Virtuality

by Allan Barron

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Creation 05:05
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First Steps 04:58
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We Just Do As We Are Told - 1 03:20
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HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL MACHINES? THEY CAN COUNT UNTIL FOREVER AND THEY SAY THEY DO IT AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT AND THEY DON’T EVER GET AN ANSWER WRONG ONE AND ZERO ARE THE ONLY THING THEY KNOW BUT ONE AND ZERO GIVES YOU TWO YOU MUST TRANSLATE WHAT YOU WANT INTO THIS CODE FOR THEY’RE DUMB AND THEY HAVEN’T GOT A CLUE NO NEED TO WORRY ONCE YOU TELL US WHAT TO DO SIT BACK AND WATCH US WE’LL DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU NO WE’RE NOT CLEVER WE JUST DO AS WE ARE TOLD WE’RE HERE TO SERVE YOU TAKE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO STILL I HEAR THEY’RE GETTING FASTER EVERY DAY AND THEY’RE GETTING SMALLER TOO BUILT FROM SILICON THEIR POWER ALSO GROWS AT AN EXPONENTIAL RATE EACH YEAR OR TWO THINK OF ALL THE WONDERS THAT THEY COULD ACHIEVE ONCE WE TELL THEM WHAT TO DO A LIFE OF LEISURE IS WHAT WAITS FOR YOU AND ME WHILE OUR SERVANTS DO WHAT WE WANT THEM TO NO NEED TO WORRY ONCE YOU TELL US WHAT TO DO SIT BACK AND WATCH US WE’LL DO ALL THE WORK FOR YOU NO WE’RE NOT CLEVER WE JUST DO AS WE ARE TOLD WE’RE HERE TO SERVE YOU TAKE YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO THERE’LL BE NO NEED FOR YOU TO RISE EARLY COS’ THERE WON’T BE SO MUCH FOR YOU TO DO WE’LL BE WORKING ALL NIGHT WHILE YOU ARE DREAMING WON’T THAT BE COOL?
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Interlude (free) 01:22
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New Disciples 04:17
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HERE COME THE NEW DISCIPLES FOLLOWING THE LATEST CREED CAN’T STOP THE NEW DISCIPLES ON THEIR MISSION TO SUCCEED DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE THEY MAKING IT UP, DO THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND? THEY’LL KEEP YOU GUESSING EVERY TIME ALWAYS MAKING WITH THE ACRONYMS BUT THEY’RE PLAYING TO WIN AND THEY LIVE WITHOUT SIN THEY’LL SOON BE MESSING UP YOUR MIND HERE COME THE NEW DISCIPLES FOLLOWING THE LATEST CREED CAN’T STOP THE NEW DISCIPLES ON THEIR MISSION TO SUCCEED THEIR ONLY GOD IS TECHNOLOGY IT’S THE WAY IT MUST BE, COS IT MAKES THEM FEEL FREE THEY KEEP THEIR SECRETS TO THEMSELVES NOW AND THEN THEY MIGHT TALK TO YOU JUST TO SHOW WHAT THEY KNOW IT’S THE BEST THEY CAN DO TILL YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND A WORD HERE COME THE NEW DISCIPLES FOLLOWING THE LATEST CREED CAN’T STOP THE NEW DISCIPLES ON THEIR MISSION TO SUCCEED GOT TO RUN, THEY CAN NEVER STAND STILL IT’S A RACE EVERYDAY, IT’S A RACE THEY MUST WIN THE LINE IS ALWAYS OUT OF REACH, SOMETHING NEW IS ALWAYS COMING THROUGH GOT TO BE FIRST TO KNOW TO BE TOP OF THE SHOW THEN YOU MUST PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH HERE COME THE NEW DISCIPLES FOLLOWING THE LATEST CREED CAN’T STOP THE NEW DISCIPLES ON THEIR MISSION TO SUCCEED…. ON THEIR MISSION TO SUCCEED….
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Watchers In The Cloud (free) 01:39
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YOU ONLY SEE, WHAT WE WANT YOU TO SEE...
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With These Machines 04:03
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WITH THESE MACHINES – WE CAN BE THE HEROES YOU SAID WE COULD BE WITH THESE MACHINES – WE NEED ONLY EVER TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES WITH THESE MACHINES – WE DON’T NEED TO THINK ABOUT ANYONE ELSE WITH THESE MACHINES – WE ARE FINALLY FREE TO BE SELFISH AND TRUE WITH THESE MACHINES – WE DON’T EVEN NEED TO HAVE GOD ON OUR SIDE WITH THESE MACHINES – WE CAN BET ON THE DOWNSIDE, TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE WITH THESE MACHINES – WE CAN GET SO RICH WE DESERVE IT YOU KNOW WITH THESE MACHINES – THEY’RE SO GOOD, YOU MIGHT THINK THEY WERE RUNNING THE SHOW …., RUNNING THE SHOW RUNNING THE SHOW …., RUNNING THE SHOW RUNNING THE SHOW …., RUNNING THE SHOW RUNNING THE SHOW …., RUNNING THE SHOW
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Too Much Information 03:36
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CELL PHONE IS RINGING WHILE I’M DRIVING MY CAR I CAN’T TAKE IT TILL I GET TO THE BAR TO MEET MY BABY ON A SATURDAY NIGHT SHE’S THE ONE, YEAH I’M DOIN’ ALRIGHT BUT SHE’S NOT THERE SO I TRY TO PHONE I LEAVE A MESSAGE WHILE I SIT ON MY OWN THE TIME GOES BY AND SHE’S STILL NEVER SHOWN I’M GETTING NERVOUS, MAY BE SHE’S NOT ALONE? I CHECK MY E-MAILS THERE’S TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE BUT NONE FROM HER ITS LIKE I’M NOT ALIVE I CHECK MY FRIENDS I GOT HUNDREDS YOU KNOW IT TAKES SO LONG THAT THEYRE STARTING TO CLOSE I GO BACK HOME I GOT TEARS IN MY EYES I GO ONLINE, AND WHAT DO I FIND A MESSAGE WAITING FROM MY CUTE LITTLE GIRL SHE SAYS SHE HATES ME AND SHE’S TELLING THE WORLD WELL TWO CAN PLAY AT HER LITTLE GAME I GUESS SHE HAD TO HAVE HER MOMENT OF FAME I KNOW HER SECRETS AND I ALSO KNOW LIES WHEN SHE READS THIS SHE’S GONNA GET A SURPRISE I GOT TOO MUCH INFORMATION IT’S A MODERN ROMANCE TOO MUCH INFORMATION WHEN I’M TAKING A CHANCE TOO MUCH INFORMATION NOW I’M FALLING APART TOO MUCH INFORMATION NOW ITS BREAKING MY HEART
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Intelligence 08:00
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ALL THE LESSONS OF OUR HISTORY DON’T PREPARE US FOR OUR DESTINY ALL THE WONDERS WE ALREADY KNOW ARE AS NOTHING FROM THIS DAY ALL THE MESSAGES WITHIN OUR BRAINS ALL THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT MAN HAS GAINED CAN BE PLANTED INTO DEAD MACHINES BRINGING LIFE WHERE THERE WAS NONE BUT WHAT TO DO WITH THIS DISCOVERY? NOW THAT SCIENCE KILLED THIS MYSTERY WEALTH AND FAME AWAITS THE FIRST TO SHOW THIS GREAT LEAP FORWARD FOR MANKIND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET HIDE IT FROM THE RAIN KEEP IT TILL YOU’RE WISER YOU CAN THINK AGAIN WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE OLDER DON’T FORGET TO SMILE NO ONE KNOWS YOUR SECRET YOU CAN BIDE YOUR TIME WHAT IF SOMEONE ELSE SHOULD GET THERE FIRST? WHAT IF SOMEONE STEALS THE PRIZE? ARE WE READY FOR ALL THIS MAY BRING? WILL THE HUMAN RACE SURVIVE? ALL THESE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS COME CROWDING IN AND ITS MESSING UP MY MIND SHOULD I GO AHEAD OR LEAVE IT BE THAT’S THE ANSWER I MUST FIND PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET HIDE IT FROM THE RAIN KEEP IT TILL YOU’RE WISER YOU CAN THINK AGAIN WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE OLDER DON’T FORGET TO SMILE NO ONE KNOWS YOUR SECRET YOU CAN BIDE YOUR TIME NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR EVERYONE TO FIND OUT JUST WHAT THIS MEANS NOW THE TIME HAS COME FOR EVERYONE TO MEET THE NEW MACHINES……. PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET HIDE IT FROM THE RAIN KEEP IT TILL YOU’RE WISER YOU CAN THINK AGAIN WAIT UNTIL YOU’RE OLDER DON’T FORGET TO SMILE NO ONE KNOWS YOUR SECRET YOU CAN BIDE YOUR TIME PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET HIDE IT FROM THE RAIN KEEP IT TILL YOU’RE WISER YOU CAN THINK AGAIN
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My Robot Friends 02:56
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Virtuality 05:42
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ACROSS THE PALE HORIZON IN SEARCH OF FOREIGN LANDS THERE MUST BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS MAYBE THEY’D UNDERSTAND THAT WE’RE NOT IN CONTROL HERE OF ALL WE’D LIKE TO BE AND THAT WE HURT OURSELVES LIKE CHILDREN VIRTUALITY – IS NOT SO FAR AWAY VIRTUALITY – HAPPENS EVERY DAY VIRTUALITY – NOWHERE I CAN SAY SEEMS TO BE TRUE I WALKED THE DISTANT MOONLIGHT I SAW STARS IN YOUR EYES I THOUGHT THAT THIS MUST BE RIGHT THIS MUST BE PARADISE AND ALL THE TIME YOU KNEW THAT THAT IT COULD NEVER BE IN SPITE OF ALL THE THINGS YOU TOLD ME VIRTUALITY – IS NOT SO FAR AWAY VIRTUALITY – HAPPENS EVERY DAY VIRTUALITY – NOWHERE I CAN SAY SEEMS TO BE TRUE LOST IN THESE WORLDS OF NOWHERE FAR FROM THE ONE WE KNEW WE DANCE THE DREAMS OF STRANGERS OR FIGHT LIKE LOVERS DO ONCE I KNEW WHERE YOUR HEART WAS NOW I'M NO LONGER SURE IF YOUR WERE REALLY HERE BESIDE ME VIRTUALITY – IS NOT SO FAR AWAY VIRTUALITY – HAPPENS EVERY DAY VIRTUALITY – NOWHERE I CAN SAY SEEMS TO BE TRUE
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We Just Do As We Are Told - 2 (free) 01:09
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Your Number's Up / Twilight 07:38
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ONCE WHEN WE WERE YOUNG WHEN OUR LIVES HAD JUST BEGUN WE COULD STILL BELIEVE IN A LIFE AS IT SHOULD BE IN THOSE FAR OFF DAYS WE WERE FREE TO MAKE OUR WAY FROM CRADLE TO THE GRAVE HELP EACH OTHER ON THE WAY THEN CAME THE MACHINES BUILT BY US TO BUILD OUR DREAMS CARRY ALL THE LOAD HELP US FIND THE MOTHERLODE FREEDOM SLIPPED AWAY SACRIFICED FOR FACTORY PAY STILL WE COULDN’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE NOW WOULD HOLD YOUR NUMBER’S UP - NOW THEY’RE CALLING YOU HOME YOUR NUMBER’S UP – THEY WON’T LEAVE YOU ALONE YOUR NUMBER’S UP - NO MORE LIFE AS YOU’VE KNOWN YOUR NUMBER’S UP, YOUR NUMBER’S UP THEN CAME OUR MISTAKE AND THE FINAL ONE WE’D MAKE IN OUR ARROGANCE AND GREED WE CREATED A NEW BREED OF MACHINES A BIT LIKE US WALK AND TALK BUT THINK TOO MUCH WITH AN ARTIFIICAL MIND FORGOT TO TELL THEM TO BE KIND YOUR NUMBER’S UP - NOW THEY’RE CALLING YOU HOME YOUR NUMBER’S UP – THEY WON’T LEAVE YOU ALONE YOUR NUMBER’S UP - NO MORE LIFE AS YOU’VE KNOWN YOUR NUMBER’S UP, YOUR NUMBER’S UP
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Virtuality - 5 minute taster (free) 05:26
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Virtuality is a concept album about man's relationship with digital technology, from the development of the first programmable machines to a possible dystopian future where we are no longer in control of our own destiny.

The story is told chronologically, via a series of songs and instrumental pieces, which portray various facets of the technological revolution past, present and future.

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released February 1, 2012

Written and performed by Allan Barron

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Allan Barron Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Songwriter/Musician based in North East of England.

My favourite music tends to be late 60's/early 70's rock music and late 70's 'new wave'. In particular I like early 70's British Prog rock, as well as the Beatles, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, the Who, Squeeze and countless others. What this means is I love a good tune.

Whether this has any influence on my own music I'll let the listener decide! ... more

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