bayonic wrote:
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
- - - this is Traffic's version of a traditional English folksong. It appeared on their 3rd album and it's also the title song.
with Dave Mason leaving the group for a solo career, it was back to the core trio of Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood.
when I first heard this song on the radio many many years back ... I was struck with what would seem the brutal torture and horrific murder of " John Barleycorn " .
thanks to the internet ( Wikipedia ) , I've since learned that the character of John Barleycorn in the song is a personification of the important cereal crop barley, and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky. In the song, John Barleycorn is represented as suffering attacks, death, and indignities that correspond to the various stages of barley cultivation, such as reaping and malting.
CHEERS !!!
rvc wrote:boy,
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traffic - low spark of high-heeled boys (tama ba title?) - need i say more?
bb3 wrote:any dyed-in-the-wool rocker is familiar with derek (eric clapton) and the dominoes' "layla", one of the greatest rock songs by one of the greatest rock artists/giutarist of our time. and i guess a lot of you rockers out there know the story behind the song. here's alittle additional info i dug out.
Patti Boyd
layla as we now know is/was patti boyd harrison. clapton had this deep "crush" on his best friend's (george harrison) wife but could only express it through song, thus the "birth" of layla. when george started having flings with the "apple scruffs", groupies that used to hang around abbey road studios, patti started making passes at clapton to make george jealous. this, together with george's substance abuse was the reason for the end of the coouples' marriage.
patti eventually ended up with clapton several years after (george even attended the wedding) but the same round of "women and drugs" also rocked and ended this second marriage
patti is now a prof photographer and is very respected in the music world for not selling her extraordinary story.
Layla
by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon
What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
Turned my whole world upside down.
Chorus
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Chorus
bayonic wrote:another big composition by Joni was " Woodstock " .
Ironically , she did not even get to perform in Woodstock not until the 30th anniversary / commemoration concert called A Day In The Garden in 1998.
Joni wrote the song while stuck in a New York hotel room and watching the TV for news about the big event. She did not go to Woodstock fearing that she won't make it to a previously scheduled appearance on the Richard Cavett show.
As luck would have it, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (who did play Woodstock and who later had a big hit with Joni's song ) got back to New York in time to appear on the same show. Mitchell describes being devastated at missing such an important cultural event.
"They showed up raving about it, which was really like salt in the wound. When I see the clips [from 'Woodstock'], I can almost see myself [crying] -- on camera and all that. Cause to be young then and to have missed that, even though it was that close, that was everything to me."
"But I guess it was meant for a reason," she continued, "and because I couldn't go, [Woodstock] dominated my mind. I watched everything on TV, I just sat in front of the TV and wrote most of the song in the first few days of the festival, and it was done by Sunday night."
arnoldc wrote:did you know that some people misheard Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze lyrics?
they thought Jimi said "and i kiss this guy" when he actually said "and i kiss the sky"
bwahahahaha
bb3 wrote:yup. when jeff baxter officially joined (he did guest on the previous "what were once vices" album) the doobies for their 1975 album, "stampede", i think he invited co-steely dan alumnus michael, to do the supporting album tour since tom johnstone was suffering for an ailment then
ferdit wrote:Wouldn't it be Nice by the Beach Boys - a video detailing the creative process behind "Wouldn't It Be Nice" from The Beach Boys' 1966 Album "Pet Sounds".
Pet Sounds was ranked number #2 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
I never knew how much and how diverse the instruments used to produce the song. Brian Wilson is a genius and this video shows you how the song was made.
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