"Swim" by Madder Rose
I loved Madder Rose when they were around, they released a coupe of brill albums in a row, and I saw them play quite a few times - they played the day after Kurt did 'imself in, and dedicated a cover of Sonic Youth's "Star Power" to him, which I found quite moving at the time.
"The river's edge you jump right in
The current's strong it makes you spin
Your arms in a wild rotation
Your arms in a wild rotation
The truth's enough to set you afloat
Describe the truth as a yellow lifeboat
Admitting this you climb its ladder
But now the yellow boat
Just looks sadder"
The current's strong it makes you spin
Your arms in a wild rotation
Your arms in a wild rotation
The truth's enough to set you afloat
Describe the truth as a yellow lifeboat
Admitting this you climb its ladder
But now the yellow boat
Just looks sadder"
Do we have enough swimming songs for a top ten yet?
9 comments:
Of course there's always
'The Swimming Song'
Kate & Anna McGarrigle
don't know if links work here but of course it's pretty easy to find
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3u_XzLx8ckm
Well, duh, that's the same song that I suggested!
The Swimming Song really is very swimmy isn't it? Lyrically I mean. It doesn't sound like swimming.
Onomatopoeia Top Ten anyone?
The only one I can think of off the top of my head is the modernist chap (was it Reich? Or Glass?) who did the sound of the sun rising. I think. My Dad used to play me them as a child, so it was a fair while back....which isn't onomatopoeia really is it?
B'dum tish is a good one.
I don't really know where I'm going with this....
Abahachi, are you back from holiday yet?
Although, I think the French have it right with "plouf" which is WAY better than "splash"; if you don't believe me, go watch "science of sleep" again.
Umm - Scritti Politti
How I Sang Dang - Arcie Bronson Outfit
Gobbledigook - Sigur Ros
Gesunteit - People Like Us
Pissing - Low
Or rather "Archie" & Gesundheit
Boing Boom Tschak - Kraftwerk
& for bands have Boom Bip & Blurt
Nice work Shoey, and damn quick off the mark!! Respect for that, and also for recommending the brilliant Archie Bronson Outfit!!
I think there's enough here for a post - do you want to do it, or shall I?
I've done it! Hit refresh everyone!!!
@ treefrogdemon ... whoops, I see you did get in there with The Swimming Song; I was working from the top down ... strangely enough I always read newspapers and magazines from back to front. I find LW3 a bit creepy in general and much prefer Kate and Anna's version .. having said that, I saw him do a guest spot at Peter Blegvad's Woodcutters Ball (night of a thousand stars) 10 or more years ago and enjoyed it. Hey ho;
This one might not be swimmy enough for Blimpy either but I like the way it reverses Stevie Smith's most famous poembite .. only for the refrain I must admit
Not Waving But Drowning - Judge Smith
sample here
http://www.judge-smith.com/thefullenglish/fullengdl.php
and lyrics here
http://www.judge-smith.com/thefullenglish/notdrowning.php
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