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For the Feter blues challenge
This is actually a rather wonderful poem called "A Man's Requirements" by Elizabeth Barrat Browning and is nearly 200 years old. Makes you think doesn't it?
I didn't have a lot of time so I left most of the guitar to Feter and many thanks to him for this challenge.
I had an idea to take a totally unrelated set of words and fit them in a 12 bar meter.
OK, I've missed some lyrics out but you get the idea
Here are the original words
I
Love me Sweet, with all thou art,
Feeling, thinking, seeing;
Love me in the lightest part,
Love me in full being.
II
Love me with thine open youth
In its frank surrender;
With the vowing of thy mouth,
With its silence tender.
III
Love me with thine azure eyes,
Made for earnest granting;
Taking colour from the skies,
Can Heaven’s truth be wanting?
IV
Love me with their lids, that fall
Snow-like at first meeting;
Love me with thine heart, that all
Neighbours then see beating.
V
Love me with thine hand stretched out
Freely—open-minded:
Love me with thy loitering foot,—
Hearing one behind it.
VI
Love me with thy voice, that turns
Sudden faint above me;
Love me with thy blush that burns
When I murmur Love me!
VII
Love me with thy thinking soul,
Break it to love-sighing;
Love me with thy thoughts roll
On through living—dying.
VIII
Love me when in thy gorgeous airs,
When the world has crowned thee;
Love me, kneeling at thy prayers,
With the angels round thee.
IX
Love me pure, as musers do,
Up the woodlands shady:
Love me gaily, fast and true
As a winsome lady.
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What a great &mdash 04/26/08 - 04:14:07 PM
concept! Genius. The performance is also terrifc. Nice bluesy singing there, young man! Some very nice guitar playing in there, too. Very cool. Nicely done. Peace. [ Reply to This ]
Blimey &mdash 04/26/08 - 04:23:38 PM
that was quick!
Young man? Wow, I'll hold onto that when I retire in 5 years :-)
Thanks!
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
Browning's Blues &mdash 04/26/08 - 04:28:32 PM
this is powerfull ...true and hard to the core
Incredible singing my friend ..Deep Bow friend
you lightened the House of Blues !!!!! [ Reply to This ]
Thanks feter &mdash 04/27/08 - 03:58:33 PM
There's nothing I like better than a good jam.
Thanks for the guitar and giving me the chance to do this.
Cheers
Dick
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Those words &mdash 04/26/08 - 04:28:44 PM
I was also amazed &mdash 04/27/08 - 04:04:37 PM
I don't know how I happened on this particular poem but I was randomly searching my poetry books for some thing relevant and this sort of jumped out at me.
Thanks Peter :-)
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
This is my first Feter's House of Blues &mdash 04/26/08 - 04:56:37 PM
listen and you've set a really high bar for the rest of us with this amazing performance. Great match to the music and a really cool concept too. Oh - by the way - your voice is fantastic on this. I'm seeing Robert Plant and Alison Krause for my birthday in June - made me think of it. [ Reply to This ]
Robert Plant? &mdash 04/27/08 - 04:07:38 PM
The CD is wonderful. I hope you enjoy the gig and thanks for the kind words about my squawking.
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
I can &mdash 04/26/08 - 05:15:54 PM
see her now in a smoky bar, fag in hand and her foot on a stool LOL. Great blues feel with a historic twist..... nice guitar too, cheers M [ Reply to This ]
If only .......... &mdash 04/27/08 - 04:23:36 PM
I thought she was a bit of a looker meself.
Thanks Maurice :-)
Cheers
Dick
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So good &mdash 04/26/08 - 07:15:28 PM
Thanks to Feter bed, a great blues number. The voice is top notch, man, you really deliver ! Bravo. [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Youra &mdash 04/27/08 - 05:18:37 PM
If the truth be known I tried to get into the whole blues thing and I was not exactly sober when I recorded this :-)
Cheers
dick [ Reply to This ]
great vocals Dick! &mdash 04/26/08 - 09:42:06 PM
very mississippi delta blues with a 200 year span. and nice playing Feter. [ Reply to This ]
Delta? &mdash 04/27/08 - 05:22:06 PM
That'll be the Thames basin delta then.
I really appreciate the comments Vic and even I had 200 years I still wouldn't come up with those words.
Respect is due to Mrs Browning (I expect I'll get sued at some point......)
Cheers
Dick
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Thanks Dick, &mdash 04/26/08 - 11:18:48 PM
now we're all gonna have to top this and that ain't gonna be easy my friend.
Great track and some excellent singing and guitar fills played to Feter's back track. As they say in Arkansas, ya dun good, boy.
Thanks for sharing this on Dick
Ed [ Reply to This ]
Ed, you'll have no trouble &mdash 04/27/08 - 05:24:35 PM
Sarf Lahndan Blues! &mdash 04/27/08 - 01:47:23 AM
Gor Blimey Dickie, this is right proper bluesy!
This is ace - feckin' great howling vocals and old Browning is weeping in his tomb. Great concept, fabulous execution!
s [ Reply to This ]
Gotta go wiv the flow sometimes &mdash 04/27/08 - 05:28:16 PM
No idea where this came from.
Thanks a lot Steve, always good to hear from a geezer like you (oops, isn't that East London?)
Cheers
Dick
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EVerytime... &mdash 04/27/08 - 10:10:48 AM
...I listen to a new tune of yours, I learn something new. I agree with Maurice: this paints a nice picture. ... And, yes, the Browning poem is quite amazing esp. in how contemporary it is.
Peace.
Paul [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Paul! &mdash 04/28/08 - 07:27:57 AM
I never saw myself as an educator but I'm pleased you could take something from it :-)
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
Rock On Dick &mdash 04/27/08 - 11:55:14 AM
Stay cool Tom! &mdash 05/03/08 - 12:20:01 PM
Brownings Blues &mdash 04/28/08 - 08:03:22 AM
Just a thought &mdash 04/28/08 - 08:06:31 AM
Cor Blimey! We got the cockney blues now.:)
loved your voice at the beginning lol [ Reply to This ]
E.B. Browning... &mdash 04/28/08 - 10:21:09 AM
...was a big influence on Hendrix, regarding his feedback technique...
;)
Imaginative and very cool, Dick.
Bob [ Reply to This ]
Thanks Bob &mdash 05/03/08 - 12:18:18 PM
It would be so nice to understand where ideas come from.
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
and further to that &mdash 05/03/08 - 12:22:30 PM
Great fun idea &mdash 04/29/08 - 04:04:38 PM
and brilliantly executed.
Cheers (from the other side of the river).
Len
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From the other side &mdash 05/03/08 - 12:25:49 PM
Fabulous &mdash 04/29/08 - 05:20:13 PM
What an incredible poem. That Mrs Browning certainly had a way with words and a deep soul.
You know blues is really not my cup of tea so the fact that you've got me listening to this over and over says a lot. Maybe it's the accent. :)
It reminds me a bit of the very early Jethro Tull stuff but I've never really heard anything quite like it. Your voice is wonderful and I'm constantly amazed by the range of things you can do with it. You're in your element here, totally going for it but still having so much control and poise. I wish I could do that.
You don't realise how talented you are, mister.
But that's OK ... just keep doing what you do and you won't go wrong. [ Reply to This ]
Hey! &mdash 04/30/08 - 12:13:33 PM
I almost missed this gem!
What a down and dirty performance Dick! Sing it brother!
This is raw and real. I love the concept too. Very original.
Wonderful recording man!
Be well friend! [ Reply to This ]
WOW DWL!!!! &mdash 04/30/08 - 01:14:57 PM
that was cool as h*ll!!! lovely, lovely lil blues number you made outta feter's bed! wow, now i'm rethinking entering this deal.....when is the cutoff date anyways? anybody know...?
great job man, that was awesome!
age
-sons of hypnos [ Reply to This ]
ye .. &mdash 05/01/08 - 08:00:16 PM
go for it age ..no dead line ..just do it ..
and let us have some blues !! [ Reply to This ]
Well Dick- &mdash 05/02/08 - 03:09:23 AM
baste my dumplings, this is absolutely great, it has good singing and good guitar playing and most important of all, - great atmosphere and conviction.
a favourite for me,
good work chaps, - [oh how English!]
John [ Reply to This ]
I'd rather not &mdash 05/16/08 - 09:11:27 AM
baste your dumplings if it's all the same to you :-)
Thanks for stopping by John.
Cheers
Dick [ Reply to This ]
Great Vocal! &mdash 05/16/08 - 06:20:21 AM
I agree with dajama. What a cool idea for a blues song. Get down Lizzie!
Your vocal is very exciting and well done.
Also congrats to Feter on the good guitar work.
Well done. [ Reply to This ]
This is just &mdash 06/27/08 - 09:06:40 AM
fantastic, I really love this!!
Great vocals Dick and your voice on this is superb!! I just love the intro!! Great cockney accent! The whole performance is fantastic and I keep playing this! You have really captured the trad blues vibe and great guitar work from Feter!
I've been reading your comments to others on this and you have a great sense of humour...love it!
Sorry I missed you at the pub outing a few weeks back would have been great to meet you!
Thanks for this Dick..it's going on me ipod!
Bob
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