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Post by pin964 on Dec 22, 2011 5:18:44 GMT -5
I'm almost sure that Mark was inspired to call Blues Funeral in a such way, by W.H. Auden's painful poem called Funeral Blues.
And it's not the first time he has involved with Auden, 'cause Mark played live another of his poems Roman Wall Blues (and set to music by Alex Harvey).
Funeral Blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent he dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crêpe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
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Post by solitude on Dec 22, 2011 6:13:59 GMT -5
So cool to see Auden mentioned here! I thought the same thing when I read the album title. This poem has always stuck in my brain for some reason...."but he frowned like thunder"...
O the valley in the summer where I and my John
Beside the deep river would walk on and on
While the flowers at our feet and the birds up above
Argued so sweetly on reciprocal love,
And I leaned on his shoulder; 'O Johnny, let's play':
But he frowned like thunder and he went away.
O that Friday near Christmas as I well recall
When we went to the Charity Matinee Ball,
The floor was so smooth and the band was so loud
And Johnny so handsome I felt so proud;
'Squeeze me tighter, dear Johnny, let's dance till it's day':
But he frowned like thunder and he went away.
Shall I ever forget at the Grand Opera
When music poured out of each wonderful star?
Diamonds and pearls they hung dazzling down
Over each silver and golden silk gown;
'O John I'm in heaven,' I whispered to say:
But he frowned like thunder and he went away.
O but he was fair as a garden in flower,
As slender and tall as the great Eiffel Tower,
When the waltz throbbed out on the long promenade
O his eyes and his smile they went straight to my heart;
'O marry me, Johnny, I'll love and obey':
But he frowned like thunder and he went away.
O last night I dreamed of you, Johnny, my lover,
You'd the sun on one arm and the moon on the other,
The sea it was blue and the grass it was green,
Every star rattled a round tambourine;
Ten thousand miles deep in a pit there I lay:
But you frowned like thunder and you went away.
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Post by Iago on Dec 24, 2011 22:42:05 GMT -5
Gotta read more! ;D
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Post by stardog on Jan 3, 2012 17:12:42 GMT -5
I visit amazon and iTunes daily to see if I can get a small sample of the album's songs and now my German iTunes says that the album is expected to be released FEB 3rd!!! Fingers crossed!
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Post by comejanuary on Jan 3, 2012 19:23:59 GMT -5
Feb 3 is a Friday- is that the usual release day in Germany?
In the US new albums always come out on Tuesdays (dvds too I think) and movies open at the theater on Fridays almost always.
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Post by stardog on Jan 12, 2012 16:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by mightymrmojo on Jan 12, 2012 17:13:07 GMT -5
Feb 3 is a Friday- is that the usual release day in Germany? Yes it is... My record-dealer approved feb 3rd. |
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Post by Lungsey on Jan 12, 2012 18:48:41 GMT -5
woah..... looks like Lanegan used his front room couch fabric for the german release?? |
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Post by barriers on Jan 12, 2012 18:50:53 GMT -5
Have you not seen the cover Lungsaroo? That's totally it!
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Post by Lungsey on Jan 12, 2012 19:01:32 GMT -5
I have! But i saw this one: grungereport.net/?p=8698Tell me that's not different to the one in the german amazon thingie.... |
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Post by comejanuary on Jan 12, 2012 19:03:05 GMT -5
I have! But i saw this one: grungereport.net/?p=8698Tell me that's not different to the one in the german amazon thingie.... The one on German Amazon is actually the Gravedigger's Song single cover. |
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Post by Lungsey on Jan 12, 2012 19:06:52 GMT -5
Aaahhhhhh - now we're making sense again  Thanks  |
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Post by Lungsey on Jan 12, 2012 19:07:42 GMT -5
i much prefer the single fabric over the album fabric....
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Post by Lungsey on Jan 12, 2012 19:08:08 GMT -5
i am ranting - i should go to bed  |
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Post by barriers on Jan 12, 2012 19:11:46 GMT -5
I'm going to get curtains made of them both!
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Post by Lungsey on Jan 12, 2012 19:12:39 GMT -5
you shall have to provide us with some proof of that my dear though slightly weird friend
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Post by SheBangsTheTrums on Jan 12, 2012 20:19:18 GMT -5
I'm going to get curtains made of them both! I came across this lady when heading to the pub (just by coincidence that day was the 25Nov2011)!! I nearly asked her for it but it really was not my style Attachments:
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Post by Grumpella on Jan 12, 2012 22:01:57 GMT -5
If you could get such a shirt, what a wonderful thing to wear to a Lanegan gig, especially if you brave the meet-and-greet line. Just to see the look in his eyes as you approach.
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Post by Maidli on Jan 17, 2012 13:50:03 GMT -5
The bonus track on the Japanese version of Blues Funeral is confirmed as Burning Jacob's Ladder: www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BGJ-10143The "Obi" for the CD is a paper wraparound thingy that most Japanese CDs have, with a bunch of extra info on there (an obi is the sash/belt thing on a kimono). No extra charge for that info www.cdjapan.co.jpOh of course all of this news could been written and kept in Silence  ... dunno but difficult to keep quiet... |
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Post by elanor on Jan 19, 2012 15:08:41 GMT -5
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... dunno but difficult to keep quiet...
