The man to blame for my current musical diversion is David Prosser. In his weekly blog he posted a video clip of Richard Harris singing McArthur Park – 7 minutes plus of quite amazing music. The lyrics, in particular, are beautiful, imho.
Anyway, having listened to McArthur Park all the way through once, it occurred to me that I had no idea who composed it [it’s Jim Webb if anyone’s interested]. That led to a detour via Youtube where I happened to see this:
Friends of a certain vintage will remember The House of the Rising Sun. The rest of you will just have to suffer. Either way, don’t blame me, blame David. 😀
cheers
Meeks
Meeka's Mind 
May 1st, 2016 at 3:40 am
I was 14 and I played House of the Rising Sun over and over in my bedroom, until my dad told me enough was enough. Thanks for this post; now I’ll be humming it all day. 😉
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May 1st, 2016 at 9:15 am
-giggles- Do I say you’re welcome? Or apologise for the ear worm?
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April 27th, 2016 at 12:54 am
Definitely brings back memories–some of which I actually remember 😀
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April 27th, 2016 at 2:15 pm
lmao – I won’t ask. 😉
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April 26th, 2016 at 11:40 am
Classic!
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April 26th, 2016 at 4:57 pm
🙂
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April 26th, 2016 at 2:54 am
OMG I love Eric Burden and this song! There’s another song on that album I was crazy for, called “I’m Mad.” Btw, there’s a Joan Baez rendition that was quite decent. Thanks for the blast from the past!
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April 26th, 2016 at 4:59 pm
-grin- Very welcome. As soon as I heard it I was kicking myself for forgetting how great it was.
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April 26th, 2016 at 1:54 am
I love a lot of the sixties music. I don’t think it ever goes out of ‘style.’ Even my youngest teen son listens to some of it.
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April 26th, 2016 at 4:59 pm
-puffs chest out with pride- My generation knew how to partaaaaaay! 😉
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April 26th, 2016 at 9:21 pm
🙂
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April 25th, 2016 at 10:32 pm
I was a big Animals/Eric Burdon fan back in the day, and Alan Price who was with the Animals for a time too.You can see why I like 60’s music on the blog.
xxx Ginormous Hugs xxx
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April 26th, 2016 at 5:01 pm
To be honest my great love is 70’s music, but when I hear some of those truly awesome 60s songs I remember that the 60s were pretty cool too. 🙂
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April 25th, 2016 at 8:52 pm
Learned this on the guitar when I was a nipper – my first tune! 🙂
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April 25th, 2016 at 9:39 pm
I never played the guitar but yeah, it has that unmistakable riff?
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April 25th, 2016 at 10:00 pm
The arpeggio across the chords – you mean?
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April 26th, 2016 at 5:06 pm
The arpeggios, yes, but also the whole theme, it’s become like Beethoven’s 5th, immediately recognizable.
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April 25th, 2016 at 8:08 pm
Excellent song. In a former life I lived and worked in the north east of England (where they come from). One of my bosses wives (no, he didn’t have lots of wives, I had lots of bosses) left him to live with a band member, so the constant gossip was that ‘X’s wife left him for an animal’. So unfunny but we all enjoyed saying it.
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April 25th, 2016 at 8:47 pm
-giggles- that poor man would have hated that song. Great story though, and a nice nod to 6 degrees of separation.
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April 25th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Hadn’t thought about the six degrees, but yes. I doubt he worries about The House. He remarried, got a very prestigious job and I think he’s living in retired luxury. Actually he was a pompous bastard, but there again, he never liked me.
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April 25th, 2016 at 9:38 pm
-rofl- ah so /that’s/ why she left him!
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