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Past Life Experience from the book. Stepping to the Drummer, by Paul Bura. 13min, 9.6 Mb
The re-enactment of a "past life". Just ONE of the stories from Paul's memoir: Stepping To The Drummer by Paul Bura
 
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This neighbour of mine lives at number 91, Albany Drive. This so-called poem describes this unpleasant man to a tee…but the pay-off is rather beautiful!

THANK YOU, THEO

Thank you, Theo, for making our small estate
A place of simple war where you reign supreme
Over what you consider your domain!

Thank you, Theo, for making us suffer the slings and Arrows of your rhetoric, for making us slaves
Under which you wield your whip of ownership (seemingly)

Thank you, Theo, for telling off those simple – but innocent – young boys for playing on your piece of Pavement and for being the bully that you undoubtedly are!

Thank you, Theo, for blocking up your own Kingdom
And blocking us - your subjects - OUT with your precious ‘mettle-shed’, parking your sleek black chariot where you Will - and to hell with the rest of us!

Thank you, Theo, for taking permanent charge of that
One, single, parking space between those precious ‘yellow Lines’ with your SECOND car! (Or is it your third vehicle?)

Thank you, Theo, for hiding behind your wife’s skirts
With the seeming enemy at your door whenever you
Feel ‘fear’ from your foe.

Thank you, Theo, for telling off that 4-YEAR-OLD BOY for
Playing on his little bike (the stabilizers still attached) and making him cry for playing on YOUR LAND (debateable)??

And when his protector - in the form of the boy’s father – Called on you soon after this incident, you AGAIN hid Behind your wife’s skirts telling her: ‘I’m not in!’

Ah, but, my dear Theo, you really should NOT use your

Hosepipe during the drought, THERE IS – AFTER ALL -  A HOSEPIPE BAN! You naughty, naughty Boy! GOTCHA!
 
Naughty Boy Theo!
Photo taken 10th of May 2012!

The WEED Song

THE WEED SONG - Written by Paul Bura.

THE WEED SONG I wrote as a send-up country and western song as I was working as a singer/poet in THE COLEY band. I wrote it – as I remember – in about half an hour when I lived in Herne Bay in Kent. That song (which featured on the jazz album: GOODBYE BRAINS) got many laughs but the lead guitarist – Pete Bocking – had to hide behind the amps as he detested country and western and was a dedicated modern jazz man. He didn’t stand a chance though as every one knew that he used to be lead guitarist with LONNIE DONOGAN!

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STUTTERING SAM

STUTTERING SAM I recorded at Rabbit Studios in Canterbury Cathedral in the Precincts. It was recorded on a backing loop (played and recorded by Bernie Shaw) and Bernard Shaw for some reason just let it run. So what you hear at the end of the song is pure ad-lib on my part…well I had to do something!

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ENOUGH TO WAKEN THE DEAD

ENOUGH TO WAKEN THE DEAD was also recorded on the album GOODBYE BRAINS with Barry Cole writing and arranging (also playing tenor sax, flute and alto sax). The poem was recorded in sections. Unfortunately I always ended on an upward vocal which, when I performed it live, I didn’t do. Oh well: it is what it is!  

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