Music Meme Day 19, and Folk by the Oak
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ilaninToday was Folk by the Oak (it was also the Evans Cycles Wimpole Hall cyclo-sportive, and at various points I was wondering if it was even possible to try both, but a side strain contracted by walking into a pillar and then going for a run earlier in the week put paid to that plan). Like most festivals, it was fun but exhausting; I saw Leveret (meh), This is the Kit (excellent), Kitty Macfarlane (excellent), Shake the Chains (this year's Nancy Kerr-based Folk by the Oak-sponsored collaboration, about protest songs - a lot of fun and also thought-provoking), Eric Bibb (blues singer is bluesy. Not my thing), Show of Hands (excellent as always, the highlight of the day), Kate Rusby (I like her, but she's not really festival music), Sam Kelly and the Lost Boys (looking increasingly like worthy successors to Bellowhead), and the Levellers (oddly flat by their standards, but still damn good and you can't really go wrong by closing out with What a Beautiful Day and fireworks).
Given that, it would seem sensible to have today's prompt be filled by something I heard today; the prompt is "A song that makes you think about life". There were a fair few of those, for one reason and another - I'd love to answer the prompt with Shake the Chains' There's More to Building Ships, but I can't, because there's no recording of that song publicly available at the moment (the album comes out in September, it's probably worth a look). Show of Hands opened up with Cuthroats, Crooks and Conmen which did make me think about things somewhat, but not really topics I'd normally put under the heading of "life". So I ended up here, a song about the value of life and the consequences of taking it:
(unlike at Folk by the Oak, in this video Mark Chadwick didn't have to interrupt his song to tell some idiots who were getting into a fight in the front rows to knock it off, a fact I mention due to the sheer irony involved).
1.A song you like with a colour in the title - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (performed by Tori Amos)
2.A song you like with a number in the title - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
3.A song that reminds you of summer - Gentlemen and Players - The Duckworth Lewis Method
4.A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget about - King of the World - First Aid Kit
5.A song that needs to be played LOUD - Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr
6.A song that makes you want to dance - Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
7.A song to drive to - Waterfall - The Stone Roses
8.A song about drugs or alcohol - Champagne Supernova - Oasis
9.A song that makes you happy - Rock, Paper, Scissors - Katzenjammer
10.A song that makes you sad - The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John (performed by The Dubliners)
11.A song that you never get tired of - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
12.A song from your pre-teen years - Sit Down - James
13.One of your favourite 70's songs - The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
14.A song that you would love played at your wedding - Never Mind the Whys and Wherefores - HMS Pinafore
15.A song that is a cover by another artist - The Only Way Is Up - Yazz and the Plastic Population (performed by Stornoway)
16.One of your favourite classical songs - Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal March) from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi
17.A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke - The Keys of Canterbury - Show of Hands
18.A song from the year you were born - Together in Electric Dreams - Oakley/Moroder
19.A song that makes you think about life - Another Man's Cause - The Levellers
20.A song that has many meanings for you
21.A favourite song with a person's name in the title
22.A song that moves you forward
23.A song you think everybody should listen to
24.A song by a band you wish were still together
25.A song by an artist no longer living
26.A song that makes you want to fall in love
27.A song that breaks your heart
28.A song by an artist with a voice you love
29.A song you remember from your childhood
30.A song that reminds you of yourself
Given that, it would seem sensible to have today's prompt be filled by something I heard today; the prompt is "A song that makes you think about life". There were a fair few of those, for one reason and another - I'd love to answer the prompt with Shake the Chains' There's More to Building Ships, but I can't, because there's no recording of that song publicly available at the moment (the album comes out in September, it's probably worth a look). Show of Hands opened up with Cuthroats, Crooks and Conmen which did make me think about things somewhat, but not really topics I'd normally put under the heading of "life". So I ended up here, a song about the value of life and the consequences of taking it:
(unlike at Folk by the Oak, in this video Mark Chadwick didn't have to interrupt his song to tell some idiots who were getting into a fight in the front rows to knock it off, a fact I mention due to the sheer irony involved).
1.A song you like with a colour in the title - Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (performed by Tori Amos)
2.A song you like with a number in the title - Six Underground - Sneaker Pimps
3.A song that reminds you of summer - Gentlemen and Players - The Duckworth Lewis Method
4.A song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget about - King of the World - First Aid Kit
5.A song that needs to be played LOUD - Radetzky March - Johann Strauss Sr
6.A song that makes you want to dance - Rhythm of the Night - DeBarge
7.A song to drive to - Waterfall - The Stone Roses
8.A song about drugs or alcohol - Champagne Supernova - Oasis
9.A song that makes you happy - Rock, Paper, Scissors - Katzenjammer
10.A song that makes you sad - The Fields of Athenry - Pete St. John (performed by The Dubliners)
11.A song that you never get tired of - Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin
12.A song from your pre-teen years - Sit Down - James
13.One of your favourite 70's songs - The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
14.A song that you would love played at your wedding - Never Mind the Whys and Wherefores - HMS Pinafore
15.A song that is a cover by another artist - The Only Way Is Up - Yazz and the Plastic Population (performed by Stornoway)
16.One of your favourite classical songs - Gloria all'Egitto (Triumphal March) from Aida - Giuseppe Verdi
17.A song that you would sing as a duet on karaoke - The Keys of Canterbury - Show of Hands
18.A song from the year you were born - Together in Electric Dreams - Oakley/Moroder
19.A song that makes you think about life - Another Man's Cause - The Levellers
20.A song that has many meanings for you
21.A favourite song with a person's name in the title
22.A song that moves you forward
23.A song you think everybody should listen to
24.A song by a band you wish were still together
25.A song by an artist no longer living
26.A song that makes you want to fall in love
27.A song that breaks your heart
28.A song by an artist with a voice you love
29.A song you remember from your childhood
30.A song that reminds you of yourself
