Leon Quinn's Blog

Come Together Video

Leon — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:38 +0000

The Blankets covering the classic Beatles song in College Green.

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The Unknown Soldier

Leon — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:00:27 +0000

Bit of a mental song with an execution in the middle! Off the Doors album Waiting for the sun.

Peace Frog Video

Leon — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:00:17 +0000

Possibly my favorite Doors song to listen to and play. The End live in Eamonn Dorans.

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The Crystal Ship

Leon — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:03 +0000

A beautiful soft song and one that’s lovely to sing. Off the Doors debut album.

Alabama Song Video

Leon — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:00:19 +0000

The End playing a fine Doors song in Eamonn Dorans.

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Roadhouse Blues

Leon — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:10 +0000

Me covering a fun bluesy Doors song and a great one to sing in the car! Off their great Morrison Hotel album.

Love Me Two Times Video

Leon — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:00:18 +0000

Me and The End, live in Eamonn Doran’s (The Rock Garden), Dublin.

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Riders On The Storm

Leon — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:00:51 +0000

Me singing the moodiest of Doors songs and the last one Jim sang on apparently. Off their LA Woman album.

Hey Joe Video

Leon — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:00:47 +0000

Cool Hendrix song covered live by The Blankets at College Green, Dublin.

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People Are Strange

Leon — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:00:42 +0000

Love singing this one, one of my favorite Doors songs ever. Off their Strange Days album.

I Want To Break Free Video

Leon — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:00:08 +0000

The Blankets covering the great Queen song in College Green.

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Love Me Two Times

Leon — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:00:56 +0000

Yeh, one isn’t enough..me singing the Doors track off their Strange Days album.

Sunshine Of Your Love Video

Leon — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:00:04 +0000

Me in The Blankets at College Green covering the Cream song.

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Love Her Madly

Leon — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:57 +0000

A rockin song off the Doors LA Woman album.

I’m A Believer Video

Leon — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:00:59 +0000

Live video of me in The Blankets covering I’m a Believer by The Monkees in that pub at College Green, Dublin.

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Light My Fire

Leon — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:00:17 +0000

Me singing the first song I ever heard from the Doors. Off their first album..light

Riders on The Storm Video

Leon — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:00:28 +0000

Recorded on a ‘camera’ in my house in Leitrim.

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LA Woman

Leon — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:00:24 +0000

Hard job trying to sing this epic song. Title track off the Doors LA Woman album.

Before You Accuse Me

Leon — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:00:30 +0000

Love playin and singing this song covered by Eric Clapton in his unplugged show. Myself and Karl in Leitrim.

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Hello I Love You

Leon — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:00:17 +0000

Me having a bash at one of my favorite Doors songs from the “Waiting for the sun” album.

Five To One Video

Leon — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:00:40 +0000

Rockin Doors song recorded on my 4-track by The End in Loop Studios, Dublin.

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Break on Through

Leon — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:00:48 +0000

Me singing a well known Doors song off their first album..

Not To Touch The Earth Video

Leon — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:00:38 +0000

We (The End) recorded this mental song in Loop Studios, Dublin on my 4-track.

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Been Down So Long

Leon — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:00:42 +0000

Another great Blues song off the Doors LA Woman album. My version..

Back Door Man Video

Leon — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:00:34 +0000

My Doors cover band The End recorded this on a 4-track duriung a rehearsal. Rockin blues song..

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Back Door Man

Leon — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:17 +0000

My cover of an old Blues song by Willie Dixon that the Doors recorded on their debut album.

People Are Strange Video

Leon — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:00:13 +0000

Myself and Karl playing the Doors song People Are Strange in Leitrim.

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Alabama Song

Leon — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:00:25 +0000

My cover of an old Kurt Weil & Berthold Brecht song that The Doors recorded. David Bowie done it too..Off the Doors first album.

Hello I Love You

Leon — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:21:06 +0000

Just found this in my music archives. Barely remember doing it! It’s a dancy version of “Hello I Love You” by the Doors. It’s from a downloaded midi file remixed with some nice VST instruments in Cubase.

How I like to listen to Music

Leon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:18:08 +0000

Most people like music yes? On the rare occasion I meet someone that doesn’t like music or doesn’t have a single cd, tape, mp3 or any of them old yokes I can’t remember the name of (joke!) or even any apparatus on which to play music, I tend to get very suspicious as to their mental stability. Lots of people listen to music casually while at work or while travelling and rarely ‘really’ listen to their music. For those of us music lovers, musicians, songwriters, etc for whom music is almost a religion or some kind of spirituality (me included), we tend to listen to music on a whole other level. Here’s what I like to do.

Go into a quiet room by myself late at night with no distraction or external stimulus. All senses except hearing should be shut off. I put on my favorite artist, Bob Dylan, The Doors….something timeless and brilliant and play it loud. Not loud enough to hurt or have the police around but loud enough to fill the room, drown all other stimuli and cause the merest of vibrations at least. Headphones aren’t the same. Many times I’ve been brought to tears just doing this simple thing – really listening to beautiful music. Not because it’s sad or nostalgic in some way, just because the melody, harmony, beat, tone and sentiment are great enough to overwhelm my senses and emotion. Tears of joy I suppose..

When I was in the band, we quite often deconstructed songs we wished to cover live. It might have been before Igot into computers because these days I’d just search for the tablature online but listening to a song over and over to try to get the lead guitar, bass or keyboard parts was a great education in how songs are written, built and recorded. I still listen to songs that way today and try to pick out each instrument and follow it along for the duration of the song. That’s why I say to people you could listen to a song 6 times in a row and have a completely new and great experience each time. Just listening to a great bassline can be hypnotic as can a cool drum beat. Listening to lead instruments can bring you on fantastic journeys and the whole thing together of course is just a symphony of color…even if it’s just a simple rock/pop song. Don’t even get me started on classical music!

The musical part of a song is always what stands out for me and what I listen to first. I could be years listening to some tracks before I totally cop the lyrics and meaning of a song and I’m quite often blown away when I finally figure out what a song is actually about! I’m also a fan of music biographies and have read many from Jim Morrison’s to Clapton, Hendrix, Dylan, Lynott and Bono and knowing a bit about the background of a band or artist can bring yet another dimension to the song.

If I could (and I have done in a past life..), I’d do noting else but listen to music forever..

Leon.