2025 Competition Entry:
One by Tony Billings
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Genre
Pop
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Performer(s)
Tony Billings – keyboards, guitars, vocals, drum machine programming and sampled sounds.
Description
This is a nod back to the synthpop sounds of the 80’s. I’ve tried to capture something of the early pioneers such as the associates and heaven 17, along with some of the refinements of Pet Shop Boys later in the decade and then tried to add a more modern feel to the whole thing.
Bio
I’ve been making music since I was a teenager back in the 1970’s.
As a member of The Academic Hamiltons in the early 80’s I got to play at all the top clubs of the time (Marquee, Rock Garden, Bridge House, etc.), to record in some of the most celebrated studios of the day, and to open for some of the bigger names of the 80’s but we never quite managed that final step.
My love of music (and particularly writing) has never waned and now, in my 60’s I finally have the time and money to step back and actually make some decent recordings of the songs I’ve written over the last 50 years.
In the last two years I’ve released two albums of new recordings of my old songs, and an album of completely new material. I am currently working on another new album of brand new songs.
As a member of The Academic Hamiltons in the early 80’s I got to play at all the top clubs of the time (Marquee, Rock Garden, Bridge House, etc.), to record in some of the most celebrated studios of the day, and to open for some of the bigger names of the 80’s but we never quite managed that final step.
My love of music (and particularly writing) has never waned and now, in my 60’s I finally have the time and money to step back and actually make some decent recordings of the songs I’ve written over the last 50 years.
In the last two years I’ve released two albums of new recordings of my old songs, and an album of completely new material. I am currently working on another new album of brand new songs.
Lyrics
one single day to choose my friends
one chance in ten to make amends
one shot on target all it takes
one fallen card to raise the stakes
one simple note to call the choir
one little spark to start the fire
one silent nod is all we need
one fallen angel truth to heed
all of the dust that now lands at your feet
needs a new home there to settle
only in darkness your heart miss a beat
ashes to dust, earth to metal
one hour of sleep to quiet the ghost
one vote of thanks to pass the post
one candidate is quite enough
one ballot counted calls their bluff
one ounce of truth to kill the beast
one serpent’s tongue to taint the feast
one taste of love is all you dare
one drop of poison in the air
all of the ripples that wash to the shore
need to find rest from their travel
only the daylight uncovers what’s more
causing the dream to unravel
one day
one dream
one spark
one scheme
one hour
one taste
one vote
one place
one song
one hope
one chord
one note
one life
one plan
one earth
one
one chance in ten to make amends
one shot on target all it takes
one fallen card to raise the stakes
one simple note to call the choir
one little spark to start the fire
one silent nod is all we need
one fallen angel truth to heed
all of the dust that now lands at your feet
needs a new home there to settle
only in darkness your heart miss a beat
ashes to dust, earth to metal
one hour of sleep to quiet the ghost
one vote of thanks to pass the post
one candidate is quite enough
one ballot counted calls their bluff
one ounce of truth to kill the beast
one serpent’s tongue to taint the feast
one taste of love is all you dare
one drop of poison in the air
all of the ripples that wash to the shore
need to find rest from their travel
only the daylight uncovers what’s more
causing the dream to unravel
one day
one dream
one spark
one scheme
one hour
one taste
one vote
one place
one song
one hope
one chord
one note
one life
one plan
one earth
one
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