Okay, okay—I know I shared “The Rings of Saturn” last Tuesday. However, I went out that Tuesday night to open mic night, and—with all humility—I knocked it out of the park. As such, I had to share footage of this live performance.
I wrote about the piece in some detail last week, but I didn’t touch much on the themes. The main idea I wanted to explore here was magnetism, or a kind of cosmic magnetic gravity (if that makes any kind of sense). We have probably all felt that kind of irresistible, almost inexorable, tug of another person, or even of an idea or a concept. It draws you in, and there’s not much you can do to resist.
The power of that gravitational attraction is potentially self-destructive (thus the link, “immolation so appealing”). Of course, that could also be a positive form of destruction of the Self, such as surrendering one’s Self to a new identity in Christ (for instance). I did not write this song as overtly Christian—its intent is far more basic and—gulp!—primal—but Christians will understand well the irresistible tug of the Holy Spirit.
Here’s the video uploaded to WordPress:
And here it is on YouTube:
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Happy Listening!
—TPP
Other Editions of Open Mic Adventures:
- “Open Mic Adventures I: Oingo Boingo’s ‘Just Another Day’“
- “Open Mic Adventures II: Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’“
- “Open Mic Adventures III: Joanie Sommers’s ‘Johnny Get Angry’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IV: KISS’s ‘I Still Love You’“
- “Open Mic Adventures V: ‘There’s a Light (Over at the Frankenstein Place)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VI: Journey’s ‘Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VII: ‘Suite: Judy Blue Eyes’“
- “Open Mic Adventures VIII: Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘The Sound of Silence’“
- “Open Mic Adventures IX: Journey’s ‘Faithfully’“
- “Open Mic Adventures X: ‘Time Warp’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XI: Spooktacular Supergroup Covers ‘Monster Mash’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XII: ‘Ghostly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIII: The Penguins’ ‘Earth Angel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIV: ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XV: ‘O Holy Night’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVI: ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVII: ‘L’il Divertimento in C major’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XVIII: ‘Satiean Motion’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XIX: ‘Two-Day Minuet for Left Hand’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XX: ‘Sleepy Student’s Serenade’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXI: Styx’s ‘Come Sail Away’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXII: ‘Blessed Assurance’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIII: ‘Gabbi’s Gavotte’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIV: ‘Softly and Tenderly’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXV: ‘Venite, exultemus Domino’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVI: ‘Sonatina’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVII: ‘Heavenly Sunlight’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXVIII: ‘Song of the Bigfoot’”
- “Open Mic Adventures XXIX: ‘Lavender’s Blue’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXX: ‘Chorale for a Sleepy Wednesday’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXI: ‘Carousel’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXII: Hymn Medley“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIII: ‘Spore Song (Mushroom Dance)’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXIV: ‘Chase’s Dilemma’“
- “Open Mic Adventures XXXV: ‘The Rings of Saturn’“
The Portly Politico 
Love the encore. Ya done good, bunky.
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Hey, thanks! It was one of those performances where I could feel in the moment how good it was, haha. Those are rare.
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Bunky? I think you’re on the wrong site again, Audre! 😂😂😂
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At least it wasn’t “bunkum”! : D
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Superb! 👏👏👏👏
Tina and I especially loved the guitar solo! 😂😂😂😂😂
This is your song? It’s brilliant!
Forgive me if you’ve already put it up but could you send me the sheet music for this? It’d be fun to see how I can translate that to guitar. Mine still needs repair but the other one should be ready to play.
Thanks in advance. 👍
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Hi Ponty,
Glad y’all liked it! And, yep! This is my song.
Unfortunately, I don’t have sheet music. However, I do have a lead sheet with chords and lyrics. I can e-mail that to you.
I’ll send that along shortly.
—TPP
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Cheers. That’s just what I’ll need. I can learn it alongside yours – in terms of rhythm, changes, key, etc – and see what I can muster. If a miracle occurs and I manage to do it, I’ll see if I can upload it.
Yes, we loved the song! And sung, if I may say so, with typical Tyler panache! 😂😂😂
While you’re here, I must congratulate you…for surviving your book! On practically every page, you’re eating. Going through Myrtle Beach, you even stop for fries on your way to dinner! You’ve got some constitution, mate! Your brother too! 👍😂
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Excellent! Hopefully the PDF went through and works for you. You might need to use a capo and transpose out of Bb major into something a bit more guitar-friendly, or you can just use a bunch of barre chords.
Thank you! And I’m glad y’all appreciated the guitar solo, haha!
HA! Thanks, man. Yes, I love to eat. My older brother runs marathons, so he deserves the food. Those fries before dinner were a bit much, but he’d run 26.2 miles (42 kilometers) that day, so he was famished. I’d just walked a few miles, haha.
If you enjoyed the book, feel free to leave a review on the Amazon UK page for the book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arizonan-Sojourn-South-Carolinian-Dreams/dp/B0BYRKG9MW/
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