Scarborough Fair – (Cover) Simon & Garfunkel (1965)
EAW Sock Hop Challenge Showcase Thingy CXIII:June 9 – June 16
I want to say thank you very much to my new friend Michael
Please go visit and say hi! He very kindly agreed to make this backing track especially for me.
This song is
For Bruce… Cos.
Thanks for always being there for me.
Theme Post a song from 1955 -1965, …
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The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she completes these tasks he will take her back. Often the song is sung as a duet, with the woman then giving her lover a series of equally impossible tasks, promising to give him his seamless shirt once he has finished.
As the versions of the ballad known under the title “Scarborough Fair” are usually limited to the exchange of these impossible tasks, many suggestions concerning the plot have been proposed, including the hypothesis that it is a song about the Plague. In fact, “Scarborough Fair” appears to derive from an older (and now obscure) Scottish ballad, The Elfin Knight (Child Ballad #2), which has been traced at least as far back as 1670 and may well be earlier. In this ballad, an elf threatens to abduct a young woman to be his lover unless she can perform an impossible task (“For thou must shape a sark to me / Without any cut or heme, quoth he”); she responds with a list of tasks that he must first perform (“I have an aiker of good ley-land / Which lyeth low by yon sea-strand”).
As the song spread, it was adapted, modified, and rewritten to the point that dozens of versions existed by the end of the 18th century, although only a few are typically sung nowadays. The references to “Scarborough Fair” and the refrain “parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme” date to nineteenth century versions, and the refrain may have been borrowed from the ballad Riddles Wisely Expounded, (Child Ballad #1), which has a similar plot. – Wikipedia…”
At last:
I did want to post this in the decades challenge for 1960 but ran out of time.
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 10:53 pm. 18 comments
EAW Singing Decades Part I Challenge/Showcase Thingy CIX:May 12 – May 19
Theme Post a song from either or all of the following decades – 1930s, 1970s, 2000s…
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Apologies for anyone trying to access this song a little earlier. I noticed it was distorting so I lowered the volume and reloaded to youtube. Thanks for your patience.
I adore this song, I have very strong memories of 1975, and this song is one of them, although, sadly I don’t think I was in love at the time it was released
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 3:24 am. 18 comments
EAW Singing Decades Part I Challenge/Showcase Thingy CIX:May 12 – May 19
Theme Post a song from either or all of the following decades – 1930s, 1970s, 2000s…
Come and join us if you are visiting, no competition, just friendly sharing … Sing-Share.com
…”Moonglow” is a 1934 popular song with music by Will Hudson and Irving Mills and words by Eddie DeLange. It was first recorded by the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra and Ethel Waters in 1934, and has been recorded many times since. … source Wikipedia
I wanted to sing the Doris Day one, it’s really gorgeous, but I could only source Rod Stewart… it’s a little less romantic and more upbeat.
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 10:20 pm. 16 comments
Theme Post a song that’s a cover (a song sung by someone other than the original artist).…
I found this gorgeous piano piece when scoring the net for covers
- under instrumental, on YouTube, the original poster does not say who
it is that plays! I do not claim any copyright, it remains with the
originating artists – I sing as a tribute to The Cure and the player of
the piano! This is very different from the original, peppy number.
Wonderful how a tempo can completely change the emotion and pull of a
song.
EDITED: I contacted the person who had this piece of music
on their website and they did not know where it came from – I am
currently trying to gain approval on this as I really believe in
supporting the originating artists…
I have been a fan of Robert Smith for many years, early teens! Remember
watching on TOTPs I love his style and his interpretation of
music… one of my very favourite songs, is ‘Friday’s I’m In Love’ -
along with ‘Love Cats’… I love the more moodier side too, but these
two songs in particular I have found have always lifted my mood right
up, and I used to look forward to Friday’s because it was a Friday
song!
He has some very strong words about ‘Free Music’ here
and I agree with the need to support artists – please do browse the
online store: http://www.thecure.com/discography/
I am singing it for our new friendly challenge which anyone is invited to
come and join us -running until 21st June, 2009 – Cuckoos & Covers
UPDATE:
15th April, 2009 – this recording is currently seeking retrospective
approval… the original artist of the song Lovesong is The Cure…
please support this artist and their work. This song is a tribute only
and seeks no monetary benefit for the singer, CerebralJam.
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 8:59 pm. Add a comment
This is very different from the original, peppy number.