Biografia:
Gavin Osborn's plan for his second record was to make an upbeat album, filled with positive songs to perk us all up in these troubled times. But the plan failed, and 'Meeting Your Heroes' is essentially about love, heartbreak and nostalgia. Which is far better. Featuring a collection of live favourites including 'Charlie's 18th Birthday'', 'Sweet Bedford' and 'FM2030', the story of the famous cryogenically-frozen futurist.
Previously, Gavin has written for and performed on BBC Radio 4 and Resonance FM.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Intro]
G Em G Em C G C D
[Verse 1]
G Em
A book on household plants gently slipped from her grasp
G Em
And her breathing became deeper, familiar and calm
C G
And only when she'd shifted her body weight slightly
C D
And sunk her head into the softer of those two duck feathered pillows
G Em
Only then did Albert lean over to his wifes side of the bed
G Em
Flick the lamp off and then in total darkness
C G
And wearing his trusty blue striped pyjamas
C D
Heaved his heavy frame from his fake slumber
G Em G
Made his way carefully past the cumbersome ottoman and the precarious shoe rack
Em C D
Trying not to breathe he was silent, he was stealth
[Verse 2]
G Em G
Aware of every creak on the staircase he used her fluffy slippers as a softener
Em
Cushioning each footstep on the way down
C G C D
At the foot of the stairs was a cupboard and inside behind a secret panel was his costume
G Em G Em
He disrobed, briefly naked, guilty, excitingly nude in his own house so late at night
C G C D
The costume it thrilled him and made him giggle in practically equal measure
G Em G
Tight jeans, black tight t-shirt with the words "iron maiden" writ large
Em C G
He pulled on his leather jacket and his Doc Martens
C D G
And he went out into the cold
[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you see Albert went out to see rock bands
C G
Stayed up til the morning light
C G
You're only as old as you feel they say
C D G
And Albert was feeling alright
G Em G Em
[Verse 3]
G Em G Em
A 77 year old man head-banging in a mosh pit can go easily unnoticed particularly when everyone else is
C
headbanging in a mosh pit
G C G
And although Albert felt uncomfortable at times, that was mostly due to the lack of give in his jeans
C D
He felt joyful, he felt alive
G Em
In fact the louder the music, the more he enjoyed it
G Em
This pastime meant for teenagers, he embraced the strangeness
C G C D
The sweat of a stranger, the thud of a bassline pumping through his veins
G Em
At one point Albert threw both arms up in the air
G Em C
Pulled his two middle fingers down with his thumbs and made the "rock" gesture
G C G C
As hundreds of kids moved as one, with him in their throngs screaming words to the songs they'd all learnt
D
in their bedrooms at home
G Em G Em
When the band finished playing he went out into the street in search of more adventures, revelling in his
C D
late blooming teenage rebellion.
[Bridge]
G Em
Still his clock it ticked on in his bedroom at home
G Em C G
As his wife fast asleep was seemingly unaware he was buying cheap cider and eating an offensively large
C D
kebab from a confused high street vendor.
G Em G Em
He intended to stay up as late as he could, soaking up the motion of cars he got himself lost in a park,
C D
played drunken air guitar
Am C C/B D
And still the clock ticked on in his bedroom at home as he recaptured a batch of his youth all alone
[Chorus]
C G
Cause you see Albert went out to see rock bands
C G
Stayed up til the morning light
C G
You're only as old as you feel they say
C D G
And Albert was feeling alright
G Em G Em
[Verse 4]
G Em
Round 5am Albert found his way back to his street
G Em C D
As the sun peeked its face behind a neatly oval shaped hill, heralding the dawn of the day
G Em G Em
He looked up at his house and then down at his shoes, those Doc Martens as dark as the night was two
C
hours before
G C D
"Oh this has been brilliant" Albert said out loud
G Em
But then he bent down, pulled his shoes off, undid his yellow laces
G Em C
And he tied them together, threw them up to the sundusted sky
G C G
Landing perfectly on the electrical wires like on the streets of New York next to 5 other pairs that he'd
C D
thrown there before
G Em G Em
He quietly opened his front door, pulled himself out of his t-shirt, and his jacket, and his jeans
Em C G C D G
Found his blue striped pyjamas, crept back upstairs, got back into bed and fell instantly asleep
G Em G Em
Alberts wife opened her eyes, looked through the crack in the curtains onto a line of dirty black boots
C D G
She smiled to herself, just pleased that he'd made it home safe
G Em G Em C G C D
[Verse 1]
G Em
A book on household plants gently slipped from her grasp
G Em
And her breathing became deeper, familiar and calm
C G
And only when she'd shifted her body weight slightly
C D
And sunk her head into the softer of those two duck feathered pillows
G Em
Only then did Albert lean over to his wifes side of the bed
G Em
Flick the lamp off and then in total darkness
C G
And wearing his trusty blue striped pyjamas
C D
Heaved his heavy frame from his fake slumber
G Em G
Made his way carefully past the cumbersome ottoman and the precarious shoe rack
Em C D
Trying not to breathe he was silent, he was stealth
[Verse 2]
G Em G
Aware of every creak on the staircase he used her fluffy slippers as a softener
Em
Cushioning each footstep on the way down
C G C D
At the foot of the stairs was a cupboard and inside behind a secret panel was his costume
G Em G Em
He disrobed, briefly naked, guilty, excitingly nude in his own house so late at night
C G C D
The costume it thrilled him and made him giggle in practically equal measure
G Em G
Tight jeans, black tight t-shirt with the words "iron maiden" writ large
Em C G
He pulled on his leather jacket and his Doc Martens
C D G
And he went out into the cold
[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you see Albert went out to see rock bands
C G
Stayed up til the morning light
C G
You're only as old as you feel they say
C D G
And Albert was feeling alright
G Em G Em
[Verse 3]
G Em G Em
A 77 year old man head-banging in a mosh pit can go easily unnoticed particularly when everyone else is
C
headbanging in a mosh pit
G C G
And although Albert felt uncomfortable at times, that was mostly due to the lack of give in his jeans
C D
He felt joyful, he felt alive
G Em
In fact the louder the music, the more he enjoyed it
G Em
This pastime meant for teenagers, he embraced the strangeness
C G C D
The sweat of a stranger, the thud of a bassline pumping through his veins
G Em
At one point Albert threw both arms up in the air
G Em C
Pulled his two middle fingers down with his thumbs and made the "rock" gesture
G C G C
As hundreds of kids moved as one, with him in their throngs screaming words to the songs they'd all learnt
D
in their bedrooms at home
G Em G Em
When the band finished playing he went out into the street in search of more adventures, revelling in his
C D
late blooming teenage rebellion.
[Bridge]
G Em
Still his clock it ticked on in his bedroom at home
G Em C G
As his wife fast asleep was seemingly unaware he was buying cheap cider and eating an offensively large
C D
kebab from a confused high street vendor.
G Em G Em
He intended to stay up as late as he could, soaking up the motion of cars he got himself lost in a park,
C D
played drunken air guitar
Am C C/B D
And still the clock ticked on in his bedroom at home as he recaptured a batch of his youth all alone
[Chorus]
C G
Cause you see Albert went out to see rock bands
C G
Stayed up til the morning light
C G
You're only as old as you feel they say
C D G
And Albert was feeling alright
G Em G Em
[Verse 4]
G Em
Round 5am Albert found his way back to his street
G Em C D
As the sun peeked its face behind a neatly oval shaped hill, heralding the dawn of the day
G Em G Em
He looked up at his house and then down at his shoes, those Doc Martens as dark as the night was two
C
hours before
G C D
"Oh this has been brilliant" Albert said out loud
G Em
But then he bent down, pulled his shoes off, undid his yellow laces
G Em C
And he tied them together, threw them up to the sundusted sky
G C G
Landing perfectly on the electrical wires like on the streets of New York next to 5 other pairs that he'd
C D
thrown there before
G Em G Em
He quietly opened his front door, pulled himself out of his t-shirt, and his jacket, and his jeans
Em C G C D G
Found his blue striped pyjamas, crept back upstairs, got back into bed and fell instantly asleep
G Em G Em
Alberts wife opened her eyes, looked through the crack in the curtains onto a line of dirty black boots
C D G
She smiled to herself, just pleased that he'd made it home safe
Gay Communist Gu (...)
Gay Nineties
Gaye And Terrell
Gaye Su Akyol
GAYNGS