Ane Brun – Your tears are much heavier these days
Your tears are much heavier these days I’ve seen them coming in like waves From the ocean, I’ve seen them coming From the ocean, I’ve seen them growing And moving with the water The rocking is getting more severe They’ll sail with you anywhere We will make it A little further Don’t you worry We’re […]
Crepe On The Old Cabin Door
Oh, young fellows, do take warning While you this tale I tell I tell it from a heart that’s sad and sore Come and learn from me a lesson As I have learned it well From the crepe upon the little cabin door Oh, I left my home and kindred And those who loved me […]
Last Will and Testament
Posted by Vale The late, very great and much lamented Jake Thackray with his Last Will and Testament. By the way, isn’t You Tube a marvel? This version is awfully close to the black and white On the Braden Beat Saturday night image that flickers in my memory. Astonishing to find it preserved here: I, […]
Goin’ Down Slow — Howlin’ Wolf
(spoken:) Man… You know I’ve been enjoyin’ things that kings and queens will never have! In fact kings and queens can never get ‘m. And they don’t even know about it! And good times? Mmmmmmmmm-mmh!! (sung:) I have had my fun, if I never get well no more (x 2) Oh my health is fadin’ […]
R.E.M. – Find the River
Hey now, little speedyhead, The read on the speedometer says You have to go to task in the city Where people drown and people serve Don’t be shy. Your just dessert Is only just light years to go Me, my thoughts are flower strewn Ocean storm, bayberry moon I have got to leave to […]
Quote of the day
“I chose the start of the overture from The Mikado as the music for my Dad’s funeral…..it was that, or his other favourite, Doris Day, but my Mum pointed out that everyone would think we were outing him, so G&S it was…” Source
Remembering Dory Previn
Posted by Vale A week or so ago one of my heroines died – the musician, writer and singer Dory Previn. She hasn’t recorded much, but for those who know her work she is unmatched in her musicality, wit, dark humour and willingness to explore the darker parts of the mind and a woman’s experience […]
Thoughts of a funeral-goer
Posted by Lyra Mollington The lovely Mr Cowling and his little friend Vale have kindly invited me to contribute to the splendid GFG. As a lady of a certain age, I have attended more than my fair share of funerals, becoming something of a connoisseur. I have also attended more than my fair share of […]
Street Spirit
Rows of houses, all bearing down on me I can feel their blue hands touching me All these things into position All these things we’ll one day swallow whole And fade out again and fade out This machine will, will not communicate These thoughts and the strain I am under Be a world child, form […]
Time It’s Time
Nobody knows how long Rustling leaves unrhyme Lullaby breeze unsung Babel of dreams unwinds in memory As bad as bad becomes It’s not a part of you And love is only sleeping Wrapped in neglect Time it’s time to live, Time it’s time to live through the pain Time it’s time to live now that […]
