Now off on my favorite ride: The Tangent : )
I by chance heard an NPR program yesterday that mentioned the 150 best female albums of all time. It's an excellent source of great music.
Here is the link to the list.
Bobbie Gentrie's
Ode To Billie Joe was #83.
Another lyrical masterpiece of storytelling is Joni Mitchell's
"Woodstock" --
Here is the link to her live performance of the song along with the lyrics below.
In different ways both songs are seminal:
Woodstock
Joni Mitchell
I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
When I asked him where are you going
This he told me.
I'm going down to Yasgurs farm
Think Ill join a rock and roll band
I'll camp out on the land
I'll try and set my soul free.
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel just like a cog in something turning.
Well maybe its the time of year
Or maybe its the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But lifes for learning.
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
By the time I got to Woodstock
They were half a million strong
Everywhere there were songs and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden.
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