Homburg - Procol Harum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whiEpmkOIV4 Having remembered lyricist and poet Pete Brown (see previous posts), it's only proper that we...
Every Dog Will Have His Day - Procol Harum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYW2FaJpoU8 Since we're dealing with Procol Harum and penultimates (see last post) the penultimate track...
The Only One - Procol Harum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDllFI0FHiQ I was going to finally have Pete Brown sign off with "Don't Get Caught" (see last post) but...
Don't Get Caught - Procol Harum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsQ9VY5D2LE Some song lyricists were so integral to the groups they wrote for, that they were considered...
Theme from an Imaginary Western - Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_x0xH9fLM Jeannie Franklyn died on May 12th,1969, when the Fairport Convention touring van crashed as...
White Room - Cream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR90gQ-SIaY The lyrics of "White Room", like most good poetry, have a blind spot, a moment where you...
Aeroplane Head Woman - Pete Brown and Piblokto!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VXDAfXO3iY In 1940, Canadian poet John Gillespie Magee, while stationed in England to train as a...
Someone like You - Pete Brown and Piblokto!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3DMfIenp0Q Pete Brown began his life in Ashtead, Surrey, on Christmas Day in 1940, but by the early 60's...
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3y8jf01UY8 Poet and rock lyricist Pete Brown died on May 19th earlier this year, in Hastings. Pete will...
Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eNoms9wsGc Back in the mid 1970's, some friends and I attended what was called an "Emancipation Disco",...