This is a video clip for a beggar
November 7th, 2008 by jjbtags: video, live
I have been waiting for a good video of the electric version of “A Song for a Son” to emerge, this is as good there is that I’ve seen/heard, and I am unwilling to wait longer.
If you don’t like this song…fine, I guess. But man.
Below: At Massey Hall, Toronto, November 4 (YouTube)
November 8th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Sounds like the Eagles… No?
November 8th, 2008 at 1:12 am
great song. great version. i think its great we get this 8min EPIC along with Soma, another 8 min EPIC, as a warm up for longer and more instrumental EPICs like Sounds of Silence and Gosammer.
and srsly, i need to ask billy what’s behing the (re?)emergence of nautical references. “Shot stern to bow” in Sunkissed, all over Neverlost. And “This a Song for A Sailor”. I know, I know, not earth-shatteringly prevelant (except maybe Neverlost), but it keeps comign up like Religious references have in the past…as well as the weather, in the further past. what’s my point? i don’t know. just something i was thinking about.
p.s. i hate the lame recaptcha documenting schitck, but “rallied Chicago” seems meaningful given recent (and upcoming) events.
November 8th, 2008 at 1:52 am
the chords for SFAS are
A Minor, C maj, Dmaj/F#, F major, E major, E major 7
Hotel California is
B minor, F#, A major, E major, G major, D major, E minor, F# - verse only
where as House of the Rising Son as pointed out by JJB i think is as follows
A minor, C major, D major, F major 7, A minor, E major with all chords arpegiated
The chords are almost identicle to house of the rising son but it also does have a slight Hotel California feel….a friend of mine after hearing the bridge school recording even said radiohead - karma police although i think its more in the instrumentation with the piano acompanying the guitar.
Maybe the son in the title is a nod to HOTRS or maybe the son billy never had or maybe he really is facsinated with sailors…..
I really enjoy the song though looking foward to hearing it recorded if they decide to….
November 8th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Hey Davin, you forgot “I swam to the bottom of the sea/and i asked around for someone who might know me” in 99 floors.
I think Son for a Son is awesome: you should head over to http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/details.php?id=27735 or http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/details.php?id=27703 you want a decent version of the audio.
or in, cough, mp3 > http://www.megaupload.com/?d=81TXD7AC
November 8th, 2008 at 10:20 am
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=m5b5j415ICs
this is the version i have been hooked on. its a little bit clearer than the other. closer to the stage too.
November 8th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
correction THIS > http://www.archive.org/details/tsp2008-11-07.mk4.flac16 is the best version yet