Songs That Tell Stories

Ah, edgar, that was a sad story about Custer's Last Stand and Comanche.

Another one, Texas



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-2lXQQcXb8&feature=related

James gave that one his all, letty. Quite a reading.

If you like the song The House of the Rising Sun, you might be interested in a book that traces the sources of the song, Chasing the House of the Rising Sun.
http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Rising-Sun-Journey-American/dp/0743278984

It must be good. It just came out in paperback. The reader reviewers from Amazon all gave it five stars and it was a give away on WUMB which you can listen to, streaming live, on your computers. www.wumb.org

when i went to youtube to watch "Casey at the Bat", this popped up as one of the other related vids to watch--not a song, as such, but definitely a classic, maybe in today's context, we could consider it a rap:

I love that routine, MJ.

I'm not likely to buy the book, but I love several versions of the song.

Song of Myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IE17z3NvXo

Thanks, letty. Always room for Whitman.

I love that one by Gentleman Jim, edgar.

Another sad one.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv_TFd3qIdA

The real cause of the explosion was finally found:

Dr. Bain's Investigation.

the real culprit was the skin of the dirigible. The ironic point to this story is that the German Zeppelin makers knew this back in 1937. A handwritten letter in the Zeppelin Archive states, "The actual cause of the fire was the extreme easy flammability of the covering material brought about by discharges of an electrostatic nature."

I am always amazed that people knowingly set up many of these kinds of disasters.

ah, edgar, I love that version of Watching Scotty Grow.

Here's another one, Texas.

Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones will star in the Broadway production of Driving Miss Daisy, opening October 25 at the John Golden Theatre.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Alfred Uhry was adapted into a comedy-drama film in 1989 and won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

The original stage version is being performed for the first time on Broadway, directed by David Esbjornson. It tells the story of a deep and unlikely friendship between a Southern matriarch and her African American chauffeur, at a time when racial prejudice runs deep.

Redgrave plays Daisy Werthan, a 72-year old Jewish widow living in Atlanta. James Earl Jones plays Hoke, her chauffeur, who is hired by Daisy’s son to drive her around–a job he has for more than 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SP8XapnvBg

If I had known Esther Rolle played a part in that film, I might have watched it.

Love The Ox Drivers by Harry and his singers, edgar.

The following horrow reminds me of another story.



About 800 miles to the east, on the island of Java, thousands of villagers were fleeing multiple eruptions of Indonesia’s most volatile volcano, Mount Merapi, after it began spewing clouds of hot ash in the early evening Tuesday. Twenty-five people have died, and at least 15 people were injured.
Much of Indonesia lies in the seismically active Pacific “ring of fire,” a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia. Experts said that the quake was not big enough to have disturbed the volcano, and that the two events were most likely not related.

Remember the Last Days of Pompeii?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yPnsgIKxPk&feature=related

The reason that Pompeii's ancient history was preserved is because carbon monoxide from the volcano killed most of the people there and their art and bodies were still clear and explanatory. Listen carefully to the narration. Does history repeat itself?

Pompeii caught that moment in time so perfectly.

On my way to see Richard Thompson! Good night, all!