There's an ad in our local newspaper (The West Briton) this week for a concert in Penzance on Sunday the 10th of August. It features Incredible String Band...
Lay the bent to the bonny broom Bent can mean either 'bent' (strangely enough!) , 'coarse grass', or 'stretched'. Given that broom is a bouncy (sort of)...
... may be ... odd quality that ... were removed. ... Hi Ernie! I cannot agree with the comparison of U with the White Album, about half of which is more or...
... Mike did Cellular Song pretty much by himself in the studio. I am particularly fond of El Wool Suite. ... Monica, A very singular sell and woolly cite, I...
... I notice my ISB primer fits this description. Here's the tracklist: Witches Hat The Woodcutter's Song The Poacher's Song The Water Song Waltz of the New...
Hi, I haven't written for a long time and have again started to feel that I'm not a real member of the mailing list. Perhaps it is time to pay "the fee" and...
... Although the writing was almost all Robin and Mike, it was far more like a group effort than the 3 albums that followed. Many of the tracks had all four...
I think this fits the context of the song quite nicely, in fact, Alistair. In Pentangle's version of "Cruel Sister", the dark-haired older sister murders the...
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Aug 1, 2003 12:08 pm
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Hi Simon, I disagree with your assessment of the white album as half unlistenable rubbish, but that's not really my point. Rather, I'm thinking of the...
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Aug 1, 2003 12:20 pm
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This is as good a time as any to jump in and write a note having just joined the group. I agree with what you are saying. Robin's songs and music on the ...
Pilgrims, Our heroes get two notable mentions in various music press sources this week: From The Times (hey, the Guardian's a soft lefty paper and I'm sick of...
... What's wrong with soft lefties? Most people hated them but I think ... Pop?? ... If anyone out there is trying to continue from where the ISB left off in...
... Hi Patricia If you go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ISB/?yguid=2903888 and look at the left side, and click on "files" you'll find a bunch of stuff...
... It's "thumb"! ... It's "three bear"! ... It's "I check"! I reckon I can guess what this means - there's some other version of Mr & Mrs out there that I...
... [U vs The White Album] ... I'd argue that the main element of "Bad Sadie Lee" is its apalling quality - while "Rocky Raccoon" is great stuff. For the...
... But in mitigation, it was Robin playing his psychedelically painted acoustic with strings sandpapered down by himself to extra thinness to imitate a sitar...
... No, it's just that controversy rages about those particular words! There's another one too: "I understand your acceptedness" - I think that's wrong, and...
Hmmm, I always thought it was: "I understand your [something or other - "head" maybe???] is such a mess." and "Old chat, young nervous, sweetness heart" I...
... True to a point, but I hold with Bad Sadie Lee and Rocky Raccoon. I quite enjoy both, and have always found both to be rather, erm, humorous British takes ...
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Aug 1, 2003 4:50 pm
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I thought it was "head" is such a mess - but I am unsure of what he is saying in this song. ... ...
Paul wrote ... But in mitigation, it was Robin playing his psychedelically painted acoustic with strings sandpapered down by himself to extra thinness to ...
"Shot a buffalo down in Mexico" and "Shot a ... Don't forget: "She used to serve tables down at the Last Post grill room Where they chewed on the beef with a...
Wyoming must be a great place to live. Thanks for the welcome. ... _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get...
Dear Tolly, Please email me off list so I can reply off list. I'm emailing over the web cause I'm away from home. Thanks, Mon -...
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Aug 1, 2003 7:06 pm
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... Sho' nuff pardner! I never lived in wild Wyomin' but I did live in Colorado for two years and Arizona for one. Never rassled no steer though. Git along...
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Aug 1, 2003 7:32 pm
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... like a group effort than the 3 albums that followed. ... meant that the band could duplicate their sound live, rather than relying on Robin or ... extreme...
Paul, I agree it's 'I understand you're in such a mess', (I tried to convince myself it was 'in some distress' for a while). But I think you've missed out a...
Although, if we were in an apocalyptic Hitchcockian battle of the birds, I would have to fly with the Robins rather than the Herons, as we're not I'm going to...
... he ... one ... Well Rick,long time since I read the book, but these things are fun aren´t they ...... so, in response, I cant quite believe you could...
