Joseph Arthur's Lost Songs


last update : 2023-11-24



From the most recent to the oldest, here are all the "lost songs" Joseph sows on his official website, on social media or at concerts.

And sometimes, they find their way by appearing on studio albums.


Grateful (Child Of Grace) released on digital single
Living In A World Thats Gone Insane (lyrics)
Ceasefire Now (lyrics) released on digital single
No Weapons
Unity Now
Questions For The Holy Spirit (lyrics) 
Forgiven
Passing Storms
Demons
All Else Will Be Added On (lyrics)
The Infinite Wow (lyrics)  
From The Basement To The Penthouse
There But For The Grace Of God Go I (lyrics) released on digital single
Bride
Faith and Grace
Goto Him (lyrics)  
Amnesty (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project"
Sign Language of the Heart
Courage To Face It
Mass Formation Blues (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project"
The Knockout (lyricsreleased on "The Knockout Project"
Love Mandate (lyrics) released on digital single
Thera Luna (lyrics)
He'll Rise (He Died) (lyricsreleased on "The Knockout Project"
Salvation Station
So Drunk
Baby If You're Going Down
You're The Best
Silence Is Consent (lyrics)
Late Night TV  (lyrics)
Avenue Of Control (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project" & on digital single
Heart Speak (What’s Your Heart Say?)  (lyrics)  released on "The Knockout Project"
The Movies (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project"
Rise (lyrics)  released on "Rise" single & on "The Knockout Project"
To The Contenders (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project"
Ring The Bells
Under The Starlight Of Infinite Roses (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project"
American Night (lyrics) released on "Rise" single & on "The Knockout Project"
Without Hesitation  (lyrics) released on "The Knockout Project"
This Songs Gonna Save Your Life
Digital Slaves
Power
Cry
Running With The Shadows
You're A Star
Breaking The Line
Brave
Fantasy Road
The Escape Artist
Test My Gangster
A Seed For A Song
Learning To Stay
Dreamcatcher (lyrics)  released on "The Knockout Project"
Personal
So Soon You'll Know (how does it feel to be free)
Gods And Runaways
Box Of Pain
Little Renegades
Cry Cry (Save Yourself)
Butterfly Knife
Goodnight Maybelline
Gaslitkid
Shake It Off
Miracle Ride
Stop
Pigeons
Rock Love
Walking in Kosovo 
Popcorn 
Iran 
Midnight Dirt 
People Were Dying 
California (lyrics) released on "Heavy Bullets"
In The Distance  (lyrics) released on "Heavy Bullets"
Freeze You Out  (lyrics)  released on "Heavy Bullets"
Outside Your Window 
40 Days & Nights  (lyrics) released on "Heavy Bullets"
Victory Blvd. (lyrics) released on "Heavy Bullets"



Some informations (some coming from lonelyastronauts.com, now offline) :


"Victory Blvd" can be found on a promo cd distributed by Virgin records, released on 11/12/1999. It seems to be a new version of another Joseph's unreleased song : "Youthanasia".

"40 Days and Nights" is the last track of "I'm Going Out Tonight", a promo version of the "Vacancy" EP from March 1999. This song was finally replaced by "Toxic Angel" in the final version of the EP.

"Not Saying You're Wrong" was performed just once in Cluses (France) on 14 July 1997.

"Lost Gypsy Weapon" was written for the "Hell's Kitchen" soundtrack (never released as a CD), and is featured over the opening credits to the film.

"Betrayed by the Light" & "Rita" were played for the first time in New York on 12 March 1998.

"Outside Your Window" is a very rare song that appears to be exclusive to the Songs For the New Album CD. This song has yet to find its way onto traders lists and is therefore practically unavailable.

"Freeze You Out", "In The Distance" and "California" are the 3 unreleased songs of the "Rusty Water" bootleg,  they would have been out of place from the "Come To Where I'm From" album.

"Blood Brothers" was debuted on the "Unplugged in Cologne session" recorded on 16 November 1999. This perfectly delicate acoustic track recounts an early significant friendship that ended in betrayal.

"Poison Flowers" is a rarely performed song, the earliest and only known recording of which comes from New York 6 June 2001.

"Is Your Dream Alive?" was played just one time in Los Angeles on 29 August 2001.

"Mistery" and "Without A Home" are the two Holding the Void songs reserved for live performance, and not included on their debut album. Joseph said to a fan after a show that "Mystery" was not on the Holding the Void album because the other guys in the band didn't think it really fit it.

Many songs were introduced into the live sets when Joseph added the 2 Kula Shaker guys for his Redemption's Son tour from May 2002 :
"Pretend To Be Free" and "Wait And See" were medium paced acoustic songs. "Lady Lovelace" is a song that appeared during mid May 2002 performed solo on initial outings before being fleshed out with the Kula Shaker guys later that month. A studio session recording exists from 10 June 2002 on the so-called "White Session" recorded for French radio station France Inter. Note that this song often appears on bootlegs titled "Lady Loveless".
"Chief Lone Wolf And Star" is a much heavier song than is typical of Joe's normal style. The song is often given the erroneous title of "Stars".
"She Speaks To Ghosts"  was earmarked as the title track to a proposed fourth album intended as a rapid follow up to Redemption's Son. The sessions either never happened or simply weren't considered worthy of release and the only recordings of this song available are audience recordings from late May and June 2002 with the Kula Shaker guys. Note this song is listed as "Already Gone" on many bootlegs.
"Angels Hold You" is another of the many songs of this period, and is sometimes listed as "Angels Hold You" or "You're My Angel" on some bootlegs.
"Products Of Your Love And Your Hate" is another rock song recorded for the "White Session" and in many of the live sets from late May to mid June 2002.
"You Tell Me Now" was played live in Vienne in France in July 2002. 

"Need A Friend" is a different song from the one with the same name in the Holding The Void album, and was played in Seattle at the JBL theatre at the Experience Music Project on 12 October 2002.

"Bel Canto" is an unusual song created on stage as Joe sings the 6 first stanzas of a Kenneth Koch poem to an improvised backing track. Delivered in a vocal reminiscent of Lou Reed, the song is sometimes listed as "Queen Be" and comes from an audience recording from the only known performance recorded at Cafe Largo, Los Angeles on 19 October 2002 with the band Johnny Society playing with Joseph.

"Playing Now In My Mind" was performed at Cafe Largo, Los Angeles on 19 October 2002.

"Slow Down" was first performed at Antwerp on 18 November 2002 and at 4 shows since. Available on official bootlegs from the 2002 European tour in support of Redemption's Son.

"Evil Will" was performed at Rouen on 27 November 2002 and at a few shows since. Often referred to as "Danger" on many bootlegs.

"I Don't Wanna Wait My Time" was performed once at St Jean de Vedas on 30 November 2002. this highly charged rock song is taken at a fast pace and was basically an impromptu song with a short verse and chorus which was repeated throughout.
At the above show Joe stated that he made it up at the sound check but it sounded totally different!

"Into Your Heart" was played once in Austin on 24 April 2003 with Pat Sansone on keyboards.

"People Were Dying" was performed at Hoboken on 15 July 2004. No recording known to exist.

"Had To Go" was played live for the first time in Northampton on 11 September 2004. The song has been played a few other times in 2004 always with Joan Wasser on violin and backing vocals.

"Find What You Need" was played just one time in Raleigh on 25 September 2004.

On March 2005, Joseph wrote a serie of 5 songs that were performed later that same day. A few of these have been strong enough to hang around the set a few times whereas others disappeared as fast as they came :
"I'll Wait for Grace" was first performed at Vancouver on 17 March 2005 and survived for three nights. "Turn Around" was debuted at Moe's Grill, Salt Lake City on 19 March 2005. "Just A Friend" was first performed at Climax Lounge Denver on 21 March 2005 and on three more occasions since. "Juliette" was certainly written for Juliette Lewis, and was first performed at Austin Texas on 24 March 2005. "Change What You Say" was the final of the five "song-a-day" songs made its debut at The Gypsy Tea Room Dallas on 26 March 2005 and never got a second chance to impress.

"Two Eyes" was played live for the first time in Northampton on 20 October 2005. The song reappeared twice in October 2006 during the tour with the Lonely Astronauts.

The "Nuclear Daydream Tour" with the Lonely Astronauts allowed to test on stage new songs, which were certainly recorded during the sessions of "Let's Just Be" :
"No Way" was firstly performed solo at Osheaga Festival on 2 September 2006 and written two days before. "Take It Away" debuted live in Lawrence on 7 October 2006 with the Lonely Astronauts. "I Need Your Love" was played live for the first time in Houston with the Lonely Astronauts on 24 October 2006.

"Slave" is one of the Lonely Astronauts songs which appeared first on their Myspace page in the demo version and was untitled 'Back On The Bus'. The song came back on December 16th 2006 on Myspace under the name 'Slave'.

"Come With Love Or Don't Come At All" was available for download on his Myspace on 1st February 2007, and a video was shot for the song by Anna Gabriel.
A bulletin came with the song : <<we love the beast and it. rocks us into almost ten minutes of bliss thunder. we did some over dubs on it tonight and then we put it up. brand new song. fer all yer love and pleasure. im wering a black dress and kraig is putting on a skirt. we are getting ready to make the video for it in drag. its no drag. it just keeps on coming on. poe said its like a dancing elephant in fantasia then he said why are we dressing up like hot chicks. when we got hot chicks here. i think it rocks (the song). im excited about it. it came out of the blog. its a blog song. i think it sounds new and tough and sexy and fun. hope u love it. come with love or dont come at all. believe me. we practice what we preach>>

"Rembrandt's Empty Frame" is a poem Joseph wrote after his visit to Isabella Gardner's museum in Boston. The song was available for stream or download on JA's Myspace on 17 February 2007, and a bulletin came with the song on Myspace : <<"Here's another song me and dave rosser put together in new orleans. Rembrandt's empty frame. Its based on a true story. Hope you dig it. But don't turn into oil paint or fall thru the frame. Think of it more like a tramp o line. Into isabella gardners place in boston. And if you never been there do yourself a take a trip. Its mind blowing. Love. Peace. Juice. And terrible euphoria. jo>>

"Acid Mother" was posted on Joseph's Myspace on 19 August 2007.

"Magic Chances Us All" is a song shared on Myspace on May 8th 2008. The lyrics come from a poem Joseph wrote on November 2006 called "The Magic Chances it All". 
The song was accompanied with another poem : <<I had almost died when I wrote this. I saw things I wasn't sure were meant to be seen. But I saw them. And wrote it down. I spread wings beneath the flame. And then I was above it. And then I was falling. And then we were gone. And all that was left was this echo. Of a time when. Seeing the end felt like the beginning. And a place. Where joy ate devil cookies. And crashed cars along highways. Of dream dance doom and dandelions. The magic. Does chance us all. We are but tiny chances. Spun around clouds preparing to rain. We may swallow rich food and wear expensive clothes. But we are dust and water. Rust and grace. Gloom and glamour. lost in space. Son and daughter. Mask or face. Sleeper dancer. In no place. I saw things. I wasn't supposed too. But I saw them. And I wrote them down. The magic chances us all. And then we chance magic. As life lives thru us. How could we be any other than he. The almighty. The creator. And then (of course) we bleed for eachother. Seeing from our heart. shotguns pointing out of the sockets of our eyes. As something called magic. Chances us all.>>

"Midnight Dirt" is a song mentionned by JA on a 2008 video interview for mog.com. He played a little bit of it and showed the lyrics but there's still no known recording.

"Chained Bicycles" was debuted live at the Covington gig on 26 October 2008 with the Lonely Astronauts.

"Change Has Come" was composed for Barack Obama to celebrate his victory in the US election. The subtitle of the song is "Obama rama". The song appeared as a video on Youtube with Joseph performing near the MOMAR in Brooklyn on November 7th, 2008 at 5:45am. Then the song was shared in a studio recording version on Joseph's Myspace a few days later.

"Setting Sun" was only played live once, solo in Pisa on November 2008.

The "Temporary People" Tour with the Lonely Astronauts (without Jen Turner) also has its share of orphan songs :
"Fast As Fate" was firstly played live in Mulhouse (France) on March 6th 2009. "Music For People Who Hate Music" was played live first in Strasbourg (France) on March 4th 2009 (note that Joseph played the keyboard on this song), "Lost Signs" was a poem untitled "In An Old Light" posted on Myspace on 21st March 2009 and then played live for the first time in Brest (France) the same day. "Feels Like Love To Me" was first played in Brest on March 21st 2009, but heard by the fans at the soundcheck of the FNAC Lyon 10 days before. "Iran" was played in Bristol (UK) on 19 July 2009, and "The Dream Hasn't Changed But I Have" was played live for the first time in Angouleme (France) on 10 Octobre 2009. The lyrics of the song comes from a poem posted by Joseph two weeks before.
Last unreleased song from this tour was "The West Side", played live for the first time in Alençon (France) on 14 October 2009.

"Motorcade" was written by Joseph with Jeff Klein at the Austin Motel in Austin on 7th February 2010. The song was posted on Youtube. On the same day, Joseph played another new song called "Last Train Home".

"Popcorn" is a spoken song that Joseph made up and played live for the first time at the Stronghold, Venice, CA on 2 April 2010.

"Soy Captain" was played live once on September 25th 2009 in New York City.

"A Pig In The Mouth Of China" was a spoken word track was in Venice on 23 April 2010. Note that the lyrics are from a poem published by Joe on January 2010.

"West Virginia" was another spoken piece played for the first time in Hoboken, May 7th 2010.

"Desperation Hall" appeared live in Philadelphia on 2011 January 21st 2011.

"Isobel" was played live for the first time in Bristol (UK) on 2011 May 3rd and written the same day.

"The Big Sleep" is a spoken piece from a poem published on March 2007, and was played live in Bristol on 2011 May 3rd.

"Propelled By Love" is another spoken piece played live just once in Rotterdam on 2011 May 8th. This was first a poem published on 2010 September 29th.

"I Can See You Don't Mean It", "Take You Out" and "Rough It Up" were 3 songs recorded with Russell Simins at Johny's Garage in 2012, and posted (accidentally?) the same year on Soundcloud.

"Walking In Kosovo" is a song played live with Kraig Jarret Johnson, Scott McCaughey (keys) & Linda Pitmon in Mexico on January 2013.

"Robin"  was released on Youtube on August 12th 2014 after the Robin Williams 's death. Joseph wrote this : <<My tribute to Robin Williams. My heart goes out to his friends and family and all those struggling with depression. Thinking about all the joy he brought. And for us children of the 70's there was nobody better. He landed on our consciousness like a tidal wave of laughs. Nanu nanu Robin and rest in peace.>>

"Where Is Our Freedom" was written on 2014 following the death in Missouri of a young black killed by a policeman.

"Wake Up (namaste third eye)" was a studio recording posted on Soundcloud in 2014.

"Hey Kanye" was written by Joseph on 2015 after Beck won two Grammy Awards but Kanye West do not agree with that.

 "The World Without A Gun" is a song posted on YouTube on 2016-01-15.

"I Won't Call" is a unreleased song from the 2nd RNDM Record. Richard Stuverud was hoping it would have been included on the 2016 release. "Someday the light will shine on it."

"Rock Love" is a song created the day of the Woodstock Session (2016-07-30).

"Gaslitkid", "Pigeons", "Stop", "Miracle Ride" and "Shake It Off" are songs created with Paul Cantelon on July 2017 for the Project Torture Chamber VJJ. Some snippets of these songs were posted on the JA's Instagram.

From 2017, Joseph enters the process of writing the successor of "The Family" and begins to post small extracts of songs on Instagram : "Sunlight In The Seed" on August 2017, "Little Renegades", "Cry Cry (Save Yourself)", "Butterfly Knife" and "Goodnight Maybelline" on September, "So Soon You'll Know (how does it feel to be free)" on November, and "Personal" on December 2017

On November 17th 2017, Joseph played at Drew's and debuted 8 news songs ("So Soon You'll Know", "Come Back World", "Gods And Runaways", "Biggest Mistake", "Pale Fire", "Seek And Find", "Streetcar" and "Box Of Pain"). As today, "So Soon You'll Know", "Gods And Runaways" and "Box Of Pain" are still unreleased.

On 27 August 2018, Joseph posted on Instagram a picture of a 14 songs tracklist for a new record called "Fantasy Road".  The songs were "Without Hesitation", "Tomorrow Today", "This Songs Gonna Save Your Life", "Permission" (first name of "Make It True"), "I'll Be Around", "Digital Slaves", "Power", "Cry", "Running With The Shadows", "You're A Star", "Breaking The Line", "Brave", "Somewhere With You", and "Fantasy Road".
The list was updated with 6 others songs : "Gods and Runaways", "Pale Fire", "Nefarious" (first name of "Seek and Find"), "The Escape Artist", "Streetcar" and "Come Back World".
Some snippets were posted on Instagram since July 2018.

"Where Did You Go?", "Fall In Love With Me" & "Don't Try to Understand It" are some of the (six?) songs written by Arthur Buck during rehearsals in May 2018 for the Arthur Buck US Tour.

In November & December 2018, Joseph posted some snippets of new acoustic songs on Instagram, and explain working on a minimal produced collection of acoustic songs. The songs posted were "You're Here After" (2018-11-09), "American Night" (2018-11-24), "Ice Capades" (2018-11-26), "Signs Of Age" (2018-11-28), "To The Ones Are Already Gone" (2018-12-10), "East River Run" (2018-12-15), "The Night The Continental Closed" (2018-12-16), "Under The Starlight Of Infinite Roses" (2018-12-19) and "In The Blink of An Eye" (2018-12-24).

"Dreamcatcher" was played during a podcast recording for FilmWax Radio, on 2018-12-22. The song was released on Gumroad with a vidéo on 2022-10-14.

"Lost Icons" was posted on Instagram on 2018-12-26.

"Out Of Sight" appeared in August 2019, when Joe posted an excerpt from this song on Instagram, stating simply that he was working on it.

"Ring The Bells" was posted on Instagram in integrality on 2019-12-02. Joe wrote that's a "new song about the times we are living in".

"To The Contenders" was posted on Instagram with the lyrics on 2020-01-12. 
2 days later, Joe posted another new song called "Rise".
The song was dedicated to Neil Peart, who died a few days earlier from cancer.

"The Movies" was posted on Instagram with lyrics on 2020-01-25. He explains in his post : "Heading to Sundance now to play a couple shows at the Ascap cafe and check out the movies. So here’s a new song I wrote to celebrate film rolling through light feeding us dreams. It’s called (simply enough) ‘The Movies’ Enjoy! And see you soon in Park City!!". The studio version was released via Gumroad on 2022-09.

"The Best You Can" was posted on Instagram with lyrics on 2020-03-19, after a first snippet the day before.

During the Covid19 quarantine, Joe posted some new songs on Instagram : on 2020-03-23 was posted a  snippet of  "Set Your Sights", with lyrics. "What's Your Heart Say" was posted on 2020-03-24. We can hear "Avenue Of Control" on 2020-03-27, "Late Night TV" on 2020-03-31, and "Silence Is Consent" on 2020-04-28 (the poem of this one was posted some days ago).

"Everyday A Day To Get Born" is a poem set to music, in the style of "Redemption City". The video was posted on YouTube on May 25, 2020.

Joseph posted on 2021-02-26 a little video of digital art, with snippet of a new song played with a moog, called "Stay Inside Your World". 
Over the next few days, Joseph posted the excerpts from other instrumentals ("Ethereum Delirium", "The Blossoming" & "Transformation Lane"), explaining that he wished to make these available in the form of NFT.

"You're The Best" was played for the first time during an Instagram livestream on 2021-04-03. Joseph said the song was written the day before.

"Jesus Moon" (the name of the song was confirmed by JA on WYCYEAH twitter) was posted on Easter Day (2021-04-04) on Instagram.

"Baby If You're Going Down" was written on 2021-04-25 and posted on Instagram.

"When We Make Demons

"So Drunk" was performed live on Instagram on May 07, 2021. The title was most certainly inspired by the song by Vic Chesnutt, which Joe mentioned a few days earlier on social networks.

"Truth Song" was posted on Instagram on 2021-06-04, Joseph specifying that the writing of this song is "in progress".

On 2021-06-29, a snippet of "Salvation Station" was posted on Instagram.

July 2021 was prolific for Joseph : another song in progress was posted with lyrics on Instagram on 2021-07-01, called "Come Back To Me". 2 new songs were posted on 2021-07-04 "He Died" (released on 2022 as "He'll Rise") & "Shine So Bright". "Armor Of God" on 2021-07-07, "We Can See" on 2021-07-15.

Joseph posted a snippet of "Thera Luna" on October 26, 2021 on Instagram. It's the first new song posted since his daugther was born.

"Love Mandate" was posted on Instagram on Juanary 23, 2022. The song was written in the context of attending an antivax rally. A Digital single was released on 2022-02-09.

February 2022 is a prolific new period: "The Honk Song" was written & posted on 2022-02-04, in response to a demonstration by truck drivers in Canada against health measures.
"Second Hand Flannel" was posted on 2022-02-14 in reaction of Joseph's banning by YouTube. "Our Freedom and Our Girl" was posted on 15,  "God's Mercy" on 16, and "God Sized Hole" on 17.

"The Evil In This World" and "I Want You To Know (for Alessia)were posted on social médias on 2022-05-04. 

An acoustic version of "The Kings Of Hide And Seed" was posted on 2022-05-07 with the lyrics, followed by a studio version on 2022-05-31 with a vidéo of live painting.

On June 17, 2022, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States to face his charge under the Espionage Act 1917. Joseph posted the song "Free Assange"  in reaction the following day.

"Homeward Dove" was posted on social medias on 2022-06-20 and dedicated "for the fathers".

"The Knockout" was posted on Instagram with the lyrics on 2022-07-26 under the name "Keep Swinging". The song was released as a digital single on 2022-08-18.

On August 15, 2022, Joseph posted the lyrics of a new song called "Mass Formation Blues". He specifies that the release of the song is "coming in two weeks". The single was released on Bandcamp on 2022-08-22.

"Courage To Face It" 

"Without Hesitation" was released as a digital single on Bandcamp on 2022-09-02.

A snippet of "Speak Your Mind" was posted on 2022-09-06.

"Sign Language of the Heart" was played for the first time as a Gumroad exclusive on 2022-09-26.

"Small Beginnings" appeared on October 09, 2022 on social media. Joseph described the song as "A song about following your vision and being undeterred by fear".

"Amnesty" was posted on YT on 2022-11-04. A studio version was released seven days after on Gumroad and Bandcamp.

"Goto Him" was posted on Instagram with the lyrics on 2022-11-10.

"Faith and Grace" was performed for the first time at the 2023-01-11 City Winery show.

"Get Going And Then Get Good" was posted with a homemade clip on YouTube on 2023-03-15.

A snippet of “R U Original” appeared on 04/11/2023 on Instagram, followed the next day by an acoustic version.

On 2023-04-20, Joseph posted a snippet of "Endurance" on Instagram, with the promise of new music to come. On the screen of his computer, we can read the name of an mp3 file called "Bride".
 
"Pepe For The People" is a song about a new cryptocurrency, posted on Twitter on 05/12/2023.

3 new songs appear on instagram in June 2023: "The Infinite Wow", "From The Basement To The Penthouse" and "There But For The Grace Of God Go I". This last title will be published as a digital single on June 23, 2023 on Bandcamp (JA's Gumroad seems to be stopped).

On July 14, 2023, JA released a new mix of "Avenue of Control" as a single with 8HoursRecords, and posted a snippet of a new song "Demons" on Instagram.

2 extracts of "Passing Storm" are posted on Instagram on 07/27/2023, with partial lyrics.
In tribute to Sinead O'Connor who died the day before, Joseph posted on Instagram on 07/27/2023 "Nights To Remember". An extract of "Who You Were Before" was posted on 07/29/2023.

Several excerpts from new songs were posted in August on Instagram: "Questions For The Holy Spirit" on 12, "In The Shadow Of The Cross" on 15, "Unity Now" on 28 and "Sirens" on 30.

"No Weapons" surfaced on 10/27/2023.

"Ceasefire Now" is a song aired on TNTRadio on 11/01/2023 in reaction to the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Joseph wrote on Instagram that “Whatever “side” we are on in this conflict, the million children in Gaza should be humanity’s only concern.” The song was played live for the first time at Akron on 11/22/2023, and released on digital single on 11/24/2023.

"Grateful (Child Of Grace)" was posted with a homemade video after celebrating Thanksgiving with his parents. The song was released on Bandcamp on 12/01/2023.



To be continued....

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