by yon pure crystal fountain, and upon it I will pile all the flowers of the mountain: Will you go, lassie, go?
One of my favorite tunes is the Scottish “Wild Mountain Thyme.” I know it principally from The Byrds’ version (performed creditably here), and the a capella version by Celtic Quest. Some versions, such as the latter, give it an almost villanelle structure, which is most hypnotic. If you’ve got favorite versions, please let me know in the comments.
Also, a public service announcement from Waxulon 6.
But seriously: Senators urge Obama to buy F-22s!!!! Are they biodiesel F-22s?
We might be living in a blurry hologram. But I don’t have enough scotch to think clearly about it.
Try both Joan Baez (from the album, “Farewell Angelina”, LP in 1965) and Judy Collins (“Maid of Constant Sorrow”, LP in 1961). CD versions of both are available Baez’ version is ethereal, Collins’ is haunting.
The Byrds were a great band; loved them during my misspent youth, and still do come to think of it…
And, as we used to say in NAVAIR; the F-22 is a tits machine! But they should stick to JP-8; it has much greater energy density than biodiesel…
And when it comes to flight systems, you’re always watching your weight…
Uhhh…
What?
I love to listen to Sandy Denny. Found this version by her on Youtube.
Yeah, beautiful, and a beautifully simple arrangement, too.
I like that one better than Dan’s one I think. But let’s do Housemartins now. It doesn’t have anything to do with spices but I got reminded of it.
Oh my,
Didn’t the Senator from Georgia lead the opposition to the Detroit bailout?
Now he wants us to buy more of his overpriced flying pigs?
Payback time, methinks.
Shoulda known better than to think I’d listen to just ONE song–thanks, guys for the links, brings back some great memories.
And the senator (D) from Washington who wants to sell us those overpriced flying pigs-something bad should happen to her too, right? What? Speak up…
“by yon pure crystal fountain, and upon it I will pile all the flowers of the mountain: Will you go, lassie, go?”
Highlander, right?
Is there anything that movie can’t do?
I know lots of blogs that have been doing this for years.
Not PW of course, other lesser blogs.
Don’t make me smash your guitar, pal…
Hey. This is Scottish. He’s still really good at this sort of thing. If I could play guitar like that I would be a really good guitar player. And quite possibly Scottish.
This isn’t Scottish but really I don’t think you would know that by listening to it. Not for sure anyway.
I have to thank you Dan for the topic. I had never known that she had recorded it until i did the Youtube search. Turns out it is a recording from a BBC radio thing that has been tied up in a rights hassle for over 30 years. Only available as a bootleg until just recently. And now on a new CD which I now have ordered.
Made my day, and my wife’s also, Thank you.
I don’t like that guys glasses. He looks like someone I would avoid in a social situation. But he does a good job on that song. So I will give him that.
On the f22, its like you know why should taxpayers buy something that kills other people and stuff. cuz like you know if a f22 shot down a palestinian fighter and stuff the pilot would probably be a dad and then if he was dead he couldnt feed his familu. its just crazy! this kind of shit freaks me out. i mean to think there would be a child without his pilot hero dad and stuff is just harsh.
besides, i have a feeling that the zionist used alien super power or something to design that airplane. i mean maybe they are good aliens or something but why do they love white people so much? white people are bad. once my mom got all weird on me for dating a black girl. i was all, jeez mom you racist! and then this chick left me anyway. still though, i know that i did a great thing by dating a black girl!
Please…. The Corries are the best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKvB3g3HEPQ&feature=related
Judy Collins comes in a close second.
Go with the Corries live with an audience.
I actually have some Aztec Camera in my vinyl collection. Time to exhume it and listen some more.
happyfeet, Thank you. I had never heard of the Housemartins, probably because the car radio was superglued to the kiddie pop station back then. I think I know where my next allowance is going.
Hearing MBop one more time might be preferable to an asteroid hitting earth and destroying all life, but I’m not sure. It would be a tough choice.
Y’all know what they say: “If it isnae Scottish, it’s crrrrrap!”
Mairéad Ni Mhaonaigh
Ta Ma Chleamanas Deanta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph7rm2YAx9k
Again, thanks for the memories, Daniel.
I expect that, after the Byrds, the Clancy Brothers did the version I seem to remember best. Here’s a live version.
The Silencers had a nice run at it, though; in an upbeat arrangement at a cracker of a location.
Van Morrison had an awesome version of it too – can’t provide the link, but it was on ‘Hardnose the Highway’ – great song – thanks for the reminder!
I love me some overpriced flying pigs.
About as close as I think I come to any of the above muzak…
Wild Mountain Thyme – Dick Gaughan
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=N_AYAg9zPzc
With Emmy Lou and Kate and Anna.
So much for alphie’s (how does he continue to escape his ban evasion?) little “Red State vendetta”.
Too bad.
Also, The Chieftains have a great version on the “Further Down the Plank Road” album.
trivia question; Which WW2 era bomber actually did use diesel engines?
Interesting, Rusty. I didn’t know there was such a thing.
How did they keep it from congealing in the cold of high altitude?
Which reminds me: Dutch canals freeze for the first time in 12 years.
More global warmening, I’d reckon.
I thought jet fuel was very close to diesel in formulation.
Some numbers I just googled up indicate that standard diesel congeals at about -2 F, while Jet A remains liquid to -40 or so.
Jet fuel is closer to kerosene, that is what I was thinking of.
not so much Spies. Here is a history of stupid gay Dutch canal freezings.
The stupid propagandist Al Gore ball-licker New York Fucking Times jagoff John “fuck me gently with an ice skate” Tagliabue says that…
But that is a lot untrue and misleading and it’s just a big gay New York Times lie. Gaywad New Yorker pseudojournalist pansies.
SPB — there are additives that delay the congealing of diesel. Depending on the design of the engine, they may have used engine heat to warm the fuel.
…there is actually an organisation “Committee Elfsteden Nee” that is opposed to the race and sabotaged the route in 1997 by laying salt on the ice at one place…
Unbelievable.
Yeah, pour salt into a fresh water canal. That’s friggin’ great for the environment.
try “March of Cambreadth” by Heather Alexander.
Plus, take a google at The Holographic Universe model and Holonomic Brain theory. Then see the Penrose/Hameroff model of consciousness.
Then, just to mess with yer head, take a look at Nick Bostrom’s “Simulation Argument.’
After that, play Cruxshadow’s “Winterborn.”
World of Warcraft gots nuthin’ on …uh…reality.
holograms reminded me of this… and it’s kinda explains some trolls.
The folk tunes reminded me of Sally Terri, who never recorded Wild Mountain Thyme, so far as I know, but would have done a bang-up job if she had done. If you get the chance to hear her Bachianas Brasileiras #5 with Laurindo Almeida on guitar, jump at it. It’s on this album here
Best Version I’ve heard is by the Tannahill Weavers, one of my main inspirations for Celtic Music.
If my true love she were gone I would surely find another
Where the wild mountain thyme grows amang the bloomin’ heather
Will ye go lassie go?
Slainte!