Wednesday, 18 July 2018

Otis Redding - "I've Been Loving You Too Long" & "Try A Little Tenderness" Live 1967

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDqL0XCs3V4 I've been loving you too long to stop now There were time and you want to be free My love is growing stronger, as you become a habit to me Oh I've been loving you a little too long I don't wanna stop now, oh With you my life, Has been so wonderful I can't stop now There were times and your love is growing cold My love is growing stronger as our affair [affair] grows old I've been loving you a little too long, long, I don't want to stop now Oh, oh, oh I've been loving you a little bit too long I don't wanna stop now No, no, no Don't make me stop now No baby I'm down on my knees Please, don't make me stop now I love you, I love you, I love you with all of my heart And I can't stop now Don't make me stop now Please, please don't make me stop now Good god almighty I love you I love you, I love you, I love you I love you, I love you I love you in so many different ways... I love you in so many different ways.... "Try A Little Tenderness" Live 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ9n2_5mbig Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get wearied Wearing that same old miniskirt dress But when she gets weary You try a little tenderness Oh man that Un hunh I know shes waiting Just anticipating The thing that you'll never never possess No no no But while she there waiting Try just a little bit of tenderness That's all you got to do Now it might be a little bit sentimental no But she has her greavs and care But the soft words they are spoke so gentle Yeah yeah yeah And it makes it easier to bear Oh she wont regret it No no Them young girls they don't forget it Love is their whole happiness Yeah yeah yeah But its all so easy All you got to do is try Try a little tenderness Yeah Damn that hart (hard?) All you got to do is know how to love her You've got to Hold…

Friday, 13 July 2018

Fairport Convention - "Who Knows Where The Time Goes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xODjbfYw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeZL2FXkGqI Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving But how can they know it's time for them to go? Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time For who knows where the time goes? Who knows where the time goes? Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving I do not count the time For who knows where the time goes? Who knows where the time goes? And I am not alone while my love is near me I know it will be so until it's time to go So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again I have no fear of time

Picnic at Blackbushe 15th July 1978

https://vimeo.com/259868644 Sixteen years Sixteen banners united over the field Where the good shepherd grieves Desperate men, desperate women divided Spreading their wings 'neath the falling leaves Fortune calls I stepped forth from the shadows to the marketplace Merchants and thieves, hungry for power, my last deal gone down She's smelling sweet like the meadows where she was born On midsummer's eve, near the tower The cold-blooded moon The captain waits above the celebration Sending his thoughts to a beloved maid Whose ebony face is beyond communication The captain is down but still believing that his love will be repaid They shaved her head She was torn between Jupiter and Apollo A messenger arrived with a black nightingale I seen her on the stairs and I couldn't help but follow Follow her down past the fountain where they lifted her veil I stumbled to my feet I rode past destruction in the ditches With the stitches still mending 'neath a heart-shaped tattoo Renegade priests and treacherous young witches Were handing out the flowers that I'd given to you The palace of mirrors Where dog soldiers are reflected The endless road and the wailing of chimes The empty rooms where her memory is protected Where the angels' voices whisper to the souls of previous times She wakes him up Forty-eight hours later, the sun is breaking Near broken chains, mountain laurel and rolling rocks She's begging to know what measures he now will be taking He's pulling her down and she's clutching on to his long golden locks Gentlemen, he said I don't need your organization, I've shined your shoes I've moved your mountains and marked your cards But Eden is burning, either getting ready for elimination Or else your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards Peace will come With tranquility and splendor on the wheels of fire But will bring us no reward when her false idols fall And cruel death surrenders with its pale ghost retreating Between the King and the Queen of Swords Dave Boothroyd worked for the Melody Maker so we took a few of us to the VIP bit at Blackbushe (in my new Company Car!). There was Dave, me, Cara Jill and Robin. I cannot remember a lot of the day but clearly recall Dennis Waterman cadging a fag or two off me .... and of all Dylan's long set the stand out for me was 'Changing Of The Guard' (see above). We took ages to get out - abandoned the car and hitched to the tube station at Hatton Cross. Then got the Picadilly and the Northern Line home. Got back to Margaret's consternation at abut 3am. Not bad really considering. Went back next day with Dave to find my car - and Cara sat in front of it! Set lists Bob Dylan My Back Pages (Instrumental) Love Her With A Feeling Baby Stop Crying Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Shelter From The Storm It's All Over Now Baby Blue Girl From The North Country Ballad Of A Thin Man Maggie's Farm Simple Twist Of Fate Like A Rolling Stone I Shall Be Released Is Your Love In Vain? Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) A Change Is Gonna Come ( Carolyn Dennis vocal) Mr. Tambourine Man (Helena Springs vocal) The Long And Winding Road (Jo Ann Harris vocal) What Would We Do If No One's Dreams Came True? (Steven Soles vocal) Gates Of Eden (Acoustic) True Love Tends To Forget One More Cup Of Coffee Blowin' In The Wind I Want You Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) Masters Of War Just Like A Woman Ramona Don't Think Twice (It's Alright) All Along The Watchtower All I Really Want To Do It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) Forever Young Encores: Changing Of The Guards The Times They Are A-Changin' Eric Clapton and Band The Core Worried Life Blues Wonderful Tonight Lay Down Sally Rodeo Man Fools Paradise Cocaine Double Trouble Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Badge Knockin' On Heaven's Door Key To The Highway Layla Bottle Of Red Wine Joan Armatrading not too sure but I know she played Willow Love and Affection Graham Parker and The Rumour included Hotel Chambermaid Watch the Moon Come Down Don't Ask Me Questions Hold Back the Night (The Trammps cover) Lake and Merger No idea

Monday, 9 July 2018

Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore It's gettin' dark, too dark to see I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Mama, put my guns in the ground I can't shoot them anymore That long black cloud is comin' down I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bWzyiU-S_w Eric Clapton - Knockin' on Heaven's Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ItL_N400V4 Sandy Denny - Knockin' on Heaven's Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSUgRkt-sOU Guns'n'Roses Knockin' on Heaven's Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmNlUnsWZOQ

Bob Marley "No Woman No Cry"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcTKcMzembk No, woman no cry No, woman no cry No, woman no cry No, woman no cry Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown Ob-observing the hypocrites As they would mingle with the good people we meet (meet) Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've lost Along the way (way) In this great future, you can't forget your past So dry your tears, I say And no, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry Dear, little darlin', don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown And then Georgie would make the fire light As it was logwood burnin' through the night Then we would cook cornmeal porridge Of which I'll share with you My feet is my only carriage So I've got to push on through But while I'm gone, I mean Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right Everything's gonna be all right, Everything's gonna be all right No, woman, no cry Oh, no, no (no, woman no cry) Woman, little sister, don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry I remember when we used to sit In the government yard in Trenchtown And then Georgie would make the fire light As it was logwood burnin' through the night Then we would cook cornmeal porridge Of which I'll share with you My feet is my only carriage So I've got to push on through But while I'm gone No, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry Woman, little darlin', sayin' don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry Hey, little darlin', don't shed no tears No, woman, no cry Now, little sister, don't shed no tears No, woman no cry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGqrvn3q1oo

Saturday, 19 May 2018

Joni Mitchell ~ Big Yellow Taxi + Both Sides Now (BBC - 1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFB-d-8_bvY Big Yellow Taxi They paved paradise And put up a parking lot With a pink hotel *, a boutique And a swinging hot spot Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They took all the trees Put 'em in a tree museum * And they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see 'em Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Hey farmer farmer Put away that DDT * now Give me spots on my apples But leave me the birds and the bees Please! Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Late last night I heard the screen door slam And a big yellow taxi Took away my old man Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot They paved paradise And put up a parking lot Both Sides Now Rows and flows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and ferries wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud, To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends they're acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Well something's lost, but something's gained In living every day. I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all