tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post3485374540936974504..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: What - these old things?Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-17360409920327472202010-03-10T17:33:12.726+00:002010-03-10T17:33:12.726+00:00Funnily enough I did end up writing a new train po...Funnily enough I did end up writing a new train poem after all but only today (weds) and so a bit late for this trip. I might wait and see what next week's task is and work out a way to shoehorn it into that!<br /><br />I think it was some of the others who nudged me in a direction in the end (Titus, Pure Fiction and bits of other ones too no doubt). Group work indeed.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41743153325628339612010-03-10T15:46:29.476+00:002010-03-10T15:46:29.476+00:00Feckin hell! It's a Villanelle!
Homeward bound...Feckin hell! It's a Villanelle!<br />Homeward bound, we spend our lives thus.And when can we hear an audio version of the song? Bring it on.Cool work Foxo!Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-86450926798672477732010-03-09T22:10:39.934+00:002010-03-09T22:10:39.934+00:00And meant to say...if you liked that clip you'...And meant to say...if you liked that clip you'll love the Spikedrivers live, Dick. We saw them last a couple of months back and they were really, really good. One of those make-you-feel-glad-to-be-alive nights out.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-67805161624094572142010-03-09T18:24:33.693+00:002010-03-09T18:24:33.693+00:00Thoughtful and a Top Gun reference! Double whammy....Thoughtful and a Top Gun reference! Double whammy.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-68443493335180259552010-03-09T18:05:26.042+00:002010-03-09T18:05:26.042+00:00With your villanelle, you are spoiling us. I do li...With your villanelle, you are spoiling us. I do like the second song though. thoughtfulEmerging Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06539530495238043923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-75128882072913971152010-03-09T12:16:01.846+00:002010-03-09T12:16:01.846+00:00What a great post. That second poem is gagging for...What a great post. That second poem is gagging for a tune, Rachel. I've heard of The Spikedrivers but never seen them. Mightily impressed.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-42545050688806065972010-03-09T11:53:47.239+00:002010-03-09T11:53:47.239+00:00Anyone who wants more villanelles...I have several...Anyone who wants more villanelles...I have several!<br />There's one <a href="http://crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com/2008/08/villanelles-go-go-baby.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and another one <a href="http://crowd-pleasers.blogspot.com/2009/02/itsshowtime.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25274384954398966322010-03-09T11:35:41.463+00:002010-03-09T11:35:41.463+00:00That's a great villanelle! The little changes ...That's a great villanelle! The little changes in the lines totally alter the meaning.Peter Gouldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13292063172122249202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46036049410047808102010-03-09T10:29:47.393+00:002010-03-09T10:29:47.393+00:00I love poems about trains, they always seem to hav...I love poems about trains, they always seem to have great rhythm... :D<br /><br />Glad I checked in, have missed your words.<br /><br />xxgreen inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955967846673578879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-11253739235753890692010-03-09T00:42:03.139+00:002010-03-09T00:42:03.139+00:00I do love a good villanelle!
Such an interesting ...I do love a good villanelle!<br /><br />Such an interesting concept in the second one.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-41380534384354271092010-03-08T20:17:35.863+00:002010-03-08T20:17:35.863+00:00Thanks folks.
SW - Pete Morton is doing gigs in ...Thanks folks. <br /><br />SW - Pete Morton is doing gigs in England just now...have a look at his site. I first heard that song performed by a Canadian singer, Eileen McGann, at the folk club here (our very first visit some 6 years back). It is a very memorable song!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-66159554057896552882010-03-08T19:46:11.494+00:002010-03-08T19:46:11.494+00:00Hey, yeah, that Pete Morton song is perfectly love...Hey, yeah, that Pete Morton song is perfectly lovely... He can come and play in my house any time he wants...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-40033201082988558132010-03-08T18:48:03.165+00:002010-03-08T18:48:03.165+00:00I liked "You're excitement with wings&quo...I liked "You're excitement with wings" as well. I liked everything this week, but the Leuchars one has the edge with it's quirky unusual approach.Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532506690426639326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-47633128292728030702010-03-08T15:02:14.489+00:002010-03-08T15:02:14.489+00:00Rachel, Thank you for this enjoyable train ride ab...Rachel, Thank you for this enjoyable train ride aboard the tracks of memory in rhythm and rhyme.Dr. Jeanne Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277286531162894465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33828511207742733162010-03-08T11:48:58.555+00:002010-03-08T11:48:58.555+00:00I love the rhythm of your first one, Rolling Stock...I love the rhythm of your first one, Rolling Stock, carrying the reader forward the whole time, and the whirring of George Stephenson's brain. The way you've tracked the history of the town through the train is really interesting too.Pure Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265599089734430505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-90000414899908011022010-03-08T09:54:46.172+00:002010-03-08T09:54:46.172+00:00Thanks Niamh. It is a big feature of life up on th...Thanks Niamh. It is a big feature of life up on this coast...the very loud sound of these planes flying very low...and I do have mixed feelings about it. I kind of love it...they look so beautiful and dramatic and impressive...but of course they are just flying over us...nothing more threatening than that.<br /><br />When it was a song it had a kind of calypso feel...bizarrely.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-55458755493493748472010-03-08T09:38:38.150+00:002010-03-08T09:38:38.150+00:00Excitement with wings is lovely - there's a lo...Excitement with wings is lovely - there's a lot of nice thoughts in there... and sometimes leaving more than noise is great, a reminder of the not so attractive side of the fighter jet.<br />Fab!Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-43962652305182983922010-03-08T07:57:31.177+00:002010-03-08T07:57:31.177+00:00What you mean you don't talk to pilots miles u...What you mean you don't talk to pilots miles up in the air?<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37472028203849759642010-03-08T01:29:05.534+00:002010-03-08T01:29:05.534+00:00Songs and trains were obviously made for each othe...Songs and trains were obviously made for each other. I like the buffet car best on any train now that they haven't got smoking carriages anymore.<br />I liked the historical take in "Rolling Stock" combined with the ever present, and very effectively repeated, "But the wheels of our lives go round and around".<br />"Leuchars, here we come" had the edge for me though, possibly because I loved the title so much, and also beacause of the slightly surreal thread that runs through your coversation with the planes/pilot.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.com