Dick, your powers of observation regarding JF's "High's" leave me
ASTOUNDED!!! Almost SPOOKY!!
Only joking, at least you're not talking about airships or airports
or combustion engines or whatever. Actually I saw two aeroplanes at
Southend Airport ONLY YESTERDAY!(I'm still shaking with excitement).
Not sure what they were but they were quite big and mostly white with
pretty painted tail thingys. Bet that's set all you males drooling!
I wasn't actually plane spotting at the time, I was buying cat food
at Pets-at-Home in the retail park next to the airport, but I HAD to
have a sneaky look at the aeroplanes. Makes me go all funny just
thinking about it!
Back to "Mile High City" - John said it was about Denver being a mile
high. (The altitude, not the buildings).
Lindsay
--- In Witchwood@y..., Dick Greener <dgreener@n...> wrote:
> Unlikely. But, John Ford does like using the work "High" in a
title - his
> three solo albums have all got it:
>
> Love is a HIGHway
> Heading FOr A HIGH
> and the latest - Nartural HIGH
>
> discuss .....
>
> (well it's as likely as John Hawken as a missing
strawberry .... ;-)
>
> DICK
>
> At 23:56 30/04/02 -0400, you wrote:
> >>Critics don't know everything.
> >
> >
> >
> >Ain't that the truth!! I recall a conversation I had about 15 or 16
> >years ago with a friend at the time in London. We were discussing
this
> >same thing and the subject of H-F's song "Mile High City" came
about
> >(MHC....B side of??????----can't remember).....he was telling me
that
> >some critics pilloried it as they thought it was a sly reference to
> >drugs.
> >
> >I said that critics are just frustrated musicians that could never
make
> >the big time!
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> >
> >
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> >Maryanne
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Any good StrawbS for this day? Yes "Part of the Union"
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Very witty heading.
Though I think I started the airport convention thread via some comments on
my fantasy work hitlist doomed airship, I wouoldn't know my Boeings from my
Fokkers.
Yes MNC WAS about Denver, as I recall.
DICK
At 09:27 01/05/02 -0000, you wrote:
>Dick, your powers of observation regarding JF's "High's" leave me
>ASTOUNDED!!! Almost SPOOKY!!
>
>Only joking, at least you're not talking about airships or airports
>or combustion engines or whatever. Actually I saw two aeroplanes at
>Southend Airport ONLY YESTERDAY!(I'm still shaking with excitement).
>Not sure what they were but they were quite big and mostly white with
>pretty painted tail thingys. Bet that's set all you males drooling!
>
>I wasn't actually plane spotting at the time, I was buying cat food
>at Pets-at-Home in the retail park next to the airport, but I HAD to
>have a sneaky look at the aeroplanes. Makes me go all funny just
>thinking about it!
>
>Back to "Mile High City" - John said it was about Denver being a mile
>high. (The altitude, not the buildings).
>
>Lindsay
>
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London, UK
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In message <F533zBYrxKKdc34hHYC0000625e@...> you wrote:
> I've only listened to two of the post-Thompson LPs completely, those being
> Angel Delight and Babbacombe Lee. I liked both of them well enough, and I
> do think Trevor Lucas added quite a bit to the band, but "Full House" was
> the last consistently good album they recorded.
'Rising For the Moon' is one of my favourites.
'Jewel In the Crown' is pretty popular with FC listees.
The 2 most recent are well worth a listen - but the band are best heard
live - they tend to rock things up more than in the studio.
> Speaking of remastered
> versions, I found a remastered and expanded version of Full House on
> Amazon.com, but cannot find the r&e'd version of Liege & Lief, and it's due
> to be released soon. Then again, this was about five days ago, so hopefully
> the information's been updated...
May 8th is the release date.
Later in may for the 5CD box set from Freereed.
Jon.
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In message <F242lFLD4zsgHjioZHL000062f0@...> you wrote:
>-can anyone else here imagine Jacqui McShee singing lead
> on any of the Fairport tracks from What We Did On Our Holidays,
> Unhalfbricking, or Liege & Lief?
Jacqui has appeared on stage with Fairport, but not singing any of the
above. She is Gerry Conway's partner (FCs drummer).
I have a nice version of her singing 'I've got a Feeling' backed by
the band from December 2000.
Jon.
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In message <3.0.3.32.20020501072041.00905a70@...> you wrote:
> I'd recommend Fairport Nine very highly, it's got some fantastic tracks -
> Hexhamshire Lass, Polly on the Shore, and the wonderfully quirky Big Wiliam
> with some impossibly jaunty mandolin from Swarb.
Yeah, Nine's a cracker:)
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--- bjørn Nilsen wrote:
>>Any good StrawbS songs for this day?<<
In the song "How I Need You" (an early version of Absent Friend)
found on 'Preserves Uncanned' (thanks again Bill M.) Dave sings:
"and curse the first of May when I was born".
On Nomadness this became:
"and curse the very day that I was born".
pete
seattle
doesn't october to may actually mention the first of may in the last
line?
pete_in_seattle wrote:
> --- bjørn Nilsen wrote:
>
> >>Any good StrawbS songs for this day?<<
>
> In the song "How I Need You" (an early version of Absent Friend)
> found on 'Preserves Uncanned' (thanks again Bill M.) Dave sings:
> "and curse the first of May when I was born".
> On Nomadness this became:
> "and curse the very day that I was born".
>
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> seattle
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Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated on May
9th.
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--- Ken Levine wrote:
>>doesn't october to may actually mention the first of may in the
last line?<<
By reflex I clicked over to StrawbsWeb, of course, for the answer
and ARGHHHHHH....it's going to be a long week.
pete
experiencing withdraw symptoms in seattle
The Bee Gees did a song called 'First of May'. I listen to it every year
on this day. Good song.
BTW, aren't we supposed to be discussing 'Live Inside Your Hell Tonight'?
I thought we were. I would discuss it, however, I have to admit that after
several readings, listenings, ponderings, and posturings, I simply have NO
idea what the heck he's talking about. Not a clue. Completely in the dark.
Anyone who has an idea is welcome to enlighten myself, to my deepest
gratitude. Doug.
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From: atlsvo@...
Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated on May
9th.
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Hi Doug,I know what you mean about Inside Your Hell Tonight.I have listened
and read and haven`t got a clue what it`s about,well guilt comes to mind but
that`s obvious.It is a great song though ,one of my favorites of the new
songs.I like all the new songs but that one has a really great feel to
it.Mark
> The Bee Gees did a song called 'First of May'. I listen to it every
>year
>on this day. Good song.
> BTW, aren't we supposed to be discussing 'Live Inside Your Hell
>Tonight'?
>I thought we were. I would discuss it, however, I have to admit that after
>several readings, listenings, ponderings, and posturings, I simply have NO
>idea what the heck he's talking about. Not a clue. Completely in the dark.
>Anyone who has an idea is welcome to enlighten myself, to my deepest
>gratitude. Doug.
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
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>Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
>Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
>
>Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
>USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated on May
>9th.
>
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Awhile back a number of us witchwooders recomended John Prine's
music. I just stumbled across this connection to strawbs
on the internet:
The Main Point club
Philadelphia 1972 $25
John Prine
The Strawbs
Eric Von Schmidt
Persuasions
Did anyone see this show?
Dear Doug,
Hang in, the bells are ringing, 'Its good to see the sun again' !!!
I know you'll be al right with Strawbsmusic to help you, I am.
Cheers, all the best,
Nova Scotia (formerly Toronto) Dave.
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Pretty painted tail thingys? At Southend Airport? I love it when you talk
that way Lindsay.......
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maybe he realised 7th january didn't scan.
pete_in_seattle wrote:
> --- bjørn Nilsen wrote:
>
> >>Any good StrawbS songs for this day?<<
>
> In the song "How I Need You" (an early version of Absent Friend)
> found on 'Preserves Uncanned' (thanks again Bill M.) Dave sings:
> "and curse the first of May when I was born".
> On Nomadness this became:
> "and curse the very day that I was born".
>
> pete
> seattle
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Sorry guys,
but in my humble opinion, Deadlines was the poorest Strawbs album & the one
that drifted so far away from the band's folk/rock roots as to be almost
unrecognisable (apart from the fact that it featured DC & DL's voices!!!) as
a Strawbs cut.
Comments?
Or maybe it's like the Queen, the "official" birthday and the other
birthday type thing. I call it greedy.
Lindsay
--- In Witchwood@y..., Colin Field <cdfield@o...> wrote:
> maybe he realised 7th january didn't scan.
>
>
> pete_in_seattle wrote:
>
> > --- bjørn Nilsen wrote:
> >
> > >>Any good StrawbS songs for this day?<<
> >
> > In the song "How I Need You" (an early version of Absent Friend)
> > found on 'Preserves Uncanned' (thanks again Bill M.) Dave sings:
> > "and curse the first of May when I was born".
> > On Nomadness this became:
> > "and curse the very day that I was born".
> >
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Lindsay <lasorrell@...> wrote:
>
>... Actually I saw two aeroplanes at
>Southend Airport ONLY YESTERDAY!...
>...I wasn't actually plane spotting at the time...
No need to make excuses. We know it - you were spying! :)
>Back to "Mile High City" - John said it was about Denver being a mile
>high. (The altitude, not the buildings).
Yeah, I've heard the phrase used about Denver in other contexts.
Lovely song, MHC - great catchy tune and probably my favourite track
off 'Worlds Collide'.
Didn't know it had ever been released on a single, though - the only
one I'm aware of from WC is When Love Has Overgrown c/w (What Is A)
Day Without Love.
Keep shining
Adie
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You could have heard me talk REAL dirty if you'd seen me nearly smash
into the car in front while I was looking at the bloody aeroplanes
Lindsay
--- In Witchwood@y..., neilpunnett@c... wrote:
> Pretty painted tail thingys? At Southend Airport? I love it when
you talk
> that way Lindsay.......
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I've already written at length about Deadlines- see previous postings. We
will have to agree to disagree here, because ( despite the fact that I know
I'm in a vanishingly small minority) I believe it to be one of the best
Strawbs albums
Yep, Doug, but coul someone help me finding the lyrics for that song? They're
not (or cannot be) published on Strawbsweb, and I just don't have Baroque and
Roll, so, could someone help me?
Tx,
Richard
NP: J.S. Bach: St. John Passion (J.E. Gardiner, conductor); don't worry for
that choice of music, most everything is fine in my life today... That music
is just soothing, very soothing at the end of a day, Listen with a glass of
wine and a relaxed mind...
Doug LeBlanc wrote:
> The Bee Gees did a song called 'First of May'. I listen to it every year
> on this day. Good song.
> BTW, aren't we supposed to be discussing 'Live Inside Your Hell Tonight'?
> I thought we were. I would discuss it, however, I have to admit that after
> several readings, listenings, ponderings, and posturings, I simply have NO
> idea what the heck he's talking about. Not a clue. Completely in the dark.
> Anyone who has an idea is welcome to enlighten myself, to my deepest
> gratitude. Doug.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: atlsvo@...
> Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
> USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated on May
> 9th.
>
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As a lover of all things Strawbs, I must say that I loved Deadlines.
While I agree it was not one of their better efforts, I still loved it. New
Beginnings was a favourite for a long time, as was Joey and Me. It was
clearly a Strawbs album, if not their best, it was still a much beloved work
by a band that put out far too little work over the years, IMHO. Doug.
----Original Message Follows----
From: marktple@...
Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Deadlines
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 15:49:23 EDT
Sorry guys,
but in my humble opinion, Deadlines was the poorest Strawbs album & the one
that drifted so far away from the band's folk/rock roots as to be almost
unrecognisable (apart from the fact that it featured DC & DL's voices!!!) as
a Strawbs cut.
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I'll type them out ASAP for ya, Richard. I need a bit of time before I
can get to it, though. Doug.
----Original Message Follows----
From: Richard Poulin <ricpoulin@...>
Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 17:28:26 -0400
Yep, Doug, but coul someone help me finding the lyrics for that song?
They're
not (or cannot be) published on Strawbsweb, and I just don't have Baroque
and
Roll, so, could someone help me?
Tx,
Richard
NP: J.S. Bach: St. John Passion (J.E. Gardiner, conductor); don't worry for
that choice of music, most everything is fine in my life today... That music
is just soothing, very soothing at the end of a day, Listen with a glass of
wine and a relaxed mind...
Doug LeBlanc wrote:
> The Bee Gees did a song called 'First of May'. I listen to it every
year
> on this day. Good song.
> BTW, aren't we supposed to be discussing 'Live Inside Your Hell
Tonight'?
> I thought we were. I would discuss it, however, I have to admit that
after
> several readings, listenings, ponderings, and posturings, I simply have
NO
> idea what the heck he's talking about. Not a clue. Completely in the
dark.
> Anyone who has an idea is welcome to enlighten myself, to my deepest
> gratitude. Doug.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: atlsvo@...
> Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
>
> Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
> USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated on May
> 9th.
>
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Doug,
When I criticised Deadlines, my comparison was a Fairport Convention lover
listening to his first ever Strawbs LP called Deadlines, having been told of
this great contemporary folk band. I said that I knew what my first
impressions would be and the word began with S...
Sickly is what I meant and I still think it was. Yes I still listen to it
and maybe one or two tracks are 'not bad' but overall I am sure that you
must admit, and do, that it is not their best effort. If that had been the
first ever record that you had heard by The Strawbs would you now be here on
this site along with us still talking about and enjoying our Strawbs. I
think not!
Al Jameson
"Barnsley, the Heart of Yorkshire"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug LeBlanc" <fraiswe@...>
To: <Witchwood@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Deadlines
> As a lover of all things Strawbs, I must say that I loved Deadlines.
> While I agree it was not one of their better efforts, I still loved it.
New
> Beginnings was a favourite for a long time, as was Joey and Me. It was
> clearly a Strawbs album, if not their best, it was still a much beloved
work
> by a band that put out far too little work over the years, IMHO. Doug.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: marktple@...
> Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Deadlines
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 15:49:23 EDT
>
> Sorry guys,
>
> but in my humble opinion, Deadlines was the poorest Strawbs album & the
one
> that drifted so far away from the band's folk/rock roots as to be almost
> unrecognisable (apart from the fact that it featured DC & DL's voices!!!)
as
> a Strawbs cut.
>
> Comments?
>
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Okay, here they are. Doug.
INSIDE YOUR HELL TONIGHT
Storms are breaking in California
From the east coast, a twister comes
She lies waiting for her lovers
A crumpled doll that’s cast away
Then they call her on the phone
Telling lies that she can see through
So they’ll live inside their hell tonight
Knowing they were saving their own skins
Signing up for high adventure
Young and innocent so alive
Mules and asses held the high ground
While the lions stood like sitting ducks
Then they drove them through the fire
With a cry of we know better
So they’ll live inside their hell tonight
Knowing they were saving their own skins
Sailing oceans to a new life
Friends and family are tied as one
Captain’s table rocks with laughter
Glasses raised to a job well done
And the market place is waiting
For the souls that can’t be bought
So they’ll burn inside their hell tonight
Knowing they were shaming mankind
Like a dead bird in a green field
Still and peaceful the body lay
I don’t need to witness something
To confirm my deepest fears
But I climb into my car
And I stop the help arriving
So I’ll live inside my hell tonight
Knowing I was only gloating.
----Original Message Follows----
From: Richard Poulin <ricpoulin@...>
Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 17:28:26 -0400
Yep, Doug, but coul someone help me finding the lyrics for that song?
They're
not (or cannot be) published on Strawbsweb, and I just don't have Baroque
and
Roll, so, could someone help me?
Tx,
Richard
NP: J.S. Bach: St. John Passion (J.E. Gardiner, conductor); don't worry for
that choice of music, most everything is fine in my life today... That music
is just soothing, very soothing at the end of a day, Listen with a glass of
wine and a relaxed mind...
Doug LeBlanc wrote:
> The Bee Gees did a song called 'First of May'. I listen to it every
year
> on this day. Good song.
> BTW, aren't we supposed to be discussing 'Live Inside Your Hell
Tonight'?
> I thought we were. I would discuss it, however, I have to admit that
after
> several readings, listenings, ponderings, and posturings, I simply have
NO
> idea what the heck he's talking about. Not a clue. Completely in the
dark.
> Anyone who has an idea is welcome to enlighten myself, to my deepest
> gratitude. Doug.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
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> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
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> Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
> USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated on May
> 9th.
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Actually, had I a chance to hear the album in its entirety, I believe I
would have become a Strawbs fan. New Beginnings is exactly what I look for
in my life, and in my music. Admittedly, I am a bit of an oddball, though,
Alan. Most people would probably agree with you. So much of what the
Strawbs are is so much a part of what I live for, and desire in my life.
Their music has touched me deeper than just about anyone else's music. If I
were not so close to them emotionally and spiritually, I would have to agree
with. But then, I would probably not be a Strawbs fan in the first place,
so I couldn't say.
There are a few artists that have become very, very close to me over the
years. Yes is another, as are the Moody Blues. You may see a trend there.
Perhaps because there is no lady love in my life, I have compensated by
getting so deeply involved with the music I love so much. Doug.
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From: "Alan Jameson" <alan.jameson@...>
Reply-To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
To: <Witchwood@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Deadlines
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 23:05:27 +0100
Doug,
When I criticised Deadlines, my comparison was a Fairport Convention lover
listening to his first ever Strawbs LP called Deadlines, having been told of
this great contemporary folk band. I said that I knew what my first
impressions would be and the word began with S...
Sickly is what I meant and I still think it was. Yes I still listen to it
and maybe one or two tracks are 'not bad' but overall I am sure that you
must admit, and do, that it is not their best effort. If that had been the
first ever record that you had heard by The Strawbs would you now be here on
this site along with us still talking about and enjoying our Strawbs. I
think not!
Al Jameson
"Barnsley, the Heart of Yorkshire"
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From: "Doug LeBlanc" <fraiswe@...>
To: <Witchwood@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Deadlines
> As a lover of all things Strawbs, I must say that I loved Deadlines.
> While I agree it was not one of their better efforts, I still loved it.
New
> Beginnings was a favourite for a long time, as was Joey and Me. It was
> clearly a Strawbs album, if not their best, it was still a much beloved
work
> by a band that put out far too little work over the years, IMHO. Doug.
>
>
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> To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Witchwood] Deadlines
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 15:49:23 EDT
>
> Sorry guys,
>
> but in my humble opinion, Deadlines was the poorest Strawbs album & the
one
> that drifted so far away from the band's folk/rock roots as to be almost
> unrecognisable (apart from the fact that it featured DC & DL's voices!!!)
as
> a Strawbs cut.
>
> Comments?
>
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Dave Lambert talks about the significance of these lyrics, I believe,
in an interview on a Website linked to from StrawbsWeb - which, of
course, none of us can access at the moment, due to maintenance.
Sorry, I can't remember the fan who put the site together and carried
out the interviews, but I'm sure Mr Greener can jog my memory and
correct me if I'm talking out of my airport.
Cheers,
Chris
--- In Witchwood@y..., "Doug LeBlanc" <fraiswe@h...> wrote:
> Okay, here they are. Doug.
>
> INSIDE YOUR HELL TONIGHT
>
> Storms are breaking in California
> From the east coast, a twister comes
> She lies waiting for her lovers
> A crumpled doll that's cast away
> Then they call her on the phone
> Telling lies that she can see through
> So they'll live inside their hell tonight
> Knowing they were saving their own skins
>
> Signing up for high adventure
> Young and innocent so alive
> Mules and asses held the high ground
> While the lions stood like sitting ducks
> Then they drove them through the fire
> With a cry of we know better
> So they'll live inside their hell tonight
> Knowing they were saving their own skins
>
> Sailing oceans to a new life
> Friends and family are tied as one
> Captain's table rocks with laughter
> Glasses raised to a job well done
> And the market place is waiting
> For the souls that can't be bought
> So they'll burn inside their hell tonight
> Knowing they were shaming mankind
>
> Like a dead bird in a green field
> Still and peaceful the body lay
> I don't need to witness something
> To confirm my deepest fears
> But I climb into my car
> And I stop the help arriving
> So I'll live inside my hell tonight
> Knowing I was only gloating.
>
>
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Richard Poulin <ricpoulin@v...>
> Reply-To: Witchwood@y...
> To: Witchwood@y...
> Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
> Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 17:28:26 -0400
>
> Yep, Doug, but coul someone help me finding the lyrics for that
song?
> They're
> not (or cannot be) published on Strawbsweb, and I just don't have
Baroque
> and
> Roll, so, could someone help me?
>
> Tx,
>
> Richard
>
> NP: J.S. Bach: St. John Passion (J.E. Gardiner, conductor); don't
worry for
> that choice of music, most everything is fine in my life today...
That music
> is just soothing, very soothing at the end of a day, Listen with a
glass of
> wine and a relaxed mind...
>
> Doug LeBlanc wrote:
>
> > The Bee Gees did a song called 'First of May'. I listen to it
every
> year
> > on this day. Good song.
> > BTW, aren't we supposed to be discussing 'Live Inside Your
Hell
> Tonight'?
> > I thought we were. I would discuss it, however, I have to admit
that
> after
> > several readings, listenings, ponderings, and posturings, I
simply have
> NO
> > idea what the heck he's talking about. Not a clue. Completely
in the
> dark.
> > Anyone who has an idea is welcome to enlighten myself, to my
deepest
> > gratitude. Doug.
> >
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> > To: Witchwood@y...
> > Subject: Re: [Witchwood] 1st of May
> > Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:25:27 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> > Ah, the old "May Day".....what it used to be called in the former
> > USSR......now I think it is called "Workers Day" and celebrated
on May
> > 9th.
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Hmmm. Interesting thread.
I believe that one has to look at Deadlines in terms of what the band
had become at the time. Alas, folks had been saying that Strawbs were
abandoning their folk/bluegrass roots as far back as BATS, ergo the
great US/UK Strawbschism....
The think I like least about Deadlines, and I've said it before, is
the way it's mixed. To me the vocals seem buried, which to me is
extremely not normal for a Strawbs album.
As far as the material goes, by that time Strawbs were a flat out
rock band, and the material fits the period. It's a shame the album
was not promoted more, perhaps the band's fortunes would have
changed, and history would be different...
Just my 2 cents (or pence) or whatever...
Mike G. in NY
And it was me who asked for the recommendations, and am eternally grateful.
'Sam Stone' - what a track - "There's a hole in Daddy's arm, where all the
money goes" still stops me in my tracks to think.
Thanks
David
-----Original Message-----
From: pete_in_seattle [mailto:petecusumano@...]
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:29 PM
To: Witchwood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Witchwood] The Strawbs & John Prine
Awhile back a number of us witchwooders recomended John Prine's
music. I just stumbled across this connection to strawbs
on the internet:
The Main Point club
Philadelphia 1972 $25
John Prine
The Strawbs
Eric Von Schmidt
Persuasions
Did anyone see this show?
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