SONGS

The songs below are listed as follows:
• Tracks – Individual recordings released as separate songs, not affiliated with any album or group of recordings.
• Albums and Singles – Songs that were recorded and released on albums, or released and promoted as singles.

TELL IT LIKE IT IS (Davis/Diamond)
SPINNING 'ROUND
"SPINNING THROUGH THE AIR...SPINNING EVERYWHERE"
WHISPERS AND SHADOWS
"THOSE GHOSTS WHO FOLLOW US, LEAD US AND BORROW US, FOR THE NEW DAYS"
THE SPHERE FROM OUTER SPACE
"HANG ON TO BE, BABY!"
IN GALAXY'S HANDS
INFINITY SAND POURING THROUGH GALAXY'S HANDS
AQUA BLUE
Who Are In These Cars?
TO BE PLAYED WHILE DRIVING, OF COURSE.
Make It With You (David Gates)
THE BREAD BALLAD
After The Fire Has Burned
A SONG OF REMEMBERED LOVE
The Tide Is High (John Holt)
ORIGINALLY DONE BY THE PARAGONS IN 1967, LATER BY BLONDIE IN THE 80'S
Shake The Tree
"PLANT A SEED, CUZ IT'S A BRAND NEW LIFE...."
Bennie And The Jets (Elton John/Bernie Taupin)
THE ELTON JOHN CLASSIC, REINVENTED
I Think We_re Alone Now (R. Cordell)
TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS 1967 POP CLASSIC
Mist and Molecule
WE ARE ALL JUST MIST AND MOLECULE
Over The Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg)
THE STANDARD THAT JUDY GARLAND MADE FAMOUS
Isolation Blues
DESCRIBES HOW I OFTEN FEEL DURING THESE TIMES
Pump It Up (Elvis Costello)
PUNK ROCKER FROM THE "ARMED FORCES" ALBUM
The Robots Are Rising
THIS IS OUR FUTURE...THIS IS OUR PRESENT...THESE WILL BE THE GOOD OL' DAYS
Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
THE BEATLE SONG UNCOVERED BY SPHERE
Blah Blah Blah
IT IS WHAT IT IS WHAT IT IS
Out Of Mind and Out Of Insight
AN ALTERNATE ALTERNATE VERSION OF OUT OF SITE
Around And Round
"NO MATTER WHERE YOU BREATHE YOUR AIR, LIFE WILL FIND YOU."
I Shot The Sheriff (Marley)
THE BOB MARLEY SONG PUT THRU THE SPHERE BLENDER AND POURED WITH PASSION AND SPIRIT.
 

Rod Sphere Albums & Singles

Album: “Mist and Molecule”, 2013

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Mist and Molecule CD, 2013
1st in a trilogy

3:58 / Ravi Shankar

3:59 / It’s A Rock

3:14 / This Angeleno’s Got The Blues

5:38 / Who Are In These Cars?

4:05 / Aqua Blue

5:56 / Time Is Tide

1:31 / If Only Everybody Would Have Nice Houses

4:11 / Mist And Molecule

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Mist And Molecule
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Ravi Shankar
WRITTEN FOR THE GREAT MUSICIAN, RAVI SHANKAR, FOLLOWING HIS DEATH.
It_s A Rock
OUR ROCK EARTH AND OTHER THINGS ON AND AROUND IT.
This Angeleno's Got The Blues
"GOODTIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES", REWRITTEN FROM THE LA PERSPECTIVE.
Time Is Tide
"BE TRYING HARD" (HEART) BEATS...TRYING HARD..
If Only Everyone Would Have Nice Houses
...AND NICE HAIRCUTS, TOO. THEN EVERYTHING WOULD BE ALL RIGHT.
Mist And Molecule
ONE OF THE EARLIER VERSIONS OF THE CLOUDS/MIST SONG. DEFINITIVE VERSION STILL AWAITS.

Album: “Rivers and Rockets”, 2013

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Rivers And Rockets CD, 2013
2nd in a trilogy

5:36 / Rivers And Rockets

4:58 / Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)

4:32 / Shake The Tree

5:32 / I Think….

3:09 / Crying (Roy Orbison/Joe Melson)

3:11 / Long Long Long (George Harrison)

4:29 / Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish)

2:53 / Everybody’s Talkin’ (Fred Neil)

2:14 / I Don’t Think So

5:11 / Celibre Rah

7:36 / OMG!

6:15 / Water And Sunshine

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Rivers And Rockets
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Rivers And Rockets
TITLE SONG OF THE CD.
Shake The Tree
ONE OF MANY VERSIONS OF THIS SONG.
I Think That...
ANOTHER SONG THAT HAS HAD MANY PERMUTATIONS..
Crying (Roy Orbison/Joe Melson)
THE ROY ORBISON SONG.
Long Long Long (George Harrison)
MY INTERPRETATION OF THE SUBLIME GEORGE HARRISON SONG FROM THE BEATLES..
Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish)
MY TAKE ON THE HOAGY CARMICHAEL STANDARD.
Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil)
IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPROVE ON THE HARRY NILLSON VERSION, BUT I LIKE TO SING IT.
Celibre Rah
WHAT DO THESE LYRICS MEAN?
OMG!
THERE'S A VIDEO FOR THIS SONG, SOMEWHERE. MAYBE I WILL RELEASE IT AGAIN.
Water And Sunshine
"LOVE IS WAITING FOR THE HUMAN KIND. WE CAN MAKE IT WITH WATER AND SUNSHINE".

Album: “Variant Twist”, 2013

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Variant Twist CD, 2013
3rd in a trilogy

5:27 / Out Of Site

4:11 / The Inner Light ( George Harrison)

4:46 / The Center Hole

4:50 / All These Things

4:33 / After The Fire Has Burned

2:55 / That’s A Good Question

6:25 / Let The Sun Rays Find Us

4:14 / Dream (Johnny Mercer)

3:05 / It’s Only Love (Lennon/McCartney)

6:16 / Glass Ball

4:48 / Variant Twist

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Variant Twist
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Out Of Site
THIS SONG HAS CHANGED SO OFTEN, I FORGET HOW MANY VERSIONS THERE ARE.
The Inner Light (George Harrison)
MY RE-INVENTION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL BEATLES' B-SIDE.
All These Things
THERE'S A VIDEO FOR THIS SONG ON MY VIDEO PAGE.
That_s A Good Question
A SILLY, DUMB SONG, THAT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY NOT LISTEN TO. UNLESS YOU LIKE THAT KIND OF THING.
Let The Sun Rays Find Us
A grand-scale travel through re-incarnation and space travel.
Dream (Johnny Mercer)
The standard, classic favorite from the 1940's, Sphere-ized.
It_s Only Love (Lennon/McCartney)
My re-interpretation of the Beatles' song.
Glass Ball
"We are under a glass ball".
Variant Twist
"This life is just a Variant Twist, thru all that got us, bring us & brought us our birthday."

Single: “I’m Not Listening”, 2006

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“I’m Not Listening” CD single
April, 2006

I'm Not Listening
Rod Sphere

Single: “With God on our Side”, 2003

With God On Our Side (Bob Dylan. Adaptation-Sphere)

“With God On Our Side” CD single
March 2003

(Dylan, adaptation-Sphere)

With God on Our Side (Bob Dylan)
IT WAS WAR TIME, AGAIN, AND I DECIDED TO UPDATE THE BOB DYLAN ORGINAL.

Album: “Dot”, 1997

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Dot CD, 1997

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Sha Ne Na (Bop Teda Bop Why)
LIVE VERSIONS OF THIS SONG WERE WELL-RECEIVED IN THE COFFEEHOUSE DAYS OF LA.
Out Of Site
AN EARLY VERSION OF A SONG, STILL CHANGING AROUND IN MY HEAD.
On My Wings
JUST ANOTHER LOVE SONG.
Poor Little Fool
NOT THE RICKY NELSON SONG. THIS IS THE ROD SPHERE SONG.
Nothing_s Going To Get Me Down
A MELLOW WAY TO END THE "DOT" CD.

Cassette: “Rod Smear Songs”, early 1990’s

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Rod Smear Songs cassette
early 1990’s

Skating On The Edge Of A Cloud

Feathered Wings

Coconut In My Palm

Aqua Blue

Live Together—tiwtalwg

The New Math

Vagabond

Same Old Story—tiwtalwg

After All That…

Feel That Good Today

Cassette: “Raw Tree and Rock Sense”, 1990/1991

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Raw Tree And Rock Sense cassette, 1990/91

Shake The Tree

Shake The Tree
EARLY INCARNATION OF THIS SONG.

Skating On The Edge Of A Cloud

Feathered Wings

Running From The Mouth

Poor Little Fool

Coconut (In My Palm)

Coconut (In My Palm)
AM I SATISFIED WITH ONLY WHAT RESTS IN MY HANDS?

Aqua Blue

Courted By The Gods

Courted By The Gods
"FREEDOM RISES LIKE THE SALT OF THE EARTH..."

Not To Worry

Be A Tiger

Before I Drink Too Much

Before I Drink Too Much
"POUR ME A FULL ONE, NEXT TO THIS USED ONE, POUR ME A LUCKY ONE...."
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Rod, sphere.