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I’ve had Delicate Sound of Thunder on repeat all week. This seems especially fitting right now … mind you, tragically, when is it ever not?
Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Discovery is to be disowned
Our currency is flesh and bone
Hell opened up and put on sale
Gather 'round and haggle
For hard cash, we will lie and deceive
Even our masters don't know the webs we weave
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world
Invisible transfers, long distance calls
Hollow laughter in marble halls
Steps have been taken, a silent uproar
Has unleashed the dogs of war
You can't stop what has begun
Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion
We all have a dark side, to say the least
And dealing in death is the nature of the beast
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world
The dogs of war don't negotiate
The dogs of war won't capitulate
They will take and you will give
And you must die so that they may live
You can knock at any door
But wherever you go, you know they've been there before
Well winners can lose and things can get strained
But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain
One world, it's a battleground
One world, and we will smash it down
One world ... One world
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Just couldn't get to this last week! Today's song is short and simple, on the surface at any rate, but I love it. Who know a recorder could sound so good?? The Latimer touch. Written by Pete Bardens for Camel's Moonmadness, and sung by him too. No guitar on this one.
It's about the inevitable march of time - the ebb and flow of our lives. Seems to pack quite a punch, to me, for a mere two minutes! It's been on my mind, so here it is ...
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listened to this one twice Ruby, once this morning and again this evening.
not overly keen on the vocals but i loved the music
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^Thanks for listening anyway CH. I quite like the vocal, which in my mind is intended to be a little mysterious.
Oh - and apologies for my grammar, which have goed to the dogs! (No offence to dogs - they're the only sane creatures on the planet. Wait - my cat just looked at me funny - them too. LOL!)
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I didn't let Kitty see that
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^Phew! 
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(22-03-2025, 13:55)Ruby Wrote: Just couldn't get to this last week! Today's song is short and simple, on the surface at any rate, but I love it. Who know a recorder could sound so good?? The Latimer touch. Written by Pete Bardens for Camel's Moonmadness, and sung by him too. No guitar on this one.
It's about the inevitable march of time - the ebb and flow of our lives. Seems to pack quite a punch, to me, for a mere two minutes! It's been on my mind, so here it is ...
The whole album is fantastic.
Somewhere between right and wrong there is a garden. I will meet you there - Rumi
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^This is true.
Bit of a different tack this week. Whilst waiting to go into the Johnny Cash show I got chatting to a friend of a friend who is from the USA and somehow on to the subject of bluegrass (or neograss/newgrass), some of which I quite like. Railroad Earth's stuff, for example. He told me about a short-lived 'band' that I'd never heard of before and that seems to have a bit of a cult following - they were called Old and in the Way. They only made one album, in 1975, a live album, eponomously titled. There are others from around 1996 but I think they're cobbled together from various live shows. It was a side project of Jerry Garcia's (not that I'm a deadhead) who plays banjo and sings lead vocals a lot, along with David Grisman - mandolin & vocals, Peter Rowan - guitar & vocals, Vassar Clements - fiddle, and Johan Kahn - bass.
They do a some great harmonising and seem pretty adroit in the key change department - there's one instrumental track on the album that is very tricksy in that regard! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtkyv_fENGE
And from what I can tell there are three cover songs and two that are based on traditional pieces. Today's song is one of former because although it seems unlikely, I find it kinda winsome, and not out of keeping with the original vibe despite being worlds apart genrewise. If that's a word!
I give you the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" ... bluegrass style!
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it would be interesting to know just how many 'side projects' Jerry Garcia was actually involved in during his life because his name seems to crop up a lot.
like you Ruby, definitely not a 'deadhead'.
interesting take on the Stones' classic.
MH, ever heard of this group??
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I have
back in my record store days
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