Music post: Poetry

[resonant]

In honor of it apparently being National LiveJournal Poetry Month or something, here are some songs based on poems that might have been in your high school literature anthology.

Karan Casey, Song of the Wandering Aengus (from "Songlines")
Maddy Prior and June Tabor, How Should I Your True Love Know (from "Silly Sisters: No More To the Dance")
Baltimore Consort, O Mistris Mine (from "Elizabeth's Music")
Jim's Big Ego, Jumblies (from "Don't Get Smart")
The King's Singers, Humpty Dumpty (from "20th Anniversary Celebration Sampler")
Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band, Who Would True Valour See (from "Sing Lustily and With Good Courage")
The Revels, Summer Is I-Cumen In (from "Wild Mountain Thyme")
Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, O Westron Wynde (from "Summer Solstice")

Comments

[carol-t.livejournal.com]

:))))

I spent the last two weeks hunting down a CD version of the "RED" album of "The Communards" (Yes, the band with Jimmy Somerville).

There's a song on it called "If I could tell you" with Auden's "Time will say nothing" as lyrics. (And it's still a wonderful timeless album).

For more songs with poems as lyrics check out "Unto Ashes".
I love their song version of "Fire and Ice" (Robert Frost). I'm not entirely sure but I think I downloaded the file from mp3.com when it was still alive and free.

When I googled the song only "Flayed by Frost" also from Unto Ashes came up. I don't know if it's a totally different song or if they ran into copyright issues.

Anyway - Unto Ashes also used other poems for lyrics. Sound samples are on their webpage.
http://www.untoashes.com
(There's also a webshop with sales information for Europe and the US.)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Cool! Thanks.