"Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning,
Broken lovelorn on your rocks..."
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning,
Broken lovelorn on your rocks..."
Tim Buckley´s immortal Song To The Siren is a classic you´re probably all familiar with. But have you ever heard the early solo take he performed in 1968 on the Monkees tv show? Do yourselves a favour, it´s a twelve-string diamond. Note that the lyrics differ slightly: "I am puzzled as the oyster" later became "I'm as puzzled as the new born child", allegedly because singer Judy Henske, married to Buckley´s producer Jerry Yester, laughed out loud at the original line. I see her point...
As a bonus, there´s the lush studio version released two years later on the Starsailor album. Anyone know why this masterpiece has been out of print for ages btw? And last but not least check out the remarkably tasteful eighties cover by goth forerunners This Mortal Coil, which even managed to spawn a Buckley revival of sorts.
Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren (solo) MP3
Tim Buckley - Song To The Siren MP3
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren MP3
2 comments:
You probably know this, but his performance of this song on the Monkees show is up on youtube. As you say, a great version.
Yup Hambone, that Youtube clip is great, too. Forgot to mention it. Ta!
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