Thanks again to all of our contributors on WA2K radio.
edgar and Barry, I loved both Robert Thicke and The Band's Chest Fever. Thanks for the introduction.
wm, I've heard that version of Deep Purple, but I think I like the original better.
Two songs for the morning here. First, the first time that I ever heard this song was from the movie Evolution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLgvvgcDDm8&feature=related
Now, in response to our Brit's Cutty Sark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9I46xwh4w&feature=related
and some info which I am certain that Barry already knows.
Tam o' Shanter is a wonderful, epic poem in which Burns paints a vivid picture of the drinking classes in the old Scotch town of Ayr in the late 18th century. It is populated by several unforgettable characters including of course Tam himself, his bosom pal, Souter (Cobbler) Johnnie and his own long suffering wife Kate, "Gathering her brows like gathering storm, nursing her wrath to keep it warm". We are also introduced to Kirkton Jean, the ghostly, "winsome wench", Cutty Sark and let's not forget his gallant horse, Maggie.
The tale includes humour, pathos, horror, social comment and in my opinion some of the most beautiful lines that Burns ever penned.
“Pleasures are like poppies spread
You seize the flower its bloom is shed
Or like the snow falls in the river
A moment white, then melts forever
Or like the Borealis race
That flit ere you can point their place
Or like the rainbow's lovely form
Evanshing amidst the storm
Nae man can tether time nor tide
The hour approaches, Tam must ride”
― Robbie Burns
I like the classic overture better, but I thought the version I played was cute
