In a golden cage
On a winter's day
In the rain
White bird
In a golden cage
Alone
The leaves blow
Across the long black road
To the darkened skies
In its rage
But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Unknown
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird
Dreams of the aspen trees
With their dying leaves
Turning gold
But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Growing old
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die
The sunsets come, the sunsets go
The clouds roll by, and the earth turns old
And the young bird's eyes do always glow
And she must fly
She must fly
She must fly
White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter's day
In the rain
White bird
In a golden cage
Alone
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly!
It's a Beautiful Day is an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1967, featuring vocalist Pattie Santos along with violinist David LaFlamme and his wife, Linda LaFlamme, on keyboards.
David LaFlamme, who as a youth had once performed as a soloist with the Utah Symphony Orchestra, had previously been in the group Orkustra playing five-string violin. The other members of It's a Beautiful Day in its early years were Val Fuentes (drums), Mitchell Holman (bass) and Hal Wagenet (guitar). Although they were one of the notable San Francisco bands to emerge from 1967's Summer of Love, the band never achieved the success of contemporaries such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Santana, with whom they had connections. The band created a unique blend of rock, jazz, folk, classical, and world-beat styles.
Maxfield Parrish - Ecstasy - 1929
Univ of Maryland, College Park campus, circa.....well...I won't go there but let's just say this tune was about 5 years old then. I'm interviewing for a DJ position for the campus radio station. It was an itty bitty station...something like a watt or two (heh)...and the campus sat (still sits) on the northern DC, Maryland border. I'm sitting there in all my "long hair" finery being interviewed by the mgr....
"So...," he says somewhat snarkily...."If I was to tell you give me a tune involving birds and lots of air what would you pick."
"White Bird," says me. I get the job, first on the very late night "follow the earlier guy who's spent most of the time interviewing local musicians," stage, then better air time later. And need I say there was always a certain kind of smelly cloud aroma in the air whenever I'd come in? Hey...it was College...anyone (else) still have brain-cells and remember those days? Probably not all that much different from today.
Anyway...this tune paved the way for my college DJ career for the next couple of years. The career didn't take as I went a different way from there with my life. But this pulls me back to those times. Ahhh White Bird, them's were very good days indeed.
Highlow
American Net'Zen
Kirk was such a Herbert.
Back when the future was groovy. man
I made a comment on this one about 10 years ago, which happened to start a friendship with a fellow RPster...music is AWESOME as a way to get to know someone, as well as a memory conjuring device. Since I was not born when this record came out I had to enjoy playing it and thinking about how much fun my mom and dad had back in the 60's. Nonetheless, this track (and "Hot Summer's Day") still garner 10 ratings from me.
LONG LIVE RP!
There are plenty of contemporary artists to whom vocal harmony is very important; maybe you're just not listening in the right places.
My wife and I were listening to this in the car recently. She had never heard the song (at her age!!). When it was over I put it on repeat, and when that was over we listened again and sang with it. Then we spent the next 20 minutes or so talking about the vocals. (We're both performance singers--her barber shop and me liturgical.)
For much of the song there is no "harmony"--it's just David and Patti singing the same note with their different timbres. Every now and then she splits off to go up a third and track with him. Regardless, it's a fabulous effect. One of my all-time favorites from WHFS.
Start Trek Episode. Can't recall which one. Later in the episode Spock jams with them. Cool guitar design.
Get on that Bill.
Go back to hole you crawled out from.
LONG LIVE RP!
We have something in common . . . I also commented on this ten years ago!
Headin' out to Eden, man.
I made a comment on this one about 10 years ago, which happened to start a friendship with a fellow RPster...music is AWESOME as a way to get to know someone, as well as a memory conjuring device. Since I was not born when this record came out I had to enjoy playing it and thinking about how much fun my mom and dad had back in the 60's. Nonetheless, this track (and "Hot Summer's Day") still garner 10 ratings from me.
LONG LIVE RP!
Also, shortly after 9/11 happened, when I lived in Seattle's University District, I found this LP at one of the several (now all gone) used record shops. We hosted MANY parties at this house and my "man cave" was a single car garage setup as my office/video game area/music area/smoke-out room/love-pad; and who would have known that other 20-something year olds would also enjoy this song/album? Shout out to Bailey for making that early autumn memorable! PEACE and Long Live RP!!