I also saw this on the night the show aired. I had no idea how absolutely beautiful this song was until I heard this performance. Thank you so much for uploading this.
I saw this programme the night it was aired. I felt privileged to have witnessed a master performing. Those who saw the show may recall how he turned back to the Nissan Cedrics (the show's vocal duo) and acknowledged their singing before sitting to be interviewd.
Haha, I didn't even notice the show's name until you mentioned it... I just heard Ricky talking about this on his Desert Island Discs interview too, so I thought i'd check it out
The "unfortunate" name was carefully chosen by Australia's two most iconoclastic comedians. Like most of their work it has a double meaning. If the prudes complain that it is a reference to sodomy, Roy & HG just reply that buggery in the Australian idiom means somewhere distant and isolated. As in: "We had to go all the way to buggery to find their place." It's an Aussie thing. We don't take other people's sensibilties to heart. Take us as you find us mate or go to buggery.
What an amazing portrait in words. In less than three minutes we are transported from our cars or living rooms to a windswept beach in Texas, and then to a battlefield in VietNam, and then back home again. Webb was a genius. They don't write songs like this anymore.
When JW was interviewed, Roy Slaven commented that he had never got that message from Glenn Cambell's rendition but hearing JW sing it, the message was suddenly all so clear. JW is in the Top 5 of my list of rock legends.
this selection of music is incredibly beautiful
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I also saw this on the night the show aired. I had no idea how absolutely beautiful this song was until I heard this performance. Thank you so much for uploading this.
emdee777 2 years ago
One of the best songs ever written.
oneoriginalthought 2 years ago
You wrote "Night of the Wolverine", Dave Graney, that puts you up there with Jimmy Webb as one of the great song writers in my opinion.
steviejv 3 years ago
I still see her standing by the water
Standing there lookin' out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run
granako 3 years ago
Good luck, Galveston! We're all thinking about you and praying for you tonight.
tygerblade36 3 years ago
How very beautiful, just like my town. I am the 5th of 7 generations... can't imagine living anywhere else.
GalvestonBOI5 3 years ago
Beautiful rendition!!
1Th1617 3 years ago
I saw this programme the night it was aired. I felt privileged to have witnessed a master performing. Those who saw the show may recall how he turned back to the Nissan Cedrics (the show's vocal duo) and acknowledged their singing before sitting to be interviewd.
MusicMadMaurice 3 years ago
WOW...fantastic version!!!
krazynite 4 years ago
Wonderful - this song was one of Ricky Gervais' choices for Desert Island Discs, and I can see why. TV show has an unfortunate name, though...
deeperwell42 4 years ago
Haha, I didn't even notice the show's name until you mentioned it... I just heard Ricky talking about this on his Desert Island Discs interview too, so I thought i'd check it out
telecasterthommy 4 years ago
The "unfortunate" name was carefully chosen by Australia's two most iconoclastic comedians. Like most of their work it has a double meaning. If the prudes complain that it is a reference to sodomy, Roy & HG just reply that buggery in the Australian idiom means somewhere distant and isolated. As in: "We had to go all the way to buggery to find their place." It's an Aussie thing. We don't take other people's sensibilties to heart. Take us as you find us mate or go to buggery.
MusicMadMaurice 3 years ago
What a fantastic performer!!!
cmmboy 4 years ago
What an amazing portrait in words. In less than three minutes we are transported from our cars or living rooms to a windswept beach in Texas, and then to a battlefield in VietNam, and then back home again. Webb was a genius. They don't write songs like this anymore.
geo31 4 years ago
You said it all. Love all of Webbs work.
Malibucompany 4 years ago
When JW was interviewed, Roy Slaven commented that he had never got that message from Glenn Cambell's rendition but hearing JW sing it, the message was suddenly all so clear. JW is in the Top 5 of my list of rock legends.
MusicMadMaurice 3 years ago