Fairy Tale
b"Episode #120\\xa0 Fairy Tale \\n(song starts at 3:46)\\nWe are going back in time again - with some help from this week's song.\\xa0 Fairytale, song #252, was written in 1993. The demo was recorded then, too.\\nOn this episode, I touch on how much our surroundings affect us. Nature is my thing, particularly being next to a river or the ocean .\\xa0\\nI was living in Kuratau, NZ when this song came to me - and the song for the next episode popped up at the same time. They seem to belong together, somehow. Kuratau is a serene, \\u2018deep\\u2019 place in the winter. It\\u2019s a time & place for some quiet reflection. - a great place to find some solitude (in the winter months). That\\u2019s what I found.\\nFairytale is a song about Paul Dredge and myself. I've cast us as jesters, back in time-\\xa0 sort of medieval times (Paul is my long time co-songwriter from NZ. We have a single out currently: https://petepascoe.hearnow.com/youre-going-to-be-ok-do-do-do . Album coming up soon (folk rock).\\nBack to the song. The person the jesters are entertaining is someone whom they thought would sing well with them and be part of proceedings.\\xa0\\nSo it's a fictional tale, with seeds of truth, complete with an imagined outcome.\\xa0That\\u2019s art. On reflection, perhaps a better title would be\\xa0 Fairy Tale (The Jesters and The Queen).\\nIt was fun to write in this \\u2018fairy tale\\u2019 manner, presenting ourselves \\u2018in character\\u2019. It\\u2019s something I hadn't done before- and haven't done since.\\xa0\\nThe serene lake Taupo is in the middle of New Zealand's North Island. To visit the area is to lift your senses . To reside there is potentially transformative. It's a place of awesome peace and beauty. I recommend a visit if you\\u2019ve never been. \\nIt was against this backdrop that I wrote lots in my diaries (I share some of that on this episode) and I came up with some songs, like this one.\\nFairytale is an allegorical tale. It all comes together at the end with a statement along the lines of:\\xa0 perhaps it might be an idea to follow our dreams and put them before all else.\\nThe title came to me later. It seemed apt, considering the fact that the happy ending was illusionary.\\xa0\\nWhich is fine. In life you're going to have your hopes and plans and no matter what you're doing, you're going to have ups and downs. Some things will \\u2018work out\\u2019 and somethings won\\u2019t (apparently). So you might as well pick something you love to spend your time on.\\nI'm lucky. I chose an artistic path. Yes, in some respects, it's a challenging path. But I've learned and consequently, I\\u2019ve\\xa0grown and I think that's what we\\u2019re here to do.\\xa0\\nThe characters, in this medieval sort of guise, in this tale, existed\\xa0in my mind for the duration of the lyric writing time. I let the pen the lead the way.\\xa0\\nIt was surprising\\xa0to see where it took me. I like the line: \\u2019 A message from the queen that was sent y's ( which I rhymed with 'adventures' ).\\nThe lyrics are in this week\\u2019s blog post.\\xa0Www.petepascoe.wordpress.com\\xa0\\nIt pays to sit back and go with the flow and generally I\\u2019ve found it doesn't often pay to try and twist people's arms (If it's meant to be\\u2026).\\nThe upshot is: ultimately I took what was really a personal song to a place where I\\u2019ve ended on a more global sort of theme, to bring the listener in.\\nSo, I think the question this song is asking is: are you free to go with the flow? Let outcomes be what they will. ..\\nPerhaps that's easier said than done at times...\\xa0\\nThe bongos and guitar on this old demo were played by Paul Dredge (again, stand by for the new album- and we\\u2019re already along way down the path towards producing another).\\xa0\\nIt's an ongoing unfolding sort of process, being a songwriter. Having an long term musical relationship with another person is great. It takes you places.\\xa0\\nAlong the way, I've created songs at nearly every twist and turn in my life, which I'm very grateful to have done. It's so nice to be sharing the songs and more importantly here, sharing how they came to be.\\xa0\\nBy the way,"