[lit-ideas] Re: It was a dark and stormy night...
- From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:05:14 -0500
I've always liked Midnight Special -- here's something about its history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Special_(song)
My parents had it on an LP when I was a little kid and I can't for the life
of me remember who did it -- Elvis? Cash? T E Ford?
Moving on to something a bit less cheerful. This had always been one of my
> favorite songs that had been redone by a rock group. (Apparently the
> premise is if the light shines on you, you get released. It therefore has
> to be a relatively new song, of the fossil fuel age at any rate.) Here's a
> non-rock version that is better I think:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQpw37Tru9k&feature=related
>
> And moving on, or back, in time and place, this really needs to go under
> the category of songs turned into other songs. Very beautiful in my
> opinion:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdjYlrvVFNo&feature=related
>
> And ending with a little polka from the celluloid screen, a bit of
> engineered corn for breakfast:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUuCi4tOvQ8&feature=related
>
> Andy
>
>
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