Woodstock.... again !! Ho-hum

Greetings !!

It's a very strange Saturday, here in England.... one minute, it's bright & sunny - the next the rain is bucketing down !! Very weird - but, for what it's worth, it's exactly what the weather stations foretasted.... oh well....

From where I sit, I can see the sea.... it's really bright & blue, one moment.. then it disappears in the rain, as it blows up the coastline !! All of this, is not helping those islands of people, on the Somerset Levels. It's meant to be a very high tide, tonight... so, it will mean another flood..... of course, you probably have no idea, what I'm going on about.... but, if you look on the BBC's News page - you can see exactly what I'm going on about !! Check it all out !!

I did part of my Uni course, about the Levels...... and how they (many many Moons ago) used to be completely flooded, with little "islands" of higher ground, here & there, where people set up little gatherings of one sort or another. All great stuff, if you like history & everything.....

Back to the now tho'

There are only two of us, at home, for most of the weekend.... just My Wife & Dearest Friend, B & my good self. J is over in West Wales and ME is out with M, for most of her 3 days away from work !! The two of them are coming over for a cooed tea, tomorrow..... which has got me thinking (dangerous - I know)....

With the two of them, buying their house, this could be one of the last times - while she is still living here - that they are here for a roast
tea !! Tho' - I'm certain they will be here, from time to time, when they need feeding up !!

Oh well.... life goes on !!

As it will, for a while yet...... so, onto music !!

I'm still working my ways thru' the tapes, which I won't bother writing all about (again) today !! But - at the moment, I've just heard Bon Jovi's version of 'The Boys Are Back In Town' & now, it's a mish mash of bands, dong 'Moby Dick' !! All of which have been taken from a compilation Cd.... which came out a long ways back, to "celebrate" a big Russian concert..... Gorky Park are just on, doing 'My Generation'.... anyways.... I think the Cd was called something like 'Stairway To Heaven/Highway To Hell'. It's here someplace, on one of the shelves.... I could dig it out, but..... I'm too lazy !! It's been a long while, since I last played it !!

Anyways.... moving on. I've been thinking about other albums, that have been - in one way or another - and, I guess, one of those has to be the 3 Lp set of 'Woodstock' !! The tracks were...

  1) I Had A Dream
  2) Going Up The Country
  3) Freedom
  4) Rock & Soul Music
  5) Coming Into Los Angeles
  6) At The Hop
  7) The Fish Cheer - I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag
  8) Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
  9) Joe Hill
10) Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
11) Sea Of Madness
12) Wooden Ships
13) We're Not Gonna Take It
14) With A Little Help From My Friends
15) Soul Sacrifice
16) I'm Goin' Home
17) Volunteers
18) Medley: Dance To The Music/Music Love/I Wanna Take You Higher
19) Rainbows all Over Your Blues
20) Love March
21) Medley: Star Spangles Banner/Purple Haze/Instrumental Solo

I've not bothered with writing who did what & everything... it's just a fantastic piece of vinyl !! I bought it, sooooo many years ago, yet it still gets played regularly - along with it's follow up 2 Lp
'Woodstock 2'......

Add to that, I've bought the movie, in various forms + the 5 (I think) sets, from ..... Jefferson Airplane/Santana/Johnny Winter/Sly & The Family Stone & Janis Joplin !! I'm just a sad old fart really - so much so, that I actually recorded the whole movie, from DVD, onto Cd.... just to play in the car....

I really have been hooked by this album & the acts that were at Woodstock way back in 1969 !! You can tell how much it has got into my life, just by looking around the Cd collection.... Mountain -Hendrix -Ten Years After - Jefferson Airplane & on & on..... It's a great collection & a bit of music "history" really !! Oh well - another album, another day !!

The tape has just moved onto a track by Def Leppard...... who I saw once, way back in 1996 or there about - they were complete crap !! For a band who spent so much time, in the studio, getting their "sound" right... well, the PA on the night stunk !! It was sooooo loud, the who set fell into a complete horrid mess !! Yet - the previous night... a friend saw them, at the same place... and according to him, the sound was too quiet !! I guess, they got it wrong on both nights !!

Right, my plans for today..... Well, for a change, I actually have something in mind !! Once I finish with these words, I'm going to sit back & watch a film !! Nothing too exciting, but... a plan all the same !!

For now tho' I will be on my ways... until next time...

Bye Bye