YEARS GONE BY / 200 MILES

For this song it wasn't the lyrics that were reused, but just the first guitar riff ! ... 

"Years Gone By" was recorded and released on the LP "Slave System" by Soulmonkey in December'2006. 
(Written & composed by Arnaud Schmitz / 
Inspiration: James Douglas Morrison) 
All instruments & voices by Arnaud Schmitz. 



In 2008, the first riff was again used as an ending for the track "200 Miles" with the group Pentastar on the LP "Electrical Wire Chopped Inside". 
(Written & composed by 
Arnaud Schmitz & David Barra) 
- Arnaud Schmitz : guitars & vocals. 
- Julien Stark : guitars. 
- Alex Omeljanczyk : bass. 
- Eddy Bellatel : drums. 

Pentastar : "200 Miles" live @Kronenbus Meeting, Cocheren, France, 6 September 2008. There was an unexpected power failure near the end of the song ! ...
- Arnaud Schmitz : guitar & vocals. 
- Julien Stark : guitar. 
- David Barra : bass. 
- Eddy Bellatel : drums. 

PLASTIC FEELINGS / RIGHT TO OBLIVION

Once upon a time, 
the plane flew into the sky, 
and we had to get used 
to a new life. 
Nobody's wrong, 
nobody's right, 
we're just running through 
all those compromises. 

Five years later, 
many things have changed, 
but the lack is still the same. 
It's never time to stop, 
you just have to clean it up (sometimes), 
but never rest on 
somebody's laps. 

Stupid occasional punks 
Want to tell news 
But everything is 
working loose. 
I wonder what they want... 
Or need... 

You've got something to do, 
and all it takes is in you, 
to work it through. 
I wonder what they want... 
or need... 
    ______________________________
                      
(Music & lyrics: Arnaud Schmitz) 

The original version of this song appears on: "Slave System", released by Soulmonkey in December'2006. 
(All instruments and voices performed by Arnaud Schmitz) 

 
The same lyrics (except the last stanza) with a totally different music became: "Right To Oblivion", performed & released by The Crooked Axis on the LP "Strange Girl" in August'2011. 

- Arnaud Schmitz : 
guitars, vocals, vacuum cleaner. 
- Elie Deniset : bass. 
- JB Amann : drums. 

On this video of "Right To Oblivion", you can see from 5:50 to 6:40, I used a vacuum cleaner for the guitar solo. A month later, this one broke down, so I had to find something else... So, I used a motorized toy panda instead ! This one was much appreciated during the concerts, especially at the Celebration Days Festival in August'2011; having posed him at the front of the stage, at the end of the solo, it was applaused and acclaimed by the audience ! Much fun !