z Comment by Lillithe Fantastic coolness! Hans made a beautiful musical arrangement! 2021-10-13T12:10:50Z Comment by Arnold Dawson brilliant all invlved. Yeah....Amazin 2021-10-10T00:38:12Z Comment by Arnold Dawson very nice lovely arrangements 2021-10-09T23:13:03Z Comment by GZF Truly gorgeous. the melody and lyrics have so much emotion in them especially after reading it's back story 2021-09-22T21:12:30Z Comment by Llanpsych Great collab - works perfectly!! 2021-09-22T11:29:23Z Comment by Jeff Roberts thanks for the liner notes and that great lofi coda 2021-09-20T13:03:55Z Comment by Jeff Roberts another superb outing Terry --so glad you're making these! 2021-09-20T13:01:43Z Comment by Marcorti Always great, Terry. Is Gary okay? 2021-09-18T12:14:17Z Comment by Couch King Presents top quality lyrics and song writing, your vocal performance is always spot on and stylish, loving all the emotion Hans adds to the song with his intelligent and skillful arrangement and production, amazing collaboration and music!!! 2021-09-17T13:28:06Z Comment by Couch King Presents thanks for all the background information adding depth and layers to the music. great honoring of your brother and his influence on you. feeling you love for your family 2021-09-17T13:26:50Z