tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post8116885158082321053..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Watching 'Garage' and what came after (kind of a Monday poem)Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65281919774394727712009-11-14T14:33:39.387+00:002009-11-14T14:33:39.387+00:00Thanks for coming back with that Dominic. The Neru...Thanks for coming back with that Dominic. The Neruda is brilliant...and the first line is especially good in Spanish...<br />'Sucede que me canso de ser hombre'...sucede...it happens. <br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35159886690219337222009-11-12T20:46:54.240+00:002009-11-12T20:46:54.240+00:00Robert Bly's translations of Neruda, especiall...Robert Bly's translations of Neruda, especially <a href="http://oblivio.com/archives/04061901.html" rel="nofollow">Walking Around</a><br /><br />HR Hays' poems too. There are more, but I lent the book to my daughter and haven't got it back yet so I can't quote chapter and verse.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37197988351872349532009-11-10T13:09:29.582+00:002009-11-10T13:09:29.582+00:00I can't believe nobody got the song...maybe yo...I can't believe nobody got the song...maybe you're all lucky enough to have escaped it! It's 'Life is a rollercoaster' by former Boyzone man Ronan Keating (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsN5MtKtWcg" rel="nofollow">here</a>). It's not a song I've ever owned or listened to out of choice (in fact I don't like it at all...or any of his songs - sorry, Ronan...you seem such a nice boy) but I've heard it on the radio and obviously it has to some extent invaded my head. <br /><br />When I first heard it I remember thinking 'that is SO corny surely no-one will ever like it'. But of course I am forgetting that some people like corny (plus some of his fans are so devoted that they would buy versions of him singing pretty much anything). Personally I gave up boy bands (and all that)at the Osmonds (in about 1974) and luckily our Girl doesn't seem interested in any of the current crop (not yet anyway). She likes Fleetwood Mac, Chumbawamba and anyone on the Strictly Come Dancing cds.<br /><br />x<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46682331472715313652009-11-10T12:53:18.591+00:002009-11-10T12:53:18.591+00:00Although it was sad, I actually enjoyed your descr...Although it was sad, I actually enjoyed your description of the "passengers" and their seating.<br /><br />You do make me think. But the song escapes me...maybe it's that being an American thing? ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-42673251871508151822009-11-10T08:20:40.033+00:002009-11-10T08:20:40.033+00:00Thanks Swiss, you old pit pony, you.
xThanks Swiss, you old pit pony, you.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-45888347397489598882009-11-10T08:16:49.629+00:002009-11-10T08:16:49.629+00:00i like the voluntary nature of unbucking the harne...i like the voluntary nature of unbucking the harness plus the random deccelerated impact of the scaffolding.swisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924594772578153947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-81886626673912063082009-11-10T07:35:13.621+00:002009-11-10T07:35:13.621+00:00Yes we can have a band called the Rachels who like...Yes we can have a band called the Rachels who like a bit of Sad.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-83886605502545712712009-11-09T23:47:23.039+00:002009-11-09T23:47:23.039+00:00I like sad.I like sad.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-34488042738776280752009-11-09T19:56:56.702+00:002009-11-09T19:56:56.702+00:00Go on then...name some of your favourite poems fro...Go on then...name some of your favourite poems from it.<br /><br />(I did an avant-garde literature of early 20th century Europe paper at uni. but I can't honestly say I gave it my full attention...).<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-51299974817115462302009-11-09T19:51:11.306+00:002009-11-09T19:51:11.306+00:00Re surrealism. Yes it's possibly not whacky en...Re surrealism. Yes it's possibly not whacky enough as you say - but there's a lot of poems in the Penguin book that you'd think aren't. It's one of my favourite poetry books.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-71408438900240390342009-11-09T19:20:11.529+00:002009-11-09T19:20:11.529+00:00That's OK, Weaver, it is kind of sad. I could ...That's OK, Weaver, it is kind of sad. I could blame the film (and it is partly that) but I do generally veer between overwhelming sadness and giddy joy. Some might give that a clinical term...I prefer just 'poet' (or something...maybe just 'human').<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-27772256118587298792009-11-09T19:06:37.291+00:002009-11-09T19:06:37.291+00:00There is an underlying sadness to this Rachel - no...There is an underlying sadness to this Rachel - not sure I like it. That is not to say that I don't think it is a good poem, there is just something unsettling about it. Probably my age showing through.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-77128338563448393362009-11-09T07:36:00.424+00:002009-11-09T07:36:00.424+00:00Would you call this surrealist Dominic? I wouldn&#...Would you call this surrealist Dominic? I wouldn't have thought it was nearly wacky enough. But it's hard to see your own work, I think.<br /><br />The song, TFE, is SO cheesey that I'm almost ashamed to type it. I might leave it a little longer and see if anyone else can get it. It's not a song I've ever chosen to listen to but it's one I've heard on radio in the past and one I've even taken the piss out of quite regularly.<br /><br />Thanks, Niamh. Bit like the film then.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-46788429782501094612009-11-09T07:31:48.835+00:002009-11-09T07:31:48.835+00:00It's a lovely one Rachel, sad but so kind of t...It's a lovely one Rachel, sad but so kind of true, in a shrug your shoulders "that is life" kinda way, as well.Niamh Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519443787482685320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-82178109422700763612009-11-08T23:59:07.823+00:002009-11-08T23:59:07.823+00:00Good poem Rachel,but I can't guess the song.An...Good poem Rachel,but I can't guess the song.Any clues?Totalfeckineejithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352708391465031655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-40313460003576287122009-11-08T22:53:23.906+00:002009-11-08T22:53:23.906+00:00Strange but good! :)
I really like the Penguin bo...Strange but good! :)<br /><br />I really like the Penguin book of Surrealist Poetry and am immediately attracted to any poem -like this one- that I think would find a place in it.<br /><br />I can't decide which stanza to put myself in: there is indeed movement between the zones!Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com