Well, this is interesting at least to me. I just discovered Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham wrote the original song that Steven Stills turned into “Southern Cross”.
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Well, this is interesting at least to me. I just discovered Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham wrote the original song that Steven Stills turned into “Southern Cross”.
I was just thinking about Kid Creole a while ago. It seems like you never hear them at all anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
My personal fave:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s0onZaiL4Q
Kid Creole (not his real name, duh) lives n Europe somewhere and they do shows over there but kind of rarely.
^ My wife loves that one, too, because it used to be on one of the tapes they played in a store she worked at in high school. Certainly a unique artist.
Heard this for the first time today. Really cool mid90s-ish lo-fi vibe to it
They played the big club in DC where I used to work, I had never heard of them but it was probably the most fun night I ever had there, it was just infectious.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
KC&TC were on steady rotation at the Stinky House in Wallingford circa 1983.
Got out of town on a boatQuote:
Originally Posted by billyk
Goin to southern I-uh-land
Sailing on my yacht
Before a following sea
She was making for the trades
On the outside
For a downhill run
To pompous-me bay
Off the wind on this heading
Lie the marquesas
We got 80 feet on the waterline
Because it’s a big ass yacht
From a noisy bar in Avalon
I tried to call you
But on a midnight watch
I realized you don’t even have a yacht
Think about
Think about how many times I have fAaaaalen
But never so far that I had to sell the yaaaaacht
The fact that I have a yacht
Cannot be forgotten
I have beeeeen arooooind the world
Sailing on my awesome yacht
And it sails pretty good
And you know it will
When you see the southern cross for the first time
You understand now
Why you bought an awesome yacht
Cuz the boat that you have
Is so small
But my yacht is so big
Big enough to sail awaaaay
So I’m sailing for tomorrow
My dreams are a dying
Except for the dream
About having an awesome yacht
I have my yacht and all
Her flags are a flyin
A 3 million dollar yacht
Is all I have to my name
Think about all the times
I have fallen
But never so far
That I had to sell the yacht
I’m in a yacht club
This cannot be forgotten
I have been aroooound the world
Sailing my awesome yacht
If your girl leaves you
Just sail to Tahiti like me
And I know you will
So we cheated and we lied
And we tested
But I never failed to sail
It was the easiest thing to do
You will survive not
Having a yacht
Being on this yacht is a good
Way to forget about you
And to see the southern cross
https://youtu.be/Bw9gLjEGJrw
Check out how fucking serious he is in his red sailing cap. Sailing in 3 knot winds must be some serious fucking business. My favorite is the dim lit serious singing tho. So serious.
I still had to listen all the way. Good song lol.
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The story I read was after one of his divorces, his friends talked him into going sailing down to the South Pacific. The song lyrics are basically about that trip.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jong Lafitte
JT and Vince Gill do a George Jones classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUFnLPLxbf4
Every divorce should come with a cool yacht cruise. But yeah I heard that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by billyk
“It’s like a metaphor for life, man”
“No, it’s a song about my yacht cruise.”
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Well, if you don’t like songs about sailing, how do you feel about airplanes?
I was looking for a different version of this video that featured a P51 Mustang, but couldn’t find it. Had to settle for this one with F4U Corsairs (which happens to be the plane my dad flew in WWII).
Follow up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVi-UTF9PL4
And now for something completely different.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6waFYJDljM
This is as close to a perfect song as there ever was.
Get in while it's still under 3,000 views!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VyKB4qO6vQ