So Long Bert

[Κωστας Λυμπεροπουλος]

Herbert "Bert" Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter. He recorded at least 25 albums and toured extensively from the 1960s to the 21st century.

"Bert Jansch is the best acoustic guitarist; he's my favourite anyway. For electric guitar, I'd say Jimi Hendrix. But as for acoustic guitar, Bert Jansch is on the same level as Jimi. That first record of his is epic. It came from England, and I was especially taken by The Needle of Death, such a beautiful and angry song. That guy was so good... And years later, on On the Beach, I wrote the melody of Ambulance Blues by styling the guitar part completely on Needle of Death. I wasn't even aware of it, and someone else drew my attention to it".
Neil Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZetQ8iS1qc

 

[o-Zone]

Σε όσους καθάρισαν...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-HkBak9lmM

NEEDLE OF DEATH
Bert Jansch


When sadness fills your heart
And sorrow hides the longing to be free
When things go wrong each day
You fix your mind to `scape your misery

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

How strange, your happy words
Have ceased to bring a smile from everyone
How tears have filled the eyes
Of friends that you once had walked among

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

One grain of pure white snow
Dissolved in blood spread quickly to your brain
In peace your mind withdraws
Your death so near your soul can't feel no pain

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

Your mother stands a'cryin'
While to the earth your body's slowly cast
Your father stands in silence
Caressing every young dream of the past

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

Through ages, man's desires
To free his mind, to release his very soul
Has proved to all who live
That death itself is freedom for evermore

And your troubled young life
Will make you turn
To a needle of death​

 

[ecodrifter]

καλο του ταξιδι
γεφυρα του παλιου κοσμου με τον νεο, στερεη
αργησα να καταλαβω την τεραστια αξια του...

 

[supersonic]

για λίγους...
και ο χαμός γι ακόμα πιό λίγους.

 

[Stellios papa]

......If there's one man as influential in folk circles as Bob Dylan, it is Jansch.
His finger-picking style drastically altered the possibilities for acoustic guitars
and influenced nearly every luminary of British folk,
including Richard Thompson, Nick Drake, and the Incredible String Band.

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[ecodrifter]

για λίγους...
και ο χαμός γι ακόμα πιό λίγους.

Ετσι ειναι. Γιατι με εξαιρεση μια συγκεκριμενη περιοδο τεσσαρων-πεντε χρονων αυτη η μουσικη δεν ηταν δημοφιλης και τοτε εγινε κατω απο συγκεκριμενες συνθηκες.
Ομως απο αυτην εχουν επηρρεαστει πολλοι γνωστοι, σαραντα χρονια μετα εξακολουθουν οι νεωτεροι και θα συνεχισει ισως για αλλα τοσα.
Λιγα (εως κανενα) ρευματα θα μεινουν τοσο διαχρονικα

 

[Στέλιος Π.]

Επιστρεφω σημερα σε αυτο το ποστ...

Ειχα εδω και καιρο βρει καποιες απο τις πρωτες του δουλιες και ποτε δεν ειχα βρει χρονο να τις ακουσω αρκετα...

Και σημερα, πρωι στη δουλία και μονος στο γραφειο, μπορεσα και ακουσα ξανα το Bert Jansch και το Birthday blues.

Και θυμηθηκα γιατι αγαπαω αυτη τη γωνια του φορουμ, γιατι ΣΥΝΕΧΕΙΑ μου ανοιγει το μυαλο.

Κωστα σε ευχαριστω, να 'σαι καλα.