title=”Bathing Beauty” – photo by im pastor rick, kindly sent to my group BLOG IT!, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr.com
me, my guitar and the kazoo, storytelling without a single word …
I’ve heard many versions of the song “The House of the Rising Sun”. The early versions by Leadbelly, Josh White, Libby Holman, Texas Alexander, Odetta. Then Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Doc Watson, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, The Animals / Eric Burdon, The Beatles. Also The Doors, Dolly Parton, Pink Floyd, Muse, Duran Duran, Bon Jovi, The Ventures, Gary Glitter, Tori Amos, Jimi Hendrix, Frijid Pink, Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After, Santa Esmeralda.
Then the great voices (after Joan Baez): Nina Simone, Odetta, Georgia Turner, Mary Hopkin, Tracy Chapman, Sinead O’Connor (!!!). But most of all (as a guitarist) I was impressed by: Tommy Emmanuel. I heard him life in Berlin last year. I like this old guitar he prefers to play with. He told us, the instrument is from his father. But he tuned it up: some various modern microphone-systems are built in now…
now the best version ever heard (enjoyed that live in BERLIN):
related:
http://bumbastories.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/house-of-the-rising-sun-challenge/
Nina Simone’s very fast version:
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If I like the way he uses his instruments, I don’t like the voice. The last one I heard was Joan Baez in “Palais des Congres” ( http://histozic.free.fr/?p=1251 )and I love her voice, so pure, even now.
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I’ve integrated the youtube link to Joan Baez above – thanks for the hint!
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Thanks to you for this beautiful moment in my day 🙂
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Fabulous Frizz!
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I heard this about the Fabulous Four too 🙂
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Loved this version! Now have to practice 🙂
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Still love the Joan Baez version….but then I love female singers! Great song, great post….and fabulous photo which is what drew me in in the first place 🙂
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So we have again the contest of music, words and images against each other. And as always, I’m interested in who will win in the end!
P.S.: as usual no comment is related to the song lyrics …
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The song lyric is about prostitution. The voice of Joan Baez expresses the suffering and desperation of women. The bawling of Eric Burdon is that of the football fans. Currently Germany is the brothel in Europe due to very liberal legislation. For women from Eastern Europe it is often the way into hell.
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Deep reflections frizz, and I can definitely relate more to female suffering than football fans! I am always saddened by human trafficking, especially for the sex trade, it reflects mans inhumanity to woman so graphically.
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thank you for your response, you inspired me to upload a special topic (with your comment) at
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I’m learning to play a beginner version. Wonderful to see and hear your post!
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I’ve never heard a guitar/kazoo duet of this song before. Very nice”
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