Woensdag 15 augustus 1973
The Beautiful Day
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The Beautiful Day
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Woensdag 15 augustus 1973
Can You Follow?
Can You Follow?
Composer(s): Pete Brown - Jack Bruce
Performer(s): Jack Bruce; Larry Coryell
Hey can you follow
Now that the trace is fainter
In the sand
Try turning your face to the wall
Can you still read me
Now that the chase is wilder
In your hand
Try losing your place in the sun
All the praises of the dream
Tuned to tongles in the trees
All yesterday's fine chariots
Turned to buses in the street
Can you still hear me
Now that the songs are moving
Into night
Try sleeping with the dancers in your room
Woensdag 15 augustus 1973
Father O'Blivion
Father O'Blivion
Composer(s): Frank Zappa
Performer(s): Frank Zappa;
Bohuslan Big Band; Dweezil Zappa
(Get up on your feet and do the Funky Alfonzo)
Father Vyvian O'Blivion
Resplendent in his frock
Was whipping up the batter
For the pancakes of his flock
He was looking rather bleary
He forgot to watch the clock
But the night before
Behind the door
A leprechaun had stroked it
But the night before
Behind the door
A leprechaun had slowly storked it
He slowly stroked it
But the night before
Behind the door
A leprechaun had stroked his spot
He stroked his spot
It set him off in such a frenzy
He sang "Lock Around the Crock!"
And he topped it off with a ...
And he topped it off with a ...
And he topped it off with a ...
oo ooo ooo
oo ooo ooo
oo ooo ooo
As he stumbled on his ...
He was delighted as it stiffened
And ripped right through his sock
"Oh St. Alfonzo would be proud of me"
He shouted down the block
Domine vobiscum
Et cum spiritu tuo
Don't you eat my sleazy pancakes
Just for Saintly Alphonzo
They're so light and fluffy white
We'll raise a fortune by tonight
They're so light and fluffy white
We'll raise a fortune by tonight
They're so light and fluffy brown
They're the finest in the town
They're so light and fluffy brown
They're the finest in the town
Good morning your highness
oo oo ooo
Good gosh, you're sumptuous
oo oo ooo
Good morning your highness
oo oo ooo
Good gosh, you're sumptuous
oo oo ooo
Dinsdag 14 augustus 1973
The Beat Goes On
The Beat Goes On
Composer(s): Sonny Bono
First release by: Sonny & Cher - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1967 - Il Beat... Cos'è? (La Ragazza 77)
1970 - Den Snurrar Runt (Sylvia Vrethammar)
The beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain
La da, da, da di, la da, da, da, da
Mm, Charlton was once the rage, uh-huh
History has turned a page, uh-huh
The miniskirt's the current thing, uh-huh
Teenybopper is our new-born king
The grocery store does super mart, uh-huh
Little girls still break their hearts, uh-huh
And men still keep on marching off to war
Let the Green Bay keep their baseball score
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Grandma's sitting-chair's a reminisce
Boys keep chasing girls to get a kiss
The cars keep a-going faster all the time
Bums still cry, hey buddy, have you got a dime
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
And the beat goes on, the beat goes on
Drums keep pounding rhythm to the brain
La da, da, da, di, la, da, da, da, da
And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on
And the beat goes on, and the beat goes on
Dinsdag 14 augustus 1973
Can You Find It In Your Heart
Can You Find It In Your Heart
Composer(s): Robert Allen - Al Stillman
Performer(s): Tony Bennett
I want your eyes to see my eyes
I want your lips to touch my lips
I want your love to be my love forever more
Can you find it in your heart to forgive me
I was thoughtless heaven knows I acted badly
But the love I once gave to you so gladly
Can you find it in your heart
Can't we make another start, please forgive me
I'm repenting and your arms alone can save me
So if carelessly I lost the love you gave me
Can you find it in your heart
Day and night I want your eyes to see my eyes
I want your lips to touch my lips
I want your love to be my love forever more
And never never more to part
Must you tell me that it's over, think it over
Though I once betrayed your love, forgive the treason
And my darling if your mind can't find the reason
Can you find it in your heart
Must you tell me that it's over, think it over
Though I once betrayed your love, forgive the treason
And my darling if your mind can't find the reason
Can you find it in your heart
Can you find it in your heart
Dinsdag 14 augustus 1973
Father And Son
Father And Son
Composer(s): Cat Stevens
Performer(s): Cat Stevens
Father
It's not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found something going on
But take your time, think a lot
Why, think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again
It's always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
Father
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl, settle down
if you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go
Maandag 13 augustus 1973
The Bay Of Biscay
The Bay Of Biscay
(Traditional)
Loud roars the dreadful thunder
The rain a deluge show'rs
The clouds are rent asunder
By lightning's vivid pow'rs
The night was drear and dark
Our poor devoted bark
Till next day, there she lay
In the Bay of Biscay, O!
Now dash'd upon the billow
Her op'ning timbers creak
Each fears a wat'ry pillow
None stop the dreadful leak
To cling to slipp'ry shrouds
Each breathless seaman crowds
As she lay, till next day
In the Bay of Biscay, O!
At length the wished for tomorrow
Breaks thro' the hazy sky
Absorb'd in silent sorrow
Each heaves a bitter sigh
The dismal wreck to view
Strikes horror to the crew
As she lay, on that day
In the Bay of Biscay, O!
Her yielding timbers sever
Her pitchy seams are rent
When heav'n, all bounteous ever
Its boundless mercy sent
A sail in sight appears
We hail her with three cheer!
Now we sail, with the gale
From the Bay of Biscay, O!
Maandag 13 augustus 1973
Can You Feel What I'm Saying
Can You Feel What I'm Saying
Composer(s): Minnie Riperton - Richard Rudolph - Leon Ware
Performer(s): Minnie Riperton
First we learn how to care
Magical dreams, midnight summer air
Wouldn’t it be nice to find that some... warm... to share
What I care
Maybe someone to love for a lifetime
Oooh, I have love supreme
Mystical movements making me flow free
Slippin’ in between the stars we find that shine all the time
Now they’re yours
Now they’re mine
Now there’s someone to love for a life time
Ohh, can you feel what I’m saying
Touching you... touching... touching me
Can you feel what I’m saying
Touching you... touching... touching me
Maandag 13 augustus 1973
Father & Son
Father & Son
Performer(s): James Griffin
When I was a child
I was free runnin wild
And my mother said
Look what your father's done
You will not obey
Won't do nothin' I say
Then she shook her head
I was my father's son
Father and son
We were a lot like each other
Father and son
You know the blood is thicker than water
Night after night
My parents would tight
Till my mother said
Hush up you'll wake the kid
And then came the day when he just went away
And I sat and I cried
And wondered why he did
Father and son
We couldn't be together
Father and son
You know the blood is thicker than water
----- years later
But as I go wanderin' on
I still believe he'll come along
And we could talk as if nothin' were wrong
Of things that we done
Only to talk to him father to son
Zondag 12 augustus 1973
The Battle Of New Orleans
The Battle Of New Orleans ((aka The Battle Of Kookamonga (Homer & Jethro))
((Adapted from: The 8th Of January (Traditional))
Composer(s): Jimmie Driftwood
First release by: Jimmie Driftwood - 1958/1959
and multiple other artists
In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we seed the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
We stood behind our cotton bales and didn't say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
If we didn't fire our muskets till we looked 'em in the eyes
We held our fire till we seed their faces well
Then we opened up our squirrel guns and gave 'em...
Well... we...
... fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We fired our cannon till the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannonballs 'n' powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind
We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Yeah they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch 'em
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Sound off, three, four
Hut, hut, three, four
Zondag 12 augustus 1973
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
Composer(s): Elton John - Tim Rice
First release by: Joseph Williams & Sally Dworsky - 1994
Covered by multiple other artists
There's a calm surrender to the rush of day
When the heat of a rolling wind can be turned away
An enchanted moment, and it sees me through
It's enough for this restless warrior just to be with you
And can you feel the love tonight
It is where we are
It's enough for this wide-eyed wanderer
That we got this far
And can you feel the love tonight
How it's laid to rest
It's enough to make kings and vagabonds
Believe the very best
There's a time for everyone if they only learn
That the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours
Zondag 12 augustus 1973
Father And Daughter
Father And Daughter
Composer(s): Paul Simon
Performer(s): Paul Simon; Bobby Osborne
If you leap awake
In the mirror of a bad dream
And for a fraction of a second
You can't remember where you are
Just open your window
And follow your memory upstream
To the meadow in the mountain
Where we counted every falling star
I believe the light that shines on you
Will shine on you forever
And though I can't guarantee
There's nothing scary hiding under your bed
I’m gonna stand guard
Like a postcard of a Golden Retriever
And never leave till I leave you
With a sweet dream in your head
I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you
Trust your intuition
It's just like going fishing
You cast your line
And hope you'll get a bite
But you don't need to waste your time
Worrying about the market place
Try to help the human race
Struggling to survive its harshest night
I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you
I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father
Who loved his daughter more than I love you
Zaterdag 11 augustus 1973
Christmasville U.S.A.
Christmasville U.S.A.
Composer(s): Abrams - Medley
Performer(s): Jimmy Charles
It's a hap-hap-happy time to be in my town
It's a hap-hap-happy time to be in your town
It's a snow-filled, mistletoe-filled holiday
That's Christmasville U.S.A.
There are jing-jing-jingle bells that ring on my street
There are jing-jing-jingle bells that ring on your street
Their's a joy-filled, toy-filled Santa on his way
That's Christmasville U.S.A.
It's a place where girls and boys are in their glory
And it tells each year that old familiar story
Of a very merry Yuletide here in my town
And a very merry Yuletide there in your town
So, by golly-gee, be good, be glad, be gay
That's Christmasville
That's Christmasville
That's Christmasville U.S.A.
Zaterdag 11 augustus 1973
Can You Do It
Can You Do It
Composer(s): Vic Malcolm
Performer(s): Geordie
Can you do it, can you do it
Do it like you did last night
Can you do it, can you do it
Do it like you did last night
Oh oh, sure felt awright
Oh oh, sure felt awright
Can you hold me, can you hold me
Hold me like you did last night
An' can you love me, can you love me
Love me cuz it sure felt right
Oh oh, sure felt awright
Oh oh, sure felt nice
So cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving
Cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving
Can you do it, can you do it
Do it like you did last night
Can you squeeze me, can you tease me
Oh yeah, sure felt nice
Oh oh, sure felt awright
Oh oh, sure felt awright
So cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving
Cum on, cum on, cum on, cum on, keep grooving
Can you do it, can you do it
Do it like you did last night
Can you love me, can you love me
Love me, it sure felt awright
Oh oh, sure felt awright
Oh oh, sure felt awright
Oh yeah, last night
Yeah, you did last night
Zaterdag 11 augustus 1973
Fate Of A Fool
Fate Of A Fool
Composer(s): J.J. Cale
Performer(s): J.J. Cale
Spending my life in a cold hard bar-room
Drinking that long black whisky down
I play the guitar, for me it's a living
Well, I know, just a hanging-around
Dancing girls, oh, they drive me crazy
All they want is a fancy name
Don't you know is I might not make it
That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man
Yeah, been down to the palace of pleasure
Honky-tonk, where I come from
Smoke's so thick I can't imagine
Wine flows fast by the rule of a gun
One of these mornings it'll come up Sunday
I won't have a good time again
That time ain't now, it's a whole new dream
That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man
One more night, one more dollar
One more song, can you do it again
I don't know, I may not make it
That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man
That's the fate of a fool and a guitar man
Vrijdag 10 augustus 1973
The Battle Of Kookamonga
The Battle Of Kookamonga
((Adapted from: The 8th Of January (Traditional); The Battle Of New Orleans (Jimmie Driftwood) - 1958/1959))
Composer(s): Jimmie Driftwood
Performer(s): Homer & Jethro
In 1959 we took a little hike
With our scout master down to Lake Oneeganite
We took a little pizza and we took some saurkrauts
And we marched along together till we heard The Girl Scouts
We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga!
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze!
(And I was mad because me mother sent me up here! Ha-ha-ha!)
Well we crept up to the water and we see the girls a-swimmin'
There musta been 100 of them pretty young women!
They looked so fine even birds forgot to sing!
We lay down in the poison oak and didn't say a thing
We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga!
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze!
(And I was mad because me mother sent me up here! Ha-ha-ha!)
(Hey, will one of you fellas scratch my back?)
Well our counselor said we could take them by surprise
If we didn't say a word till we looked them in the eyes
We kept real still and we had our eyes aglued!
We saw how they were dressed they were swimming in the... wellll now!
We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga!
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze!
(And I was mad because me mother sent me up here! Ha-ha-ha!)
Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go!
They ran so fast even we couldn't catch them
From Lake Oneeganite all the way to Buffalo!
(Hey, fellers, wait for me!)
Well we ran right after them till everyone was pooped
So we rested for a moment and our forces we regrouped
Then we saw the girls behind some evergreens
Captured by a company of United States Marines!
We're the boys from Camp Kookamonga!
Our mothers sent us here for to study nature's ways
We learned to make sparks by rubbing sticks together
But if we catch the girls then we'll set the woods ablaze!
(And I was mad because me mother sent me up here! Ha-ha-ha!)
(Aww, them big guys get everything!)
Well they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go!
They ran so fast even we couldn't catch them
From Lake Oneeganite all the way to Buffalo!
A-rootie-toot-toot, a-rootie-toot-toot
A-we are the boys from the Boy Scout troop!
We don't smoke and we don't chew
And we don't go where the girls that do!...
Vrijdag 10 augustus 1973
Can We Still Be Friends?
Can We Still Be Friends?
Composer(s): Todd Rundgren
First release by: Todd Rundgren - 1978
Covered by multiple other artists
We can't play this game anymore
But can we still be friends
Things just can't go on like before
But can we still be friends
We had something to learn
Now it's time for the wheel to turn
Grains of sand, one by one
Before you know it, all gone
Let's admit we made a mistake
But can we still be friends
Heartbreak's never easy to take
But can we still be friends
It's so strange, sad affair
Sometimes seems like we just don't care
Don't waste time feeling hurt
We been through hell together
La La La La...
We awoke from our dream
Things are not always what they seem
Memories linger on
It's like a sweet, sad old song
Vrijdag 10 augustus 1973
Fate
Fate
Composer(s): Byron Gay
Since the world began
It seems that man, no matter what his lot
he lays the blame on fate
Health his wealth his fame
Disgrace or shame, it's all the same
He lays the blame upon his fate
All things small or great
Life or death its fate
Truth can never fail
It must prevail
in all we do we must be true or live a lie
Fate is all there is
It's your ideas, for what you think
Is what you are, the same as I
Think what love commands
And fate is in your hands
My fate is all that I am
My fate is the law above
When fate seems wrong, it's a sham
The law that is real is love
Fate is our love for each other
Love, as I learned from my mother
Fate is a love that is true
So I knew it was fate
when I first met you
Donderdag 9 augustus 1973
The Battle Of Evermore
The Battle Of Evermore
Composer(s): Robert Plant - Jimmy Page
First release by: Led Zeppelin - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists
Queen of Light took her bow
And then she turned to go
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone
Oh, dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light
The dark Lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all
Oh, throw down your plow and hoe
Rest not to lock your homes
Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all
I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley blow
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow
The apples of the valley hold
The seeds of happiness
The ground is rich from tender care
Repay, do not forget, no, no
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light
The apples turn to brown and black
The tyrant's face is red
Oh the war is common cry
Pick up you swords and fly
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know
Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow
The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black
Ride on
Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold
Oh dance in the dark of night
Sing to the morning light
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back
Bring it back
At last the sun is shining
The clouds of blue roll by
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes
Donderdag 9 augustus 1973
Can We All Come Together
