Angel (Premonition) - A strange and original song by Stuart Fretwell

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As regular viewers will know, I treat this channel as a bit of a blog. I tend to post videos about whatever's on my mind at the time. This time, it's about premonitions !

One day in mid-January 2010, out of the corner of my eye I noticed a misty, white shape on my daughters computer chair. "Just a reflection", I thought. When I saw the same thing, in the same place, from the hall-way . . I started to have a bad feeling about it.

I woke up next-morning to find that the world was spinning around ( anti-clockwise, around a point coincident with my nose! ). I also felt sick as a dog. For the next 12 hours or so, I lay still with my eyes shut and hoped it would pass.

Next day, the spinning stopped . . but the dizziness persisted. I called the doctor 3 days later. He was appalled with my sky-high blood-pressure and packed me off to the hospital. I spent 6 hours on a bed in the assessment room, waiting to see a doctor. While I was waiting, the guy next to me went into cardiac arrest. They worked on him for a while, then somene suggested 'calling' it. Someone else suggested that they try a while longer and they managed to get him back. Sadly, he died a few days later.

His place was taken by a heroin addict who had no useful veins. He was given a big syringe to take his own blood sample - from his groin - spilling some in the process.
Near midnight, I checked myself out and got a taxi home.

They had wanted me to spend the night in that room, which had had every disease known to man through it, during the day. It was a salutory experience!

So . . maybe I had a premonition. Have you ever had one. Why not leave a comment?

I recorded this 'live', hunched over a mic', in front of a computer. Not very interesting to look at . . . so I made this 'mad' video instead.

Angels © Stuart Fretwell 2010 ( All Rights Reserved)

Angel in my chair today
Wish he would go away
Angel in my chair today . . .

What am I gonna do ?

Why can't you ?
Why can't you call me here?
Why I never fear?

(repeat all)

Technical stuff:
guitar: Late 70's model Yamaha fg150, Martin light-gauge strings

Mic: Audio Technica ATR25 (ATR6250) stereo condenser mic', turned on it's side so that I could sing into the left channel and the right was pointing at the guitar's sound-hole. The apparent 'panning' was due to me moving my mouth relative to the mic'

Input via a Tapco link usb analogue to digital interface, with Mackie pre-amps. Recorded in Garageband on an iMac G4

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[SUNNYD3322]

great music. 5*****.

[stufish4040]

@SUNNYD3322 Thanks, mate, appreciate you stopping-by =]

[streetspiritlive]

Hey Babe, I love your music n I expect to hear more too!

Holy Shit, you had a bad scare

I know, I used to be a paramedic.

Can't tell you how many we took to the hospital like that n didn't survive...

But you have!

Now, be a good boy, take your meds and follow the diet they probably gave you and sing us another song!

We all die sometime, but for you I feel its not your time...yet

That's my premonition for what its worth!!

Love, m ; )))

[stufish4040]

@streetspiritlive Thanks! Your premonition is worth a lot to me =]

- Stu - X

[Ottawarocket]

A very Original and may I say cool song..Your story here is so interesting , I'm glad you checked yourself out of that Hell Hole of a Hospital ..How are you doing now? hope you got that Blood pressure down..I have had some strange Premonitions in my Days ...Stay well Stu

Rob

[stufish4040]

@Ottawarocket Thanks, Rob, hope you are well. Darn med's . . I hates 'em ! Getting better . . . .s-l-o-w-l-y =]

[2ruby202]

Well the inspiration for this song was very dramatic ... don't you just hate emergency rooms? Glad to hear you're OK now.  Great video and nice touch with the scarf :)

[stufish4040]

Hi, Micah :] Thank you so much, mate.

- Stu -

[MicahBuzan]

awesome work, i love it. has a pink floyd vibe to it, and i dig that.

[stufish4040]

Thanks, Bill, it's good to hear from you :] I thought about putting an 'advisory' on it, so as not to scare the under 15's. lol. 'Hope all is well in "Bill-land". Roll-on the Spring !