Music seems to be my karma du jour today.
First, a friend passed along a note and song by a British group I had never heard of: "You may not know the British group from the 1970s & 1980s called Steeleye Span. They took English renaissance and middle ages songs and recorded/performed them in a rock music context, usually with excellent outcomes."
Actually, that small gift interrupted a line of fanciful thinking in which I was wondering how long it would take for Eido Tai Shimano to regain iconic status now that he is dead. Who will remember his less savory aspects ...
Any more than they might remember the folk singers Ian and Sylvia whose close harmonies I used to enjoy. I once read (I believe) that the two of them made up a song called "Darcy Farrow" out of whole cloth and as a rebellion of the musical weeper tales of ill-fated love in the 1800's. The song of itself is too close to sounding real to sound fake ... so who will remember the spoof (assuming I've remembered it correctly)?
Someone, I'd guess, will take Darcy Farrow and Eido Shimano seriously. As usual, the joke's on me ... might as well enjoy it.
First, a friend passed along a note and song by a British group I had never heard of: "You may not know the British group from the 1970s & 1980s called Steeleye Span. They took English renaissance and middle ages songs and recorded/performed them in a rock music context, usually with excellent outcomes."
Actually, that small gift interrupted a line of fanciful thinking in which I was wondering how long it would take for Eido Tai Shimano to regain iconic status now that he is dead. Who will remember his less savory aspects ...
Any more than they might remember the folk singers Ian and Sylvia whose close harmonies I used to enjoy. I once read (I believe) that the two of them made up a song called "Darcy Farrow" out of whole cloth and as a rebellion of the musical weeper tales of ill-fated love in the 1800's. The song of itself is too close to sounding real to sound fake ... so who will remember the spoof (assuming I've remembered it correctly)?
Someone, I'd guess, will take Darcy Farrow and Eido Shimano seriously. As usual, the joke's on me ... might as well enjoy it.
I had the Parcel of Rogues album memorized when I was young, hugely formative for me. Nothing rocked like Robbery with Violins...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_BXh6DL4lg
Parcel of Rogues was the ultimate dirge for lost national pride...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLufwtSZiIs
What was just a lovely and fun tune has, with age, become meaningful in a way I couldn't have expected...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGyo3UdrPDI
And even having never seen a picture of Maddy Prior, I still fell in love with her. She had a voice the angels would envy. Thanks for reminding me.