Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #20 on Mar 1, 2012, 7:55am »
We can post them in both...right. great song Serge
Preston I have listened to the first 5 minutes of the Tangent song I love the drums in the beginning. I will get to the 15 or so minutes. I like this song
Jim I liked the Stormwatch tour as well, when they played most of the album. One of the shows I went to was in Providence and it was postponed for a day. It was after the "Famous Rose Incident, after some one threw a rose on stage and hit Ian in the eye. Terry Ellis made a stage announcement at the start of the show, regarding about throwing anything on stage. Ian wore glasses for a few shows so his retina could heal. I also loved how Broadsword opened with the "ship" one of the greatest stage prop, that Tull has used (IMO)
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #22 on Mar 1, 2012, 9:56am »
The song isn't about a ship but does mention one that always evokes emotion. Mountain Men- "and from the church I hear the singing as the ship moves sadly from the pier" Great imagery and I alway think about a ship of young men off to war
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #23 on Mar 1, 2012, 9:59am »
XTC - Yacht Dance
Oddly always thought that XTC might have been influenced by Tull/Anderson in some way. I love this album, and despite having a few more XTC albums on the shelves, have never experienced one that approaches this one for enjoyment. Andy Partridge and Ian could have made a good collaborative pairing possibly.
This from the YouTube page of "fallingdown08".........
"From their 1982 album English Settlement Lyrics:
We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, That would pull us down to the depths and crush us flat if given half a chance. No need to look back to pictures of lost, when all was rust. We, we will skim across the surface of the mud as if we're spinning pebbles Oh, in our yacht dance Oh, in our yacht dance We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, Made of people stained with scorn who never see the light of real love. No need to look back through diaries of lost now turned to dust. We, we will skate across the surface of the storm as if we're wheeling sea-birds. Oh, in our yacht dance Oh, in our yacht dance And how they'll be jealous of both of us! In our yacht dance. We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, That would pull us down to the depths and crush us flat if given half a chance. No need to look back to pictures of lost, when all was rust. We, we will skim across the surface of the mud as if we're spinning pebbles Oh, in our yacht dance Oh, in our yacht dance."
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #24 on Mar 1, 2012, 10:21am »
Steph, nice to see Bill Nelson in there, despite the glitzy performance, always thought he was a great guitarist and BeBop Deluxe were a good band.
Here's another, ths one "Longer Boats", from Cat Stevens might exclude it as the explanation he gives in later life for the hidden meaning he refers to at the start is that the longer boats are in fact alien spaceships visiting the earth......well it was the 70's.
Oddly always thought that XTC might have been influenced by Tull/Anderson in some way. I love this album, and despite having a few more XTC albums on the shelves, have never experienced one that approaches this one for enjoyment. Andy Partridge and Ian could have made a good collaborative pairing possibly.
This from the YouTube page of "fallingdown08".........
"From their 1982 album English Settlement Lyrics:
We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, That would pull us down to the depths and crush us flat if given half a chance. No need to look back to pictures of lost, when all was rust. We, we will skim across the surface of the mud as if we're spinning pebbles Oh, in our yacht dance Oh, in our yacht dance We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, Made of people stained with scorn who never see the light of real love. No need to look back through diaries of lost now turned to dust. We, we will skate across the surface of the storm as if we're wheeling sea-birds. Oh, in our yacht dance Oh, in our yacht dance And how they'll be jealous of both of us! In our yacht dance. We, we will dance like tiny boats with cotton sails upon the tops of the seas, That would pull us down to the depths and crush us flat if given half a chance. No need to look back to pictures of lost, when all was rust. We, we will skim across the surface of the mud as if we're spinning pebbles Oh, in our yacht dance Oh, in our yacht dance."
I remember XTC also. There was a song, ''Love at First Sight'', I used to always like. Are they still going?
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #30 on Mar 2, 2012, 2:51am »
In the town where I was born, Lived a man who sailed to sea, And he told us of his life, In the land of submarines,
So we sailed on to the sun, Till we found the sea green, And we lived beneath the waves, In our yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And our friends are all aboard, Many more of them live next door, And the band begins to play.
Trumpets play)
We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
(Full speed ahead, Mr. Barkley, full speed ahead! Full speed over here, sir! All together! All together! Aye, aye, sir, fire! Captain! Captain!)
As we live a life of ease(life of ease) Every one of us(every one of us) has all we need,(has all we need) Sky of blue,(sky of blue) and sea green,(sea of green) In our yellow(In our yellow) submarine.(submarine) ( Haha! )
We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
(fading)
We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
Are submarines accepted as ships?
Yesterday was a great posted songs about ships day, thanks folks
I got my first kiss from my future wife with this movie back in '74. "All You Need is LOVE" We sang along on the front row of a packed late night show in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thanks John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #32 on Mar 2, 2012, 8:10am »
Beach Boys - Sloop J B
We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night Got into a fight Well I feel so broke up I want to go home
The Pouges - Drunken Boat
Ther's a sound that comes from miles away if you lean your head to hear A ship's bell rings on board a wreck where the air is still and clear And up in heaven that means another angel's got his wings But all below it signifies is a ship's gone in the drink
Richard Thompson - Mingulay Boat Song
Ships return now, heavy laden Mothers holdin' bairns a-cryin' They'll return, though, when the sun sets They'll return to Mingulay.
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #33 on Mar 2, 2012, 9:12am »
Jim, glad to know that this song brought to you such emotional remembrances
Charly, I really liked your last batch
Sail away, away Ripples never come back. Gone to the other side. Sail away, away.
The face that launched a thousand ships Is sinking fast, that happens you know, The water gets below. Seems not very long ago Lovelier she was than any that I know.
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #35 on Mar 2, 2012, 2:07pm »
Nice thread. Surprised nobody posted this song yet:
On the fourth of July eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand city hall in New York 'Twas a wonderful craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft And oh, how the wild winds drove her. She'd got several blasts, she'd twenty-seven masts And we called her the Irish Rover.
I see this month is going to become a passionate play like winds was or even better. Keep on searching. Thanks buddy
Sweet surrender on the quayside You remember we used to run and hide In the shadow of the cargoes I take you one time And we're counting all the numbers down to the waterline
Near misses on the dogleap stairways French kisses in the darkened doorways A foghorn blowing out wild and cold A policeman shines a light upon my shoulder
Up comes a coaster fast and silent in the night Over my shoulder all you can see are the pilot lights No money in our jackets and our jeans are torn Your hands are cold but your lips are warm
She can see him on the jetty where they used to go She can feel him in the places where the sailors go When she's walking by the river and the railway line She can still hear him whisper Let's go down to the waterline
Kai, the game has just begun, still a lot of good songs to expose. Great your song.
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #37 on Mar 2, 2012, 6:48pm »
"Six Months in a Leaky Boat" by Split Enz. The truncated version (without "Pioneer", the introduction) was a hit here, NZ and Canada. (You may notice some Crowded House members)
My ancestors all took the long voyage to the Antipodes in the mid to latter 1800s. Must have been like going to the moon back then.
To start here are some Jethro Tull songs For Michael Collins Jeffery and Me
I am with you LEM though its a shamethat it had to be you the mother ship is just a blip from your trip made for two.
LEM - Lunar Excursion Module
Flying Dutchman
Sad cargo of an old ship
Seal Driver
Take you away on my magic ship ********************************************************************************** Ship Of Fools - World Party
Save me. Save me from tomorrow I don't want to sail with this ship of fools. No, no Oh, save me. Save me from tomorrow I don't want to sail with this ship of fools I want to run and hide right now
Ship Of Fools - Bob Seger
I alone survived the sinking I alone possessed the tools On that ship of fools
Ship Of Fools - Robert Plant
Crazy on a ship of fools Crazy on a ship of fools
Ship Of Fools - The Doors
Yeah, along came Mr. Goodtrips Looking for a new a ship Come on, people better climb on board Come on, baby, now we're going home Ship of fools, ship of fools
The Crystal Ship - The Doors
The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I'll drop a line
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