{"id":70361,"date":"2021-07-08T10:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T09:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=70361"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:29:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T09:29:05","slug":"pete-gardiner-has-a-brilliant-new-song-and-hes-ready-to-sing-from-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/07\/pete-gardiner-has-a-brilliant-new-song-and-hes-ready-to-sing-from-the-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Gardiner Has A Brilliant New Song And He\u2019s Ready To \u2018Sing from The Heart\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Gardiner has been busy during lockdown; he spent countless Fridays hosting \u2018A Song & A Drink with Pete Gardiner\u2019 where he hosted online gigs singing, of course, his brilliant original music and then an increasingly diverse selection of covers. The effect of these gigs was twofold in that it enabled Pete to hone his rapport with his original music and there was a feeling that he went through a process of falling back in love with his entire catalogue. However, the second effect was that it pushed Pete into songs that he maybe would never have considered attempting before these sessions. It was a joy to watch as this incredibly personable performer showcased his own music alongside classics which straddled virtually every genre. It was a joy to watch as his audience started to push for the originals. As approbation for the originals increased, Pete delivered with more and more confidence. This is a singer whose lyricism borders on modern social poetry and comfortably sits with the music of his idols Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen and to see that realisation dawn on the attentive audience was personally just proof of what I have written many times before. Pete Gardiner is a songwriter of such outstanding ability that we should take notice of, support and push as much as we can.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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One of the songs that Pete sang regularly was his new song \u2018Sing from The Heart\u2019 which has a guitar driven backbeat reminiscent of \u2018The Importance of Being Idle\u2019, the Oasis classic, and lyrics that feel very Warren Zevon inspired with their almost story like construction. Like so many of Pete\u2019s songs, it is full of brilliant one-liners including a cute little nod to Clint Eastwood\u2019s Outlaw Josey Wales. There\u2019s a darkness in this song which is at odds with the jaunty backbeat and the sing from the heart, howl from the grave dichotomy running through the song seems handmade for the stylised violence of something like Peaky Blinders. It\u2019s a \u2018Werewolves of London\u2019 for a modern audience who have got to the end of their tether and are completely over the clap every Thursday, do what you\u2019re told and everything will be ok approach to healing. It\u2019s \u201ca path to enlightenment that (he\u2019s) been limping along\u201d and Pete\u2019s brilliant lyricism is once again laid bare for all to see.<\/p>\n

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Like so many of Pete\u2019s songs, this gets better and better the more you listen as you let the lyrics wash over you and let the slow, driving journey to its grandstand finish sweep you along with it. I can\u2019t recommend enough that you give a listen to this song as soon as you can. Please add it to your playlists, put it on repeat and make sure that we support artists of this quality. This is not throwaway pop for the faint hearted, this is on point, hard hitting song writing and I implore you to help Pete Gardiner continue to sing from the heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pete Gardiner has been busy during lockdown; he spent countless Fridays hosting \u2018A Song & A Drink with Pete Gardiner\u2019 where he hosted online gigs singing, of course, his brilliant original music and then an increasingly diverse selection of covers. The effect of these gigs was twofold in that it enabled Pete to hone his rapport with his original music and there was a feeling that he went through a process of falling back in love with his entire catalogue. However, the second effect was that it pushed Pete into songs that he maybe would never have considered attempting before these sessions. It was a joy to watch as this incredibly personable performer showcased his own music alongside classics which straddled virtually every genre. It was a joy to watch as his audience started to push for the originals. As approbation for the originals increased, Pete delivered with more and more confidence. This is a singer whose lyricism borders on modern social poetry and comfortably sits with the music of his idols Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen and to see that realisation dawn on the attentive audience was personally just proof of what I have written many times before. Pete Gardiner is a songwriter of such outstanding ability that we should take notice of, support and push as much as we can.<\/p>\n

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