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This song, as far as I can tell, is not available on any CD or digital source and vinyl copies are hard to get. So You Tube is one of the only ways to hear it!
"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: "One Hundred Years of Solitude"
Tuesday, 10 November 2015
New World, Second Movement
I have always enjoyed Dvorak's beautiful and moving New World Symphony. I was listening to it a few months ago when a part of the second movement suddenly started sounding familiar. Listen to the part I am talking about here. The melody begins at the 45 second point. A bit of research on the internet revealed that it is the basis for the melody of a song called Going Home which you can hear being sung by the extremely talented Norwegian soprano Sissel by clicking here.
However, I knew that wasn't really what was ticking a box in my memory and last Saturday on the very popular BBC radio Saturday morning programme Sounds of the Sixties my search was finally over. Before they had their big hits Sailing (later covered by Rod Stewart) and The Arms of Mary, The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver were known as A New Generation and they had a minor hit with a song that I had always liked at the time called Smokey Blues Away. Take a listen here and you will understand why I liked this poignant, sad song.
This song, as far as I can tell, is not available on any CD or digital source and vinyl copies are hard to get. So You Tube is one of the only ways to hear it!
This song, as far as I can tell, is not available on any CD or digital source and vinyl copies are hard to get. So You Tube is one of the only ways to hear it!
Hi Bazza - she does have a lovely voice doesn't she - and so glad you found some extra info and leads via Songs of the Sixties - I too enjoy that. Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteHi Hilary. It was a good experience to find that old half-forgotten sixties song! Now I can't get it out of my head.....
ReplyDeleteHot from the desk of the appalling, yet fabulous, Sir Tom Eagerly:
ReplyDeleteHello Bazza old boy. Not too much into 'pop' music myself. Whatever happened to that nice Mr Rolf Harris chap?
Sir Tom: You are a rascal Sir Tom! Mr Harris is currently unavailable.
ReplyDeleteHow haunting and beautiful at the same time.
ReplyDeleteHi Dixie: This post was originally intended to be about the song, Smokey Blues Away but it turned into being about the New World Symphony. Nothing wrong with that!
ReplyDeleteThis lovely melody was used (abused?) in a Hovis advert many years ago.
ReplyDeleteHi Bob. At least the ads present the classics to a wider audience than it usually would have. I hope you enjoyed all three versions of the melody. Nice to hear from you!
ReplyDeleteHi Barry,
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and moving, describes it so well. Thanks for that, old chap!
Gazza!
My pleasure sir, thanks for visiting :-)
ReplyDeleteI love Dvorak's New World Symphony, too. I really enjoy playing it.
ReplyDeleteHello Sherry. Which instrument do you play it on? By the way, did you listen to the song afterwards? If so, did you understand what it was about; it takes a few listens!
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