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09 Apr 01 - 10:03 PM (#437009) Subject: Great Big Sea From: GUEST,The lil' VanBone After having finally found a wonderful song I had heard once, title Go, Boys, Go, which is perhaps an original by a seemingly unheard of band called Great Big Sea, I cannot seem to find any sort of lyrics to the song. I was wondering if I was the only person to have heard of this song, and/or Great Big Sea? |
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09 Apr 01 - 10:42 PM (#437032) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: GUEST,sara grl No, you are not the only one who has heard of GBS. They are quite wonderful. However, I've not heard of the song you are referring to. I've looked on thier website and can't find it by that title. Are you sure that's the name of it? Do you remember any lyrics? Let me know and I'll continue the search. You might want to check out the website just in case. It's Great Big Sea. |
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09 Apr 01 - 11:02 PM (#437042) Subject: Lyr Add: CHEMICAL WORKER'S SONG (Great Big Sea) From: GUEST,sara_grl Here you go...The song is called "The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man)" and is on the CD titled UP. Here are the lyrics.
THE CHEMICAL WORKER'S SONG (PROCESS MAN)
(Chorus)
Well a process man am I and I'm telling you no lies. (Chorus)
Well I've worked among the spinners and I breathed the oily smoke. (Chorus)
There's overtime and bonus opportunity galore. (chorus)
Well a process man am I and I'm telling you no lies. (Chorus X 2) |
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09 Apr 01 - 11:04 PM (#437043) Subject: Lyr Add: CHEMICAL WORKER'S SONG From: GUEST,sara_grl A bit more user friendly. Apols. The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man) Great Big Sea (Chorus) And it's go boys go. They'll time your every breath. And every day you're in this place, you're two days nearer death. But you go. Well a process man am I and I'm telling you no lies. I work and breath among the fumes that tread across the sky. There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air. There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair. (Chorus) Well I've worked among the spinners and I breathed the oily smoke. I shoveled up the gypsum and that nyon makes you choke. I've knee deep in cyanide got sick with acostic burn. Been working rough I've seen enough to make your stomach turn. (Chorus) There's overtime and bonus opportunity galore. The young men like their money and they all come back for more. But soon you're knock'n on and you look older than you should. For every bob made on the job is paid with flesh and blood. (chorus) Well a process man am I and I'm telling you no lies. I work and breath among the fumes that tread across the sky. There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air. There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair. (Chorus X 2) |
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09 Apr 01 - 11:12 PM (#437049) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: Bob Bolton G'day GUESTS, This is a great song that I heard many times from Vin Garbutt, when he visited Australia in the '80s. It was written by a fellow Tyne-sider and was based on the statistic that the average chemical process worker at ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) died at an average of 42 years old. Given the age at which they started and the normal life expectancy, this meant that every day working at ICI took 2 days of their life! Regards, Bob Bolton |
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09 Apr 01 - 11:14 PM (#437051) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: MMario They do a beautiful song called (I think) 'From Boston to St. John's" |
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09 Apr 01 - 11:23 PM (#437055) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: sara_grl Yes...it's on 2 albums: "Turn" and the most recent release "Road Rage" - a live one. |
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10 Apr 01 - 12:22 AM (#437100) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: Clinton Hammond Great Big who? ;-) |
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10 Apr 01 - 01:01 AM (#437114) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: Sorcha Good job, sara! |
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10 Apr 01 - 01:36 AM (#437123) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: jacko@nz minor corrections to verse one:fumes that trail across verse two:that nigh on makes......I've stood knee-deep.....sick with a caustic burn |
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10 Apr 01 - 02:39 AM (#437138) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: GUEST,SeanM, casual fan... Thread drift warning... I sometimes wonder if GBS and bands like them (Young Dubliners, Fenians, Gaelic Storm, etc.) are the 'next wave' of folk music popularity... they seem to be pulling bigger crowds, and their music is bridging a HUGE age range for attracting fans. I've turned on a friend's teenager, and from his buying the GBS CD both parents got into 'em... Decent reworkings of traditional material into a more modern-ish sound frame seems to be the major draw from them, though the original material is worthy as well... But I still absolutely love GBS's version of "The Beggarman"... or "Drunken Sailor" from the Fenians... Might be a good thing a-comin'. You never know... M |
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10 Apr 01 - 05:16 AM (#437185) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: nutty The song was written by Ron Angel who co-runs the The Sun Inn Folk Club at Stockton-on-Tees. The club has been running for nearly 40 years and Ron has been involved since it started. |
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10 Apr 01 - 12:03 PM (#437377) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: GUEST,Roll&Go-C Thanks, all of you for pulling this together! |
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10 Apr 01 - 12:27 PM (#437394) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: GUEST,JohnB There is also a song with the words "A Great Big Sea hove in Long Beach" Then there is a "whack fol di dol diddle diddle I do" sort of chorus. It is, I believe, a Newfoundland song. It could also be another source for the groups name. JohnB |
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10 Apr 01 - 01:45 PM (#437449) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: Clinton Hammond GBS? THE next wave?!?! Where you been?? BGS has already come and gone... They may be crawling in the yank market, but we Canucks have put up with them long enough... You can have 'em... I'll be listening to good bands... Bands like Old Blind Dogs, McGinty, Irish Decendants... All so far above the pedestrian work of GBS it's not even funny... |
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10 Apr 01 - 03:19 PM (#437531) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: gnu Did they write Excursion Around the Bay ? Couldn't find it in the Digitrad. It's priceless, and not just because of the excellent Rhan and lyrics. Clinton... oooooo. I likes em, bye. Especially the trad Newfie tunes. Apparently, they must have something on the ball if The Chieftans like them enough to do gigs and videos with them. |
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10 Apr 01 - 03:27 PM (#437533) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: Clinton Hammond I suspect that was their AGENT getting them the gigs with the Chieftans... And that was what? 3 years ago? and well... Paddy M. is kinda a musical slut really... he'll play with just about anybody! |
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10 Apr 01 - 03:33 PM (#437538) Subject: Lyr Add: EXCURSION AROUND THE BAY From: MMario EXCURSION AROUND THE BAY - traditional Well it was on this monday morning And the day be calm and fine A harbour grace excursion With the boys who had the time And just before the sailor Took the gangway from the pier I saw some fellow haul me wife Aboard as a volunteer (chorus) Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife cry Oh me, oh my, I think I'm gonna die! Oh me, oh my, I heard me old wife say, "I wish I'd never taken this excursion around the bay" We had fourteen hundred souls aboard, oh what a splendid sight! Left stong and regimental to make our spirits bright And meself being in the double, when a funny things they'd say They choke themselves from laughing when they'd see us in the bay (chorus) Me wife she got no better, she turned a sickly green I fed her cake and candy, fat pork and kerosene Castor Oil and sugar of candy, I rubbed pure oil on her face And I said she'll be a dandy when we reaches Harbour Grace! (chorus) My wife she got no better, my wife me darling dear The screeches from her trollear could hear in Carbonear I tried every place in Harbour Grace, Tried every store and shop, To get her something for a cure or take her to the hop (chorus) She died below the brandy's as we were coming back We buried her in the ocean, wrapped up in a Union Jack So now I am a single man, in search of a pretty face And the woman that says she'll have me, I'm off for Harbour Grace! (chorus) |
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10 Apr 01 - 04:05 PM (#437561) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: gnu MMario... thanks. I didn't know it was Trad !!! They do a lot of Trads, but, EYE think they do them pretty well. They are talented musicians, worth a listen. I especially like their mixture of Trad and ... is it jazz ? is it blues ? is it rock ? .... in some tunes. As for The Chieftans, I suppose you may be correct, Clinton. Maybe I shouldn't say this, but GBS was voted Entertainer of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards for about four years running.... now, now, Clinton - don't shit all over Atlantic Canadians' taste. That title has as much to do with promoting East Coast music to the rest of the world as it does with what AC's listen to. I just can't understand why Buddy Wassisname An' the Other Fellers ( sp ? ) never won. Even if they don't measure up to the ID's and others, as Clinton puts forth, they certainly have spread the word to the younger generation through their exposure on radio, Much Music and so on. And for that, I am grateful. |
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10 Apr 01 - 04:12 PM (#437568) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: Clinton Hammond Don't get me starred about the ECMA... As far as I'm concerned Canada has ONE music awards show, and it's the Juno's... with that, what do we need anything else for except as a mutual admiration society... Pass! |
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11 Apr 01 - 12:55 AM (#437876) Subject: Lyr Add: A GREAT BIG SEA HOVE IN LONG BEACH (trad) From: raredance Sorry, been having some computer stutters A GREAT BIG SEA HOVE IN LONG BEACH
A great big sea hove in Long Beach
A great big sea hove in the harbour... from: Old-Time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland by Gerald S Doyle, 1966 (4th edition) rich r
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11 Apr 01 - 07:55 AM (#437967) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Great Big Sea From: gnu Clinton.... They need the ECMA's because it gives them exposure to a broader audience and, most importantly, to music industry types. The ECMA's are not just a TV award show. The festivities go on for about four days with hundreds of gigs at all hours of the day and night. When last in Moncton, a cable channel was opened up and a bar staged a continuous telecast for three days - 24 hours a day of great and not worth the time performances. |