Phoenix (Reborn) by Ger Eaton
So... Although I never liked the sound of the Descant Recorder being played by thirty 10-year old boys in my Dublin classroom back in the 1980's, I always had a liking for the 'Recorder Ensembles' used in certain Pop Hits of the '60's. So when a new idea, the song "Phoenix (Reborn)", began to form, I knew it was my time to bring the Recorder back once more!
Working again with my great friends Duncan Maitland & Sean Coleman, we drew on our combined love of all things 'Acid Folk'. Using 4-Track Tape machines in Sean's 'Workshop', we combined a rhythm played on my newly acquired Tabla drums, with a blend of our own Mellotron Flutes and my brother Kieran's 'real' Flute and Recorder skills. Adding in our usual musical 'weapons of choice', and the Trumpet Riff I wrote for Ronan Dooney, and we felt we had created something special... a sort of 'Renaissance Pop' if you will...
My music...the Phoenix (Reborn)....
Tracklist
| 1. | Phoenix (Reborn) | 3:52 |
Lyrics
The pilot light fades to a Dorian Gray
Eclipsed in the shade of this dying bird
The flood water’s in, burnt by the flames
Should I sink or cling to the fuselage
I will always love you, but the pain it brings is more than I can bear
Like fingers hangin’ on fine wire
Slicing slowly to the bone, the warming blood, the final throw
The Phoenix rises higher
Out of the flames. The scourge of the fade
The constant weight from these memories
that bring me to ground, a crash without sound
My new home is this wreckage
I will always miss you,
but the ‘you’ I miss is long since gone to find yourself, my lucid friend.
My losing run brings me closer to the truth
of this Phoenix reborn
Credits
Written by Ger Eaton
Copyright Control
Produced by Ger Eaton, Duncan Maitland & Sean Coleman
Ger Eaton: Drums, Tablas, Saz, Percussion, Keyboards, Vocals
Duncan Maitland: Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, 12 String Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Sean Coleman: Harmonium, Stylophone, Backing Vocals
Kieran Eaton: Recorders & Flutes
Ronan Dooney: Trumpet & Flugelhorn
Graham Hopkins: Additional Drums
License
All rights reserved.
“A beautiful slice of Scott Walker-esque pop” - Mike Scott (The Waterboys)
'Three By Ger Eaton' features the two self-released singles from 2020/21 - “I Thought I’d A Friend” and “Hollow” - that have found tremendous support from national and regional radio programmers in his native Ireland, and bundles them with a brand new song “The Time It Takes To Fall”.