Van Gogh is one of my top favorite artists. I always like that Starry tribute to him.
I heard on the radio today, an operatic tenor singing that song. It was great.
Sukiyaki (by Rokusuke Ei)
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Namida ga kobore nai yoo ni So the tears won't fall
Omoidasu haru no hi Remembering those happy spring days
Hitoribotchi no yoru But tonight I'm all alone
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Nijinda hoshi o kazoete Counting the stars with tearful eyes
Omoidasu natsu no hi Remembering those happy summer days
Hitoribotchi no yoru But tonight I'm all alone
Shiawase wa kumo no ue ni Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Shiawase wa sora no ue ni Happiness lies above the sky
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Namida ga kobore nai yoo ni So the tears won't fall
Nakinagara aruku Though my heart is filled with sorrow *
Hitoribotchi no yoru For tonight I'm all alone
(whistling) (whistling)
Omoidasu aki no hi Remembering those happy autumn days
Hitoribotchi no yoru But tonight I'm all alone
Kanashimi wa hoshi no kage ni Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kage ni Sadness lurks in the shadow of the moon
Ue o muite arukoo I look up when I walk
Namida ga kobore nai yoo ni So the tears won't fall
Nakinagara aruku Though my heart is filled with sorrow *
Hitoribotchi no yoru For tonight I'm all alone
(whistling) (whistling)
* Note that poetic license was used to render the English lyrics.
Great old Jimmie Rodgers song, thanks, Edgar. According to the end note Autry recorded that in 1929, no wonder he sounds young.
@MontereyJack,
That was in the day when all country singers wanted to
be Jimmy Rodgers.
A musical piece of news that perhaps only Monterey JAck will appreciate: In two days, the new recording by June Tabor and Oysterband will be available.
@edgarblythe,
Love that song/dance telling story. Chuck is great as is Nadine and the jitter buggers.
I don't know if we've done this one before, but if so, let's do it again.
POM, I don't know the oyster dance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Mld6QbfR4
Letty, I have watched that same Hickock video before. Wild Bill was to me one of the more interesting old west characters. I have seen a few entertaining films about him, but none really seems to capture the man's essence. The video you posted does more of that than any of them that I have seen.
WOWSER!!!! Yes, pom, speaking as Monterey Jack's official representative, I must say I am definitely interested in a new June Tabor/Oysterband CD. Monday, you say? What label is it on, do you know? Only thing is, with all the store closings and declines in CD sales, it just occurred to me that I have absolutely no idea of anybody that might be carrying something that's not in totally mainstream pop/rock/rap anymore. Guess I'll have to start calling around. Thanks for the headsup.
OK, apparently it's on Topic in the UK, don't know who that translates into over here
review from the Guardian, UK
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Twenty-one years ago, June Tabor and Oysterband got together to record what is now recognised as an English folk-rock classic. It wasn't exclusively a folk album, though there were some traditional tracks, but rather an eclectic, powerful reworking of anything from Lou Reed to Shane McGowan. Now, at long last, comes the followup that so many of us have been asking for, and it's no disappointment. The energy is still there, along with the desire to startle and experiment, but so is a new maturity and emotional depth, and even greater variety. The traditional songs include Bonnie Bunch of Roses, in which the stomping backing is never allowed to overshadow Tabor's no-nonsense storytelling; then there's a glorious melodeon and fiddle-backed treatment of Fountains Flowing, that song of parting and grief, and there's delicate, unaccompanied vocal harmony singing on the Scottish lament (When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen. The contemporary songs range from a fiddle-backed stomp through Dylan's Seven Curses, through to a thoughtful, gutsy reworking of PJ Harvey's That Was My Veil, and a pained, acoustic version of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart, which features a powerful duet between Tabor and John Jones, who come together again for a very English treatment of the bittersweet Dark End of the Street. This was worth waiting for
@edgarblythe,
Rihanna's Unfaithful is also kind of song that tell story.
Well, today is international Talk Like a Pirate Day, so this song that tells a story fits perfectly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WevsbWt74VA&feature=related
Boston Area Folks:
The really fun jamgrass band Cornmeal will be at the Middle East on Saturday, 24 September 2011 at 8:00 pm. Tickets are only $12. Don't miss them.
@Letty,
letty, when I studied world history in school, Drake was one of my favorite characters. But I doubt that he spoke like the movie pirates.
This is the band profile page for oysterband on FB. The first song here is from the new CD and IT TELLS A STORY!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oysterband/124838504248510?sk=app_2405167945
Hmmm. It might not work. Go to Facebook, look for oysterband, then click on band profile which is on the upper left.
Their CD can be obtained directly from their website, which might be expensive.
Here's another from the Chieftans, with Alison Krauss, singing "Molly Ban.
Come all ye young fellas
That handle a gun
Beware of night rambling
By the setting of the sun
And beware of an accident
That happened of late
To young Molly Bán
And sad was her fate
She was going to her uncles
When a shower came on
She went under a green bush
The shower to shun
Her white apron wrapped around her
He took her for a swan
But a hush and a sigh
'Twas his own Molly Bán
He quickly ran to her
And found she was dead
And there on her bosom
Many salt-tears he shed
He ran home to his father
With his gun in his hand
Saying "Father dear father
I have shot Molly Bán"
Her white apron wrapped around her
He took her for a swan
But a hush and a sigh
'Twas his own Molly Bán
He roamed near the place
Where his true love was slain
He wept bitter tears
But his cries were in vain
As he looked on the lake
A swan glided by
And the sun slowly sank
In the gray of sky
This an extremely timely song from Ry Cooder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxaY_mxYflg
You folks are playing some good songs here.
