My personal favourite is Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Lightning Seeds,
closely followed by Led Zeppelins Immigrant Song
I chose the YouTube links based on their reference to the shows that used the tunes.
Other versions are available.
Do you have a favourite classic track that has been given a new lease of life, or introduced to a new audience due to its appearance in a film or TV show ?
For me, this song has always been associated with the war in Vietnam, an anti war protest song.Ā
How wrong could I be. IĀ have only recently come to understand that the song was referencing the “Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles,” which took place between police and young people in 1966. It was these events that inspired Stephen Stills to write the song.
I believe my misconception was fed by numerous documentaries of that era, using this song as a musical backdrop.
The lyrics are here …..
There’s something happening here But what it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware
I think it’s time we stop Children, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong Young people speaking their minds Getting so much resistance from behind
It’s time we stop Hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
What a field day for the heat (Ooh ooh ooh) A thousand people in the street (Ooh ooh ooh) Singing songs and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh) Mostly say, “Hooray for our side” (Ooh ooh ooh)
It’s time we stop Hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep It starts when you’re always afraid Step out of line, the men come and take you away
We better stop Hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop Hey, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop Now, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
You better stop Children, what’s that sound? Everybody look, what’s going down?
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I thought it was time for a little cultural exchange.
So, for your delectation, I present you with a short poem courtesy of Jim Pitts of Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts
Hairy – Jim Pitts
I grow whiskers on my chin. I grow them on my chest I grow them on my knees and legs, but the ones that l like best Grow wild up and down my back and poke out through my vest My mother says that lots of hair will keep out all the cold And still, I’m quite a pretty girl and nearly twelve years old
Having just completed his “Last Eternal” series of books ….
…. I am just embarking on Jacob Peppers “Seven Virtues” series…..
…. I decided to skip “The Silent Blade” and dive straight in to “A Sellsword’s Compassion”.
I stumbled across Jacob Peppers work after finishing the latest Lindsay Buroker offering. I was trawling the Kindle library looking for a suitable read. Something in the synopsis for “The Wandering Sword” piqued my curiosity.
It turned out to be a good choice, and before long, I had devoured the whole series, so far ! And, having been left hanging by “City of Steel and Shadow,” wanting more, I decided to take a run at the “Seven Virtues.”
Jacob Peppers writing can be a bit gritty and, at times, little verbose, but I think the story lines are great.
So, if you like a little sword and sorcery, a bit of sci-fantasy, then these books are for you.
Well not quite true, I did listen to one once. I heard it trailed on BBC Radio 2. The subject was the pros and cons of that recent fad, air fryers.
So I fathom’d out how to stream the relevant podcast, listened to it in its entirety. Found I was no nearer to determining if there were any real benefits to owning an air fryer.
Net result I didn’t buy one and I haven’t listened to another podcast since.
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