Kevin is a favourite of everyone, and he always puts You (and your Boys) first!
Somehow, the song's later bits about turning into the bay etc, etc., just made me think, well, I rowed a boat - er - once, and who do I know who's just wone a huge prize for something like that!
And of course, you'd already done all that! Lucky you with such a fine Man!
My rowing days stopped after one session with Bexhill R.C. After that, I just melted into the background, and played rugby...
Hey Pips, now...Four Way Street eluded me for financial reasons, i.e. I couldn't afford it!
I'm still 'peeeritty seuuuure' (spoken in a Welsh accent, like Clive someone-or-other - Union Leader, now long gone), that there was a song on the album, which was being played in a record shop in Ashford, Kent in or around February 1982, when I wandered in to see if they had any deals on and found they didn't!
I remember saying something silly like 'This is Four Way Street isn't it?', and the girl nodding, bored, uninterested...
I never found out what the song was actually, or even if it was on the album, but it was definitely C,S and N, and now I'm at a total loss...
Nice tune. I must say that that Guinevere sounds much different from her namesake, King Arthur's wife, from the 1960s production of "Camelot" who by all accounts was a bit of a goer! In the words of the song:
Oh, they found Guenevere With her bold cavalier And as swords rang through the hall Lance escaped them, one and all
On a day dark and drear Came to trial Guenevere Ruled the jury for her shame She be sentenced to the flame
CHORUS Early dawn was the time She would pay for her crime Or would Lancelot reappear Come and rescue Guenevere?
SOLO I'll wager the king himself is hoping he will return Why would he have chosen five AM for the queen to burn? When the world is black and gray, what time would be more ideal For Lancelot to steal Guenevere?
CHORUS As the dawn filled the sky On the day she would die There was wonder far and near Would the king burn Guenevere?
SOLO Then suddenly earth and sky were dazed by a pounding roar And suddenly through the dawn an army began to pour And lo, ahead the army, holding aloft his spear Came Lancelot to save his dear Guenevere
CHORUS By the score fell the dead As the sky turned to red Countless numbers felt his spear As he rescued Guenevere
In that dawn, in that gloom More than love met its doom In the dying candle's gleam Came the sundown of a dream
Guenevere, Guenevere In that dim, mournful year Saw the men she held most dear Go to war for Guenevere
PS: of course 'Patches' is the gut-wrenching appeal to sobbery of all time. So over the top I always laugh like a drain throughout.
momma knew what we were going through when she painted our heads purple and I used to get up half an hour before I went to bed and then one day a strong rain came and washed grandma and her wheelchair away and papa said 'Patches.. '
Killers, they were indeed splendid bergonzers, much admired by most, and often discussed at various establishments where the debating society's subject was "Whither bergonzers..." and some blade yelped 'VIRGINIA's', and brought the house down without a vote!
Incidentally Pips et al, can I assume that I'm the last bloke on earth ever to have discovered 'Freecorder'?
I'd never raid the coffers for music - (much), but the downloads like Youtube can be saved and just about sate the requirement for a bit of free listening.
Hi Pips, it's a free programme, which you download as a Taskbar. You can then record any video or music from - say - Youtube, and save it on your computer.
I've done a few, and also emailed them to others, and it seems to work fine!
Of course, it's free too!
Go to www.freecorder.com, and download it for free. Watch out for it wanting to change your home page etc, as it'll try to do this, but once installed, you can temporarily delete it from the top task bars by right-clicking and un-ticking it...
I got 'Greyhound in the slips' by 'The Joy Formidable', (right noisy stuff and fun too...)and sent it to my work pc, then copied it on to my Ipod, and it is pretty good!
Pips, it's a Nano, a present from Mrs S's Mother and is one of the titchy ones!
It holds just enough songs to keep me in train journeys for a week, and definitely isn't up there with the mini 'Leicester Square Empire' ones which play surround sound and can hold a squillion films and three years of quadrophonic HD sound in glorious technicolour...
Here's a note from 2007, which explains my late development more than somewhat...
I have a Betamax vid in the loft and I was thrilled to hear my friend found something he'd been looking for - a 71 yr old TV. He's fully restored it; original valve circuit, new components. All working now. I'll be visiting soon to watch it. Sounds daft doesn't it - driving miles to watch someone elses TV? Such are the pastimes of interesting engineers.
Thank you, Scroblene.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely of you to dedicate that to me.
xx
(At least someone appreciates me !)
Hey Pauls (sic) - you're a Star on this circuit!
ReplyDeleteKevin is a favourite of everyone, and he always puts You (and your Boys) first!
Somehow, the song's later bits about turning into the bay etc, etc., just made me think, well, I rowed a boat - er - once, and who do I know who's just wone a huge prize for something like that!
And of course, you'd already done all that! Lucky you with such a fine Man!
My rowing days stopped after one session with Bexhill R.C. After that, I just melted into the background, and played rugby...
Lovely to hear from you!
xxx
Congrats on your recent accolade, Paula. Every time I see your pic I think I must get fit. And thinking about it is a start.
ReplyDeleteLiked the song, Scrobs. I have green eyes :-) I do tend to nod off before the end on that one though. Snuggly record.
Hi Pips,
ReplyDeleteThat song was around when I first got engaged to the future Mrs S, and I taped it on a reel to reel machine from a pal's LP!
I just love it, especially the guitar on the studio version!
CS and N were great back then, they were heroes after Woodstock!
"(checks that he put them onhis profile...)"
I always fancied the little fat druggy, Scrobs. 4 way street was their best I thought.
ReplyDeleteAhh that was sweet of you Scrobs.
ReplyDeleteDi.x
Hey Pips, now...Four Way Street eluded me for financial reasons, i.e. I couldn't afford it!
ReplyDeleteI'm still 'peeeritty seuuuure' (spoken in a Welsh accent, like Clive someone-or-other - Union Leader, now long gone), that there was a song on the album, which was being played in a record shop in Ashford, Kent in or around February 1982, when I wandered in to see if they had any deals on and found they didn't!
I remember saying something silly like 'This is Four Way Street isn't it?', and the girl nodding, bored, uninterested...
I never found out what the song was actually, or even if it was on the album, but it was definitely C,S and N, and now I'm at a total loss...
Google/Youtube/Itunes here I come...!
Trubidy Doo Dah - She's a lovely lady, and Elecs is a goodun too; 'Staaaaahnds ter reason dunnit...'!
ReplyDeleteYou still working on your Beatles stories - next episode? That last one was a corker!
Will do, when we get back from sunny Spain, Scrobers darling.x
ReplyDeleteDi.x
Nice tune. I must say that that Guinevere sounds much different from her namesake, King Arthur's wife, from the 1960s production of "Camelot" who by all accounts was a bit of a goer! In the words of the song:
ReplyDeleteOh, they found Guenevere
With her bold cavalier
And as swords rang through the hall
Lance escaped them, one and all
On a day dark and drear
Came to trial Guenevere
Ruled the jury for her shame
She be sentenced to the flame
CHORUS
Early dawn was the time
She would pay for her crime
Or would Lancelot reappear
Come and rescue Guenevere?
SOLO
I'll wager the king himself is hoping he will return
Why would he have chosen five AM for the queen to burn?
When the world is black and gray, what time would be more ideal
For Lancelot to steal Guenevere?
CHORUS
As the dawn filled the sky
On the day she would die
There was wonder far and near
Would the king burn Guenevere?
SOLO
Then suddenly earth and sky were dazed by a pounding roar
And suddenly through the dawn an army began to pour
And lo, ahead the army, holding aloft his spear
Came Lancelot to save his dear Guenevere
CHORUS
By the score fell the dead
As the sky turned to red
Countless numbers felt his spear
As he rescued Guenevere
In that dawn, in that gloom
More than love met its doom
In the dying candle's gleam
Came the sundown of a dream
Guenevere, Guenevere
In that dim, mournful year
Saw the men she held most dear
Go to war for Guenevere
Reevers - when Lancelot cuckolded his friend, with Guinevere, he also caused the Lady Elaine to die of a broken heart :-(
ReplyDeletehttp://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/idyl-l&e.htm
http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca/sechard/344elain.htm
Reevers - that's quite a lot of verse! Thankyou!
ReplyDeleteI still think that Richard Harris was better singing Macarthur Park though...
Still tingles the corps and cards...
Gonna blog it.
Pips; you're good at this sort of thing...
ReplyDeleteEmotional songs to listen to?
I'm starting soon...
Pip: Quite so. The Idylls of the King was part my O level literature exam all those years ago.
ReplyDeleteHow the old order hath changethed since those days!
Scrobs - hmm I will think on and do some reminiscing.
ReplyDeleteReevers - :-)
PS: of course 'Patches' is the gut-wrenching appeal to sobbery of all time. So over the top I always laugh like a drain throughout.
ReplyDeletemomma knew what we were going through when she painted our heads purple and I used to get up half an hour before I went to bed and then one day a strong rain came and washed grandma and her wheelchair away and papa said 'Patches.. '
Killers, they were indeed splendid bergonzers, much admired by most, and often discussed at various establishments where the debating society's subject was "Whither bergonzers..." and some blade yelped 'VIRGINIA's', and brought the house down without a vote!
ReplyDeletePatches was indeed dire Pips!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever hear 'Deck of cards', by Wink Martindale?
It was 'covered' by Max Bygraves, so perhaps you can see where I'm coming from...
I'll search for the link...
Here it is Pips
ReplyDeleteYeah I stuck it out til 1:40, Scrobs then had to turn it off.
ReplyDeleteHere's a few faves of mine that you've probably seen on my blog before:
here and here and here and here
and one for me.
Incidentally, Judie Tzukes daughter, Bailey is good too. Here's my fave of hers.
I didn't think you'd go for the bluesey stuff I like. Hope there's something in there you like :-)
Pips-adoodle - Interesting choices...
ReplyDeleteSandy Denny has to come second to Judy Collins I fear - I've been a fan since the sixties...
Prefer the Bailey quiet version to the club mix - I used to know someone like her and instantly - er - recognised...
Martha's Harbour has an interesting middle section, I've never heard it before either!
Incidentally Pips et al, can I assume that I'm the last bloke on earth ever to have discovered 'Freecorder'?
ReplyDeleteI'd never raid the coffers for music - (much), but the downloads like Youtube can be saved and just about sate the requirement for a bit of free listening.
Oh, you big sweet softy Scrobbers...:-)
ReplyDeleteFreecorder? Um.. did I miss something??
ReplyDeleteHi Pips, it's a free programme, which you download as a Taskbar. You can then record any video or music from - say - Youtube, and save it on your computer.
ReplyDeleteI've done a few, and also emailed them to others, and it seems to work fine!
Of course, it's free too!
Go to www.freecorder.com, and download it for free. Watch out for it wanting to change your home page etc, as it'll try to do this, but once installed, you can temporarily delete it from the top task bars by right-clicking and un-ticking it...
I got 'Greyhound in the slips' by 'The Joy Formidable', (right noisy stuff and fun too...)and sent it to my work pc, then copied it on to my Ipod, and it is pretty good!
Proper clever little techie twit aren't I...
Crikey ! Haven't seen Killemall around for a long time !
ReplyDeleteNice post, Scrobs. She has such a big head now.
You certainly know how to make a lady feel special.
ReplyDeleteElecs, ...she looks very much like Mrs S, and therefore, it stands to reason that she's a winner in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteYou're a lucky Bloke!
As for Killers - well, I agree; when he (or she...) comments, well, the world stands still!
Elle!
ReplyDeleteThe Great Elle!
What a scoop!
Good to see you here, because you're a bit of a legend, I can now sleep at night...
Not...!
Come back to see my old musings any time, I'm here for the duration I can assure you!
Can't stop now!
Lils - you know how soft I am, but I'm still trying...
ReplyDeleteGlad to have you back here - I've missed you Gal!
Thanks, Scrobs.
ReplyDeleteYou have an ipod?
I have a Sony Walkman :-/
Pips, it's a Nano, a present from Mrs S's Mother and is one of the titchy ones!
ReplyDeleteIt holds just enough songs to keep me in train journeys for a week, and definitely isn't up there with the mini 'Leicester Square Empire' ones which play surround sound and can hold a squillion films and three years of quadrophonic HD sound in glorious technicolour...
Here's a note from 2007, which explains my late development more than somewhat...
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ReplyDeleteI have a Betamax vid in the loft and I was thrilled to hear my friend found something he'd been looking for - a 71 yr old TV. He's fully restored it; original valve circuit, new components. All working now. I'll be visiting soon to watch it. Sounds daft doesn't it - driving miles to watch someone elses TV? Such are the pastimes of interesting engineers.
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