THE STAGE (ORIGINAL)

[MaxFillio]

What a depressing song.

Osvaldo's cover was phenomenal....he must have seen something in this one.

[guitmartiman]

The string bending lends an extra chilling effect to this song! Too bad the guitar playing overshadows your voice. I can hardly understand any of the words. Great song, though! I mean it's terrifying, but communicates a very important message. Joseph did an outstanding job, but I like your guitar playing better!

[coolanddark]

i agree.the guitar overwhelms the vocals.i got a microphone that solves the problem now but it also has feedback noise.anyhow thank you very much!i LOVE your videos!!!

[OsvaldoPaese]

This is a really important song.

[coolanddark]

thanks!unfortunatly far too many incidences such as this have taken place over the past decade or so

[OsvaldoPaese]

Wow these lyrics are so simple and straightforward but pack a real punch..but that goes without saying.

Great song man.. 5 stars.

[coolanddark]

thank you!man i do appreciate it!thanks for taking a listen!

[marcie99]

Wow! you so can put stories into songs so easily Dan! i dont know how you do this so easily! very touching always!!

[coolanddark]

thank you Kathy!thier not exactly easy.its fun to put happy songs like this together though.thank you!

[fingercheese]

Disturbing subject....brilliantly conveyed....awesome...as usual...

[coolanddark]

thanks Rob!the vocals got drowned out in this one im afraid

[QueenOfWannabe87]

Sad song, great lyrics though! The melody is very cool! I enjoyed listening! P&L, Anne :)

[coolanddark]

thanks Anne!i hope to do this one over at some point

[toostonedtocare]

Another incredible song Dan....

[coolanddark]

thank you nick!i borrowed your shades for this one!

[SafetyChris]

great song Dan

tone fits the lyrics perfectly

[coolanddark]

thanks Chris!i really hate playing this song but thank you!

[Bluefroger]

WoW Dan......very scary but very real!

Agree with Jayrbee60 would make a great movie sound track!

Sarah x

[coolanddark]

thanks Sarah!this would be too scary!they would have to rate the movie as no one under 17 without a note from your mommy.lol

[jayrbee60]

Great one Dan, very ominous - very true. Would make a good tune for the movie if it ever comes out. Oustanding guitar licks, and I think the vocals sound good with the heavy base tones - very halloweenish!

[coolanddark]

thanks Johnny!this one was fun but im not crazy about these black hat songs.

[Eddie629]

OK...somehow I missed this one in my subs list..another cool one...with the really sinister guitar lines happening !!..excellent Dan !!yep..disturbing subject matter...thats cool..Always look forward to new tunes from Mr.Samples outta Seattle WashingTONE !!!Cheers buddy!!!*****

[coolanddark]

thanks Eddie!the vocals got drowned out by the jumbo Alvarez.i reckon i should have thumbed it.but thanks you!

[ripper778]

Hey lovin the shades man. (I would)

A dark song. Pearl Jam's song Jeremy was about a kid who shot himself in front of his classroom. This sounds like a sad story so I'm off to google it so I can read about.

Great Job again!!

Shane

[coolanddark]

thanks Shane!thats a great song by Pearl Jam!i didnt know thats what it was about!wow!thats some heavy stuff!i love it!

[ripper778]

Yes, I enjoy reading about how a song came about. He was 15 yrs old. (Jeremy Wade Delle)

[grumpgus]

I would love to try this one myself some day.. ( the song, not the shooting ) Great Job again Cool&Dark!

[coolanddark]

wow!thanks!i`d love to hear it!i know it would sound better than this

[HandwhistlerBen]

Really cool!

[coolanddark]

thank you my new hero Ben the handwhistler!

[ACU5TIC]

Captured the spirit of the story really well in the haunting tune,great lyrics 5*****

[coolanddark]

thank you!this one is a dissapointing in that the vocals are drowned out.i guess i`ll have to try it when i get an external mic camcorder.thanks!

[classican]

Reallygreat tune Dan. We've have had a few of our own cranks over here who done such things.

[coolanddark]

thanks Pete!thier are to many cranks in the world for sure

[sherrywine1941]

I had a hard time listening to this song. Kids can be so mean to each other and yes the rage builds just like you said. We all have to listen more I think. What goes through their head must be hell. Awesome message Dan. (5*) Hugs Sherry

[coolanddark]

thanks Sherry!your so right!kids can be so cruel sometimes.its just a scary world sometimes.thanks.hugs!

[blooeye]

Great job Dan. you just shown why your called coolanddark, for very cool song and dark as hell. i love a good dirge. keep em coming.*****

ps. great riff. very haunting.

[coolanddark]

man thanks Michael.

as a folk singer i wish i didnt have to sing songs like this.but i feel it necessary sometimes.thank you!

[lindapinda]

Lots of darkness in this song Dan - well done :)

[coolanddark]

thanks Jack!this one was a lot of fun!

[marcoacca]

That's a perfect song. Splendid.

[coolanddark]

thanks Marco!i appreciate it!!!

[kardel100]

Absolutely Lyrically and musically Superb Dan, i agree with everyone on the point of subject matter being tragic but like the song Tom Dooley your song will keep the memory of the event alive for a long time to come. 5 Stars and regards Derek (london)

[coolanddark]

thanks Derek!!Tom Dooley is a terrific song!thats a great point sir!

[nllleonard]

It's difficult to find words to express such an unimaginable act. Your song conveys the darkness and the pain behind it.

[coolanddark]

thanks Nancy!your so right.i dont understand acts as horrendous as this.

[4846steven]

written about a tragic event but beside that this is a great song and a worthy 5 stars are yours my friend

[coolanddark]

thanks Steven!this was a tough one to put up for sure

[rington1]

just like your tag "Cool and Dark"

Alex...

[coolanddark]

thanks Alex!your right,somehow i feel as though i need to live up to that moniker

[JLSTaylor]

Wow, a very dark song, Dan. But thanks for bringing attention to the hardships that young kids face in today's world. Can only hope it will get better ...

[coolanddark]

thanks Marina!i hope and pray that the schools can somehow take the students guns away.thank you!

[mmcs122]

Wow. What a remarkable song this is. Very dark....but also pretty cool. I really like how the guitar part sounds kind-of....off-kilter: it fits perfectly with the mood of the lyrics.

[coolanddark]

thanks Molly!yes!i tried to play it that way.plus the guitar is a little out of tune.the vocals need to be louder next time i think though.thank you very much!

[suuzzee5]

Great song, Dan! VT is just down the road from me and my whole family went to school there, so this song really echoes up and down my life. Thanks for writing this and putting up the video. I agree with what John said... you're the man in black.

[coolanddark]

thanks Suze!i remember you asked for dark one awhile back.i cant understand how people can do stuff like this

[suuzzee5]

I do love the dark ones, Dan, but I'm with you...can't understand how people do those things. I can't kill bugs, don't eat meat, etc etc. But I love dark, sad, tearjerker, miserable feeling music. lol Am generally so happy and optimistic and full of amazement at the world that dark music is about the only way I can get in touch with that other side of myself...that sad dark blue miserable side. It makes me happy to be miserable? lol Dunno... just love it when you do the dark stuff!

[coolanddark]

i hate songs like this.but they need to be sung i guess.i`d

much rather sing songs like.if i had a pony!

[MonkeylessJohn]

Hi Dan. I wanted to add one more comment. I said this was an important song, because if people don't talk about why these tragedies happen then we can never hope to prevent them

It's like that big old elephant in the room you know??

[coolanddark]

im with you John!the vocals seem to me to be drowned out.that Jumbo guitar might be too loud.lol!

[MonkeylessJohn]

Hi Dan. I thought the vocals were quite clear. Did you think I meant that by the elephant reference??

I actually meant that as a metaphor about a big problem that everybody ignores, even though they know it is there.

lol

[coolanddark]

hi John!oh no,i got the metaphor,i was just self critiquing.i can hardly hear the vocals on this.the guitar seems to drown them out.thank you!

[UncleVRoy]

DARK & COOL!!

[coolanddark]

thanks Johnny!!!this one was a real bummer but thanks!

[bluebus420]

interesting thing to write about, good song very dark and haunting great job

[coolanddark]

thanks Mike!i hope we dont have to write anymore tunes like this in the future though

[madcowgirl4h]

Haunting tune here, beautiful. Having dealt with the VT shooting, I can definitely relate to the Illinois story. If only we lived in a world where nothing like this ever happened...

[coolanddark]

yes!i think one day wel will live in that world!hopefully someday soon!

[Johnfern99]

Never heard about this one. Great song ya worked out of it though. Love that guitar part!

[coolanddark]

thanks John!tha guitar kink of drowned out the vocals here.hopefully somehow we can put an end to all the school violence

[dannyknapp]

interesting tune Dan, you never know what you'll find when you start poking around in somebody elses head !

[coolanddark]

thanks Danny.its a scary yet beautiful world all

at the same time.

i hope to post a song

about a man from outer space soon

[MonkeylessJohn]

Good idea Dan. I am from outer space, I don't know if I ever told you that!!

[coolanddark]

lol!i think we all are John!i just wrote maybe the weirdest song ever today about a man from outer space!!!i think i need a shrink buddy!lol!

[RLewisH]

Awesome!!!

[coolanddark]

thanks Ryan.your probably too young to be listening to this one however.take care

[Cameragirl803]

So sad, But good song Dan.. The schools should have classes in kindness when kids are quit young because being teased is one of the most terrible mind bending things that can carry through and structure a persons personality for sure..not to make excuses for a killer, but really we have to figure out how to stop these things from happening:) 5*****

[coolanddark]

i hear you Jane!i used to just ditch school and go get drunk at the cemetary across the street.times have changed since then unfortunatly

[Cameragirl803]

I know the world is just getting so much worse! And different, just everything about attitudes..a lot of hard core hate music, etc. It has to turn around..

[coolanddark]

thanks Larry!i hate this song.i wish i never had to write it.hope your doing good my friend!

[patman2112]

I got to go look up that story. Nice work

[coolanddark]

thanks!be ye prepared to be depressed!

[MonkeylessJohn]

Dan. I don't know where to start.

Terrifying and such an honest look at what causes some people to go over the edge, often with tragic results.

Unavoidable...perhaps...but I do think we need to listen much harder than we do to people's pain.

This is a very important song Dan

[coolanddark]

thanks John!i really feel uncomfortable posting this one.i think i may have to pull it.God bless you my friend.

[losthills]

Beware ye all the Black Hat, for it signifieth dread and doom.....

[coolanddark]

thanks Archie.i hate the fact that i must post these black hat songs.its a fawkin crazy world we live in.i hope to post a happier tune next time.

[MonkeylessJohn]

Hi Dan, you are like the"Man in Black" Johnny Cash. He wore black for the same reason I believe

[coolanddark]

wow!thanks John!Johnny Cash was a real troubadour in that area.i paid 99 cents for that hat at a thrift store!what a great deal!