December 18th, 2009
Off The Rock
All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
- Arthur Christopher Benson
I’m thinking about escape these days. I was hoping to bring Sean to Canada for a visit next summer, but now it looks like it’s going to be another 2 or 3 years before we can go again. I feel isolated, lonely, homesick, and have been singing maritime death songs while putting up the laundry.
Hat tip to A Blog Around the Clock for the quote.
December 18th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Maritime death songs? I don’t know many of those. What are your favorites?
December 19th, 2009 at 3:57 am
“Maritime death songs” is my own term. It just seems like every folk song (and a fair number of the pop songs) from Atlantic Canada involves someone dying (or lots of people dying). There are a number of sub-genres: the shipwreck song, the dead spouse song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knxR-Q2VoBE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0SpwEdU5ak
December 19th, 2009 at 11:14 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9hx0T9vWPs
December 19th, 2009 at 11:19 am
I mean, they’re more bluegrassy than seaweedy, but it’s that kind of song.
December 19th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I’m a fan of Harry Chapin and Stan Rogers. If it’s good, I’ll not be complaining.
Ah, Great Big Sea. That’s a band what gets some love. My wife’s especially fond of their Chemical Worker’s Song.
Dunno Nickel Creek. That song’s okay, but a bit too lilting or whatever for my tastes.
Lately, I’ve been listening to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i8lGmXd8lE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSgiXGELjbc
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtMAQXDhg9Y&feature=related