I… Read Full Bio ↴1. Wood is an experimental noise/ambient music project started in 2023
2. Traditional Rock and Americana from James Maddock and company.
He's just an ordinary guy. We know that because he's forever telling us he's just an ordinary guy in that likable, down-to-earth, "fancy a drink, pal?" sort of way.
But how many ordinary guys do YOU know who amble nonchalantly on stage looking as if they're about to pick a fight with a karaoke machine and then sing with a sublime power that charms and chills in equal measure? How many ordinary guys do YOU know who write a whole catalogue of songs with such emotional depth that they sound like classics the instant you hear them?
He's a Midlands lad called James Maddock from the English city of Leicester, famous for... well, Leicester's not famous for anything at all really. But for years, he's had this unfeasible dream of making wonderful music under the name of Wood and, hey, dreams come true.... "We used to be called 'The Gift Of Love,'" he remembers, "and we were talking one night about music and I said, 'On all the records I really love -- like Dylan and The Band -- you can picture the room they're playing in and you can hear the wood.' And it suddenly hit me. WOOD! That was the name I wanted for my band."
James picked up his first instrument -- the ukulele that his granddad used to play in wartime bands -- at the age of eight. His dad, an optician, filled the house with jazz and if you venture into Leicester on a wet weekend you might still find Mr. Maddock playing in a jazz band in some remote corner.
"By the time I was 14, I started thinking seriously about being able to play the guitar," James recalls, "and I was pretty good at it. I had this great guitar teacher and at the end of a lesson he'd say, 'You should check out this record by Neil Young.... ' I worked on a market stall on a Saturday and I'd go in, get my wages, and then go and buy a Neil Young record. And the next week he'd say, 'have you heard Ry Cooder...?,' and it went on from week to week... The Eagles, Jackson Browne... and all the West Coast stuff...."
"Then I found Born To Run at a friend's house and it completely blew me away," he continues. "I was a big Bruce fan, still am. The Band's second album was a seminal influence on me too. Bob Dylan is a big hero for me."
James Maddock moved to London when he was 20 and served his apprenticeship in covers bands working the ...ahem... boisterous London Irish pub circuit. He played in the Arsenal Tavern, North London, every weekend for several years, an achievement that surely merits some sort of long service gold medal award. It was hard, the audiences took no prisoners and you could play there for a hundred years without being discovered, but James wouldn't have missed it for the world. And besides, from this unglamorous environment of beer, tobacco and loud covers of old standards and the hits of the day, the first splinters of Wood began to emerge about three years ago. "I took over as singer and started doing my favorite songs -- Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bob Marley stuff -- but all the time I was also writing my own songs."
They even recorded some demos of his material (at Abbey Road Studios, no less, where they fantasized about being rich and famous as they arrived to be gawked at and have their pictures taken by Japanese tourists) and waited for unspeakably lavish offers to flood in. Strangely enough, they didn't. But James somehow knew his music's spiritual home was America. "Two of the albums I most identify with are Late For The Sky (Jackson Browne) and Harvest (Neil Young). I love songwriters and I try to combine melodies and story. I've always liked my music to be quite gentle, with an acoustic, friendly feel...."
At a time when nothing got signed in the UK unless it came with nasal voices and loud twanging guitars and could be marketed as "Brit pop," James suddenly found himself flown to New York where a chance play of the demo sufficiently impressed Columbia Record executives to offer him a record deal. Classic songs. Beautiful melodies. Great lyrics. Choruses just made for dancing on the ceiling. A voice to sell your grandmother for. Where had this boy BEEN all their lives?!
"They got me to fly out there and do a gig in their offices!," James exclaims. "It was pretty scary! You spend all your life trying to get to this point and suddenly you're standing there with your guitar and it's all hanging on what you do in 20 minutes in that office."
The boy obviously done good. His old Leicester schoolchum, Bill Newsinger (guitar), and the other two Wood mainstays, Jim O'Malley (bass) and Steve Jackson (drums), found themselves finally summoned to Tongue & Groove Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to record, with producer Dave "Stiff" Johnson, the album they'd begun to despair would ever get made. "It really is a dream come true!," James admits. "When you've spent so long scrubbing around trying to get £50 together for rehearsals you think it will never happen. But when it does happen it's a huge responsibility. I'm learning a lot about myself through this."
The first Wood album, Songs From Stamford Hill, is not only full of unfeasibly memorable melodies and immaculately crafted songs, it has some telling lyrics. "I'd written hundreds of songs before," James estimates, "but when we called the band 'Wood,' everything seemed to fall into place." The album's title was inspired by the area of London where James was living at the time most of the songs on the record were written.
You may already know the opening track, "Stay You," which is featured on the best-selling Top 10 album Songs From Dawson's Creek (Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax). "Never Ending," the album's closing song, is another key track, a particularly poignant, nostalgic autobiographical song about growing up in Leicester and losing touch with schoolfriends. All of James' years of frustration are reflected in the lyric of "Knock It On The Head," in which he promises to allow himself just one last crack at this music nonsense before giving it all up to get a proper job. Then again, you don't have to spend long in his company to know he could NEVER give it up!
James has a rare way with a sentimental love song, as well. "I really love 'Our Time Has Come', it's so SOPPY!" he laughs. "There's only about three chords in it too, but there's a symmetry as well." And then there's 'You Make Me Feel Bad.' "Oh, that's about a girlfriend who made me decorate the apartment about four times," he admits. "I'd do it and she'd turn round and say, 'Oh I don't like that color!.'" All human life is here.
Wood. Crazy name. Perhaps. Ordinary guy. We think not!
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(3)Wood is rapper from Houston, Tx.
He is member of S.U.C. ( Screwed Up Click) & Half Dead Organization.
(4)Wood is also an instrumental band from Wheaton, IL. They are, what you call, like-minded forward thinkers. http://www.myspace.com/ourbandwood
(5)Wood is also a project by Wouter 'Wood' Loderichs, operating from Apeldoorn, The Netherlands . On his debut he mixes hiphop, funk, rock, blues and a tinge of industrial. More info can be found at his MySpace page.
(6) Wood is also a young Norwegian pop comet, also known as Elsa Marie Skjong. http://soundcloud.com/woodnorway/wood-honey-youre-a-dog
7. Stoner/Doom Metal from Rennes, France
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8. French rapper signed to GrintaRecords who started in 2020
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I Only Came For You
Wood Lyrics
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I can't see anyone but you
Sha bop sha bop
Are the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I only have eyes for you dear
But I can't see a thing in the sky
I only have eyes for you
I don't know if we're in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here and so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
The song "I Only Have Eyes For You" by Woody Herman is a classic love song about the all-consuming and deep love the singer feels for their significant other. The first line, "My love must be a kind of blind love," indicates the depth of the singer's affection for their beloved. The singer also mentions that they cannot see anyone other than their significant other, indicating that their love is all-encompassing.
The chorus of the song revolves around the idea that, even if the stars and moon are shining in the sky, the singer can only see their loved one. The song says that even though the surroundings, whether they are in a garden or on a busy street, are irrelevant because they only have eyes for their loved one. The line "But they all disappear from view, and I only have eyes for you" indicates that no one else is important or significant, and nothing else is worth their attention or focus - only their significant other.
Overall, the song is a beautiful tribute to the depth of love and the all-consuming feelings it can create. The lyrics are simple but incredibly effective at conveying the depth of devotion that the singer feels towards their loved one.
Line by Line Meaning
My love must be a kind of blind love
The love I have for you is so deep and intense that it is blinding, making it impossible for me to see anyone else but you.
I can't see anyone but you
You are the center of my world and the only person that I am able to see and focus on.
Sha bop sha bop
Interjection used to convey joy or excitement but has no significant meaning in the context of the song.
Are the stars out tonight
I am unaware of the world around me as my attention and focus are solely on you.
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
I am not concerned with the outside world or weather because I am too consumed by my love for you.
I only have eyes for you dear
My love and affection is fully directed towards you and no one else holds my attention or devotion.
The moon may be high
Even though there may be other things in the sky, such as the moon, my love for you is so strong that it blocks out everything else.
But I can't see a thing in the sky
Despite anything else present in the sky, my love and devotion for you prevents me from seeing anything besides you.
I don't know if we're in a garden
I am so fully consumed by my love for you that I am oblivious to my surroundings and where we may be.
Or on a crowded avenue
Whether we are alone or surrounded by people, my focus and attention will always be solely on you.
You are here and so am I
Our presence together is all that matters to me at this moment and I am grateful for it.
Maybe millions of people go by
Even though there may be an abundance of people around us, my love for you makes everyone else insignificant and they do not matter to me.
But they all disappear from view
The presence of other people does not matter to me as my love for you is so strong that it makes them all disappear from my view and thoughts.
And I only have eyes for you
My love, devotion, and focus are solely directed towards you and no one else holds my attention or affection.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Al Dubin, Harry Warren
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Slimkidd730
"Was it worth it man?"
"What?"
"Nigga was it worth it man, getting beat down?"
Looks at Alicia
"YEAAAHH...." LOL! Dude who directed his directed Dope too. Dope is like the present day wood. Shi a classic just like this. Stacie in it. lol!
@Keepdapocket
Damn this is like my real life every time I see this movie. I was a southern boy that loved to Philly when I was 10. I was light skinned, very loose curly hair, and green eyes. Didn't have aunts, uncle's, cousins, or friends. Just me and my parents. First day of school, the "bully" was making fun of how I talked and how I looked. Calling me white and stuff. After school, him and some friends literally chased me home. Mama asks me what's wrong and I told her. Daddy gets home and comes in my room to talk about it. He asks why did I run. I said there were four of them. I thought they were going to jump me. He says, tomorrow we will handle it.
Next day, after school, same kids picking on me, but my daddy was there. Daddy steps up to the bully and says, "you want to fight my son?" The bully was scared. Didn't answer. So, my daddy says let's go to your house so I can speak to your parents.
So, we all go to the house. The bully's dad is there. So, my daddy says to him, "your son keeps picking on my son, but only when his friends are around. So, here is what we're going to do. The four of us are going to go in your back yard, and let our boys have it out knuckle on knuckle, one on one. When it's over, it's over".
Bully's dad was a G. He said, verbatim, "I like that. I didn't raise a pink either. And, I'm pissed my son feels he has to use his friends for a fair one. Let them handle it right now.".
So, I'm like "damn, this kid is big as hell. How is this going to turn out" haha walking around back, my daddy was like, "this isn't boxing son. This is street. Use what you have to. Elbow, knees, head, whatever. Don't let him get you on the ground. If he does, wrap your legs around his body, and your arms around his neck. He can't swing it he can't breathe"
We start scrapping. My natural instincts was to box since that's what I did, and this was technically my first Street right. So, I didn't know how to handle the bumrush. I was tagging him, but then he would grapple. Then, he got me on the ground. Took a few to the face. Daddy yells out, "do what I said!!!!" So, I did. The kid starts yelling, "I can't breathe!!". Our dads break it up. They ask us if we want to go again. We both shook our head no. Both dad's said shake hands, and it's over. We did. The other dad goes in and gets us Kool aid.
We drinking Kool aid, then next thing you know we are passing football haha meanwhile, our dads are at the patio smoking sit says!! This was in 1982. Present day, this dude is STILL my best friend 100 grand. Always rocked together since that day.
@lanakeys4852
“You want some of me?!”
“Yeah!”
“What?!!”
“I-I guess so” 😂
@dariuswilliams6683
😂😂😂😂😂
@spookydascary9478
I'd be down but depends on why.😅
@Mrswaggerific1000
First rule of a fight you don't stop swinging until they fall
@jonathangasana
He should have swung twic n ran 4 his life
@anthonyjohnson9106
Actually, the first rule is never take your eye off your opponent.
@FridayThe13thhh
Mrswaggerific1000 😂💯
@djdatdude129
Mrswaggerific1000 wrong hit, tackle, then keep swinging
@ericwright6717
Mrswaggerific1000 never stop swinging.
@nahseemx7527
He had some real friends.... They tried😂😂😂😂