A bucket list item for me, getting this record pressed. 180 gram vinyl with a cool home-printed lyric sheet. NOT shrink-wrapped, because single use plastic is dumb. They'll ship in a clear slip cover like you'd find in the record store.
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lyrics
Are you lonely there, in the corner of the cemetery yard
Or wherever exactly it is you are?
I don’t have too much to say, talking to the open air
Well, anyway, if you can hear me, I guess you’d already know
There’s an Indian blanket flower coming up in the middle of the mugwort
And the beads that your dad left hanging on the trellis, they’re rattling in the wind
There’s not a cloud in the sky and I wonder why
Cause I can feel this humidity weighing me down
And I haven’t been able to get out from under it
I weep for my daughters
And I weep for the world they’re growing up in
I weep for the friends that moved along
And I weep now for no reason at all
Now there’s three little girls gathered round the piano
They’re pounding out melodies I’d never dream of
I hear you singing their bedtime songs upstairs in the lamplight
My heart runneth over knowing how lucky I am
I weep for the wife who still loves me
And I weep for the world that she lives in
I weep for the friends that moved along
And I weep now for no reason at all
credits
from John Depew,
released February 16, 2021
John Depew-guitar, vocals
supported by 7 fans who also own “Indian Blanket Flower”
My god, what an absolutely incredible Suite. I'll admit, I've struggled to get into Pharoah Sanders due to diving headfirst into some of his most challenging catalogue and that never worked. This is the perfect place to restart. Floating Points is new for me and I can honestly say I've never heard synthesizer music this lush and organic before. the LSO is just perfect. This is one of those albums that any serious music fan needs in their life. The perfect swan song for the great Pharaoh! 5/5 ClassyMusicSnob
supported by 6 fans who also own “Indian Blanket Flower”
John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP. yellowcakeuf6
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