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"I really wanted a decent job, I really needed some scratch
(I heard people talking about a dream, now, a dream that I couldn't catch)
I really wanted to be somebody and all I had was a match
Couldn't get oil from Rockefeller's wells
Couldn't get diamonds from the mine
If I can't enjoy the American dream, won't be water but fire next time
So I said

Burn baby burn
Burn baby burn
Nowhere to be, and-a no one to see
I said-a nowhere to turn
Burn baby burn"

Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick & Jimmy Collier - Burn Baby Burn (1968)
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@JustGrist It's truly my pleasure! You'll find higher quality audio of most of his songs, but this one is so new that I don't think so.

He wrote "I Ain’t Got None of My Friends Left" on tour and recorded that youtube video in a venue bathroom & released it less than a month ago. He's tapping into something special & the rawness & immediacy is very needed, imo.

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So, like many of you, I’m a lover of music. All kinds of music.

One of my favorite artists of all time is Stan Rogers. Stan died way too young, and I often wonder what he could have accomplished had he made it another 40 years or so.

My Canadian friends will know of him, as he’s a national treasure… others, sadly, not so much.

For the uninitiated, I give you two wildly different songs. One is simply beautiful, a song of the fading beauty of youth and a love sustained; the other an uplifting tune about overcoming adversity and commitment to a purpose.


https://youtu.be/Kgiv85esTSM?si=I2G7KNyFeY_s4KO9

https://youtu.be/Fhop5VuLDIQ?si=GLsDiES_abRgXVfw

#music
#folk

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RALPH MCTELL
Streets…
1975 U.S. PROMO pressing

When I was a teenager in the mid #90s , I acquired a collection songbook of classic songs, which I still have (pictured below).
I had heard almost every song in it, but had not heard “Streets Of London” by Ralph McTell.
I became quite enamoured not only with that one song, but McTell in general.
I’ve been searching for Spiral Staircase for quite sometime, as that’s the OG version, but this album is one I adore.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #folk #art

Oooh - Jesse Welles is new to me - very talented!

"Red"
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[Edit - Lyrics]:
[Verse 1]
I got me a red house and a red car
Runs on big red batteries
It used to be blue 15 minutes ago
But it turned red just for me

I got me a red horse, and I ride it
I got some blue friends, they’re the best
We used to fly around the world on a big jet plane
They called the Lolita Express

[Verse 2]
I got me a red tie, and it’s 10 feet long
And it matches my red hat
I got me a red bird, and a red fish
A red dog and a red cat
And I got me a red pen, and I use it
I got a big red chainsaw too
My red friend likes that white powder
It makes his arms do weird salutes

[Chorus 1]
When the war gets here, we’re all gonna hold hands
All the Baptists and the Catholics
All the Marxists and the Fascists
When the war gets here, we’re going get on the level
Everyone looks a little bit nicer
When you finally meet the devil

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