I actually discovered this performance today, 41 years after the day it was recorded in Stockholm, the same city I'm located in at the moment. Even though my thoughts about Hendrix are a little bit ambivalent I think this is one of the best songs ever written.
The Winds Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers mary
A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, cries mary
The traffic lights, they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sags down stream
cause the life that lived is, Is dead
And the wind screams mary
Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blow in the past?
And with this crutch, its old age, and its wisdom
It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries mary
I always get into a specific mood while listening to this song. It has something special. This is music!
//Ednel
Monday, June 16, 2008
The Wind Cries Mary
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
I really like this song... This is music!
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
The song was realesed in 1967 and I think this clip was recorded the same year.
"We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
But the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
As the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
The waiter brought a tray
And so it was that later
As the miller told his tale
That her face, at first just ghostly,
Turned a whiter shade of pale
She said, there is no reason
And the truth is plain to see.
But I wandered through my playing cards
And would not let her be
One of sixteen vestal virgins
Who were leaving for the coast
And although my eyes were open
They might have just as wellve been closed
She said, Im home on shore leave,
Though in truth we were at sea
So I took her by the looking glass
And forced her to agree
Saying, you must be the mermaid
Who took neptune for a ride.
But she smiled at me so sadly
That my anger straightway died
If music be the food of love
Then laughter is its queen
And likewise if behind is in front
Then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
Seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
And attacked the ocean bed "
//Ednel
Monday, June 2, 2008
June 1, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Forgot to publish this yesterday..
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 2:02
With a Little Help From My Friends - 2:44
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - 3:28
Getting Better - 2:47
Fixing a Hole - 2:36
She's Leaving Home - 3:35
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! - 2:37
Side B
Within You Without You (George Harrison) - 5:05
When I'm Sixty-Four - 2:37
Lovely Rita - 2:42
Good Morning Good Morning - 2:41
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) - 1:18
A Day in the Life - 5:33
When this album was recorded, The Beatles had stopped touring because of the fans. They got a lot more time to prepare their new record which led to the fact that they started experimenting and evolve their musical interests. That is probably the numer one reason why Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band became so innovative and have been so influencial to other artist. One example is Jimi Hendrix who the same day the album was released performed a cover on the song with the same name.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Itchycoo Park
This song by The Small Faces is incredible cool. In my opinion, Steve Marriott's way of singing it is just terrific. I mean, listen...
Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
Itchycoo is one of The Small Faces' greatest hits and was released 1967. Neither the songs message or what Itchycoo Park is reffering to isn't totaly clear and it has been discussed through the years. The song was actually banned by BBC because of its overt drug references but they removed the ban when the band's manager came up with a story about what the song "really" was about.
//Ednel
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
A Day In The Life
I must say, this is one of my absolutely favorites with The Beatles. The music are just so incredibly cool.
A Day In The Life - The Beatles
A Day In The Life is by many called The Beatles’s most important, influential and innovative song. It has a very special sound with two parts, one written by John Lennon and the other one written by Paul McCartney. The two parts sounds very different and are put together with a chaotic crescendo played by an orchestra.
When it comes to analysing The Beatles’s lyrics it’s very often hopeless because of the intended incoherence but some of their texts do actually have something to say, A Day In The Life is one of them. There are some different thoughts about what The Beatles want to say with A Day In The Life but it’s known that three of the verses written by John Lennon (first, second, and fifth) are all based on articles published in “Daily mail”. The first and the second verse deals with the death of The Beatles friend, Tara Browne, who died in a traffic accident. The third verse were also written by John Lennon and is probably inspired by his recent participation in the film “How I Won The War” .
The song do also have a drug insinuating such as the line ”I’d love to turn you on” which are repeated twice. The verse written by McCartney (fourth) also says ”Found my way upstairs and had a smoke, and Somebody spoke and I went into a dream”.
I really like the song, mostly thanks to the wonderful music and the cool contrast between the two parts. I would like to call it a historic piece of art.
//Ednel
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