Joseph Ceravolo: Mother Land
April 27, 1984I can always go back
to where my land is
born in free die in free
I can always go back
to where I was born.
I can always shed tears
upon my soul, dirt
of my planet, water of my
body, rivers and oceans,
I can always shed tears.
I can always leave blood
behind my life
if the gods control the flow
even where clouds
form mysteries of sonic flight
I can always leave me.
I can always go back.
I can always shed tears.
I can always leave me.
Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988): Mother Land (April 27. 1984}, from Collected Poems (2013)
Joseph Ceravolo: Savage Nocturne
Do you think
because you're out
and I'm reading my palms
like a gypsy,
that you have freedom?
And I'm the one in Vulcan's furnace
dipping my burning heart in oil
while one drop of desire
would save my life.
Now that the coast is clear
and the Holy Ghost
is in my nerves; I look for you
but you're not here
Joseph Ceravolo (1934-1988): Savage Nocturne, from Millenium Dust (1982)
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I get up, and nothin' gets me down
You got it tough, I've seen the toughest around
And I know, baby, just how you feel
You got to roll with the punches and get to what's real
I got my back against the record machine
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A fire at a Russian mall killed 64 people, including 41 children, and the calamitous way it was handled has stirred anger and focused attention on corruption and lax fire safety standards.: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 27 March 2018
A U.S. Army crew chief on board a Chinook helicopter watches flares during a training flight in Afghanistan: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 27 March 2018
A train believed to be carrying a top North Korean delegation left Beijing following a dramatic whirlwind visit that some reports said included Kim Jong Un: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 27 March 2018
I get up, and nothin' gets me downYou got it tough, I've seen the toughest around
And I know, baby, just how you feel
You got to roll with the punches and get to what's real
Ah, can't you see me standin' here
I got my back against the record machine
I ain't the worst that you've seen
Ah, can't you see what I mean?
I got my back against the record machine
I ain't the worst that you've seen
Ah, can't you see what I mean?
Ah, might as well jump
(Jump)
Might as well jump
Go ahead an' jump (jump)
Go ahead and jump
Ow oh, hey you
Who said that?
Baby, how you been?
You say you don't know
You won't know until you begin
So can't ya see me standing here(Jump)
Might as well jump
Go ahead an' jump (jump)
Go ahead and jump
Ow oh, hey you
Who said that?
Baby, how you been?
You say you don't know
You won't know until you begin
I got my back against the record machine
An art installation aiming to raise awareness of male suicide rates is seen on the roof of a building in central London: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 27 March 2018
Final reuters pic refers to
ReplyDeleteAztec Camera: Jump 12" Loaded version [Van Halen cover] (1984)
The Wedding Present: Kennedy (live, Shepherds Bush Empire, London 20 November 2005)
ReplyDeletetoo much apple pie
too much love of life
Tom,
ReplyDeleteWonderful post. I saw The Wedding Present here in Atlanta last week--a good show--thought of you.
Best,
Bowie
i enjoyed the aztec camera cover of van halen's 'jump'
ReplyDeletethe wedding present is not a band i'd encountered before - the lyrics seem not to be the main point of the performance - and yet the title and a couple of lines are disquietingly evocative
Kennedy
"And now Harry's walked away with Johnny's wife"
"But if Lee's name does come up"
- if we take "harry" as a version of "ari" short for aristotle, then we are talking about jackie marrying onassis after oswald [allegedly] did the deed in dallas - is this resonance intended, or am i reading meaning into randomness?
mistah c, TWP came out of Leeds in the mid 80s, put out the brilliant George Best LP 1989, several successive great works ensued, peak production 1993 when they issued a new single every month, each one terrific, not to be missed, good enough to make you almost believe in music again, living-legendary thenceforth, as to meanings there are meanings everywhere, 12 singles in 12 months is meaning intense production is meaning, of course no meaning w/o audience, their audience was big, a Weado was a thing to be... at some live shows the "apple pie" section of Kennedy was joyously greeted by mass flinging of same toward David Gedge - triumph!! meaning!!
ReplyDeleteBut the meanings that mean the most are those protected in the sanctuary of the penetralium of the mystery, a place like the ark of the covenant in the boiler room, best not get too close, cd get burnt.
The Wedding Present: Kennedy (from Bizarro, 1989)
Lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie
Oh have you lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie
And now Harry's walked away with Johnny's wife
You've got to pick some people up
You've got to let some people go
But if Lee's name does come up
Oh well I really want to know
Because everybody loves a T.V. show
Lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie
Oh have you lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie
And now Harry's walked away with Johnny's wife
You've got to pick some people up
You've got to let some people go
But if Lee's name does come up
Oh well I really want to know
Because everybody loves a T.V. show
Lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie
Oh have you lost your love of life?
Too much apple pie
And now Harry's walked away with Johnny's wife (ahh)
Hey Bow Man, hadn't seen that - good on you!!
ReplyDeleteAbout the Jump cover by AC (also mentioned by mistah c), posted here to shed a drop of sidewise historical glimmer on the reuters pic at bottom, might be the best cover of a bad song ever, the AC single came out 6 mos after VH original, a "school of thought" holds that the long guitar blowoutro in AC Loaded and live versions is sendup, to get that all you have to do is look at the early VH or worse later VH (DL Roth) versions, worse yet the Billy Idol arena cover (and then you realize it's Triumph of the Will in drag) in any case the song is given or brought to, life..
ReplyDeleteWd have posted Roddy's greenish in cargo pants live version, but so many little things... the aquarium, the cigarette...
Aztec Camera: Jump live @La Edad de Oro c mid 80s
The 2 Holy Joe ditties, BTW, common theme... no cargo pants.
... and then the photos... fr once give the 'umble shutterbug some... just because the 'usb's not a po world prima donna if for no other reason... where to begin
ReplyDeleteannavshelton
right place at right time long discipline Capture betrays Vertú
... and oh, Viduthalai Mani Dharmaraj, dog "shadow" on wall [Chennai]
... we could wait our whole lives and miss it, for not having paid attention / in visual language picture [NOT of huge looming fishbowl Me-"Self"!!] = word