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Friday, 19 Jun 2015

One of my favourite songs ever is "All This Time" by Mr Gordon "Sting" Sumner. The song is part of an album in which he is trying to work through the death of his father and his relationship with his "old man".

This song is imbued with loads of religious overtones. The pop video is crackers, but I really recommend studying the lyrics: Mr Sting is quite erudite and it benefits the reader for taking the time.

And remember: Men go crazy in congregations. They only get better one by one.





All This Time

I looked out across
The river today
I saw a city in the fog
And an old church tower
Where the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses
Walking home in the sodium light
Saw two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night
And all this time
The river flowed
Endlessly,
To the sea.

Two priests came round
Our house tonight
One young, one old,
To offer prayers for the dying,
To serve the final rite
One to learn, one to teach
Which way the cold wind blows
Fussing and flapping in priestly black
Like a murder of crows

And all this time
The river flowed
Endlessly,
To the sea.

If I had my way
I'd take a boat from the river
And I'd bury the old man
I'd bury him at sea

Blessed are the poor
For they shall inherit the earth
Better to be poor
Than a fat man in the eye of a needle
As these words were spoken
I swear I hear the old man laughing:
"What good is a used up world,
And how could it be worth having?"

And all this time
The river flowed
Endlessly,
Like a silent tear.

All this time
The river flowed
Father, if Jesus exists,
Then how come he never lived here?

Teachers told us
The Romans built this place
They built a wall and a temple on the edge of the
Empire garrison town
They lived and they died
They prayed to their gods
But the stone gods did not make a sound
And their empire crumbled
Till all that was left
Were the stones the workmen found

All this time the river flowed
In the falling light of a northern sun
If I had my way
I'd take a boat from the river
Men go crazy in congregations
They only get better one by one

One by one
One by one, by one
One by one

I looked out across
The river today
I saw a city in the fog
And an old church tower
Where the seagulls play
Saw the sad shire horses
Walking home in the sodium light
Two priests on the ferry
October geese on a cold winter's night

Sunday, 14 Jun 2015

Another discovery in my slow and patient unearthing of material by the Mountain Goats.

If ever there was an example of a "three-minute wonder" pop song, this ain't it... although it does play for just over three minutes.



Here is a studio version:-





Damn These Vampires

Brave young cowboys
Of the near north side
Mount those bridge rails
Ride all night
Scream when captured
Arch your back
Let this whole town hear
Your knuckles crack

Sapphire Trans-Am
High beams in rain
Drive wild broncos
Down the plain
Push up to the corner
Where the turbines hiss
Someday we won't
Remember this

Crawl 'til dawn
On my hands and knees
God damn these vampires
For what they've done to me
Tie those horses
To the post outside
And let those glass doors
Open wide
And in their surface
See two young, savage things
Barely worth
Remembering

Feast like pagans
Never get enough
Sleep like dead men
Wake up like dead men
And when the sun comes
Try not to hate the light
Someday we'll try
To walk upright

Thursday, 4 Jun 2015

Bye Bye Babylon (Extended Version) - Cryoshell

Great to run across this version of the song, with some additional heavy guitar riffs to scuff it up a bit.


As many as five quick years ago I ran across the band Frost* on the internet radio website LastFM. I was hooked.

The band leader, Jem Godfrey, kind of put the lid on the band - at least in the form I became acquainted with - after just two albums, which for me was a shame.

Here I celebrate one of my fave tracks from their 2006 album, Milliontown.




Black Light Machine
- Frost*

I'm just a stranger
I walk in the black light
Boy to a soldier
I'm fighting the good fight
And i wait
I wanna go, don't wanna know
'bout the danger

I'm just a farm boy
Just doin' what i can
When i'll be a killer
It'll make me a real man
I can't wait
I'm gonna know, i wanna go
Through the changes

And i can't breathe
Or is it all in my mind?
The faces are changing
Misplaced in time

And i won't dream
I will be the headlines
Your features are fading
Too late this time

And you know
You'd always be the first in line
And you know
It's all about the life divine

A hero's ending
All the signs
You're the one
And the one you must survive

And you know
It doesn't matter what you do
And you know
The luck you wear will pull you through

The never ending
Light you find
For the one
The one that will survive
And you know...

Wednesday, 3 Jun 2015

From the sountrack album to the film, Blade Runner. I do not recall this song playing in the movie, but it's a great addition to its film noire ambience.

Here's a credit found elsewhere:-


Performed by Don Percival
Lyrics by Peter Skellern
From the album ''Blade Runner'' (1994)






One more kiss, dear, one more sigh
Only this, dear, is goodbye
For our love is such pain and such pleasure
That I'll treasure till I die
So for now dear, Aurevoir, madame
But I bow dear, not farewell
For in time we may have a love's glory
Our love story to tell
Just as every autumn leaves fall from the tree
Tumble to the ground and die
So in the springtime like sweet memories
They will return as will I
Like the sun dear, upon high
We'll return dear, to the sky
And we'll banish the pain and the sorrow
Until tomorrow, goodbye
One more kiss dear, one more sigh
Only this dear, is goodbye
For our love is such passion, such pleasure
I will treasure until till I die
Like the sun dear, upon high
We'll return dear, to the sky
And we'll banish the pain and the sorrow
Until tomorrow, goodbye

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