Glorious Day Tracks 1, 2 & 3 (Sunrise/Glorious Day/My Sister's Handmedowns) Funderground Pete

Описание: Tracks 1, 2 and 3 from 2005's self-published CD "Glorious Day", a concept album of original songs for young kids and their parents to enjoy, together.
Words & Music by Funderground Pete.
©1997 - 2005, 2026
Illustrations by Funderground Pete and A.I.

0:00 Sunrise
1:27 Glorious Day
2:34 Breakfast
3:18 My Sister's Handmedowns

Notes from the original album liner:
"The music was lovingly recorded between May 2004 and June 2005 , using a rather ragtag collection of musical instruments which seem to have attached themselves to me as I pass through various stages in life. At the heart of this record are seven songs which were originally written solely for the amusement of my own two children, Emma and David, whose imaginations fortunately, at the time, had yet to meet a pixel. Essentially, this disc represents the first time anyone, apart from family, has been able to hear these old songs, plus the thirteen other brand new ones which, together, comprise Glorious Day. I am hopeful they prove to be an excellent source of smiles and giggles for both the young and the young at heart in your family, as they have for those in mine. Happy listening."

Largely forgotten since 2005, the original recordings* are presented here to mark the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their original release. As a happy coincidence, 2025 also saw the arrival of my first grandchild. (And so it begins again!)

For this 20th Anniversary 'spin' on youtube, I've attempted to marry old school with new by prompting on Dall E to generate a series of 'vintage' prints — simple placeholders while the songs play out through your speakers. As was always the case, however, please defer to the images painted by your ears and imagination!

These recordings, the basement demos of a hobbyist at best, were and still are the furthest thing from studio quality. Yet, to young kids in back seats, parents up front, and any older siblings along for the ride, listening together as a family to Glorious Day through the speakers of the old mini-van, the songs more than did the trick.

If that was you in the car twenty years ago, thank you for listening. It's largely for you that I am sharing these songs once again in hopes they will evoke happy memories and a silly grin or two, for old time's sake.

If you are here for the first time, imagine you are in an art gallery and you turn a corner to find yourself in a darkened room around the perimeter of which are 19, backlit illustrations. Pause in front of the first one you come to, long enough to read the title and listen to the self-guided tour play out fully in your earphones, before moving on to the next one, and the next one, until you've completed the loop. Welcome to Glorious Day, the 20th Anniversary Spin.

Happy Listening, indeed!

Funderground Pete
Oakville, Canada January 2026

*Waterman and The Finger, the two 'grown-up' songs that I included on the original CD — mostly to pad the run time — have been left out here to better preserve the concept of a day in the life of kids in a neighbourhood. But fret not. Newer versions of these two songs and others may be heard by visiting fundergroundpete.com