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Red Pill Poet's avatar

Love it!

If Shane McGowan were Paul Cudenec (or vice-versa) … who knew? Amen brother!

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Cheers

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Red Pill Poet's avatar

Back at ya! Is that you playing an accordian?

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Yep, it is. Only been playing it for a year or so, so I'm not quite a virtuoso! But I love it.

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Red Pill Poet's avatar

The accompaniment is beautifully simple/sparse. In this respect, it reminds me of “Memory of a Free Festival” … “David Bowie used a child's Rosedale Electric Chord Organ, obtained from Woolworths, on both LP and single versions of the song to give a "classic Ivor Cutler/harmonium feel"(Wikipedia).

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Glad you liked it.

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steve's avatar

Well done, Paul!

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Thanks Steve!

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W.D. James's avatar

I love the recording!

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Glad to hear it, W.D.!

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Wayne Copeland's avatar

In this topsy-turvy whirled where whether authorship and or authored piece is questionable ... here we are with pure unadulterated AUTHENTICITY that pulls at our heart strings with hope!

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Thanks Wayne. Yeah, for all its technical and musical imperfections, at least it's straight from the heart!

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Margaret Root's avatar

Yes-channeling Shane McGowan indeed! Brilliant!! —Bravo & thank you whole-hesrtedly, Paul!!!😘🎇🙏💗👏👏👏

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Alex Klaushofer's avatar

A solstice song!

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EmEm33's avatar

Brilliant! Loved this so much! I wrote Reiner Fuellmich a letter today (still unjustly incarcerated in Bremervoerde Germany link to Dr Tess Lawrie's Substack explaining why ( https://drtesslawrie.substack.com/p/the-full-story-of-dr-reiner-fuellmich ) and included your hymn to freedom as part of a hope filled message.

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Paul Cudenec's avatar

Thank you!

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Sandy Masse's avatar

Yes!! I believe this. Thank you.

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Grp Cpn Lionel Mandrake's avatar

👍🙏

It starts by pulling plug on AI which is how the infinitesimal few can control the masses.. Free will cannot exist if things are inevitable so we need to call out the lie whenever we hear that AI and Tech is unstoppable. This is Part 1.

https://worldyturnings.com/2025/06/07/self-service-shmelf-service/

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Charlotte Ruse's avatar

An eternal optimist.😁

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Yet Another Tommy's avatar

Sweet!

fwiw

How I Got Over: Aretha Franklin et al

https://youtu.be/S1KSsc4EM3I

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