Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Sorcha Date: 27 Aug 00 - 08:22 AM ah, damn! you're right, doug!! I'm as bad as Mbo, aren't I? |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Drumshanty Date: 27 Aug 00 - 05:57 AM Mine would be the Hal an Tow. I used to "do" the Hal an Tow as a teenager and I would take it because I could pass on not only the song but the stories behind it and the pageantry of it. It is not necessarily my favourite song (as if that were possible!) but it reminds me of being young and looking forward to long summers. And Scabby Doug has my other one so that's all right then! Drumshanty |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: GUEST,Scabby Doug Date: 27 Aug 00 - 05:33 AM This is sort of offthread, but, Sorcha, Asimov didn't write "Stanger in a Strange Land" - That was Robert Heinlein. My song would be "the Freedom Come-All-Ye" by Hamish Henderson, it always lifts my spirits to sing it, or hear it, I just love it. |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Mark Clark Date: 27 Aug 00 - 02:36 AM Okay, I'm going to remember "Song Of My Hands" and teach it to my children and their children. I think Paul Robeson used to sing it though I've never found a recording. It does appear to be included in the Bear (#15720) 10 CD boxed set called "Songs For Political Action" available through Camsco. The artist there is Bernie Asbel. I'll buy the set as soon as I come up with a spare (USD)251.30. Of course those will all be destroyed, that's why I have to remember the song. - Mark |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: katlaughing Date: 26 Aug 00 - 11:37 PM Excellent choice, Rick, and very fitting, esp. with you or Art singing it! So Spaw...I tried, darlin'...nobody wants to Only make believe I love you....Only make believe that you love me, We could find pece of mind in pretending.... C'mon people...add some background, some reasons, some drama...this could be one of those classic ones...it's got potential...let's see if this baby can fly!!! |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Rick Fielding Date: 26 Aug 00 - 10:54 PM Guess the one I'd want to pass on would be Jerry Rasmussen's "Handful of Songs" with it's wonderful chorus. "Some may leave money from a lifetime of savin' Some just their name on a marble stone. It's not what you leave, it's the joy of rememberin' All I can leave you is a handful of songs." Rick |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Sorcha Date: 26 Aug 00 - 10:43 PM no, no, Mbo. Vonnegut did Cat's Cradle, God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Mothernight, and others, but Ray did 451. Trust Uncle Joe and I on this. Asimov did Stranger in a Strange Land, and the I Robot series, as well as LOTS of other fiction and the non fiction that convinced me that the Maths were, indeed, correct. |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: SINSULL Date: 26 Aug 00 - 09:17 PM Just found this and have to give it some thought. |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Aug 00 - 09:16 PM Sorry, but I'm ROTF here Joe!!! Now listen, you can only have ONE....and when the fever breaks, I hope its not one of those.............Major Tom!!!......I'm dyin' here..........What can I use to get the mess off my screen and keyboard?.........Major Tom............gimmee peace............ Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Joe Offer Date: 26 Aug 00 - 09:07 PM Mbo, me boy, you have much to learn... Vonnegut did good stuff, too, though. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Mbo Date: 26 Aug 00 - 09:03 PM I thought Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Fahrenheit 451"? |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Sorcha Date: 26 Aug 00 - 09:00 PM Oh, Joe!! LOL! LOLOLOL!! too funny..........(Bradbury taught me plausible/scary, Asimov was the only one who could teach me maths, now that's scary isn't it?) |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Joe Offer Date: 26 Aug 00 - 08:51 PM Gee, Spaw, you put me on the spot. I mean, I've been a Bradbury fan since I was eight, and this is very important to me. Two songs came to my head right off, and now I can't think of any others. It always happens that way to me. When I'm called upon to say something profound, my head fills up with only the most inane ideas. So, I'm just going to sit back and listen, because the only songs in my head right now are these: Now it's time to say goodbyeAnd the other one is: Why-o, why-o, why-oOh, and the other one that's clogging my head right now is this one (click). I warned you. -Joe Offer- |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Sorcha Date: 26 Aug 00 - 08:18 PM PA got a good idea!! You go, mon! And, as always, I liked Bradbury's book much better than the movie. I guess the reason I did like it was because it seemed so plausible, and therefore VERY SCARY!! Of course, Bradbury could make anything seem plausible.......... |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Pene Azul Date: 26 Aug 00 - 08:07 PM Members of future generations are bound to sometimes want to feel the blues deep down in their souls. If we keep one nice hard driving blues song alive, then many more are bound to follow. After all, the blues is all about expression. Once you have it inside of you, some it's gonna need to get out. There are many I could choose here, but how about Little Walter's "Blues With A Feeling." Jeff |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Mbo Date: 26 Aug 00 - 08:06 PM If I was going to choose an Oasis song (glad you used the word "nice") it would be "D'yer Wanna Be a Spaceman" a beautiful song about growing up and the loss of childhood innocence. |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Aug 00 - 08:02 PM I wasn't a big fan of the movie either Bill as it had a third Reich about it as you say...but that's what made the concept here so interesting to me. We've done lots of lists, b this doesn't have to be the best or most significant song...maybe just a pretty one or one with some "learning" orusefulness in it....no criteria at all. And how would you feel if you were assigned a nice Oasis tune? (DON'T JUMP MEEBO---ITS A JOKE) BUT REMEMBER--YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE!!! Don't want to get caught and dessimated before we can overthrow the scoundrels. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Bill D Date: 26 Aug 00 - 07:51 PM hmmm...very much like questions about "what's your favorite song?"...or "What would you take to a desert island?"...REAL hard! Maybe I'd just do a short, poignant ballad about the human condition..."The Twa Corbies"...........and I'll change my mind tomorrow...(it would be far easier if I were assigned one!) And, you know, I never liked that movie much...can't say exactly why. Too much like the Third Reich, I guess |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Aug 00 - 07:18 PM Sorcha---If you hadn't picked that one, it was going to get picked I think. Good choice. kat......Exactly what I expected!!! And you have a good reasoning thought behind it. I love your set-up...makes the "rebel life" a bit romantic! Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: katlaughing Date: 26 Aug 00 - 06:55 PM Well, it might seem simplistic, but one I know I will never forget and that people would always have a need for, at least in their hearts, is the Prairie Lullaby...kids will still need to be sung to sleep and rock-a-byed, I hope... Very KEWL idea and thread, Spaw. Do we get to come back with second suggestions and, uh-oh, were we supposed to be in character? That would be fun... I am out in the middle of the former state of Why-Oh-Myn....now a vast wasteland, with dead drilling rigs and ghosttowns littering the horizon. Nothing stirs, no buffalo left, not even a horned toad lizard. A few of us live up against the mountains in the quartz crystal caves which survived...we venture out for food gathering and once in a while to meet with those from other outposts, once we've decided they are safe to meet. Then, we have a small feast around the campfires burning and we post guards to watch the skies for those who seek to destroy our knowledge. In low tones, we each go round, intoning the words of pasts forgotten by most, remembered and passed on by the few...tonight I start off with the soft lilt of the lully my mother always sang to me...Tumble in bed, my tired little sleepyhead... A chill runs through the gathering as we hear a whirr in the distance. We hurry to cover the fires and run for the caves, the last vibrations of the tunes shimmering in the air, then dropping down to almost inaudible whispers of ancestors telling us to "remember..don't let the songs die." |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Sorcha Date: 26 Aug 00 - 06:46 PM OK, OK, I think I've got it--"Follow the Drinkin' Gourd", it's a lovely plaintive melody, that I can kinda sorta sing, and it means something--it's an important part of US history.........(what happens if I think of another one later?) |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Sorcha Date: 26 Aug 00 - 05:18 PM It is spaw, it is. I'm just thinking hard about my choice. I don't have many lyrics in the Old File cabinet of a brain, so I'll have to pick something REALLY simple, that also has perhaps, an ulterior motive........still thinking............... |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Aug 00 - 05:09 PM That's an excellent choice Matt, really it is. The thought and sentiment expressed is more than music and more than philosophy....the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, and well worth passing on. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Mbo Date: 26 Aug 00 - 05:03 PM To Be A Man by Boston. --Matt |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Aug 00 - 04:41 PM Aw c'mon guys.....I thought this one would not only be a little fun, but require a little thought on several levels.....I may have been wrong. Its not a best song ever....just a good one to save to aid the future generations, like b said, a little time capsule. I'll give it another chance or two. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 26 Aug 00 - 06:04 AM Good thought bflat.....Again, an interesting pick! Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: bflat Date: 25 Aug 00 - 09:31 PM I'd like to pick a zipper song. Specifically, "We Shall Not Be Moved." In carrying this song forward to future generations, a concept of lyric substitution would be passed along and of course, the inherent message of peaceful unification and demonstration for equality is a most compelling and powerful reason for my selection. I really like this. Kind of a premptive time capsule. bflat |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Dee45 Date: 25 Aug 00 - 09:09 PM One more wee tid bit of trivia regarding my previous post. Alton Delmore an extremely prolific song writer, was also responsible for teaching Merle Travis to read music. |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Aug 00 - 08:53 PM And we're off, with a solid and thoughtful choice from Dee45. I like your reasoning on this one and it shows a lot of elements to those "future generations." Spaw |
Subject: RE: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: Dee45 Date: 25 Aug 00 - 08:51 PM I love the concept here 'Spaw. One song is pretty difficult, but I'll stake my claim on Doc's version of Deep River Blues which is a derivative of Rabon and Alton Delmore's Big River Blues. Doc's early flatpicking was inspired by Rabon's hot lead playing on a tenor guitar (a Martin O-17T I believe) and over time he adapted it into the fingerpicking classic "Deep River Blues". I think this is one worth preserving and I think I may have to put a version of Doc performing it (vocals and all) on a micro CD, (concealed in my key chain) because nothing can mimic the voice he lends to this song. |
Subject: Fahrenheit 451-The LAST Song From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Aug 00 - 07:46 PM Do you remember the movie Fahrenheit 451? It told the story of a future culture who burned all the books, 451 degrees being the kindling temp of paper. The "rebels" in the story lived out and away from the city and each member memorized a book to pass on to future generations until perhaps the time came when things would change. So here's the deal............... All music is outlawed and we are the rebels here at the Mudcat. Many of us know more than one song obviously, but we must be secretive to avoid attack and the loss of our little colony.......SO........Each one is responsible to know and perform ONE SONG to pass on, including its history and significance and meaning. This does NOT have to be the most significant song of all time, just one YOU feel should be kept alive. GOOD LUCK FELLOW REBELS....AND MAY THE SONG BE WITH YOU!!! Spaw |
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