Neil Young. 1969. Needs Marshall amps and lots of feedback (plus short sleeves so my uke won’t slip while I’m playing), but here‘s to your birthday, Berni!
Season 580 "69 & 70"
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The third lap kicks off with a hard hitting Townes Van Zandt from our own correspondent in Van Diemann's Land. Jon extracts every ounce of emotion from this one. The vocal is almost painful to listen to as you feel the narrator has possessed the singer.
Thundering along in his Texas saddle comes Alan with a fine blast from his past. Gorgeous song. Highly recommend that you give it a spin.
And from out of the depths of Season's history comes Denise looking as fresh as the day she left. Go listen to her lovely gentle take on James Taylor's "Close your Eyes". De-light-full.
Jim trots along nicely behind entering the spirit of my horse racing commentary with "Let it Ride"- This guy is an incredible source of great songs that I have never heard before. Fine picking and singing!
Now coming up on the inside is Brian Fergus with a fine adaptation of a Nick Drake song. Oh how I wish Nick had lived to find people finally caught up with him so many years after his suicide.
John pulls on the reins and surges into the rest of the field again with a passionate version of John Martyn's "I don't wanna know about evil".
Caledonian Rob, in a coonskin cap, comes out of nowhere and leads the field as he warns of the perils of the Orange One... who sadly looks like he is massing his forces of ignorance once again.
Steve hits the spurs and edges his mount up with the front runners with a Nick Drake song about Mary Jane... How on Earth did so few of us recognise that man's talent back then?
But who's this? Riding a cinnamon coloured crazy horse comes Rick with a spirited rendition of this Neil Young classic with a spoken guitar solo. Now there's a first!
Thundering along in his Texas saddle comes Alan with a fine blast from his past. Gorgeous song. Highly recommend that you give it a spin.
And from out of the depths of Season's history comes Denise looking as fresh as the day she left. Go listen to her lovely gentle take on James Taylor's "Close your Eyes". De-light-full.
Jim trots along nicely behind entering the spirit of my horse racing commentary with "Let it Ride"- This guy is an incredible source of great songs that I have never heard before. Fine picking and singing!
Now coming up on the inside is Brian Fergus with a fine adaptation of a Nick Drake song. Oh how I wish Nick had lived to find people finally caught up with him so many years after his suicide.
John pulls on the reins and surges into the rest of the field again with a passionate version of John Martyn's "I don't wanna know about evil".
Caledonian Rob, in a coonskin cap, comes out of nowhere and leads the field as he warns of the perils of the Orange One... who sadly looks like he is massing his forces of ignorance once again.
Steve hits the spurs and edges his mount up with the front runners with a Nick Drake song about Mary Jane... How on Earth did so few of us recognise that man's talent back then?
But who's this? Riding a cinnamon coloured crazy horse comes Rick with a spirited rendition of this Neil Young classic with a spoken guitar solo. Now there's a first!
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I was one and two years old at the time.
BTW, I'm really sorry to hear about your father- and mother in-laws and your other problems there. I hope you're feeling alright, Berni.
BTW, I'm really sorry to hear about your father- and mother in-laws and your other problems there. I hope you're feeling alright, Berni.
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Also, happy birthday, Berni!
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a re-recorded old original for the season
thanks for the reason Berni xo
thanks for the reason Berni xo
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john fogerty was writing them and singing back then (with ccr) and he's still writing and singing them now - touring australia this year
check out weeping in the promised land
always loved this one - check this live version for a great listen
check out weeping in the promised land
always loved this one - check this live version for a great listen
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Happy belated birthday and sorry for your loss. Let it Be was released in '70. My fumbly fingerstyle:
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Face In The Mirror - Gene MacLellan
Prince Edward Island musician, Gene MacLellan made his first television appearance in 1970 on Don Messer's Jubilee. In the same year, he became a regular performer on Singalong Jubilee with Anne Murray. In 1970, Anne Murray's recording of Snowbird became the first song by a Canadian lyricist to be broadcast over one million times in the United States. His songs were recorded by Anne Murray, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Joan Baez, Ron Hynes. . .
MacLellan released his self-titled debut album in 1970 which included Face In The Mirror.
Prince Edward Island musician, Gene MacLellan made his first television appearance in 1970 on Don Messer's Jubilee. In the same year, he became a regular performer on Singalong Jubilee with Anne Murray. In 1970, Anne Murray's recording of Snowbird became the first song by a Canadian lyricist to be broadcast over one million times in the United States. His songs were recorded by Anne Murray, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Joan Baez, Ron Hynes. . .
MacLellan released his self-titled debut album in 1970 which included Face In The Mirror.
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Here's an original written this arvo. Bit of a Donovan feel...hopefully not too twee. I was going to use the word " Cobbler" but on checking "Cobblers" were considered as only tradesmen who did shoe repairs. The shoe artists were either Cordwainers or Shoemakers....I decided not to go fully obtuse and use Cordwainer.
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Mother was a song written by John Lennon when he went solo in 1970 and at the time he was undergoing Primal scream therapy at Arthur Janov's clinic.
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Primal therapy became very influential during a brief period in the early 1970s, after the publication of Janov's first book, The Primal Scream. It inspired hundreds of spin-off clinics worldwide and served as an inspiration for many popular cultural icons. John Lennon, actor James Earl Jones and pianist Roger Williams were prominent advocates of primal therapy.
Since Lennon lost his mother at an early age, and was also abandoned by his father, these experiences for the basis of the song. At the end of the song Lennon indulges in some primal screaming, which can be very un-nerving the first time you hear it because he seems to be genuinely expressing very primitive emotions of pain at the loss of his mother and anger for being abandoned by his father.
Primal therapy - Wikipedia
Primal therapy became very influential during a brief period in the early 1970s, after the publication of Janov's first book, The Primal Scream. It inspired hundreds of spin-off clinics worldwide and served as an inspiration for many popular cultural icons. John Lennon, actor James Earl Jones and pianist Roger Williams were prominent advocates of primal therapy.
Since Lennon lost his mother at an early age, and was also abandoned by his father, these experiences for the basis of the song. At the end of the song Lennon indulges in some primal screaming, which can be very un-nerving the first time you hear it because he seems to be genuinely expressing very primitive emotions of pain at the loss of his mother and anger for being abandoned by his father.
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Taking the opportunity of my FREE LUNCH option. Here is another song I wrote during FAWM '23.
This one has me reflecting on getting old.
Hope you like:
This one has me reflecting on getting old.
Hope you like:
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hi Berni, thanks for hosting.
hope you and your family stay strong in this difficult time.
Wonderful theme. So many great songs to cover. I have one in mind, but I don't have the space and time to learn and record it yet.
But here's an impromptu version of something I wrote in 2017.
say it over the broken sentences
paint it over the muddy colours
paint it with the mud I was born with
to find a meaning in dirt
not answers in perfume
Through little gaps, crevices
I plod on
trying to find my way home
in this mud dress that I wear
in this mud dress that I wear
I want to take this opportunity to say that I had withdrawn from taking up Season 582, which is the week after next.
I myself am not doing so well, and I don't want to host when I am not in my best, or at least feeling OK.
Anyone who has the time and motivation, please consider hosting! It is a wonderful experience.
I will be doing it once things are more stable.
Thank you.
hope you and your family stay strong in this difficult time.
Wonderful theme. So many great songs to cover. I have one in mind, but I don't have the space and time to learn and record it yet.
But here's an impromptu version of something I wrote in 2017.
say it over the broken sentences
paint it over the muddy colours
paint it with the mud I was born with
to find a meaning in dirt
not answers in perfume
Through little gaps, crevices
I plod on
trying to find my way home
in this mud dress that I wear
in this mud dress that I wear
I want to take this opportunity to say that I had withdrawn from taking up Season 582, which is the week after next.
I myself am not doing so well, and I don't want to host when I am not in my best, or at least feeling OK.
Anyone who has the time and motivation, please consider hosting! It is a wonderful experience.
I will be doing it once things are more stable.
Thank you.
I think I will claim my Free Lunch now, thanks Berni! It's either that or wait for the next season on Ancient Greek philosophers, which surely can't be far off? Anyway, if you know about Zeno of Elea, you can probably guess where this one is heading... and if not, I think it will become clear very quickly 
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bird's eye view of my ukelele
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here's another homemade song from me, this time about a hippie flower child...
flower child, running wild
your spirit soaring free
share with me
the wisdom that you know
as you watch the flowers grow
you're an angel when you're sleeping
as the dawn is creeping to the skies
i see dreams dancing in your eyes
stars and planets in your collar and your crown
you are the centre and the earth turns round you
brave of heart, white teeth sharp but smiling
striving for peace
oh golden boy, you know it's true
the sun and moon, they shine for you
they shine for you
flower child, running wild
your spirit soaring free
share with me
the wisdom that you know
as you watch the flowers grow
you're an angel when you're sleeping
as the dawn is creeping to the skies
i see dreams dancing in your eyes
stars and planets in your collar and your crown
you are the centre and the earth turns round you
brave of heart, white teeth sharp but smiling
striving for peace
oh golden boy, you know it's true
the sun and moon, they shine for you
they shine for you
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I seriously doubt anyone remembers the original Roger Miller version of this song, or the follow up by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, but I am going to play it anyway. Kristofferson 1969
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Another Kris Kristofferson song from 1970 album.
Turning on your bed like a door on its hinges, when sleep won't come.
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The fourth lap and these riders are showing no sign of tiring. Jon, on Tasmanian Devil, digs into his back catalogue to offer us a heartbreaking "lost love" song in his own inimitable style.
And not far behind comes our very own Blues Wizard of Oz, "Pa" with a soulful version of that CCR classic "Long as I can see the light"
And in no rush to race comes Michael with a soothing instrumental of that Classic Beatles track. "Let it Bleed"...er.. Oh no, that was the Stones! Oh well, I'll just Let it Be!
There's Jim spurring his horse on to educate us to the existence of Gene Maclellan. A singer songwriter who I didn't know I knew. I certainly knew some of his songs as covered by others, but I had not been aware of the man himself. And as if that wasn't enough of a treat he has promised to buy us all a drink!
Another Antipodean cobber, our John, cuts through the chase to give us a superb original about a shoemaker who works magic through his craft. A fine modern song in a traditional idiom.
Rob takes the next few fences with ease as he offers us an emotional take on John Lennon's most painful confessional song: "Mother".
On the last stretch of the lap comes Joo with a poetic gem full of longing and existential angst.
But wait! Here comes the host puffing and panting and ranting about getting old. What an old nag!
And not far behind comes our very own Blues Wizard of Oz, "Pa" with a soulful version of that CCR classic "Long as I can see the light"
And in no rush to race comes Michael with a soothing instrumental of that Classic Beatles track. "Let it Bleed"...er.. Oh no, that was the Stones! Oh well, I'll just Let it Be!
There's Jim spurring his horse on to educate us to the existence of Gene Maclellan. A singer songwriter who I didn't know I knew. I certainly knew some of his songs as covered by others, but I had not been aware of the man himself. And as if that wasn't enough of a treat he has promised to buy us all a drink!
Another Antipodean cobber, our John, cuts through the chase to give us a superb original about a shoemaker who works magic through his craft. A fine modern song in a traditional idiom.
Rob takes the next few fences with ease as he offers us an emotional take on John Lennon's most painful confessional song: "Mother".
On the last stretch of the lap comes Joo with a poetic gem full of longing and existential angst.
But wait! Here comes the host puffing and panting and ranting about getting old. What an old nag!
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Hello, yet again, Berni! Tom Paxton is one of my favourite singer/songwriters, and this is one he wrote in 1969. You said no added instruments this week, but you didn't say anything about no special effects, so, just to be irritating, I attempted to become spectral and middle-of-the-nightish, as befits the lyrics of this song.
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