Everyone is Mortal RIP Etta James

Etta James was an American blues singer who sang at the Montreux Jazz Festival many times during her career. She was Blues Artist of the Year on no less than fourteen occasions. She died after a long battle with leukemia on 20 January 2012, age 73 Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieEtta James has passed awayManyContinue reading “Everyone is Mortal RIP Etta James”

Everyone is Mortal RIP Peter Green

English guitarist, singer and founder of Fleetwood Mac died in his sleep on 25 July 2020, aged 73 Everyone is mortalEveryone will diePeter Green has passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I will die Don MatthewsNovember 2020

Poet Don and Class on Howl at the Moon 26 October (catch-up lesson)

Message from FCS ManagementThe moon was asleep on 26 October so Poet Don had to postpone his lesson until the moon woke up. Yes Tommy the moon goes to sleep and wakes up. Just like you I don’t have a poem for you today children but I do have a song we can all singContinue reading “Poet Don and Class on Howl at the Moon 26 October (catch-up lesson)”

Tommy the Cat

Primus is an experimental band. Tommy is an alley cat desired by a tempting lady feline.The original was done with animation (second video). The reason I’m posting this is to show the interplay between drums and slap bass in the live performance. The dialogue is too quick to follow so this will give you theContinue reading “Tommy the Cat”

Captain Beefheart I Love You

Poem will only makes sense when you view the video ‘Click Clack’ below Captain Beefheart I love youLove your droneLove me do Bloke on gui-tarHypnotizedBy your droneOff, well fried Drummer dazedStoned as rockLove you CaptainClick my clock Kicking myself I missed the gig…. There’s more to them than meets the eye…. Yeah?…. Don MatthewsOctober 2020

Everyone is Mortal, RIP Spencer Davis

Welsh musician and founder of the Spencer Davis Group has died of pneumonia at the age of 81. He was not the singer. This was done by Steve Winwood. Everyone is mortalEveryone will dieSpencer Davis passed awayMany said goodbye Reader you are mortalReader you will dieEven I as poetSome day I die Don MatthewsOctober 2020

“I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair, and the media couldn’t buy your soul, and the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail” Sandi Thom

This may or may not interest you. Whatever What interested me was that it was a look back into the 60’s and 70’s The original recording comes first. While the lyrics appear with the video I have printed them out as well. At the end, the song is being performed many years later Sandi ThomContinue reading ““I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair, and the media couldn’t buy your soul, and the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail” Sandi Thom”

Supertramp. Ahead of Their Time (1974)

FCS focuses on humour,offbeat poetry and exploring things different Written to help keep the dreamer in you alive Supertramp wereAhead of their timeMaking, creating100 dollar wine Coordination brilliantSecond to noneHarmony vocalsAll perfectly done Supertramp talentBrilliant, under-ratedHypnotic, spine-tinglingNot ego-inflated Supertramp youWere perfect, in primeYou focused on musicAhead of your time Don MatthewsSeptember 2019 DREAMER 1974 RogerContinue reading “Supertramp. Ahead of Their Time (1974)”

Joni Mitchell ‘Get Together’ 1969

FCS focuses on promoting humour,offbeat poetry and exploring things different Most people write a poem first then choose music to complement itI like the idea of going the opposite wayChoosing a video first then writing some poetry about it Joni appears at end Joni MitchellHappy timesChildren dancingSixty nine Joni MitchellWoodstock daysCarefree livingDay-to-day Joni MitchellWith/amongCrosby, StillsNashContinue reading “Joni Mitchell ‘Get Together’ 1969”