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Waddesdon Manor Statues

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 20:26:57 +0000

There are lots and lots of statues/sculptures in the grounds of Waddesdon Manor.

I have searched the internet and, apparently, the two main figures here are Proserpina and Pluto.

I thought Pluto was Mickey Mouse's pet dog but clearly that is not correct here :-)

Apparently, Proserpina is the Roman goddess of agriculture and the daughter of Jupiter & Ceres. And, Pluto is the God of the Underworld. I think the small figure is a 'Triton'.

Presumably, Proserpina and Pluto are in love and on this basis I have chosen "Would You Like to Learn to Dance" by Steve Goodman for 'Sight & Sound'. One of my all time favourites. Probably one of the best love songs ever written, in my opinion.

"Would you like to learn to love?
Well, that's somethin' else again
I can show you how to sing and smile and dance
Oh I have no keys to open your heart
And no way that I could make you take the chance
And so we'll dance around the room again
And we'll sing a tune or two to pass the time
And smile a lot and if you really want to
We can try a little lovin', I don't mind
Try a little lovin', I don't mind, I don't mind"

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♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ Would You Like To Learn To Dance - Steve Goodman

"The Dutchman"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 20:25:05 +0000

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This shot was taken in Amsterdam a very long time ago. I think this could have been in Vondelpark but I'm not 100% sure.

Anyway, there is a guy fishing and I'm guessing he is a Dutchman :-) That, of course, leads to "The Dutchman" written by Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael Peter Smith. The song has nowt to do with fishing but it is about a Dutchman :-)

Extract from Wikipedia -
"Rolling Stone Magazine once called Michael Peter Smith...The greatest songwriter in the English language. He has been singing and composing since the 1960s and his rich and challenging songs have been recorded by more than 30 performers. He is best known for writing "The Dutchman" popularized by Steve Goodman and also recorded by Suzy Bogguss, Celtic Thunder, Liam Clancy, Norm Hacking, Anne Hills, Mara Levine and Si Khan, John McDermott, the New Kingston Trio, Gamble Rogers, Tom Russell, Jerry Jeff Walker, Robert James Waller, Josh White Jr. and Bernard Wrigley."

I think this is an absolute classic song and it is one of my absolute all-time fave songs. My fave version is by Steve Goodman :-)

Two versions follow.....one from Steve's 1972 album "Somebody Else's Troubles" and a live version (possibly from 'Austin City Limits') with Jethro Burns on mandolin.

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ The Dutchman ~ Steve Goodman

Or
Listen here ♫ ♪ ~ The Dutchman ~ Steve Goodman with Jethro Burns

"Yellow Coat"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:26:13 +0000

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I have been wanting to find a shot that includes a 'yellow coat' to link to "Yellow Coat" by Steve Goodman. One of my very, very favourite songs by Steve.

This shot of tourists at The Bodleian Library in Oxford is about the closest I am goin' to find...methinks :-)

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Yellow Coat ~ Steve Goodman

In the Biography "Steve Goodman: Facing The Music" by Clay Eals, Clay asked Emmylou Harris for a quote about Steve. Emmylou said "There are a lot of great people out there that are not household names, and you know what? It's not a bad thing. Someone like Steve really touched you in a way that music is supposed to touch you, and the people who are fans of Steve Goodman will be fans till death. That's really the best success you could have as an artist".
So, I think it is very fitting that I include Emmylou's live version of "Yellow Coat".

♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Yellow Coat ~ Emmylou Harris

"Colorado Christmas"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 23:09:04 +0000

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"Colorado Christmas" written by Steve Goodman ~
Looking out the window of this Hollywood hotel
You'd never know that this was Christmas Eve
The billboards and the neon took the place of silver bells
And the temperature is 84 degrees
I remember Christmases when I was just a boy
In the morning I would run to see the tree
And the carolers on the hillside sang their songs of Christmas joy
Well, I always thought they sang them just for me
Now all along the Rockies you can feel it in the air
From Telluride to Boulder down below
Now, the closest thing to heaven on this planet anywhere
Is a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado snow ...................

I've been trying to come up with a link for “Colorado Christmas” by Steve Goodman. And, my link is pretty tenuous methinks :-) Anyway, it is just after midnight here in Aylesbury so it is now Christmas Eve. My photo from 2010 was definitely NOT taken in Colorado :-) but, there is some snow. Steve's song mentions 'Christmas Eve' and 'snow' so that is two links for the price of one methinks :-)

Steve wrote the song for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The first link is to Steve's version where he is accompanied by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The second link is the NGDB version from their 1997 Christmas album cleverly called “The Christmas Album” :-)

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Colorado Christmas ~ Steve Goodman accompanied by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

And, here ~
♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ ~ Colorado Christmas ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

p.s. It took me a while to realise that the NGDB sing the lines in a slightly different order :-)

"sdrawkcaB klaT"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:58:26 +0000

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Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-)))

A shot from last year of tourists in Oxford. The guy third from the left is clearly walking backwards and I am guessing he is also talking backwards. This leads, neatly, to "Talk Backwards" by Steve Goodman.....methinks :-))

Go out with someone and you're a
little shy don't say I love you; say
Uoy evol I. Uoy evol I and I always will
See if doesn't take off the chill
Talk Backwards

Love it when Steve says "No laughing by the camera crew" :-)))

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ sdrawkcaB klaT ~ Steve Goodman

"In Real Life"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 22:26:16 +0000

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For a long time I've been wanting to use "In Real Life" by Steve Goodman. At last I have found a photo to go with a slightly vague link to the music :-) This Oxford shot is from way back in 2012.

The song starts with the words -
There she goes
Well how could she leave me?
Doesn't she need me?

I'm sure the guy was saying these words to the girl in pink :-) If he wasn't saying this, my link is kaput :-)

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ In Real Life ~ Steve Goodman

"Elvis Imitators"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 22:54:23 +0000

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When I saw this sign I immediately thought of "Elvis Imitators" by Steve Goodman :-)))

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Elvis Imitators ~ Steve Goodman

"City of New Orleans"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:18:25 +0000

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"City of New Orleans" was written by Steve Goodman describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans on the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans. The closest I can get to New Orleans is my shot of a train in Swanage railway station :-)

The best known version of the song is probably the one by Arlo Guthrie but I am keeping this version for a future post :-)

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I am using Steve's version from the Old Grey Whistle Test back in 1972
♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ City of New Orleans ~ Steve Goodman

Another fave version for me is by The Highwaymen
♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ City of New Orleans ~ The Highwaymen

"Blue Umbrella"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:28:06 +0000

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I don't know where I have been to have missed out on Steve Goodman's brilliant version of John Prine's classic “Blue Umbrella”. But now, I can listen every day :-)

Just give me one good reason
And I promise I won't ask you any more
Just give me one extra season
So I can figure out the other four

Tragically, Steve never got that one extra season.........succumbing to cancer in 1984 at only 36 years old. R.I.P. Steve.

The 'umbrella' .......maybe it's a parasol :-) .......in my shot was red but it is not red any longer :-)

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Blue Umbrella ~ Steve Goodman

"You Don't Even Call Me By My Name"

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 19:29:51 +0000

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As I was taking this shot the sheep turned away from me and said "You Don't Even Call Me By My Name"

Which, of course, neatly links to "You Don't Even Call Me By My Name" written by Steve Goodman and Johh Prine. Performed here by Steve Goodman :-)))

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ You Don't Even Call Me By My Name ~ Steve Goodman

“You're The Girl I Love”

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger Bennion) — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:44:00 +0000

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Okay here comes a more than slightly tenuous link for 'Sight and Sound' :-)

But, I had to find a way to use (in my humble opinion) a total gem of a performance from Steve Goodman that I suddenly came across on YouTube.

The song is “You're The Girl I Love”. I don't know how true it is but I read somewhere that Steve wrote this for his future wife.

I am sure the guy with the pussy cat over his shoulder is wanting to say to the girl “You're The Girl I Love” hence my clever link :-)

Around the time Steve's career took off he was diagnosed with leukemia. The entire time he was writing and singing he was fighting this dreadful disease. I believe he fought the battle for some 15 years. Tragically he lost the fight and he was taken from us on 20 September 1984 aged only 36 years. In my humble opinion this was one of the biggest losses to the musical world. Steve's music could make you laugh, cry and all the emotions in between.

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♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ You're The Girl I Love ~ Steve Goodman