Monday 15 October 2012

Music Monday : History Ditties

Its Music Monday time and here we have five offerings that have a link to historical information or tell us a true story. Hopefully the link will work all the way through but we'll see how it goes.

Ready?

Lets begin.


OLIVER CROMWELL By Monty Python

This is a John Cleese special and its fabulously interesting as well as being brilliantly comedic. We got dates, events and bags of laughter. Enjoy.




THE HURRICANE By Bob Dylan

The story of Ruben Carter is well documented, certainly its very famous and its here for you in full on protest song mode. Carter was a middleweight boxer charged with a triple murder he didn't commit.

I'm happy to report he got out finally. I'm sorry to say it took some twenty odd years after he was found guilty. Its a harsh story and an amazing song...if you like Dylan.

P.S I love Bob Dylan's stuff. Just awesome!




SAILING TO PHILADELPHIA By Mark Knofler

I love this song, its gentle, calm and thoroughly relaxing and yet embodies the spirit of adventure that the song recounts. Knofler is a real master and this  is a great song, hell, its a great album.

Go buy it.





32 DOWN ON THE ROBERT MCKENSIE By Paul Gross

Paul Gross is the dude from Due South. Yup. Benton Fraser the Mountie. He also writes, directs and sings. Bastard.

Anyway, here's a song that is based on another song, that is based on a nautical accident that claimed the lives of the entire crew of a ship. Gross was going to use the original song for an Episode of Due South but thought it may upset the families of those that were lost...so he wrote this.

I hope I got that right otherwise I'm going to look like a right dumbass.




Final one comes from Horrible Histories this week and its probably my favourite. The kids love the show and so do we. This is something I sing around the house, to be honest they all are, but this one gets belted out with a bit of gusto!




Thanks for reading/listening and hope you drop back in next week for another five pics.

Be excellent to each other.

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