give a nod to some song writers, and their songs

They say it’s spring

For lovers, there’s where the lure is

That evil thing

For which September the cure is

This, they are sure is true

written by Blossom Dearie?

They say it’s Spring

http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=bWY7Q11cPyH&aid=yIGYr5PZPW

“Mick Hucknall formed Simply Red in 1984 after his previous group, the punk band Frantic Elevators, disbanded.

“As well as singing lead vocals, Mick also writes most of Simply Red’s songs and has won many awards including three Brits, two Ivor Novellos and a Mobo.”

Quoted from http://www.simplyred.com/musicians/

Who is credited with having composed this ballad?

“The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
‘Twas on one bright March morning
I bid New Orleans adieu
And I took the road to Jackson town
My fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money
No credit could I gain
Which filled my heart with longing for
The lakes of Pontchartrain.
I stepped on board a railroad car
Beneath the morning sun
I road the roads till evening
A I laid me down again
All strangers there, no friends to me
Till a dark girl towards me came
And I fell in love with a Creole girl
By the lakes of Pontchartrain.

“I said, “My pretty Creole girl,
My money here’s no good
But if it weren’t for the alligators
I’d sleep out in the wood”.
“You’re welcome here, kind stranger,
Our house is very plain
But we never turn a stranger out
From the lakes of Pontchartrain.”

“She took me into her mamma’s house
And she treated me quite well
The hair upon her shoulders
In jet-black ringlets fell.
To try and paint her beauty
I’m sure ‘twould be in vain
So handsome was my Creole girl
By the lakes of Pontchartrain.

“I asked her if she’d marry me
She said it could never be
For she had got another
And he was far at sea.
She said that she would wait for him
And true she would remain.
Till he returned for his Creole girl
By the lakes of Pontchartrain.

“So fare thee well my bonny girl
I never will see you no more
But I’ll ne’er forget your kindness
In the cottage by the shore.
And at each social gathering
A golden glass I’ll drink
And I’ll drink a health to my Creole girl
And the lakes of Pontchartrain.”

...has written some great songs.

Millworker is one of his best in my opinion.

And I have been the fool
To let this manufacturer
Use my body for a tool
I can ride home in the evening
Staring at my hands
Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl
Ought to stand a better chance
So may I work the mills just as long as I am able
And never meet the man whose name is on the label
it be me and my machine
For the rest of the morning
And the rest of the afternoon
Gone for the rest of my life

have I told you lately

_Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, thats what you do_

It’s years since I listened much to van morrison. A lot of his stuff was beginning to sound like he was parodying himself. Even so each album would have one song that was really great. I can’t remember which album this is from. I even liked rod stewart’s version of it.

Becker and Fagen. A song about a fascist rally. B & F are Jewish, of course, and even refused to play in Germany during their 70s European tour.

So it’s a tribute to their imagination that they were able to write a song which so seductively conjures up the allure of the little man.

Chain Lightning

Mike Heron

_But if you’re walking down the street
Why don’t you look down to the basement
And sitting very quietly there is a man who has no head
His eye is single and his whole body also is filled with light_

That man cannot have been, contrary to popular belief, Mahatma Guru Charanand, at least as far as I can tell. Most likely a simple reference to Douglas Harding.

Robin Williamson

_if I was a witches hat
sitting on her head like a paraffin stove
I’d fly away and be a bat
across the air I would rove_

Joni Mitchell Blue

a case of you

the night tripper mac rebennack

let’s make a better world

The Southern Comfort ad which played in cinemas in the 90s revitalised my interest in Dr John.

This song is on Desiitively Bonaroo.

I’m so pleased that I can say that I’ve seen dr john perform live:)