tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101715542011-04-21T11:55:43.302-07:00mediaeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613249698259046180noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10171554.post-1105793220903752312005-01-15T04:44:00.000-08:002005-01-15T05:05:40.750-08:00Following the destruction and horror of the Tsumani that struck Sri Lanka I composed a new song. It is based on the unprecedented sadness that the entire country is experiencing. The song will be translated into Sinhala and also to Tamil. I need sponsorship for a recording of this song by an organization who could do it like the Band Aid effort by British artistes that collected a huge sum of money for charity. I do not want anything for the song. <br /><em> <br />1st Verse </em> <br />Oh see the foam <br />The foam-crested wave <br />Everyone is dying <br />No one to save <br />Rising terror thirty feet <br />Crashing on the shore <br />Rolling horror on the land <br />Destroying door to door <br />Did you need the tsunami <br />To leave war behind <br />To come together <br />Love each other <br />My child I cannot find. <br /> <br /><strong>CHORUS</strong> <br /> <br />Tsunami Tsunami <br />Can I forget this day <br />My hand has lost its grip <br />My child is washed away <br />Tsunami Tsunami <br />From the bottom of the quake <br />Why have you done this? <br />Hundreds and thousands to take <br />The sea speaks to you man <br />The sea speaks to you <br />I’m cleansing your sins man <br />And all of your motherland. <br /> <br /><em>2nd Verse</em> <br /> <br />I was watching the sea gull <br />Diving for the fish <br />It caught the swimming eel <br />Out of the deep <br />I remembered the bullet <br />Past my ear with a swish <br />I grabbed my child, saved ourselves <br />With one mighty leap. <br />Give me an answer <br />You transgressed the law <br />What is in your mind now <br />My child is no more. <br /> <br /><strong>CHORUS</strong> <br /> <br />Music and Words by Nimal Mendis <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10171554-110579322090375231?l=mediaeyeproductions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mediaeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613249698259046180noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10171554.post-1105792926544621492005-01-15T04:36:00.000-08:002005-01-15T05:23:02.650-08:00<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">My name is Nimal Mendis. I am a composer with dual nationality of Sri Lanka and Britian. At present I am living in France. I had 22 songs recorded in Britain in the sixties and appeared on the popular TV show “Top of the Pops " in 1968 with my own song " Feel like a Clown ". It was with my singing partner Sandra Edema as Ranee and Raj. It was a guest appearance. One of my songs " Master Sir " has been a popular song in Sri Lanka for many years. I also wrote " Ganga Addara " for the late Vijay Kumaratunge, our President's husband who was assasinated in 1988 .I have written these and many other popular film songs for our country’s foremost filmmakers Lester and Sumitra Pieris 's . The two songs mentioned are still played often in Sri Lanka.</span> </span> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>Contact</strong></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> <br />Tel: ( 0033 ) 5 45 65 17 66 <a href="mailto:nimal.mend@wanadoo.fr">nimal.mend@wanadoo.fr</a> <br />My son ( Paulmarie Mendis ) London. Tel: ( 0044 ) 207 272 5748 datamyst@aol.com <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10171554-110579292654462149?l=mediaeyeproductions.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mediaeyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613249698259046180noreply@blogger.com0