Thank Broadsheet it’s Friday.
Never mind the miserable weather and sudden onset of Winter – there’s a free Golden Discs voucher to be won worth an ‘astronomical’ 25 Euros.
To be in with a chance of landing it, tell me below what is your favourite song which mentions the moon.
Here’s mine.
The winner will be chosen by my Siamese twin.
Lines MUST close at 3.20pm EXTENDED until 6.30pm 10.30pm 6pm [Saturday]!
Nick says: Good luck!
Please include video link where possible.
Last week’s winner here
Sponsored Link
The Atrix
The Moon is Puce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHSw3ktTDk
…an ‘astronomical’ 25 Euros – sure only a lunatic would ignore that:
Well there’s always Moondance from nature’s singleton…Mr Grumpy.
Blur, Far Out.
(and great for eating your bed-time cereal to if you’re five)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTd5j6S337s
Echo and the Bunnymen
the killing moon
https://youtu.be/LWz0JC7afNQ
That would be my choice too
So here’s… Blue Moon of Kentucky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syA9aNnNa0
Shoulda picked this vidjo, https://youtu.be/76IkuYLoJkE
I had to laugh because as this popped into my feed, guess what was playing on the radio?
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUQiUFZ5RDw
Perhaps it was meant to be :)
wolfmother new moon rising
https://youtu.be/b7xgXdJ05IY
The Sundays – Monochrome
IMO one of the best and somewhat forgotten female vocalists of the 90’s sings beautifully of a very personal story of her experience of the landing.
https://youtu.be/1QEtyms1sGU
+ 1 Underrated band
has to be:
i saw the crescent
you saw the whole of the moon
https://youtu.be/8TON3PORRDQ
Darn! Did not see this before I posted below! I try not to repeat songs already posted :)
Have you ever listened to the piano demos for that album BB?
It’s on Spotify, well worth a listen.
is that the ‘complete sessions’ one? if not, throw up a link if you can, please
No, it’s called “In a special place: The piano demos for this is the sea”
spotify:album:2fyYz8eAF4obuzYDmbwUJ9
I saw your hole when you mooned
Harvest Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2MtEsrcTTs
Can’t help but scream along to “Well it’s three o’clock in the morning…” every time this comes on.
Good oul’ Philo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguVKVwqrwU
+1 :)
Tom Waits – All The World Is Green from the album Blood Money. One of my favourite Waits songs of all time with haunting lyrics, sublime glockenspiel and clarinet combo and a delicious key change. https://youtu.be/33lOH7MPZQI “… the moon is yellow-silver; all the things that summer brings. It’s a love that you’d kill for and all the world is green.”
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
The dude abides.
https://youtu.be/5BmEGm-mraE
Rory Gallagher – Moonchild
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYlc56Awtlo
Tom Baxter – The Moon and Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xgpmJiKElM
A song that meant a lot to me in my youth. Last year of secondary school, when as a class we all seemed to get on really well. My favourite year so far, and in many ways this was the theme of that halcyon summer. And like the typical hormonal teenager I was, there was this girl…
The Waterboys, and The Whole of the Moon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TON3PORRDQ
ahem
Sorry, Borther B. As I posted after yours, my feed was not up to date and I did not see your posting first.
Brother Barnabas, sorry about the misspelling! Not my day :)
ah stop
none of us were paying attention
The wonderful Mr.MacGowan and “The rising of the moon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obFqr3kCNCc
Pink Floyd -Eclipse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZtfsfoKSB0
Leads to the obligatory Dark Side of the Moon reference :)
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I was going for Brain damage….I guess it’s would be a bit redondant now…
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Ah shur, you know yourself.
Lightning Seeds – Pure – ‘Picture the Moonglow’.
No idea what this song is about, but God it’s gorgeous and the delivery is perfect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZFJVAaSOrE
+1 Ivan, a wonderful song indeed
The Rising of the Moon by the wonderful Clancy Brothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHm18K3kjs
And in the same vein:
“…’Tis fifty long years since I saw the moon beamin’…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZqpmP0PEOo
Thank you – had been trying to think of that incredible Irish song that mentioned the moon. Adore it. One of the finest rebel songs that captures the sadness and heartache of freedom-fighting. Sang it badly often after several jeorums. They play it often on a Wednesday in McNeills after midnight.
the police, walking on the moon
Some may say
I’m wishing my days away (on broadsheet)
No way
And if it’s the price I pay
Some say
Tomorrow’s another day
You stay
I may as well play (for the voucher)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8
One of the first songs I learned to play on guitar: Cat Stevens and Moonshadow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4&ab_channel=SchizoidXXI
I always preferred his live recordings, too, rather than the studio versions.
Moon River – whether it be Audrey Hepburn, Andy Williams, Sinatra, Jerry Butler or any number of others who covered it, its one of those quintessential songs of the mid century that is pure magic.. Even Frank Oceans attempt at butchery was saved by the pure beauty of the melody and lyric. Reminds me of family get togethers in the 7ts when i was a wee’un, adults raising glasses and laughing and warmth of cosy family time, and whenever i hear it, i get a dose of fuzzy golden-hued nostalgia.
+ 1. Heard Jeff and ‘God’? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKIFrPn0m4c
never heard that version before Bodger…. nice one….
:)
ah man
him and his Slow Hand
just went straight to the right place
That’ll be his ‘Woman Tone’: https://www.whereseric.com/the-vault/guitars-amps-and-related-equipment/woman-tone
and when I said right place
what I really meant was the wrong place
Anyway, ta for the link,
and a list of Tour Dates
and BTW Lads
If anyone wants to whisk their special someone for some Woman Tone fun in a European City next summer its at the end of that link
It is a stunning song, and does indeed for me also invoke memories of family get togethers. I must admit there is a special place in my heart for Audrey’s original version, possibly because the first time I saw Breakfast at Tiffany’s I was blown away by her beauty (young, hormonal teenager….).
And nice link, Bodger. I had not heard that version before :)
Aaron Neville and Ernie – I don’t want to live on the moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WsXtCPE7Ww
Sang, and sing, my daughters to sleep with it whenever they’re suffering from various aches and temperature inducing bugs.
:)
Jesus lads
what’s wrong with ye all
There is only one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7AR0-FRro
Waterboys – the Whole of the Moon
Careful! Brother Barnabas might do an ‘ahem’ at you, as he did me when I posted after him :)
he can ahem all he likes
they only played that song once live during that Fishermans Blues Tour 1988 –
In the City Hall in Cork
Saw Doctors were the Curtain Raiser now that I remember, and I’d a new leather jacket from my Christmas Clothes Money
And I was there that night, so I’m bagsing it
Jaysus we’d some craic, we all ended up in the GP afterwards, I can’t remember what they called it at the time, but the downstairs bar (under Henry’s) was made out to look like a Old Village carry on
Ah here, I’m breaking out in love bites all over again (¬‿¬)
Don’t worry, I know what you mean. For me, this song will always evoke memories of that girl…
Another Tom Waits one – this time “I’ll Shoot the Moon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_5J_g8LyFU
Public Service Broadcasting – Go!
Deadly tune using the the recordings from Mission Control during the Apollo 11 moon landing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHIo6qwJarI
Class choice and first track on that album is spine tingling every time: https://youtu.be/hZyLwfrDyjc
Ben E King -Stand by me-
Well a classic is a classic for a reason and the fact that the moon, in this tune, is the only thing we see certainly adds a touch of awesomeness of the 1961’s success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE
The National – The Geese of Beverly Road. “Serve me the sky with a big slice of lemon”. It does look like a lemon dunnit?
Moonlight Shadow you soul-dead heathens.
https://youtu.be/e80qhyovOnA
For me it’s Van The Man Morrison’s “Moondance”. I know it’s old and he’s a grumpy cuss BUT.. it contains the word “fantabulous”!! Nothing better.
https://vimeo.com/287665540
it’s a miserable day out there….
but….
it’s a marvelous night for a moondance!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU
Moonlight Shadow – Mike Oldfield featuring Maggie Reilly
Dave Angel Eco Warrior!!
https://youtu.be/PFkeXC8437g
…the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Go9aks4aujM
That reminds me of one of my favourite bands with a similar line. Big Country and Chance:
He came like a hero from the factory floor
with the sun and moon his gifts…
https://youtu.be/Co25racOMQk?t=1175
Hopefully the link will take you to the right point (this is the full Without the aid of a safety net at the Barrowlands concert (which I have on permalink :) ) but if not, it starts at 19:35
Grab your tissues!
Oh lord, where did the feeling go?
Thankfully I had a full Irish breakfast, and it went away :)
Great song. Written by the late Kirsty McColl’s dad.
I see there’s already 2 Tom Waits songs on here so why not add a third – Tom Waits – Drunk on the Moon from the album The Heart of Saturday Night (especially since it features a sax solo)
video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NduqttXVKmA
DUH ! Ears of tin. The Master – The Year of the Cat
https://youtu.be/Ak_MTXQALa0 1973
While a great song, my enduring, and possibly endearing, memory of that song is one day I was listening to it on the radio at a certain volume. My brother came barging in to thwack me as he thought I had nabbed his album and was playing it. Ah, the joys of family life :)
The Goodbye song from Bear in the Big Blue House in which Bear duets with the actual Moon.
+1
For the fans of Christy Moore, there is always The Song of Wandering Aonghus. Words by WB Yeats, and tune by Shusha.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBPF9sJR13A&ab_channel=ChristyMoore-Topic
Was gonna hit up a bit of Lizzy here with Dancing in the Moonlight but
(a) It’s already been picked and
(b) I selected the wrong song link.
Toploader it is so, also Dancing in the Moonlight
https://youtu.be/0yBnlUX0QAE
The B-52s – There’s a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTnKOLUGAtc
Mentioned in the title – 15 minutes of aural pleasure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tr0otuiQuU
Last week we had jazz, this week classical. A wonderful piece of art! Thank you for posting, I do not let my classics out enough.
Well in that case Slightly, just for you: Debussy – https://youtu.be/CvFH_6DNRCY
Feist – My moon my man
Great video too – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltYq-jalYm0
Full Moon Scientist “Howling at the moon”
90s big beat novelty so obscure it’s not on Spotify or YouTube but it is here:
https://fullmoonscientist.bandcamp.com/track/howling-at-the-moon-ext
(I should get bonus points for both the band name and the song title referencing our lunar companion.)
‘F**k the moon and the tides u pull’ by Westcoast Gz
‘Fly me to the moon’ sung by Astrud Gilberto: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ixYo4lIFuRg
Just realised we have one glaring omission! And I am definitely watching An American Werewolf in London this weekend
Blue Moon – The Marcels version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fy1HeJv80&ab_channel=fabriziolencioni
I think the film had 3 or 4 versions of the song, and all the soundtrack is moon related
Can – Moonshake
“Let me feel the moon”
Vibes, ladies and gentlemen.
https://youtu.be/IL4B69x8X7s
Grooviest song mentioning the moon has to be Herbie Mann’s version of the JJ Cale song “Cajun Moon” . Complete with sassy vocals from Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3QfskCZfDo
You simply do NOT fupp with the classics.
The Marcel’s, ‘Blue Moon’
https://youtu.be/qoi3TH59ZEs
As Brother Barnabas would say: Ahem!
:)
Ironically, when that version was released in 1954 the song had already been around 20 years and had always been done as a slow ballad so the upbeat, doo-wop angle would have been quite a departure at the time!
That is why I love An American Werewolf in London. They have the song in at least three, maybe four, different versions and styles. Proves the song is great if so many different styles work as well as the first
R.E.M.
Man on the Moon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs
Jimmy Buffet – Moonfog from the movie ‘Beach Bum’ staring Matthew McConaughy…worth a watch with some great scenes!
https://youtu.be/_qQ-qIZ0g2Q
Couple of classics
Big Star – Nighttime
https://youtu.be/TF8fnoA1VNM
and Neil Young
Harvest Moon
https://youtu.be/n2MtEsrcTTs
Neil Young – Harvest Moon
https://youtu.be/n2MtEsrcTTs
The Czars *- Paint the Moon
https://youtu.be/wgx3cpk6E94
*Featuring a very young John Grant on vocals
Blue Moon. Each different. All good
Beck
https://youtu.be/LB9tymZzxjQ
Big Star
https://youtu.be/vnPaVwDUKMs
Cowboy Junkies
https://youtu.be/vJ6EGsZdxpE
George Harrison – Here comes the
SunMoonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhQVXBgLxDQ
Shine on Harvest Moon – Beau Hunks (Doing the music from Laurel & Hardy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DYUXngL0ms
my other favourite version of this song by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdd7K4KdN7k
The Moon – John Cale
https://youtu.be/AwCHhPhYBgc
From the tribute album Kerouac:Kicks Joy Darkness
Ah
Definitely a Friday night bop
Be Bop
Shawaddywaddy
Under the Moon of Love https://g.co/kgs/2YnA9N
Ah yes, Showaddywaddy! Who also did a version of Blue Moon :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENHrMm4OnaQ&ab_channel=DesRutter
Ah…a proper going out song
Jape -Phil Lynott
https://youtu.be/3WX8jMmSMoI
Mundy- Gin and Tonic Sky
‘the moon was a slice of lemon in a gin and tonic sky’
https://youtu.be/Tr-c3GCZjbs
Colours on the moon……..
Gil Scott-Heron – Whitey on the Moon
or
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Mercury Rev -Tides of the Moon
“The threads that run through your life
Hang from your sleeve
Wind through your soul
The kind you can’t control
The kind you can’t conceive
The kind you can’t believe
But wish you could break
Wish you could weave
I wish you could see
It ties you to me
And you fly in the face of the sun
And you float in the tides of the moon”
I can remember buying Mercury Rev’s 4th album – Deserter’s Songs, I was working in Dublin Airport at the time, 1998, and I paid a relatively hefty airport price for the album, in good old punts. I had heard a song from the album on the radio a week before and was so enamored I had to hear it again, and soon! The haunting and spellbinding lead vocal was like nothing I had heard before and like nothing I have heard since.
Mercury Rev are from Buffalo, New York, they started out in the late 1980’s and this song is taken from their 5th album, All Is Dream. Two great albums full of melodic, ethereal, trippy, and atmospheric pop songs partly achieved by the liberal use of theremins, glockenspiels, and organs. Deserters Songs is fun and light, whereas All Is Dream is a bit darker and moodier. For further listening try Delta Sun Bottleneck Stomp from Deserters Song’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ACSTKJrdk
+ The Light In You
+1 – Autumn’s in the Air
Walking on the moon – The Police
Mhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwMdZOlPo8
This was pure glamour! To see Stewart Copeland playing on the rockets! The memory was tainted by seeing them live in 2008 – 2009 having presumed I’d never ever have a chance to do so – therew was no heart on stage but the warm fuzzy feeling attaching to this music video is unchanged – Thursday evenings in pj-s watching top of the pops awaiting sting and the lads – bliss
Because I’m still on the jazz buzz from last week;
It’s Only a Paper Moon – Ella Fitzgerald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHCMWaiG-gI
Excellent choice!
I was struck with something. Did anyone mention Dirty Old Town? If so, apologies, but another great song with many different recordings. Just because I like live versions best, here is Luke and The Dubliners version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mPraO_sJ7A&ab_channel=IrishMusicLicensing
Clouds are drifting across the moon
Cats are prowling on their beat
Spring’s a girl from the streets at night
Dirty old town
Dirty old town
Sometimes this fella does good with a song;
Moon Over Bourbon Street – Sting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_0PkOqLKA
He’d ride himself if he could spin round fast enough.
As insufferable as Bono, Sting is a Deputy Pox.
Kudos for Buffalo Tom. Sticking with a 90s Boston theme, my choice is Belly – Low Red Moon from their first album “Star”. I was p*ssed to have missed their support slot to REM in Slane 1995.
https://youtu.be/JJgucSSCwtM
Frank Sinatra – Fly me to the Moon
P.J. Murrihy – The Moon behind the hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD3BykqnLbw
If you’ve ever spent time in exile, or faoi ghlas ag Gallaibh…
* Sob *
“Don’t try and think too different now what we say is best”
Blister on the Moon by Taste.
Rory Gallagher doing what he did best.
https://youtu.be/cNfKtHvaPEU
Obviously not digitally re-mastered (yet) but the King does Blue Moon of Kentucky in his greenhorn elvis-pelvis-pumping years;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx5zMp6sMo
inspired by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syA9aNnNa0
Ignore this at your peril, judges.
+V
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jesus of the Moon
Will it be me or will it be you?
One must stay and one depart
You lying there in a St. James Hotel bed
Like a Jesus of the moon
A Jesus of the planets and the stars
For someone who spends my spliff time looking at the sky, I always see the moon smiling down on me. Thanks to Bill
https://youtu.be/EzgABxxKDj8
While you’re here please get ready to go #Billistic2020
https://www.sugarclubtickets.com/purchase/in-tribute-to-bill-hicks
Does Hickory Dickory Dock count?
:)