Эту группу я услышал в 1969 году и слушаю по сей день. Мне 72 года. Приятно удивлен,что у группы столько почитателей. Присоединяюсь к теплым словам всех любителей этой прекрасной музыки. 👍❤️
I bought this album when it came out.I was 15. My mother had died of leukemia three years before at the age of 42. The music on this album helped me grieve her death.
Tom died in Feb 2018-May he rest in peace-I booked him at Kent State Creative Arts Festival in the early 70s with his band at the time. They sang a few new songs at the time. Real gems to treasure. Saw him a few times at The Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland too back in the day-a mystical experience!
Rapp's voice is gorgeous, and I find his slight lisp actually adds to it. It's sincere and gentle, and doesn't try to hide itself behind forced pronounciation. He sings as he speaks, and it's beautiful.
This was the first album I heard by PBS. It touched me deeply and I became an instant fan and collected all his albums. Mysterious near medieval with its instrument choices. Wise and beautiful timeless songs.
@@49eguana Aha! I was wondering too why Phil Ochs never get more attention. Dylan, Dylan and one more time Dylan, but no Ochs. Don't get me wrong, I like Dylan but for me Ochs belongs in the "same category". Maybe you have just to be at the right time at the right place?! You know, I' m Swiss so it could be that I don't have the knowledge that americans have.
Tom's singing is so awesome....but the different instruments blow his songs away....saw him live and met him in a small group of 15 people and never forgot the sounds and vocals.....mind blowing....when I praised him for his work. he was shy,and smiled
Although not exactly correct in the number of lives aboard, MS Rigel was a horrendous maritime disaster and it's nice to see a song sung for those lost souls. I quite like too how they ask if anyone was listening, reminds me of how so overshadowed the disaster was
I've only listened to the first four songs so far, but clearly "God Save The Child" is the best of the lot...thus far. (Not that my saying that is meant to diminish the worth of the other songs, just that that one is my favorite so far; all of them are good, though. Quite good.)
Tom Rapp's "Rocket Man" was the first song of the name, inspired by the Ray Bradbury short story. I wonder if the song was influenced by Rapp's father's alcoholism.
Okay, so heres the story... I LOVE Pearls before swines "One nation underground" entire album. So deeply. But I wasnt liking a single song on this album, until "Margery" and "The old man." THAT feels just like the old Pearls before swine Ive long loved. THAT has that same old magic. I dont know what it is but Im glad they captured it on a couple of these songs, makes it all ell worth it! Thanks again!! Ya gotta dig for those gems you love!
Had the vinyl in '71, bought as many of their/his albums as I could, but that name was never going to appeal to the "swine" (consumers?), so Thos Rapp pretty well barred himself from commercial success....
Bernie Taupin, Elton's lyricist, said that David Bowie's Rocket Man was NOT the inspiration for Elton's "Rocket Man" but the inspiration was the song by Tom Rapp/Pearls Before Swine.
Hey man, we tried our best with what we had and what we knew at the time. Many breakthroughs due to LSD in science and consciousness. It's up to the next generations to build on the inroads we made. Many died. Many were lost along the way. Be grateful for what u have now.
Margery 17:30 is the only one I like so far. I LOVE LOVE LOVE "one nation underground." The whole album. Margery is a winner though. Thank you for uploading. :) (Okay, the one just after it is GOLD too!! "The old man" is wonderful.)
there is a blackness on the land ...nobody is well.......everybody is so far away from where they out to be......Margery.....(its so funny how we can relate to this even more nowadays)
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