A night in by myself
... so I thought I'd play some guitar...
Tom Edwards' Poem "Why I don't drink anymore"
Thanks to my friend DeeJay for pointing this out to me - it was on a BBC2 show. An excellent summary of alcoholism I changed because I have the sickness of alcoholism, alcoholism doesn't come in bottles it comes in people. You should have seen me. I drank for happiness and became unhappy; I drank for joy and became miserable. I drank to be out-going and became self-centred; I drank for sociability and became argumentative and lonely; I drank for sophistication and became crude and obnoxious. I drank for friendship and made enemies, I drank to soften sorrow and wallowed in self-pity; I drank for sleep and awakened without rest. I drank for strength and felt weak. I drank for masculinity and it sapped my potency; I drank medicinally and got sick. I drank because I thought my job called for it and lost my job. I drank to stimulate thought and blacked out. I drank to make conversation and got to where I couldn't talk at all; I drank to forget and became haunted. I drank for freedom
I was only thinking last night it was time you played us some more music.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the second two. The middle one was very Third Man-ish and the third had an old English sound to it.
I liked them all!
@liz - Thanks.... I should have said what they were... doh!
ReplyDeleteFirst is famous Bach piece originally written for the organ and this is my interpretation of a version for the guitar published in a magazine some years back.
Second is a Spanish guitar classic written by a man who I will argue is as important to the history of the guitar as Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Christian etc. Tarrega also wrote one of the most heard tunes ever - the Nokia ring tone, but when he wrote it it was just a bar in the middle of a guitar piece.
Packington's Pound is an old English tune which as far as I know is not attributed to a particular composer but from around Downlands time so it must I presume have been a lute piece at some point.
very entertaing evening you had,well layed mr. F! yeah i found mr p and friends so far i have had only 2 problems with the gps, 1. it couldn't find our st, but now it can, just not our end of it, and when i asked it for the nearest certain type store , it sent me to a disribution center instead!
ReplyDeleteMmm very nice! I wish I could play an instrument and I keep meaning to play piano - learn it you know? and one day I will..kepp it up!
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