It was a vocal - actually the term is 'vocalese' for the kind of jazz that they do, where they sing instrumental lines - anyway, a vocal adaption of a then-hit West Coast jazz band, Spyro Gyra, and The Shaker Song. — Wayfarer
...the lyrics and the general musical artistry, not to mention the apparel, are just so, well, hip.....to this aging boomer anyway.... — Wayfarer
along with Heavy Weather, and Aja, when I wrote that song. Like I said - aging boomer. — Wayfarer
Yes, "our" Wayfarer. :-) He also plays the piano.
BTW, he titled it (or subtitled it?) "For Sophia", aka our good friend Wisdom. — Olivier5
The back story is, Olivier mentioned Sophia, and I impulsively posted a link to my song of that name. Then I thought better of it, removed it from the thread, and sent it by PM to Olivier. I'm gratified that you like it, it always means a lot to me. — Wayfarer
The back story to the back story - I wrote that song in my mid-20's, at the time, I was discovering...well, what was it....kind of 'consciousness trainings' through various sources. I went on retreat at a Buddhist centre in my locality, when I came back, that song came to me. There was a genuine sense of Sophia-wisdom that inspired it. Not that there was any great vision or imagery even, but a sense of the presence of wisdom. Subtle but real. — Wayfarer
Sorry, but I don't understand this.At the time I was very much into the 'way of negation'. — Wayfarer
Not long afterwards, I did a jazz summer school at the Conservatorium and one of the instructors was a well-known female vocalist, Kerrie Biddell (no longer with us). I gave her a copy of the song on cassette tape, and much to my surprise, when I went to the well-known Sydney jazz venue, The Basement, not long after that, she announced that she was singing it. It became part of her repertoire for the next couple of years, although she never recorded it and I never made anything from her performing it. — Wayfarer
Since then I've continued to write songs, nowadays with music technology I have produced some of them, although the version that is linked was recorded analogue, keyboard, bass, drums and vocal direct to tape — Wayfarer
At the time I was very much into the 'way of negation'.
— Wayfarer
Sorry, but I don't understand this. — Amity
I'm gratified that he posted it — Wayfarer
I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes
When you put me on the Wolverine
Up to Annandale
It was still September
When your daddy was quite surprised
To find you with the working girls
In the county jail
I was smoking with the boys upstairs
When I heard about the whole affair
I said oh no
William and Mary won't do
[Chorus:]
Well I did not think the girl
Could be so cruel
And I'm never going back
To my old school
Oleanders growing outside her door
Soon they're gonna be in bloom
Up in Annandale
I can't stand her
Doing what she did before
Living like a gypsy queen
In a fairy tale
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won't do
[Chorus]
California tumbles into the sea
That'll be the day I go
Back to Annandale
Tried to warn you
About Chino and Daddy Gee
But I can't seem to get to you
Through the U.S. Mail
Well I hear the whistle but I can't go
I'm gonna take her down to Mexico
She said oh no
Guadalajara won't do
[Chorus]
Long distance information,
give me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party
trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number,
but I know who placed the call
'Cause my uncle took the message
and he wrote it on the wall
Help me, information,
get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd phone me here
from Memphis, Tennessee
Her home is on the south side,
high up on a ridge
Just a half a mile
from the Mississippi bridge
Help me, information,
more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her
and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because
her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home
in Memphis, Tennessee
Last time I saw Marie,
she was waving me goodbye
With hurry-home drops on her cheek
that trickled from her eye
Marie is only 6 years old,
information, please
Try to put me through to her
in Memphis, Tennessee
it’s a facet of the mystical text ‘the cloud of unknowing’. — Wayfarer
I never did get a career in music, but then, it’s a notorious field of dreams. At least I can write and play. — Wayfarer
It sure gave me a sense of why the ancients dedicated those beautiful sculptures to Sophia. You have to have that feeling for philosophy to be meaningful. Which leads back to the remark that Olivier made, which led me to post this song. — Wayfarer
I met my to-be wife. Now have two grown sons, three (almost four) grandchildren. ‘Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans’ has remained one of my favourite sayings. — Wayfarer
though a bit hypnotic — Olivier5
In this film you not only hear and feel rhythm but you see it.
It's an extraordinary blend of image and sound that feeds the senses and reminds us all
how essential it is. — Olivier5
, I couldn't help but feel how our way of life and rhythm differs.
Strange experience to watch this old culture struggling to keep alive...from the comfort of my home with all modern conveniences and technology. — Amity
like three guys hammering the same pole. Ting. Ting. Ting. — Olivier5
I'll try and see where that takes me... — Olivier5
Rhythm becomes you. — Olivier5
if they are several of you listening, you can dance together by the magic of the rhythm — Olivier5
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