March's-Top Songs About Ships

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A great idea was started by Serge (Janu) last month, he suggested that we post songs about wind and we got so many great ones. We thought it would be fun to continue this. Our March theme will be about "ships"

From Merriam-Webster

a large craft for travel by water,space <a cruise ship plying the warm waters of the Caribbean>

Synonyms boat, keel, vessel
Related Words aircraft carrier, argosy, barge, coaster, collier, containership, corvette, cruiser, cutter, destroyer, ferryboat, flagship,
freighter, icebreaker, ironclad, lightship, liner, man-of-war (also man-o'-war), merchantman, merchant ship, motor ship,
packet, steamer, steamship, superliner, supertanker, tanker, trader, tramp, transport, warship, watercraft;
bark (or barque), brig, brigantine, caravel, clipper, junk, ketch, sailboat, schooner, square-rigger, tall ship, windjammer, xebec, yacht

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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
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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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Oooops I am a day early ...I forgot it was a leap year!!!!

[Passion Play]

I'm sure a day doesn't hurt

An old favourite of mine - Iron Maiden, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

[My God]

Feb 28, 2012 8:31:21 GMT -5 @derekpith said:

Oooops I am a day early ...I forgot it was a leap year!!!!

Don't feel bad, my brain stays on leap year. More or less. Probably from listening to APP all these years.




There must be something wrong, with me and my brain.

[TM]

Feb 28, 2012 8:31:21 GMT -5 @derekpith said:

Oooops I am a day early ...I forgot it was a leap year!!!!

lol.

[TM]

No mention of the word "ship", but it is a great song that is certainly relevant!

Well I'm on the Downeaster "Alexa"
And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound
I have charted a course to the Vineyard
But tonight I am Nantucket bound

We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday
And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay
Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home
Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone

So I could own my Downeaster "Alexa"
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can't fall asleep

I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes
I know there's fish out there but where God only knows
They say these waters aren't what they used to be
But I've got people back on land who count on me

So if you see my Downeaster "Alexa"
And if you work with the rod and the reel
Tell my wife I am trawling Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel

Now I drive my Downeaster "Alexa"
More and more miles from shore every year
Since they tell me I can't sell no stripers
And there's no luck in swordfishing here.

I was a bayman like my father was before
Can't make a living as a bayman anymore
There ain't much future for a man who works the sea
But there ain't no island left for islanders like me

[jtul07]

Feb 28, 2012 8:28:24 GMT -5 @derekpith said:

To start here are some Jethro Tull songs
For Michael Collins Jeffery and Me

Great video and song! I never made the connection with the lyrics till now. Andrew Lincoln Son-In Law of Ian.

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quizz did the video...amazing this is one of my favoriye Tull song!!

[janu]

Feb 28, 2012 8:31:21 GMT -5 @derekpith said:

Oooops I am a day early ...I forgot it was a leap year!!!!

Well done, Charly. What an excellent songs you've recorded. I had some of them for later posts , particularly "The Flying Dutchman" by Jethro, I think it would may be the finest tune of this sailing March, wouldn't it?

Don't feel embarrased for having started it up a day early, and as a very famous refrain says:

"don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today"

And yes, you'd certainly be afraid of sailing under those heavy storms


My first one to start this new exciting oceanic journey, of course Jethro's. Broadsword .





I see a dark saill on the horizon set under a black
cloud that hides the sun.

Thanks Charly for carrying on with the concept

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TM I think a "Downeaster" is a type of boat......

Passion Play great Iron Maiden song!!

[Preston Platform]

Guy Mannings wonderful tune about Antares which helps travellers find their way and ships of old to navigate

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Feb 28, 2012 15:36:00 GMT -5 Preston Platform said:

Guy Mannings wonderful tune about Antares which helps travellers find their way and ships of old to navigate

Boy, that is just a beautiful song. Nice job Guy. Thanks for posting this Pat.
Darin

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How wonderfully dated is this video ;D

[jtul07]

Feb 29, 2012 8:58:49 GMT -5 Passion Play said:

How wonderfully dated is this video ;D

I vaguely remember this song. It may have been on FM radio but not that often.
Very nice performance. Love the Fog!

[janu]

Great posts so far sent on this leap year ;D Don't stop lookin' up, folks



Once Jesus suffered,
Heaven could not see him
Now my ship is sinking,
The captain stands alone
A pawn on the chessboard,

[Preston Platform]

The Tangents epic composition
Titanic calls Carpathia

If you are in the mood this will reward some concentrated listening all 19 mins
Its got some truly great instrumental playing..if you like it I fully recommend their latest release Comm

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Something On The Move



The lady of the ice sounds
A deathly distant rumble
to Titanic-breaking childrens lost
In melting crystal tears


Panama Freighter




Night close in on a shanty town.
Panama freighter wearing rusty brown.
She sails tomorrow and she's homeward bound.
Head up on a lumpy sea.

[jtul07]

Feb 29, 2012 13:47:08 GMT -5 @derekpith said:

Something's On The Move

This was a great song live too.
They opened the "Broadsword" show in Charlotte, North Carolina '82 with that tune.

[janu]

Excellents finds, folks

MARCH'S OCEANIC ROUTE HAS JUST BEGUN. LET'S GET ON THE BOAT.NAVIGATE WITH US.



I had this good DS' song available for the windy thread although now I notice it's also flawless for this one. We'll be seeing that Winds and ships are related subjects on some songs. Where to post them? here, of course ;D



Yeah and a sailing ship is just held down in chains
From the lazy days of sail
She's just a lying there in silent pain
He lean on the tourist rail

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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)

[Icy Lucifer]

Ahab's boat was the Pequod....

Enjoy..... Leslie West & Co aka Mountain...

[Tullabye]

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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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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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.