A
personal addition.
The demon
whilst cycling is my head that brings up memories and images from the
past. It is always there, that little voice that moves so quickly
from memory to memory without any apparent conscious control or
direction. There are memories that are wonderful; the funny, the
momentous and the loving. Then there are those that I don't want to
remember, times of pain, shame and anger.
Eternal
Sunshine might bring solace by the removal of the latter but that
isn't a reality away from the film scenario. The good and the bad
memories circle around in a cyclical fashion and the fight to
suppress the bad is a constant fight. I don't want to remember those
incidents yet they are what define my life. Whilst cycling there are
hours of time to ponder things and one way in which I divert my
thoughts away from cascading images is to sing. Now I will never use
an ipod/MP3 player whilst cycling. I think thatis extremely
dangerous; I like to hear what is coming behind me. I do sing though,
which is possibly a shame for those I pass. Songs form the seventies
make up the bulk of the repertoire with the occasional later song or
delve.
There's a
lot of Frank Zappa and Jethro Tull with progressive rock bands like
Yes, Hendrix, The Who, ELP, Rory Gallagher, Pink Floyd, Peter
Gabriel, Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin and other older heavy
metal bands, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, U2, Joe Jackson,
favourite singles from so many bands and artists; so many songs that
luckily I remember the lyrics to. Comedy songs that I can have a
giggle to whilst pedalling; Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Benny Hill
(can anyone find Sad-eyed Sal?) and Eric and Ernie.
And of
course there are many Monty Python songs that I can sing along to :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk
Then there
are the whistling tunes, the instrumentals, the classical, the jazz,
the Blues.
And I
can't forget the bizarre moments when it doesn't matter what I do to
make a sound, lip dum dums, mouth sounds, tapping and clicking,
screams and whoops!
Obviously
music isn't just a diversion. It is an integral to my life. A life
without music is unimaginable. It is there within me constantly and
for that I am eternally grateful. On my facebook page, Gary Biking
Birder Prescott, which I use as a diary, I frequently post the songs
I love, the songs and pieces I am listening to at that moment. So
which ones the most important to me? Here's a few :
Frank
Zappa – the whole of the Apostrophe album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zb3aAM0aHY
(especially for the students of the 1980s at Coppice High
School, Wolverhampton, UK)
Jethro
Tull – Living in the Past album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9YGA40M0A
Yes – On
the Silent Wings of Freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp9aHtN4K74
or - The
Yessongs live album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La_fgpEnE6g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK9dKB-GuFE
Pink Floyd
- One Slip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPNa753e1E
or - Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_VjVqe3KJ0
Joe
Jackson's – Evil Empire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLEk89V0rwc
ELP –
Pirates from the Works album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_MG0ja2iD4
or the
Trilogy album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzEAiuodApI
Rory
Gallagher – bullfrog blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY
or souped
up ford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtD2c6Xxd4
Rolling
Stones – Sympathy for the devil (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJtqcn5FXns
U2 -
Elevation (live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKq3uB8jQw
So many
more . . Now one reason for posting this is to ask you to message me
with your personal likes musically. I am interested in all and often
find new music or versions, arrangements through friends sharing.
Gone of
the days of a college room with a box record player, a guitar and
vinyl. Now we have Youtube. PLEASE message me either on here via a
comment or the facebook page
or email:
bikingbirder2010@hotmail.com
It would
be a thrill to hear from you, wherever you are, be that the UK,
Europe, the US of A, South Africa, Honduras or Peru.
Love to
you all
Gary
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