When I was growing up my brother JP. was a huge fan of Buddy Holly. I grew up listening to him along with Adam Faith and Jonnhy Mathis …until I developed my own taste. Buddy Holly, such a great singer songwriter, died way too young at 23yrs.
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally by his stage name Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his two siblings.
Good morning and apologies for not being around for a while….I am back now and ready to play. So buckle up we are in for a bumpy ride!
This weekend our prompt for Song Lyric Sunday March 23, 2025 is a Song related to a weather condition such as cyclones, floods, hurricanes, rainfall, storms, tornadoes, typhoons, or winds. As always our host Jim Adams is who we have to Thank.
So to start we have our Sam of the beautiful voice and soul With Whirlwind. What does Sam say about Whirlwind? “To be frustratingly ambiguous about the meaning (I’ll let you make up your own mind) when you’re spiralling, up or down, there are forces at work that are beyond your control. In essence, If you ever find yourself swept up in a whirlwind, it might (or might not) be of some comfort to know that where you end up may not be completely up to you…”
“Here Comes the Flood” is a song by British rock musician Peter Gabriel from 1977. It first appeared on his debut solo album, Peter Gabriel (Car). The song has been played on several Peter Gabriel tours, often forgoing the orchestral arrangement found on his 1977 eponymous release in favor of a more stripped down arrangement. Sparser re-recordings of Here Comes the Flood have been included on Robert Fripp’s 1979 Exposure album and Gabriel’s 1990 compilation album, Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats. Gabriel has performed the song in both English and German both live and in the studio. A German recording of Here Comes the Flood was included on the 12″ single of “Biko“. Gabriel wrote “Here Comes the Flood” soon after his departure from Genesis in 1975. He recalled that the song was written during a warm summer evening while on the hillside above his cottage. As an experiment, Gabriel made a habit of running down the hillside one hundred paces with his eyes closed. During one of those excursions, Gabriel recalled that he felt “an energy point on the hillside and after a burst of meditation stormed down the hill to write.”[2]
The song centered around a fictional character conceived by Gabriel known as Mozo, an individual loosely based on Moses and the alchemicaltreatiseAurora consurgens. Gabriel dispersed several songs related to Mozo on his albums up through So in 1986, with “Here Comes the Flood” and “Down the Dolce Vita” being the first to reference the character.[1] He considered the idea of using “Here Comes the Flood” in a multi-media rock opera based on the character of Mozo, but the idea never came to fruition.
Gabriel’s interest in shortwave radio served as a catalyst for the creation of “Here Comes the Flood”. He observed that radio signals were stronger as daylight faded and believed that this correlated with an increase in psychic energy at night. During one of his dreams, Gabriel envisioned a scenario where the psychic barriers that safeguard one’s thoughts would erode and thus manifest in a collective consciousness. In an interview with Sounds magazine, he said that the lyrics pertained to the concept of a mental flood where the collective thoughts of other individuals would be made publicly available and accessible through telepathy. He posited that extroverted people would tolerate the situation but believed that those who wished to conceal their thoughts would be unable to adapt.
Gabriel rehearsed “Here Comes the Flood” on a few occasions with Anthony Phillips, Mike Rutherford, and Phil Collins, all of whom were former bandmates from Genesis. During his first meeting with producer Bob Ezrin, Gabriel presented him with a demo of “Here Comes the Flood” in the producer’s living room. Ezrin approved of the song and went to bed singing its melody, later commenting that “there’s not many songs I’ve heard fresh from the artist’s mouth that are that great”. Rutherford recalled that the version used on Gabriel’s first studio album was hardly recognizable from his original sessions with Gabriel.
“Riders on the Storm” is a song by American rock band the Doors, released in June 1971 by Elektra Records as the second single from the band’s sixth studio album, L.A. Woman. It is known for being the last song that Jim Morrison recorded prior to his sudden death in Paris on July 3, 1971. Read more here
“Ride the Wild Wind” is a song by British rock band Queen. The song was written by Roger Taylor (but credited to Queen). It was originally released on their fourteenth studio album Innuendo in 1991. In Poland it peaked at No. 1 due to the radio airplay chart. Ride the Wild Wind” is written in the key of C Major with a mix of D minor and A minor. The song was composed by Taylor, who recorded a demo with his own vocals. The definitive version is sung by Mercury with Taylor on backing vocals. The song is a sort of sequel of Taylor’s A Night at the Opera composition, “I’m in Love with My Car“, which focused on Taylor’s passion for cars and race. This time, the song involved all of the other members, that gave life to a fast song with beating drums and rhythmic bass line, eerily note-for-note similar to The Smiths‘ “Shakespeare’s Sister“, which create the sensation of speed and engine’s roar. In the mid-part, a May solo, which accentuates the sense of high velocity, and also gives the song a heavier sound. In some parts, an Audi Quattro S1 Group B rally car can be heard.
This Sunday has come round again, this week Jim Adams our eloquent host has given us an interesting Prompt. Weather Forecast, for Song Lyric Sunday, we have to use the words Breeze,Cloud, Sky,Wind.
First up I chose the fabulous Kate Bush who influenced me no end. The track I chose has cloud and sky in the lyrics and sky in the title. “The Big Sky” is a song by English singer-songwriter Kate Bush. Released in 1986, it was the fourth and final single to be released from her No. 1 album Hounds of Love. The single became another Top 40 hit for Bush, peaking at No. 37 on the UK Singles Chart.
The 7″ single was released as the “Special Single Mix”, which includes a different intro. This version appears as a B-side on the 1994 CD single “The Red Shoes“. The 12” single includes an extended version of “The Big Sky” called the “Meteorological Mix”.
The song is about remembering some of the simple pleasures enjoyed as children that most no longer find the time for, such as spending the afternoon looking at the sky, watching the clouds take on shapes.
Lyrics
They look down At the ground Missing. But I never go in now.I’m looking at the Big Sky. I’m looking at the Big Sky now. I’m looking at the Big Sky. You never understood me. You never really tried.That cloud, that cloud– Looks like Ireland. C’mon and blow it a kiss now But quick’ Cause it’s changing in the Big Sky It’s changing in the Big Sky now. We’re looking at the Big Sky. You never understood me. You never really tried.This cloud, this cloud– Says “Noah C’mon and build me an Ark.” And if you’re coming, jump ‘CauseWe’re leaving with the Big Sky. We’re leaving with the Big Sky. And we pause for the jets– Hup! hup!–in the Big Sky!You want my reply? What was the question? I was looking at the Big Sky. Tell ’em, sisters! “Rolling over like a great big cloud Walking out in the Big Sky! Rolling over like a great big cloud Walking out in the Big Sky!
We all know and love Freddie Mercury and Queen’s original Bohemian Rhapsody. I have chosen the version from The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness . Elton John took the lead and though he is no Freddy he brilliant. Axel Rose was to come at the last part of the song. Well I have heard tell Axel would not rehearsh. So when he bounced on to the stage with a flash and a bang, red bandana, crop top, black leather kilt ,white socks and bother boots the audience went wild and I bet Elton and Queen where shocked. But boy was he great. He was like a whirling Dervish. At the end Elton and Axel spontaneously approached the front of the stage arm in arm and sang a poignant ending “Anyway the wind blows.”
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom for an audience of 72,000.[1] The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis, directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion.[2][3] The concert was a tribute to Queen‘s lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS on 24 November 1991. The show marked bassist John Deacon‘s final full-length concert with Queen (save a short live appearance with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust, an AIDS charity organisation.
Bohemian Rhapsody”
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide No escape from reality
Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I’m easy come, easy go Little high, little low Any way the wind blows Doesn’t really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead Mama, life had just begun But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh Didn’t mean to make you cry If I’m not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine Body’s aching all the time Goodbye, everybody, I’ve got to go Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooh (Any way the wind blows) I don’t want to die I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango? Thunderbolt and lightning very, very frightening me (Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo Galileo Figaro Magnifico-o-o-o-o
I’m just a poor boy, nobody loves me He’s just a poor boy from a poor family Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go (Let me go!) Will not let you go (Let me go!) Never let you go (Never, never, never, never let me go) Oh oh oh oh No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh, mama mia, mama mia (Mama mia, let me go) Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can’t do this to me, baby Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here
Ooooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters Anyone can see Nothing really matters Nothing really matters to me
“Call Me the Breeze” is a rock song by J. J. Cale. It first appeared on his 1972 debut album, Naturally, as the opening track. The song consists of a 12-bar blues guitar shuffle and features the early use of a drum machine.
JJ Cale performed the song along with his longtime friend Eric Clapton, at Clapton’s 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival.[2] The version, featuring an extended guitar solo by Clapton, is included on the official Crossroads DVD released in late 2004.[3] Later, when Clapton got the news that Cale had died, he performed various tunes composed by JJ Cale for his 2013 Baloise Session concert, dedicating his performance to Cale.[4] For his 2014 tribute-album to JJ Cale, titled The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale, Clapton covered the song with the original drum machine sound at the beginning, saying it’s not possible to really cover Cale’s work: “You can hear the drum machine and JJ rambling at the beginning there”.[5] His take on the song was released under the title “They Call Me the Breeze” as a promotional single on June 30, 2014 for Surfdog and Polydor Records, accessible via digital music download.[6]
Music video
On June 6, 2014, Clapton’s management published the official lyric video with licence to Warner Bros. Records on his YouTube channel, before the album’s release. Twenty days later the official music video was released and was directed by Joseph Toman. It features original photographic and videographic material of both Cale, and Clapton with Cale. The video opens with Clapton, hitchhiking with his guitar case in a rural location, holding a sign for Escondido, mimicking the cover art of the duo’s album, The Road to Escondido. He is picked up by a car. The car footage is interspersed with Clapton who is seen singing and playing the song on a guitar given to him by Cale in 2006.The video shows Cale enjoying the classic American lifestyle. While driving around, Clapton chats to the driver, portrayed by English actor and director Dexter Fletcher about Cale, explaining that he wants to visit Escondido because an “old mate used to live there”. Clapton pays tribute to Cale saying “he was a fantastic guy and a great musician … he was my hero.” The video ends with a shot of Clapton congratulating Cale after their performance at the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas.
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