HOT NEWS! "Walking In Circles", recently won "The Best Song Lyrics Contest" at Broadjam. This is my version of a 21st-Century "American Pie" song. How far we have come from Don McLean's serene and pointed tune from 1971. Think of this song like going to a Gallagher show, where, no matter who you are, what you believe or what you think, you are going to get quite a bit of Watermelon juice sprayed all over you.

Wallking In Circles

Chet Nichols

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This is my version of a 21st-Century "American Pie" song. How far we have come from Don McLean's serene and pointed tune from 1971. Think of this song like going to a Gallagher show, where, no matter who you are, what you Read more

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Walking In Circles
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"Walking In Circles"

Music and Lyric by Chet Nichols (ASCAP)

URL: http://www.chetnichols.net

Email: chet@chetnichols.net

Email: MagicGarageMusic@protonmail.com

Email: ChetNichols@me.com

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1. Metro woman and metro man

Use technology whenever they can

iPods are set for endless play

In their wireless, Bluetooth red berets

Blackberries beam the evening news

From motion powered dancing shoes

Implants power their PDAs

It's time to buy a ticket and just get away.........

Chorus:

Walking in circles

Crawling in circles

Living in circles

Dreaming in circles

Working in circles

Flirting in circles

Round and round and round we go

When we finally get home

We just hit the floor

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2. Collagen lips lick the glass

Between the silicone lifts and the surgical jabs

We watching TV we think is real

About washed-up rockers with short term deals

Download lovers on the fly

Laptop dancers swaying eye-to-eye

Fiber optics will ease the pain

If you can feed the cable down the drain …cause we’re

REPEAT CHORUS

Walking in circles

Crawling in circles

Living in circles

Dreaming in circles

Working in circles

Drinking in circles

Round and round and round we go

When we finally get home

We just hit the floor

BRIDGE 1.
Now, if you're feeling hungry take a pill

Multi-colored tidbits 'll fill the bill

High tech models, as thin as rails

Drop 'em in the snow and ride 'em downhill

No, no, no, how can this be?

There's a new world war on our palm TVs

You don't need a plug to get plugged in

To the digital life with a 3D spin

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4. Forget the future and the college loans

'Cause we're too busy with our hand held phones

Back and forth to a place called job

Planned distractions while they steal and rob

Macy's , Visa, and Mastercard

Have you living in a tent in your neighbor's yard

Hey, hey, hey now what's that sound?

Everybody's puking on the merry-go-round

REPEAT CHORUS

Walking in circles

Crawling in circles

Living in circles

Dreaming in circles

Working in circles

Flirting in circles

Round and round and round we go

When we finally get home

We just hit the floor

VERSE

5. No one gets married 'cause they're too scared

So they live with dolls who just there sit and stare

Newborn babies are left to die

'Cause it's inconvenient to honor their lives

We re-write history with the stroke of a pen

So the whole mess happens all over again

While the world is starving and stuck in a rut

Its time to bend over and take it in the you-know-what

REPEAT CHORUS

Walking in circles

Crawling in circles

Living in circles

Dreaming in circles

Working in circles

Flirting in circles

Round and round and round we go

When we finally get home

We just hit the floor

BRIDGE 2.
But wait a minute friend, what's this I see

Nobody's watching their MTV?

They all on The Net surfing TheTube

Hoping to see some celebrity's boobs

YourSpace, MyPlace, let's have a chat

The pedophiles purr while they're stroking their cats

There's a guy who emails me twice a day

He says he's got a billion bucks to send my way

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7. Well, six-pack religion is the special of the day

And the pyramid schemes make you pay to play

To get what you want you gotta visualize

Through all the distortions and the things you despise

The altars are clogged with wannabees

Directing paparazzi, "Look at me, me, me"

As, the promo machine spins round and round

It announces the demons sent to clean up the town

REPEAT CHORUS

Walking in circles

Crawling in circles

Living in circles

Dreaming in circles

Working in circles

Drinking in circles

Round and round and round we go

When we finally get home

We just hit the floor

SPOKEN:

Man, I hope that government check shows up soon

I need to fix the economy all by myself with that $600 bucks.

Yeah, let me think where will I spend it

Hmm, you know something

I think I’m gonna, I’m gonna buy some Cuervo and some beer.

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“Walking In Circles”, recently won “The Best Song Lyric Contest” at Broadjam.

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"Walking In Circles" - Album Review

“Walking In Circles” - AN ALBUM/SONG REVIEW

Chet Nichols is relatively unknown in Europe. He has an intriguing background and set of creative tools and is someone the European audiences would be drawn to. Dare I be so trite, but he is a Renaissance Man? He is, however, what I like in modern music; a stellar American singer-songwriter who awaits to be discovered.

Aside from his songwriting and musicianship, he is a musician, arranger, composer, author ("The Last Riders On Route 66" and “The Children of Pentecost”), filmmaker, screenwriter ("The Ghosts Of Santa Barbara"), engineer, producer, designer and photographer. He has produced over forty original albums as a solo artist. Impressive. Moreover, he was opened for A-List bands and artists like Jethro Tull, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, POCO, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt and BB King, Brewer & Shipley and many others over the years. So, clearly he is persistent, dedicated and, dare I speculate, continuously inspired?

Where does the man get all his time to do these things? His album, "Walking In Circles", was recorded as a solo enterprise. Everything you’ll hear on the CD was written by him and was recorded by him. I will say this, it was a great day when this CD landed in the palm of my hand. This is my kind of cup of musical tea.

Upon listening to the “Walking In Circles” album, Nichols offers a fairly wide range of moods and genres. The songs range from cuddly ballads to ethnic-inspired compositions. The unifying factors are his great voice and, among many other instruments, his mastery of the guitar and the piano.

This includes the Hammond Leslie organ, combined with ethereal keyboards, as well as artificially generated and live rhythms that help a song like, "Six Feet Under", build quite dramatic momentum as the song turns out to be something of a liquid, pre-rendered, singer-songwriter poem. Nichols cleverly pushes the musical trades on the one hand, the rhythm, on the other hand, and his acoustic guitar into the foreground. Then he uses his skills to flip and to produce, "Your Eyes Speak Louder Than Words", something very sweet, as it drills down deep into the core of a great love song. The piano runs are very fine, but by this time, the listener has already discovered that Nichols travels here on a very fine line. And the warmth and compassion of this ballad are fucking great. (Excuse my English).

But then, our protagonist also has other, very special songs in his quiver. As you can hear, for example, in the stunning song, "I Wish That I Could Heal". Equipped with a very special Highland atmosphere that runs head-first into American Indian elements playing on your eardrums. Nichols also introduces hypnotic vocals of Native Americans into the arrangement. But the true aspect in this song is the depth of spiritual yearning in the lyrics and the professed desire to have the blessing to heal people in need, sweet and something primitive and universal to this wish.

Then Nichols takes us to "Paradise", a song dressed up with many percussive elements. Shakers, hand drums and tambourines determine the flair and Nichols sets in the middle of this arrangements mournful organ and acoustic guitar planted in a minor key, until the chorus where the song brightens up and slides into a major. Damn, masterful. Here his jazzy phases thwart the action and overall the track has a fine, ethereal lounge atmosphere, as he tells the tale of two star-crossed celebrity lovers who can’t seem to make their life-schedules work in favor of their relationship. Ships passing in the night, indeed!

The opening song, "Tangled Up In You", introduces the CD and thoughtfully sets this musical journey into motion. Nichols relies on the action of string elements and an amazing recorded acoustic guitar that grabs you from the first strum. How on earth was he able to capture this kind of sound? The sound from the guitar is, not only sweet, full and intimate, but also percussive. Still, this mid-tempo ballad illuminates only a part of his musical abilities.

In addition to broad expansive sound sets he creates, we are introduced to yet another way. In "The Secrets Of Life", he shows us the man, how intimate he can be while creating a superbly, insightful piece, supported by his jazzy acoustic guitar patterns.

The range of his compositions on this CD can also certainly show that his songs and this man knows how to rock, too. However, he creates a unique style of rock that is very classic and bluesy. One song, "Hollywood, Hollywood", treats the listener to a hybrid-experience that mixes Dylan’s mastery of lyric, with a raw, early, Clapton-like backing track, in which he lifts his stringed amplified instrument expertise with a tougher vocal approach than used anywhere else on the album. This is classic and bluesy rock at its best and as it should be. Fucking amazing song. The lyrics are crisp and electric and shine a bright light on the underbelly of La-La Land.

Then, the song, "Walking In Circles" ends the album in a similar way as the disc began ... thoughtful. Again, there are the acoustic guitars and the piano in the center of the number. But, he embeds some raw, almost nasty electric guitars screaming left-and-right in the background. This title track marks over six and a half minutes but the song never loses its groove or intensity. Moreover, the lyrics on this title tune are so rich and vivid, I played that song over and over a half-dozen times. This could be one of the best tunes depicting modern life that I have ever heard. Airy, bluesy elements are presented, as are numerous stylistic devices that were weaved in and out of the song because Nichols is clearly a great arranger with a great ear. This song would be #1 Song in the World if it were a standard radio-friendly length, which would be almost sinful, because every line of every lyric is needed to tell the tale.

Nichols has also already entered and won some well-deserved, major accolades for his songs. Including the title track, “Walking In Circles”, which won the “Broadjam Best Lyric Contest”. He is also an inductee in the 'Kansas Music Hall Of Fame” (that is a state right in the middle of the US) and for good reason.

With this unique collection of pop, some rock, folk and world music, Chet Nichols should find and build a very dedicated audience of people who like well-written and intelligent songs. I, for one, am a new fan and I give this CD a very hearty round of applause. VERY hearty, indeed. Do NOT miss this album!

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