"Margarita" is a very moving song and that verse about the picture is very poingnant My old great aunt, Margarita She'd been blind thirty years Would tell me of young Margarita Of her man and her tears She would say "He was tall There's his picture on the wall" My old great aunt, Margarita She'd been blind thirty years She would ask "Is he smiling?" I would stare at the frame But the sun was there shining Through her window again Where that sun always shone He had faded and gone But she would ask "Is he smiling" I would say "He's the same" That always gets me...
Wondrous, truly wondrous, Bruce... thank you HUGELY for these 2 uploads, they have taken my wife and I back decades to when we saw Harvey many times and over many years - one night in the very early 2000s, Harvey even invited our (then) young son on stage with him to sing the Otter Song with him. His truths, stories, songs (which were always stories), melodies, astonishing lyrics, reminisces, anecdotes, politics, protest songs... always with beautiful playing and voice... we can listen time after time and are still always so enamoured, heartstrings pulled, occasional tears in our eyes, and impacted. A very sincere 'Thank you'.
If you want to rob a mans medal, then you need to see battle, don't give them a suspended sentence make them earn the medals they tried to rob. I guarantee if they served they would cry like little babies. Bastards
this is what Scotland and the Scottish people stand for..all folk nae matter their religion or their back ground , are all Jock Thamsons bairns..all are equal nae matter their upbringing..
Very memorable. Sheena sang wonderfully and Our Queen Elizabeth second to none was a captive listener. How you thought she took it I felt she looked reasonably respecfully. Our Queen is 'some Lady. Model of 'sang 'froid' or what.1?
Great performance Bruce. Also love the Dunfermline Strathspey and Reel Society, with Ron Smith, my grandfather, conducting, and Elizabeth Smith, my grandmother on keyboard
"A Man's A Man For A' That" was sung on August 8th 1840 at a Grand Dinner at the White Conduit House, London, England celebrating the release from Warwick Gaol of political activist John Collins. The words of this lovely song are and were so apt for the occasion. Collins was a working class man who cared deeply about the starving and distressed working men and women of England and Scotland. He was incarcerated for twelve months for libel and sedition. The truth of it was he was imprisoned by the British Government's in an attempt to clamp down on the Chartist Movement, of which Collins was a tireless orator. He was largely responsible for bringing together the Scottish Radicals and the English Chartists in the struggle for political reform, in particular Universal Suffrage, at a time when the only 1 in 8 people had the suffrage. Great rendition of the song.
I found a new song for me tonight: a powerful wonderful rendering of a song written by David Mallett, known as the Garrison Keillor of the state of Maine. He is also the writer of "The Garden Song." It brings to my mind many a grand hope as a young man and as a young teacher. And ya know, even though now retired from the heavy yoke of Realpolitik in public education, it stirs again the thought from the rallying cry of our youth "Those Were the Days" - "Oh my friend, we're older, but no wiser; for in our hearts, the dreams are still the same."
Hi Margi. Thank you! I'm bowled over by your comment. I could have made the guitar part much more complex but chose restraint and to let the song (and Harvey's heart-felt performance) take centre stage, as I believe it should always be. It was a case of 'simple is best'. Glad you enjoyed it.
Hi Icaro. I'm very pleased with the Anthem SL system and have it in 4 guitars of my own and 1 belonging to my wife and believe that, currently, there is nothing that I have heard or used that is better. It's very practical and problem free in performances and recording situations and I would recommend it to anyone. I have tried the full Anthem system but prefer the SL for a few reasons. 1 - I prefer a pickup to be heard and not seen. It's possible for the Anthem SL volume control to be situated just inside the soundhole, out of sight or, as Baggs recommends, on the edge of the soundhole. There is no way of hiding the full system. 2 - I want my guitars to sound totally natural and, once the trim control is set on the SL, there is no need to have any further control on the guitar. One thing that could make the SL better would be to have a phase switch, which is a useful tool that the full Anthem has. The full Anthem system has, in my opinion, more possibility for tweaking than I feel is necessary, although the battery test and phase switching facilities are both very useful. I hope this answer is of use to you.
The words are ostensibly about class and rank differences, but it's clear that Burns is, as usually, looking farther than that. The key words are "The man o' independent mind/He looks an' laughs at a' that." Scotland, at its best, has long honored the man of independent mind.Now, about that Brexit....
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I do believe that our forefathers were most inspired by Scotish philosophers above all other nationalities. Scotland has a beautiful history of individualist philosophy which is anti-class and self-empowering. Quite inspiring~
