Post by tremblinwilbury on Dec 21, 2019 0:17:38 GMT
On this site we're not just celebrating the talent of a certain native of Shard End, it's what he does with words and music that really grabs our attention.
While he was busy touring in the seventies he probably didn't have a lot of time to think about what influenced him. Thankfully he got time. The stuff he listened to… Armchair Theatre and Long Wave…
I have definite tastes. I can't ignore what I heard when I was in short pants, and going to school. Years later I can't overhear it without getting a lump in my throat.
What brought this to mind? A series on television dedicated to the history of Country Music. That really is nothing other than ordinary people putting experiences to music. Either to remember them, or to teach others. That's known by many names all over the world… folk… country… traditional… It comes from within...
Sometimes it fuses with other sounds…
A long time ago the BBC produced a series about Irish music leaving it's native shore with emigrants and landing in America. There it merged with other forms of music. Blue Grass… Cajun… Eventually that became popular and Ireland liked it.
A lot!
Two songs featured in Bringing It All Back Home mean a lot to me. One is based around a father writing to his son who's emigrated to America, and who he hopes he'll see again some day. It's called Kilkelly, a small town I know very well, and dear to our good friend in Argentina as well.
The final verse makes the tears flow.
The other is, I think, a traditional American folk song, The Lakes of Pontchartrain. It's sung very sparsely by Liam Ó Maonlaí and the rest of Hothouse Flowers. It's a beautiful version.
Regardless of whether it's Irish, or American, or stuff found by or written by Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, it comes from deep within. It's proper 'soul' music.
The Way Life's Meant To Be… Hello My Old Friend… Long Time Gone… even Songbird… These are just the same. Jeff's writing about things that have touched him. We can all relate to that, I think.
Nostalgia hit big time, tonight… Hope I haven't bored you…
Ok, someone who touched a lot of us, even in his final days…
(apologies... I wanted to add those links to specific words - but my silly phone wouldn't let me
)
While he was busy touring in the seventies he probably didn't have a lot of time to think about what influenced him. Thankfully he got time. The stuff he listened to… Armchair Theatre and Long Wave…
I have definite tastes. I can't ignore what I heard when I was in short pants, and going to school. Years later I can't overhear it without getting a lump in my throat.
What brought this to mind? A series on television dedicated to the history of Country Music. That really is nothing other than ordinary people putting experiences to music. Either to remember them, or to teach others. That's known by many names all over the world… folk… country… traditional… It comes from within...
Sometimes it fuses with other sounds…
A long time ago the BBC produced a series about Irish music leaving it's native shore with emigrants and landing in America. There it merged with other forms of music. Blue Grass… Cajun… Eventually that became popular and Ireland liked it.
A lot!
Two songs featured in Bringing It All Back Home mean a lot to me. One is based around a father writing to his son who's emigrated to America, and who he hopes he'll see again some day. It's called Kilkelly, a small town I know very well, and dear to our good friend in Argentina as well.
The final verse makes the tears flow.
The other is, I think, a traditional American folk song, The Lakes of Pontchartrain. It's sung very sparsely by Liam Ó Maonlaí and the rest of Hothouse Flowers. It's a beautiful version.
Regardless of whether it's Irish, or American, or stuff found by or written by Steve Knightley and Phil Beer, it comes from deep within. It's proper 'soul' music.
The Way Life's Meant To Be… Hello My Old Friend… Long Time Gone… even Songbird… These are just the same. Jeff's writing about things that have touched him. We can all relate to that, I think.
Nostalgia hit big time, tonight… Hope I haven't bored you…
Ok, someone who touched a lot of us, even in his final days…
(apologies... I wanted to add those links to specific words - but my silly phone wouldn't let me
)
Apparently it's quite hard to see them with the naked eye, you need to be looking through a camera or other type of lens?