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Joe Creel "Stay," "Wings Of A Dream," and "Prodigal" are three songs that moved me most the first time through. I expect to have additional favorites as I continue to listen. Lyrics and music are emotionally raw, edgy, powerful and real, and it rocks! Another great socio-musical accomplishment for Mychael John Thomas! Favorite track: Stay.
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Rockin Out Loud 04:04
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ROCKIN’ OUT LOUD By Mychael John Thomas I play my music till 2 in the morning Loud enough to cause the neighborhood pain I know it’s working when I hear the cops comin' To tell me somebody complained Some people tell me that my attitude is hostile Well these days I guess I fit right in I’m a believer in the hard rock gospel Now let the sermon begin ‘cause I’m CHORUS (Rockin’ Out Loud!) I like my feedback (Rockin’ Out Loud!) From my big stack (Rockin’ Out Loud!) Just have an ear full (Rockin’ Out Loud!) A hundred thirty decibels I get pleasure from a big crunch rhythm Feel the vibration like a body massage It’s total therapy in real time livin’ Like crankin’ up in the old garage Don’t wanna lose the inspiration of the moment Pure emotion in a massive chord The snare cracks and the kick drum’s thumpin’ It’s a thrill beyond words when I’m CHORUS (Rockin’ Out Loud!) I love to dive bomb (Rockin’ Out Loud!) Until I’m brain dumb (Rockin’ Out Loud!) Need more cowbell (Rockin’ Out Loud!) A hundred thirty decibels BRIDGE I’m down to the bottom of the barrel A rotten apple in a ruined bunch Bad seed in righteous apparel Placin’ my bet and I’m playin’ a hunch Just BITE ME!!! SOLO I see no reason to be changing my position I got freedom and I’m using my voice I’m real sorry if you don’t like my opinion I’m exercising my choice when I’m CHORUS (Rockin’ Out Loud!) It ain’t no fantasy (Rockin’ Out Loud!) Maybe you laugh at me (Rockin’ Out Loud!) It ain’t political (Rockin’ Out Loud!) A hundred thirty decibels A hundred thirty decibels...HUH! I NEED THE ROCK! (A hundred thirty decibels) I NEED THE ROCK! I NEED THE ROCK! (HUH!) I NEED THE ROCK! (A hundred thirty decibels) I NEED THE ROCK! (I'm rockin out loud!) I NEED THE ROCK! I NEED THE ROCK! (HEY!!) I NEED THE ROCK! I NEED THE ROCK! (HUH!) I NEED THE ROCK! (A hundred thirty decibels) I NEED THE ROCK! (HUAH!) I NEED THE ROOOOOCK!!! ROCK 'N' ROLL!!! ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Tour De Force 04:20
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TOUR DE FORCE By Mychael John Thomas Like an electric wave…The sun came up Beginnings of a perfect day I met the Mayor…Got the key to the city And everybody knew my name Jim Squire had played my record for two full weeks I was toast of the town…On a neon eve We hit the first chord everybody started singing The words right along with me CHORUS A tour de force in the spotlights glowing All that I was hoping for Livin’ the dream with my eyes wide open I couldn’t have asked for more…Tour de force I took a leap of faith and jumped in the crowd Jammin’ for some happy faces Lost in the moment…So I wasn’t thinking How would I get back on stage? That’s when I saw the trail boss waving his arms Larry said “come on” with a helping hand I dove thru the air as I felt him reaching He flew me back into the band CHORUS BRIDGE A night of nights…The pinnacle The memory of a lifetime On the same wave length…Hearts of us all Making music as if one mind SOLO Well we played every single note that we knew At the end they were still screamin’ one more song I said good night and we love you all But they’re tellin’ me I’ve played too long CHORUS A tour de force in the spotlights glowing All that I was hoping for Livin’ the dream with my eyes wide open I couldn’t have asked for more CHORUS A tour de force…Famous for a moment And feeling it to the core Up to the skies on a cloud we were lovin’ And jammin’ forevermore…Tour de force ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Watchers 04:33
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WATCHERS By Mychael John Thomas The human conscience is dying another day It’s sanity versus greed We hold a mirror to the faces of all hate An unappreciated need So many voices…Too little insight Each one screaming, “You know my way is right!” Still we choose to fight CHORUS We are…The watchers of every age (Guarding the eternal flame) We are…The watchers of every age (Visions of the truth proclaim) We’ll take the high road…Never looking back We will suffer for the art When rational thinking is a target for attack Then we play a wild card So many meanings…For listening ears Not understanding the full impact for years Laugh beyond the tears CHORUS BRIDGE Our mere existence can be no less Than an up hill struggle at it’s very best A fiery Hell or a Heavenly bliss It’s one or the other…And that’s just the way it is SOLO CHORUS ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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I Drive 05:39
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I DRIVE By Mychael John Thomas I’m watching lines…Killing time and counting miles I see the sun come up…The morning sky starting to smile An endless lane filled with questions on my way And tho I don’t know now I hope to have answers someday CHORUS Till then I drive…I got this burning inside I got the fever for a thrill Ain’t nothing gonna fill me this time And so I drive A vicious chain…Of all decisions that I’ve made And once my mind’s made up I’m livin’ it down every day A blind man’s view of everything that I been through I get a hind sight mirror an’ take a look at half of the truth CHORUS That’s when I drive…Never seem to arrive Sometimes I think I’m worse for the wear But I just can’t decide And so I drive SOLO I see the sun come up…The morning sky starting to smile CHORUS I got to drive…As long as I am alive There may something yet down the road That can help me survive So I just drive…I just drive I drive…Gonna drive it home (repeat) ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Next 04:46
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NEXT By Mychael John Thomas He’s got a band and they jam in the garage He’s got a plan and a musical homage A statement from a time long past And I’m hoping his resolve will last ‘Cause there’s song in his head…A rhythm in his drive He’s gonna pound it out…Just to feel like he’s alive CHORUS Could he be the next in line? With anointing to the next big thing Bringing the message from a different time That may cause us to reopen our minds… To the next in line She digs the eighties and sings her heart out Pretends she’s on T V and laying it down She wants to bring that raw sound back And she dresses it in classic black With a dream in her heart…She’s determined to win When they tell her give it up…She ain’t never giving in CHORUS Could she be the next in line? With anointing to the next big thing Bringing the message from a different time That may cause us to reopen our minds… To the next in line Open our minds to the next in line…(repeat) SOLO CHORUS (Could you be…) Open our minds to the next in line…(repeat) ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Philosopher 05:03
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PHILOSOPHER By Mychael John Thomas You can run from the truth for so long Till you have to look inside…See the right and wrong (Then you) Take a look at yourself in a different light ‘Cause there’s so many people with hate in their heart And the best you have to offer still don’t get far (And it) Seems all you can do won’t end the fight CHORUS All of us are actors…The world is a stage We choose a part and the lines that we say Life is a story…Our time is a script But we are the writers every day we use the gift… You can lie to everyone till you die Even lying to yourself never asking why (Even so) One power in charge who will always know There is Universal justice…Believe it or not So deny it all you like…You can’t make it stop (Just believe) That a reckoning comes before we go CHORUS BRIDGE I don’t really wanna think about it But thoughts keep rollin’ round in my head All this confusion…I can do without it But wondering until I’m dead… SOLO You can follow every clue that you find But there’s just another question waiting in the line (Everything) All depends on your personal point of view We can have a deep discussion…Dissecting it all And philosophize problems that we’ll never solve (But the) Paradox carries on no matter what we do CHORUS ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Stay 04:39
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STAY By Mychael John Thomas Stay…Don’t leave me standing alone without love Stay…Though it looks hopeless but don’t give it up Please let’s talk it over again I’m just beginning to see I was wrong Love can be strong if you stay Play too many games and your heart could be lost Pay heartbreak the winner the terrible cost Please don’t deal me out of your love Give me enough to break even again We can both win if you stay BRIDGE Maybe you’ve forgotten…What loneliness is like Try to remember and then tell me goodbye Stay…Let’s try to make it the way that it was Pray…Maybe His love will be shining on us Please don’t let me down like before Give it one more chance and baby you’ll see How good it will be if you stay… If you stay…If you stay… Stay ©1978/2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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When Heroes Fall 04:16
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WHEN HEROES FALL By Mychael John Thomas From the time I heard your ringing bass my life was not the same I never met you face to face…You didn’t know my name But with every loving note you played I felt a kinship grow Comrades in a cosmic world that few will ever know Put the needle on the record…Your magestic voice would soar Enthralled with every story...We always begged for more The experience was sacred in the world you chose to give And when we shared the love and joy…It seemed easier to live CHORUS Now it seems that all our heroes are falling in the war Those troubadours of progress who led us searching for A pure and higher consciousness…A purpose for us all And a little part of each of us goes…When heroes fall In the heat of your moment…Found our passions realized The love of youth remembered…We saw with different eyes We may meet in our forever when the rainbow bridge we cross We'll never cry those lonely tears or feel the pain of loss CHORUS ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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The Basement 04:48
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THE BASEMENT By Mychael John Thomas Dropping to the depths far beneath the guts and blood As real as it gets when you wallow in the mud Far beneath the torment of the jailor in your mind Give up all pretension…Ain’t no telling what you’ll find Have you lived there till you’ve lost All that freedom that’s been granted to us all? CHORUS You can sense something wrong But ignoring when it hurts Don’t you want to learn the song Of a healing universe? Reach deep into your cellar And bring out a new content Come out of the basement Something happened long ago that caused you to decide To settle to the bottom and the safest place to hide Where feelings all get murky and truth becomes obscure No one asks you questions…You don’t really want no cure You’re not fooling anyone Do you think the time to face the truth has come? CHORUS SOLO Keep on living in the dark… You may never know it when you’ve gone too far? CHORUS ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Wings Of A Dream 05:10
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ON THE WINGS OF A DREAM By Mychael John Thomas I hear the calling once again Another great adventure is unfolding in my hands The sound is color in the artist’s mind Paint the universe with the love of all time CHORUS I can fly on the wings of a dream Through the astral plane to the meaning of all things All I have imagined comes to life upon my strings On the wings of a dream I’m reaching farther than before To beyond creative limits I have placed upon myself Our full potential has yet to be realized Ignore the pointless rules and drink from a different well CHORUS MUSICAL BRIDGE BRIDGE Reach for the star of your choice Don’t live in fear of infinity Sing out to Heaven with your voice Embrace the healing of serenity CHORUS I can fly on the wings of a dream Through the astral plane and the meaning of all things All I have imagined my reward without the strings CHORUS (full) ©2017 Mychael John Thomas, BMI
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Prodigal 05:46
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I began this album wanting to return to my heavy rock n roll roots. So the emphasis was on heavy, dirty guitar as much as possible. But I have so many other influences and love so many different genres that what came out was a nice blend of my musical "life"...This may be my new favorite album. And it still ROCKS from start to finish!!!

The title came from Larry Hart, our sound engineer on the "Neon Dreams" tour in 1979. He measured our stage level one night at 130 dB and asked, "How are you guys still hearing?!" Miracles do happen...I still have all my range...And I still like it LOUD!!!

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released July 1, 2017

MJT - All instruments and vocals except:

Jeff Lopez - Alto Sax on "Stay" and Tenor Sax on "Prodigal"

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Mychael is originally from Nashville, TN. He has been in the music industry for 40 plus years as recording artst, songwriter, musician and producer. He composed, performed, engineered and produced all of his solo bandcamp releases.

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