on a pale september
he boarded the luxury liner
In a state of confusion thinking about Suzanne
his winter lady an infamous angel without wings
she now belonged to the sisters of mercy
all she wrote were earthling tales about a cowgirl’s prayer
living the poor man’s dream
no longer a slave to love
member of the village green preservation society
on his way to visit school boys in disgrace
he would tell tales about the working man’s café
It’s a west side story about misfits
that attend a beggar’s banquet
these are his stories of the street
knowing the end would only come
when doves cry
and release his rabbit heart that was
trapped between two lungs
process*
Leonard Cohen: Stories of the street
Suzanne,Winter lady,Sisters of mercy
West side story: Broadway musical
Florence and the machine: Between two lungs
Rabbit heart
Emmylou Harris: Cowgirl's prayer
Luxury liner
David Bowie: Earthling
The Rolling Stones: Beggar's banquet
Roxie music: Slave to love
Fiona Apple: Pale September
Pearl Jam: The end
Prince: When doves cry
Iris Dement: Infamous angel
Ray Davies and the Kinks: Poor mans dream
School boys in disgrace,Village green preservation society
State of confusion,Misfits,Working man's cafe
All she wrote
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I love it, Pamela! Many of the titles were familiar, and you worked them into a lovely cohesive piece. The end is phenomenal. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteBrenda thanks and now I am going to go visit everyone!
ReplyDeletePamela
Excellently woven together. I noticed a lot of the song titles right off, especially the Stones: Beggars Banguet. Big Stones fan, long live rock n roll, LOL! Great post!
ReplyDelete-Weasel
Before I forget, you've got a blog award!
http://systematicweasel.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/one-lovely-blog-award/
Nice nubby weave. Original. Good work, Pamela...nice to find you.
ReplyDeleteWeasel thanks for the blog award and thanks for the really nice compliment!My taste in music is so varied I love just about anything! So now if I can figure out how to do all this linking with the award I feel better!LOL I am challenged by technology ugh!
ReplyDeletePamela
JamieDedes thanks and glad I found you too!
ReplyDeletePamela
Excellent mix :D I love it totally and i am here to present you the same award as well ;D
ReplyDeleteHere you go~
Hope you enjoy it :)
http://riikainfinityy.com/2010/07/25/one-lovely-blog-award/
Thanks for that riikainfinityy!
ReplyDeletePamela
Excellent way to work in so many great music references!
ReplyDeleteThanks jenkeapotente!
ReplyDeletePamela
Even though the titles are so familiar, you worked them in smoothly. Great piece, great songs!
ReplyDeletethanks Stan! Don't you just love Ray!
ReplyDeletePamela
great tunes Pam...and nicely done with the poem.....I had the infamous angel....but couldnt find a spot for another angel in mine....but the great Iris should have been there....dam shed is goooooooood......thanks for sharing this
ReplyDeleteWayne I love Iris I got the chance to meet her personally and shake her and get her autograph!
ReplyDeleteWhat an adventure for me!
Cheers
Pam
Pamela, really well done, excellent response to the prompt, as well as use of the titles.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
This is so clever - you have managed to tell a real story, with such a disparate group of titles, woven seamlessly.
ReplyDeleteFantastic how you were able to weave all these titles into a coherent whole. Well done.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth thanks!
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Viv thanks and I enjoyed yours as well!
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Annie thank you!
ReplyDeletePamela
Fun to see how you worked all of the titles into the poem, and the diversity of artists. I see you are another Leonard Cohen fan. I never heard of Florence and the Machine. LOL. Creative piece.
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Mary thanks! And I love Leonard he is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteFlorence and the machine is a fairly new group from England and I like her style.
Oh by the way I deleted the one lovely blog from here because my husband and I were talking about how maybe it was a scam to get people's private information. Now that I think about it it did remind me of the pyramid scheme wanting all those links to other people's blogs.
Sometimes I am a bit dense and do not catch things right off. Sorry about that!
Pamela
Pamela, I ended doing the same with the "one lovely" thing. I had prepared a whole post, posted it (it existed only overnight, then this morning I felt differently about it), then deleted it. I will have to check out Florence and the Machine! You seem to like a lot of the same music I do, so perhaps I will like Florence as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great selection of titles - you even included Fiona Apple, my favourite. I'm assuming this was not all from one album!
ReplyDeleteThanks Keith! No these are various cds I own
ReplyDeleteand I just started going through them and I also love Fiona!
Pamela