somebody mentioned Joe Cocker

[Byron]

An aside here......

Who else feels a lump in their throat when a full display of several Military Scottish Pipe and Drum Bands get into their stride. No wonder the enemies of the Scots soldiers were terrified, as large numbers of kilted-crazy-men, came at them accompanied by the stirring sounds of the bag-pipes. And no wonder that so many brave Scots lads went to their deaths following the sound of the pipes. It is a music which raises the heart-beat and the adrenaline. Wonderful.
Don't get me wrong here. I'm talking about the way music can alter a mind-set. I'm not gloryfying war. You only have to watch the first 30 minutes of 'Saving Private Ryan' to see the horror of war. Music can alter mood. Take you up, lay you down, give repose, give vent to emotions. When I'm particularly 'low' and I'm in the house on my own, it is Status Quo who lift me out of my lowly mood. They ain't quiet and they are terrific. I go Rockin' All Over The World..........






Is the tune going through your mind now ???????


Here we are and here we are and here we go...........(Right foot tapping the ground to the beat in your head) ?

[Diane]

Youtube lift us up where we belong, Byron. But steady-on: Status Quo? Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I don't think that's allowed, outside of the guilty pleasure thread.

Being serious - maybe it's easier to die to music because music dissolves the ego. I think bagpipes are marvellous.

I know it has diddly to do with the price of bananas, but as you mention adrenalin, I know you must be bursting to see the lyrics to Speedway at Nazareth. The song is from Mark Knopfler's Sailing to Philadelphia album.


After two thousand came two thousand and one
To be the new champions we were there for to run
From springtime in Arizona 'til the fall in Monterey
And the raceways were the battlefields and we fought 'em all the way

Was at Phoenix in the morning I had a wake-up call
She went around without a warning put me in the wall
I drove Long Beach, California with three cracked vertebrae
And we went on to Indianapolis, Indiana in May

Well the Brickyard's there to crucify anyone who will not learn
I climbed a mountain to qualify I went flat through the turns
But I was down in the might-have-beens and an old pal good as died
And I sat down in Gasoline Alley and I cried

Well we were in at the kill again on the Milwaukee Mile
And in June up in Michigan we were robbed at Belle Isle
Then it was on to Portland, Oregon for the G.I. Joe
And I'd blown off almost everyone when my motor let go

New England, Ontario we died in the dirt
Those walls from mid-Ohio to Toronto they hurt
So we came to Road America where we burned up at the lake
But at the speedway at Nazareth I made no mistake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=praUaqWWLyk

Apparently, the Brickyard is a nickname for the Indianapolis speedway, from when it was once paved with bricks. Gasoline Alley is the pits there. And Road America is a race at Elkhart Lake Wisconsin.

I like the build up, the evocation of speed, the knock-backs endured, the determination, the focus, and the eventual climactic victory. It's in the music as much as the words.

And of course it ain't just about racing.

You can have five points if you can find a connection between Joe Cocker and motor racing. Or bagpipes.

Edited to correct the line - we burned up AT the lake.

[Byron]

Do I get a prize for saying it is Track 11 on Sailing to Ph. ?

Just putting the CD into me CD slot thingie..........

Take CD out of case and put into slot. Play Track 11.

Peruse Internal map within CD case and what do I see? Slap bang in the middle of the map? Chester !! Now that must be worth 10 points at least?

[Diane]

You are a MK fan? Blimey I am so hugely self-centred that I just assumed I was the only one who cared for music around here. I am sailing to Chester in me yacht. Keep an eye out for me . . .

[Byron]

Whilst huntin' for Joe and bag pipes and motor racing I found this link........well worth bookmarking.....

http://www.musicpophits.com/MainPages/F ... ongs_2.htm

They ain't the best of recordings, but they're free and everyone and his dog has had a go at 'covering' the Beatles tunes. Joe is in there with them.

Good quality versions are for sale.

[Diane]

I raise you, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGcuf8yPyCo

[Byron]

You are a MK fan? Blimey I am so hugely self-centred that I just assumed I was the only one who cared for music around here. I am sailing to Chester in me yacht. Keep an eye out for me . . .

When you sail up the River Dee watch out for the weir, just passed the bridge and on your left (oops....port) side. It's treacherously treacherous, and quite dangerous too. One false turn (eg: Wet, Wet, Wet singing Rule Brittania) and you'll be flunged into the raging torrent. The beasts of the river will instantly flock to your thrashing, battered body and they'll not rest until each duck has pecked you to pieces. The swans, what live on the far side (not the sci-fi series) will hurl themselves at the ducks. Not to save you, but to grab anything they might be able to sell to American tourists. If you arrive at high tide, on a full moon evening, the tidal bore will carry you over the weir and onwards to Llangollen and Betws-y-Coed. It might be better if you came by National Express. They might not be as reliable as your own yaught, (spl) but at least they'll have a proper loo at the back of the bus. Shipboard John's (nudge nudge) can be truly awkward.

Matron !!! they're wearing off already !! Can I have me new ones please?

[Byron]

Ah.....your Bruce and my Bob doing their bit!! We went to a wedding in Liverpool on Saturday and had a great time. On the way home I chose to use the Mersey Tunnel instead of the Runcorn Bridge, and seeing Mick singing, has just reminded me of it.

[Diane]

Byron, I would far rather come by boat, because it is more romantic than National Express. Bathroom facilities and American tourists notwithstanding.

True story: When I moved to live in Poole, more than twenty years ago, I had no job, and had to find one quickly in order to pay the rent. I lived close to the edge of a little inlet near the town centre. Across the water was a sausage-making factory. I thought it would be wonderful to work there, JUST so's I could get a little row-boat and to be able to row to work across the water (and NOT drive round on the dual carriageway). I thought this was a sublime idea. So I applied for a job in the factory, lied about my qualifications, and landed a job on the production line, packing the sausages into their little plastic wrappers. It was horrendous. The smell was nauseating, the people were unfriendly, and the vats of pink gunk were enough to make you turn vegetarian, were you not one already. I lasted three days. I never got my boat. Sigh.

[Byron]

My first job was in a tannery. Going to work in the morning on the bus was OK. Coming home in the evening on the bus was not allowed. The drivers refused to let us get on the bus.

[Diane]

At the tanneries in Fez they gave us mint to disguise the smell. You should have carried a bunch of mint Byron.

Joe Cocker would have sung this, had I my boat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NK93kcCS9Q

[Kush]

Diane, Byron - Speedway to Nazareth is almost Springsteenesque. I sometimes watch the auto racing on TV although I must admit that like many here my interest in the sport was heightened since the emergence of Danica Patrick. Winning or not winning (mostly the latter) she makes compelling viewing. She just came 5th in the Indy500 this weekend. I present to you some of her greatest "hits":

A)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LXDEPrIr9I
B)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsIS80VuahI
C)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5oe07iQ ... re=related

On an unrelated note (re' link above), Bob Dylan always uncomfortable and awkward in groups of musicians. He rarely looks like he is having a good time.

[sturgess66]

At the tanneries in Fez they gave us mint to disguise the smell. You should have carried a bunch of mint Byron.

Joe Cocker would have sung this, had I my boat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NK93kcCS9Q

Wonderful! And I knew I recognized that piano player. It is Chris Stainton who is now playing with Eric Clapton.
http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_chris_stainton.htm

[sebmelmoth2003]

i didn't think the dutch lad was much good.

maybe he chose the wrong song to highlight whatever singing talent he's got.

i saw joe cocker at the royal albert hall in concert with other acts - scroll down at link for concert review.

joe was on the same bill as my musical hero TINY TIM but ,as i recall, they didn't sing a duet.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/frisco ... =335639788
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p.s. on radio 4's saturday live mitch albom chose as one of his inheritance tracks `Have A Little Faith In Me' by John Hiatt - subsequently covered by joe.

john's version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RWEseP-ouk

joe's version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qCq8i3iaSo

[Diane]

Lots of info on that Chris Stainton link, Sturgess. I confess that I never take on board who played what, where and with whom. Speaking of EC, any excuse to post another of my recently bookmarked clips of him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBDWM_ZeD9U. Another Crossroads Guitar Fest on soon.

Sebmel when was the Albert Hall concert you saw? (You forgot the include the review.) Do you go back as far as Byron, to Woodstock days? I'd not heard much of John Hiatt, before 'somebody' taped me some of his marvellous music. He said there ain't no cure for love, there's just a slow turning. By which I think he meant like when you have thumb screws on:-):-).

Kush, Mark K blew my mind with Speedway in concert recently and I can't stop playing it (live version). Yes it is a bit Bruce. I wish for a new live album from Mr K. It would be the natural conclusion to these past few years of intense touring.

I don't watch motor racing, although I have been to the Le Mans 24 hour race in France (24 Heures du Mans). You "sleep" camped in the middle of the circuit, and can hear the cars all through the night. It's quite atmospheric and exciting. My own motor racing is limited to go-carts, at which I am rubbish. I did race mountain bikes when I was in my late 20's. Only amateur sports class, but I won once. That was my speedway at Nazareth where I made no mistake. What a feeling.

Yes, Bob Dylan does look a tad uncomfortable in that video. He had obviously elected not to sing. Jeff Beck does his stuff on the guitar. Billy Joel shines I think. Bruce forgets the words...

Mick Jagger made me look up the video for 'Angie'. First time I have seen it. When I was 18 I knew someone who had a girlfriend called Angie, but they lived far apart, and he played that song all the time. I used to think it was a very beautiful song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkFjYRWM4M . It still is isn't it.

ps Byron, forgot to mention - maybe you already have it (!) but MK's latest cd, Get Lucky, has a definite Scots flavour and you'd like it I'd hazard. It includes Piper to the End.