A performance of Chinese Bones from the album Globe Of Frogs (1988) by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians. Shot by Adam Buxton in Robyn's London home, 29th September, 2007.
Oh the beauty of this! I never, ever tire of Robyn. It's magical! Over three decades of listening to this stuff. He did this two nights ago in Seattle. My sis and I nearly died. Love Robyn!
what a wonderful version! i love the orginal of a globe of frogs, but this one even more...robyn is one of the greatest artists, his music is big part of my life...thank you!
Well Mr P certainly agrees with ewe ... knot so sure Mr H feels the same way. to just make a living as a musician is GOLDEN, never mind being famous as the two mentioned.
I always wondered why Globe of Frogs got such a lukewarm reception by the people that should have been helping spread the word. I always thought it was one of the best albums of the 80s and this might have been the best cut. My theory was for American critics you're apparently not allowed to take swipes at Bruce Springsteen no matter how eliptical and funny Balloon Man might be. But, whatever this is like a Pee Wee's Playhouse episode for my adult soul. And Robyn looks/sounds no worse for the wear.
7 лет назад
Trouble is, his indie work through most of the 80s set the standard far too high. Globe Of Frogs seemed almost tame by comparison.
6 лет назад
Let me add that the general public could never really appreciate him no matter what, and grunge was about to rear it's (ugly) head anyway. He was mainly popular on the college circuit in those days. And I don't mean to denigrate Globe Of Frogs. It's really good, but it's a little like "Fegmania!-lite", you know? You may be right about the Bruce bit, though.
Check out the version by Suzanne Vega backed by the Grateful Dead. I kid you not! It's on RU-vid and is quite good, actually. Audio only, however. Most unexpected.
I was thinking about that very version when I spotted your comment. The Dead/Vega version is pretty sloppy and was most likely barely rehearsed. But I love it.
Airscape was the only song that was ever a part of one of my remembered dreams. Autumn IYLC, Winchester, Intricate Thing, Speed of Things.....etc. etc. Robyn's too good to be Phil Collins.
Oracle bones (Chinese: 甲骨; pinyin: jiǎgǔ) are pieces of turtle shell or bone, normally from ox scapulae or turtle plastrons, which were used for pyromancy - a form of divination - in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.
@Michael Pettinger---he DOES say "interesting dwarf and he told me a story" on the studio album. For the first time, I heard today, and I've been listening to him for years: "Something Shakespeare never said was 'you got to be kidding'" Just thinking a little more deeply about this song and it almost sounds like Robyn might have written it while he was watching a "Shakespeare in the Park" performance---(on ACID).
Wonderful song - one of my all-time favorites - and a nice take. But I wonder how the vocals were recorded. He's not wearing a headset, yet there's no room resonance in the recording, as one would expect from a mic a few feet away...
One of the greatest musical minds of the last 100 years........ Appreciated by some, but deserving of so much more..... Quirky Brilliance - the best kind!
Hey, it does say "interesting dwarf" on the lyrics over at the rock version of this. Okay. I think I may like"interesting door" better. It's more mature (aren't we all) heehee
I tried making a video (of me) playing a Robyn Hitchcock song on guitar at home but it didn't turn out quite as nice as this one. I think I'll share this on Facebook.
