PJ Farrell

Episodes

1. 10

   Patience (Guns N' Roses)

   For my good friend Helen. Nothing says Happy Birthday quite like butchering a song that you love. Lots of love, PJ.x

   May 29, 2013

   5m
2. 9

   The Alabama Tree

   The last song from my SMILING KNIFE set. Like all these bedroom recorded songs, it's written by, vocals performed by, guitar played by me. Written after seeing a music performance by 'the one who got away', I was so impressed by the ease and beauty of her gifts that, well you can make up your own...

   Jul 15, 2012

   3m
3. 8

   Disclaimer (Loud n Messy Mix)

   DISCLAIMER, probably the cheeriest of the bunch, from THE SMILING KNIFE set. "It's rock n roll..." Maybe it's me just asking the listener to take whatever they want from my music, and to sprinkle liberal amounts of salt on whichever lyrics they choose. A liberating bit of anti-art, or is it? You...

   Jul 15, 2012

   4m
4. 7

   The Smiling Knife

   The title track of my set, THE SMILING KNIFE, is a turn of phrase used in a George Mackay Brown poem, describing whisky. I figure the set has a whisk(e)y flavoured feel to it, and this song is very much concerned with what it means to have a dram sometimes (and, perhaps a little bit more). I like...

   Jul 15, 2012

   6m
5. 6

   30 Pieces Of Silver

   None of my songs are expressly about an individual, and while it may seem that the attacking nature of the lyric is aimed at a single person, it isn't. 30 PIECES OF SILVER is a song reflecting on my own thoughts on the uglier sides of romantic break-ups and betrayals, and if anything, relies on a...

   Jul 14, 2012

   4m
6. 5

   From The Beginning (by Greg Lake)

   The only cover in THE SMILING KNIFE set. Put simply, I think it's a lovely song, and one I've never heard anyone else do, barring the original artists, Emerson Lake & Palmer. It's from their album, TRILOGY. As ever, my vocal and my guitar playing. :-)

   Jul 14, 2012

   3m
7. 4

   Mr. Monocaine (The Body In The Library)

   Mr. MONOCAINE, the penultimate song in THE SMILING KNIFE SET, isn't exactly the jolliest of tunes, but then which ones of mine are, right? In case you're wondering, Monocaine was the drug taken by The Invisible Man. And it is a song about being there/not being there; about hiding away; about...

   Jul 5, 2012

   5m
8. 3

   Leave Me Be

   A song that's been kicking around (and in my head) for a long time, in different forms, it seems to have my kind of blues feel that I felt would be a good way to kick off my SMILING KNIFE set. Me on vocals and acoustic.

   Jul 5, 2012

   4m
9. 2

   The 5 Minute Rule

   After a conversation with a girl, where I told her, I can only really be interested in a woman for 5 minutes, before thinking how pointless relationships are, I wrote this song. Anyone would think I'm a little bit scarred, emotionally or something. Do I still feel this way? - None of your Goddamn...

   Jun 3, 2012

   5m
10. 1

    I Forget

    This song was written at a time when I was still thinking an awful lot about soured relationships and the cheapness of words over actions, then finding out that my father had only a short time to live. That kind of news puts things into perspective, even if it doesn't make them go away. It was...

    Jun 3, 2012

    6m