tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post7549858384378416746..comments2024-03-28T17:00:31.402+01:00Comments on Interim arrangements: Sabinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-43826357987982236062019-07-13T19:43:59.771+02:002019-07-13T19:43:59.771+02:00I actually love folk music. But it can be melancho...I actually love folk music. But it can be melancholy, that's for sure. My son favors Irish ballads and some of them are deeply sad. Sometimes I hear him singing them in his raw voice and it makes me want to just weep.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-33910566937628677392019-07-10T18:53:22.615+02:002019-07-10T18:53:22.615+02:00I first heard And The Band Playing Waltzing Matild...I first heard And The Band Playing Waltzing Matilda from an unexpected source (BBC Radio 3, mainly for intellectuals of the worst sort. Me for instance.). It was sung by Shane McGowan of The Pogues, he's the one with either no teeth, or teeth that have gone black. He has an unpleasant whiny voice and he spat the words out as if he hated them: the perfect delivery for a song which purports to be a lament by an Australian soldier who lost both legs at Gallipoli.<br /><br />A year later I heard it sung (beautifully) by Joan Baez, completely missing the point, not a hint of bitterness. A great song completely undermined. I don't know if this helps. The Pogues are punk not folk by the way. But you probably knew that.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-52058564260814575752019-07-08T22:43:05.209+02:002019-07-08T22:43:05.209+02:00Folksingers are generally so EARNEST. The older I ...Folksingers are generally so EARNEST. The older I get, the less tolerance I have for earnestness. It always seems a bit preachy, sanctimonious. I saw Joan Baez years ago and my experience was much like yours. I just could not fall into her spell. But oh, what a lovely voice she does have. <br />I am glad your heat wave is over. For now, at last. Ours continues and in a rare and strange sequence of events it looks as if we may have a tropical storm here which originated north of us, rather than south. <br />The new normal where nothing is normal. I think it must be hard for you not to see the similarities between the climate and your very own body. <br />You are loved, Sabine. You are. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-34320180136360665482019-07-08T17:18:37.374+02:002019-07-08T17:18:37.374+02:00Ah you remind me that the only time I heard Joan B...Ah you remind me that the only time I heard Joan Baez perform was 50 years ago at Woodstock! Where have all the flowers gone? And the trees? And the bees? I like music that pours from heart in whatever genre. I hope you are feeling better, Sabine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-45858488058340754482019-07-08T17:07:12.562+02:002019-07-08T17:07:12.562+02:00such a sad post. i believe you have captured the m...such a sad post. i believe you have captured the mood of the planet as we play the game of energy and purpose, as we must.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-57144946445036062812019-07-08T15:34:04.012+02:002019-07-08T15:34:04.012+02:00This, in your pain and your sadness, is simply lov...This, in your pain and your sadness, is simply lovely. Beautifully put.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895379382598203558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-5403282185792327222019-07-08T12:30:47.002+02:002019-07-08T12:30:47.002+02:00Joan Baez sings beautifully, but lives, I think, i...Joan Baez sings beautifully, but lives, I think, in a world that's a few millimetres away from this one.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112462990202280587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-66795532056890634272019-07-08T08:00:28.172+02:002019-07-08T08:00:28.172+02:00This mini essay is words from my own head and hear...This mini essay is words from my own head and heart. I feel this way -- can't shake it, don't know what's wrong, am trying to be mindful, to let go, etc. etc. etc.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-37288432058619229432019-07-08T04:48:16.048+02:002019-07-08T04:48:16.048+02:00I love your writing. It's always so vivid and ...I love your writing. It's always so vivid and seems as if I can actually hear your voice through it.<br />78?! That makes me feel so old. I like her voice and she has always been strickingly beautiful to me, but I am not a fan of folk music. It seems so sad and melancholy to me.<br />Hope you feel better soon, truly.livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-84877224616697790152019-07-08T00:54:11.245+02:002019-07-08T00:54:11.245+02:00Thank you for writing so clearly about your experi...Thank you for writing so clearly about your experience by the river and R's family tree and the neighbor with Alzheimer's. Your link has me thinking further about Robin Wall Kimmerer and the recurring theme of mothering in Braiding Sweetgrass as she goes forward as a scientist and an indigenous storyteller. What to carry. What to let go.<br /><br />"... the same pain in the space between our stomachs and our hearts."<br /><br />"My mom’s burdens were heavy — heavy enough to stop her heart. Must I go on carrying her burdens? Or can I release them, let them spill to the ground and wash everything clean."<br /> <br />That pain and those questions carry a hard-won perspective on grief from a member of the younger generation and, to me, carry the encouragement, endurance and hope that were missing in the event by the river.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7192718134910479930.post-43525300761953760402019-07-07T23:24:27.274+02:002019-07-07T23:24:27.274+02:00I'm not a big fan of folk music either. give m...I'm not a big fan of folk music either. give me rock and roll or the blues (which doesn't really give me the blues). the doomsday clock is ticking (how many seconds do we have left?) while humans continue to put their heads in the sand. not enough woke ones to make a difference I fear.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com