Topic: March's-Top Songs About Ships (Read 3,216 times)
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #60 on Mar 10, 2012, 9:26am »
Good choice, Dan
Genesis - Watcher Of The Skies
From life alone to life as one, Think not now your journey’s done For though your ship be sturdy, no Mercy has the sea, Will you survive on the ocean of being? Come ancient children hear what I say This is my parting council for you on your way
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #61 on Mar 11, 2012, 1:10am »
Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Cellophane flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she's gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmellow pies Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high Newpaper taxis appear on the shore Waiting to take you away Climb in the back with your head in the clouds And you're gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Picture yourself on a train in a station With plasticine porters with looking glass ties Suddenly someone is there at the turnstyle The girl with the kaleidoscope eyes Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #65 on Mar 13, 2012, 2:11pm »
40,000 Headmen
Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot
Doobie Brothers Black Water
Well, I built me a raft and she's ready for floatin 'Ol' Mississippi, she's callin' my name
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #66 on Mar 13, 2012, 2:33pm »
How about some Van der Graaf Generator?
"A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers"
i. Eyewitness Still waiting for my saviour, storms tear me limb from limb; my fingers feel like seaweed... I'm so far out I'm too far in. I am a lonely man...my solitude is true my eyes have borne stark witness and now my knights are numbered too. I've seen the smiles on dead hands-- the stars shine, but they're not for me. I prophesy disaster and then I count the cost.... I shine but, shining, dying, I know that I am almost lost. On the table lies blank paper/my tower is built on stone/ I only have blunt scissors/I only have the bluntest home.... I've been the witness, and the seal of death lingers in the molten wax that is my head. When you see the skeletons of sailing-ship spars sinking low You'll begin to wonder if the points of all the ancient myths are solemnly directed straight at you... ii. Pictures/Lighthouse (Eddies/rocks/ships/collision/remorse.) iii. Eyewitness No time now for contrition: the time for that's long past. The walls are thin as tissue and if I talk I'll crack the glass. So I only think on how it might have been, locked in silent monologue, in silent scream Anyway, I'm much too tired to speak and, as the waves crash on the bleak stones of the tower, I start to freak.... ...and find that I am overcome... iv. S.H.M. 'Unreal, unreal!' ghost helmsmen scream and fall in through the sky, not breaking through my seagull shrieks... no breaks until I die: the spectres scratch on window-slits-- hollowed faces, mindless grins only intent on destroying what they've lost. I craw the wall till steepness ends in the vertical fall; my pail has sailed into the sea: no joking hopes at dawn. White bone shine in the iron-jaw mask lost mastheads pierce the freezing dark and parallel my isolated tower.... no paraffin for the flame no harbour left to gain v. The Presence of the Night/Kosmos Tours 'Alone, alone,' the ghosts all call, pinpoint me in the light. The only life I feel at all is the presence of the night. Would you cry if I died? Would you cry if I died? Would you catch the final words of mine? Would you catch my words? I know that there's no time I know that there's no rhyme... false signs find me I don't want to hate, I just want to grow; why can't I let me live and be free?..but I die very slowly alone. I know no more ways, I am so afraid, myself won't let me just be myself and so I am completely alone.... The maelstrom of my memory is a vampire and it feeds on me now, staggering madly, over the brink I fall. vi. (Custard's) Last Stand Lighthouses might house the key but can I reach the door? I want to walk on the sea so that I may better find ashore... but how can I ever keep my feet dry? I scan the horizon I must keep my eyes on all parts of me. Looking back on the years it seems that I have lost the way: Like a dog in the night, I have run to a manger ...now I am the stranger I stay in. All of the grief I have seen leaves me chasing solitary peace; but I hold experience in my head.... I'm too close to the light I don't think I see right, for I blind me.... vii. The Clot Thickens WHERE is the God that guides my hand? HOW can the hands of others reach me? WHEN will I find what I grope for? WHO is going to teach me? I am me/me are we/we can't see any way out of here. Crashing sea/atrophied history: Chance has lost my Guinevere.... I don't want to be one wave in the water But sea will drag me deep One more haggard DROWNED MAN... I can see the Lemmings coming, but I know I'm just a man; Do I join or do I founder? Which can is the best I may? viii. Land's End (Sineline)/We Go Now Oceans drifting sideways, I am pulled into the spell; I feel you around me...I know you well. Stars slice horizons where the lines stand much too stark; I feel I am drowning...hands stretch in the dark. Camps of panoply and majesty, what is Freedom of Choice? Where do I stand in the pageantry...whose is my voice? It doesn't feel so very bad now: I think the end is the start. Begin to feel very glad now: ALL THINGS ARE A PART ALL THINGS ARE APART ALL THINGS ARE A PART.
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #68 on Mar 14, 2012, 9:18am »
And you look out on the water And the big ships, and the big boats Came on sailing by, by, by, by And you felt so good, and I felt so good I felt I wanna blow my harmonica
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #69 on Mar 14, 2012, 10:13am »
Rainbow Catch The Rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life's not a wheel With chains made of steel So bless me come the dawn Come the dawn
zombiewoof the Van der Graaf Generator was a great add,,thanks (IMO)
Thanks! Here's a few more:
"Sailing" - Robin Trower
"Johnny's Far Away" - Richard Thompson
"Cygnus X-1" - Rush
"I set a course just east of Lyra And northwest of Pegasus Flew into the light of Deneb Sailed across the Milky Way On my ship, the 'Rocinante' Wheeling through the galaxies Headed for the heart of Cygnus Headlong into mystery
The x-ray is her siren song My ship cannot resist her long Nearer to my deadly goal Until the black hole Gains control..."
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
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zombiewoof the Van der Graaf Generator was a great add,,thanks
Serge I think Hymn to the silence was Van Morrison best album he ever did...(IMO)
Charlie, when the music is good, is good (a sentence of a friend of mine). You're likely right, this doble album, which I bought in 1992, changed completely my life , it's a kind of magic music . Another song of this album is going straight for the windy thread, have a listen.
Great finds zombywoof, hope you are liking this amusing ride embarked on ships.
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #73 on Mar 15, 2012, 1:13am »
Neil Young - Surfer Joe And Moe The Slaze
Come on down for a pleisure cruise We're all going on a pleisure cruise Come on down for a pleisure cruise Plenty of women, plenty of booze
pd. Morrison's album changed my life in 1992 as it was the case Jethro Tull's influenced me extremely in the 70's for whole my lifelong becoming myself "A die-hard fan "
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #75 on Mar 15, 2012, 9:40am »
Heroin - The Velvet Underground
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas On a great big clipper ship Going from this land here to that In a sailor's suit and cap Away from the big city Where a man can not be free Of all of the evils of this town And of himself, and those around Oh, and I guess that I just don't know Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
What will next "brick" month subject be? any suggestions? we still have the time for.
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Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #76 on Mar 15, 2012, 9:56pm »
Has anyone mentioned "A Salty Dog", "Wreck of the Hesperus", or "Whaling Stories" by Procol Harum? Would post direct links, but I'm on my cell phone at the moment!
Has anyone mentioned "A Salty Dog", "Wreck of the Hesperus", or "Whaling Stories" by Procol Harum? Would post direct links, but I'm on my cell phone at the moment!
No one yet, three great ships finds by the same band, breathtaking!!, thanks zombywoof
I add again the ship songs list, including the last zombyboof's themes, in case someone is still yearning to post his boat addition
'39 - Queen - Morthoron 40.000 Headmen - Traffic - Derek Pith A Great Day For Freedom - David Gilmour - Derek Pith A New Day - Beyond The Sea - Celtic Woman - Derek Pith A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers - VDDG - zombyboof A Sailor's Life - Fairport Convention - Morthoron A Salty Dog - Procol Harum - zombyboof Atlantis - Donovan - Morthoron Black Water - Dobbie Brothers - Derek Pith Antares - Guy Manning - Preston Platform Broadsword - Jethro Tull - Janu Broadway Melody Of 1974 - Genesis - Derek Pith Calypso - John Denver - JTull07 Can Utility And The Coastliners - Genesis - Morthoron Castles Made Of Sand - Jimi Hendrix - Janu Come Sail Away - Styx - Dan Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd - Derek Pith Cripple Creek Ferry - Neil Young - Derek Pith Cygnus X-1 - Book One: The Voyage Prologue - Rush - zombyboof Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague - zombyboof Down By The Seaside - Led Zeppelin - Derek Pith Down To The Waterline - Dire Straits - Janu Drowning Witch - Frank Zappa - zombywoof Drunken Boat - The Pogues - Derek Pith Dusk - Genesis - Janu Echoes/Live At Pempeii - Pink Floyd - Derek Pith Fly By Night - Rush - zombyboof Flying Dutchman - Jethro Tull - Derek Pith For Michael Collins Jefferey and Me - Jethro Tull - Derek Pith For My Lady - Moody Blues - Morthoron Heroin - The Velvet Underground - Janu His Last Voyage - Gentle Giant - darincody Horse Latitudes - The Doors - Morthoron I Am A Viking - Yngwie Malmsteen - Tulltapes I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home - Grand Funk Railroad - Morthoron In The Court Of Crimson King - King Crimson - zombyboof In The Cage - Genesis - Derek Pith Incomplete Surrender - Peter Hammill - Janu (however this song isn't right for ships diversion) Irish Rover - The Dubliners - KaiBailey Jokerman - Bob Dylan - Janu Johnny's Far Away - Richard Thompson - zombyboof Julia's Dream - Pink Floyd - Derek Pith Let There Be More Light - Pink Floyd - Derek Pith Lifeboat - Sutherland Brothers - Janu Longer Boats - Cat Stevens - Quizz Kid Louie Louie - The Kingsmen - Janu Lucifer Sam - Pink Floyd - Derek Pith Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Beatles - Jan Marie la cordelière - Alan Simon/James Wood Mercy Street - Peter Gabriel - Janu Michael row his boat ashore - Peter Seeger - Janu Mingulay Boat Song - Richard Thompson - Derek Pith Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain - Icy Lucifer Next Canadee-i-o - Nic Jones - jiofffe Palinurus - Peter Hammill - Janu Panama Freighter - Ian Anderson - Derek Pith Pirates - ELP - Quizz Kid Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image - Morthoron Ripples - Genesis - Janu Sail Away - Linda Ronstadt - Janu Sailing - Robin Trower - zombyboof Sailor And The Dancer - The Incredible String Band - Janu Sailor's Tale - King Crimson - Janu San Francisco Bay Blues live - Eric Clapton - Derek Pith Sea Of Joy - Blind Faith - Derek Pith Seal Driver - Jethro Tull - Derek Pith Shanty for the Arethusa - The Decemberists - jioffe Ship Of Fools - Bob Seger - Derek Pith Ship Of Fools - John Rebourn - Janu Ship Of Fools - Peter Hammill - Janu Ship Of Fools - Robert Plant - Derek Pith Ship Of Fools - The Doors - Derek Pith Ship Of Fools - World Party - Derek Pith Ships In The Night - Be Bop Deluxe - Passion Play Sign Of The Southern Cross - Black Sabbath - Derek Pith Single Handed Sailor - Dire Straits - Janu Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention - jioffe Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Splitz Enz - geoffcb Sloop John B - Beach Boys - Derek Pith Something On The Move - Jethro Tull - Derek Pith Space Oddit - David Bowie - Derek Pith Starship Trooper - Yes - zombyboof Steel River - Chris Rea - Derek Pith Strange Brew - Cream - Janu Surfer Joe & Moe The Slaze - Neil Young -Janu Suzanne - Leonard Cohen - Janu The Clasp & The Broadsword - Jethro Tull - My God The Doors Land Ho! - The Doors - Morthoron The Crystal Ship - The Doors - Derek Pith The Downeaster Alexa - Billy Joel - TM The Mariner's Revenge - The Decemberists - jioffe The Postwar Dream - Pink Floyd - Derek Pith The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden - Passion Play The Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen - Morthoron The Ship Song - Nick Cave - Janu The Whaler's Dues - Jethro Tull - zombyboof The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot - zombyboof Titanic Calls Carpathia - The Tangent - Preston Platform Vahevala - Sittin' In - Loggins & Messina - JTull07 Van Dieman's Land - Shirley Collins - jioffe Viking - Peter Hammill - Janu Whaling Stories - Procol Harum - zombywoof Watcher Of The Skies - Genesis - Janu Whatever Happened To Benny Santini - Chris Rea - Derek Pith Whish It Was - Magna Carta - Janu Widow With A Shawl - Donovan - jioffe Window - Genesis - Derek Pith Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Derek Pith Wooden Ships - Jefferson Airplane - Derek Pith Wreck - Gentle Giant - Janu Wreck of the Hesperus - Procol Harum - zombywoof Yatch Dance - XTC - Quizz Kid Yellow Submarine - The Beatles - Janu Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes - zombyboof
Re: March's-Top Songs About Ships « Reply #79 on Mar 16, 2012, 4:50pm »
Glad you're enjoying the thought, zombyboof, big both your last finds. List updated.
Peter Hammill - Viking
Looking out forward over the prow of our long ship, pulling our oars and listening to the foam; helmets and sheepskins salt-damp in the sea-mist: we're going home.
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. Another song of this album is going straight for the windy thread, have a listen. 