16. november 2015 arkiv

Paris og den gamle visdom

16. november 2015

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago

Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago

Where have all the young girls gone?
Gone for husbands everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the husbands gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the husbands gone?
Long time ago

Where have all the husbands gone?
Gone for soldiers everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Gone to flowers, everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago

Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?

Knickerbockers i boksen

16. november 2015

Tilbage i 2011 omtalte jeg det amr. band Knickerbockers, der i perioden 1964 til 1970 havde succes med at lave – meget vellykkede – efterligninger af tidens førende grupper – fra Four Seasons til The Beatles. Et sølle hit blev det til – Beatlespastichen “Lies”. Altså en døgnflue eller one-hit-wonder. Men Knickerbockers blev ikke glemt og dukkede op på den meget berømmede boks med Nuggets fra tresserne. Og nu har pladeselskabet Challenge fundet tiden inde til at udgive en lille boks med hele 80 indspilninger med gruppen. Selv om de altså kun fik et enkelt hit, så er der god mening i det, fordi sangskriveren Beau Charles havde et klart talent for pop og bandet kvaliteter nok til at kunne konkurrere med mange af datidens navne.

James Taylor & Shawn Colvin – “You can close your eyes”

16. november 2015

Det kan næsten ikke være bedre, når to af ens gamle favoritter står sammen på scenen. Det skete forleden på begivenheden Austin City Limits, hvor den gamle singer-songwriter James Taylor inviterede Shawn Colvin op på scenen for sammen at give “You can close your eyes”.