Moondog - 'Do Your Thing'

[Pouffecal]

Putain! Tout ces admirateurs en 2012 pour Moondog. Il est bien temps... Un type qui aura crevé de faim toute sa vie jusqu'à ce qu'enfin il trouve refuge dans une petite ville près de Düsseldorf, et puisse travailler dans des conditions clean... Quand je parlais de Moondog en 1984 on me prenait pour un con. Une compositrice et prof d'harmonie de l'Ecole Normale de Musique réputée dont je ne tairai le nom s'est carrément foutue de ma gueule en entendant cette chanson: 'Ouais, c'est Clayderman..."

[satyros2]

thank you

[workatthefarm]

Do Your Thing as in DO Not Try To Be Something You Are Not.

While some people will not improve, I know for sure when someone CAN.

[joebstarsurfer]

well this makes me want to cry .which the 99 percent could stop pretending.

[gudlaffy]

bark

[80Lady1]

Wow, just discovered Moondog today.....heard 'Moondog Monologue' in a shop and had to find out who it was...amazing! Love this song too, more to discover yet, can't wait!

[cfrazier66]

thank you moondog

[Bieberpelzsky]

köstlich

[TheFunkArea]

I Lately Discovered Amazing Moondog!

[cfrazier66]

@TheFunkArea me too moondogs awesome!! i am very happy to hear him.

[Garrrske]

how could anyone dislike this? It makes the soul smile.

[melitosse]

This should be the anthem of the world.

[cabbage0dusk]

I only found Moondog today, what a true legend!

[joebstarsurfer]

my neigbours wont let me do my thing((((.Hell is other people.

[joebstarsurfer]

this is the most positive song ive ever heard.Maybe nice people will win).

[SmallRubberFeet]

What a wonderful message.

[cemalson]

I don't know why but the lyrics just seemed to get to me. Maybe you perceive sincerity subconsciously

[elrhiarhodan]

@cemalson

Possibly the wisest thing anyone has ever said on YouTube.

Just discovered this guy, and I am in awe.

[picasadeluxe]

pure wisdom for intelligent people that can hope, trust and believe

[hippie00scum]

I think we'd all agree that Moondog is Avant-Garde, to me he seems to have taken it to a whole new level. Not just the music, but the way he lived his life seems to me to be one great piece of performance art. A true genius.....

[hotronscorcher]

ah yes. quite lovely indeed.

[NorbyIII]

OPPORTUNITY WILL DO THE REST

[ears61]

@jimmyhayers do your thing!



[ears61]

Mozart agrees with Moondog on Bach's status.

I always feel awkward around those who think Mozart was above Bach.

"maybe they know better than Mozart" I ponder...

[jimmyhayers]

@ears61 I love Mozart, I don't like Bach. It's nothing to do with technical proficiency it's just my personal taste.

[thinedoor2]

@jimmyhayers Have you heard some of his more obscure material, though? Before dismissing him, I'd suggest checking out the Goldberg Canons (as well as his other late canons), Canonic Variations, Art of Fugue, the viola da gamba sonatas, etc. Bach was pretty versatile, and I would argue less redundant than Mozart. Not to diminish Mozart; both were great geniuses.

[jimmyhayers]

@thinedoor2 Yeah my parents absolutely love Bach I've heard a lot of the ones you mentioned there. I do like his piano work a lot to be fair it's just out of all his music that I've heard there's only a small amount I really like. I'll look into the ones you mentioned that I haven't heard though, thanks for that.

[nickshel]

@thinedoor2 I agree Bach's my favourite too. Toccata E Fuga is a personal fav.

[ears61]

make it in the dark = blind

[smkrtkn]

это великолепно!

[recbeatloop]

On of the best lyrics I have ever heard in times of troubles and non troubles

[altdoom615]

this is the greatest song in the world

[AndrewFinch1]

It's beautiful.

[metamorphosis67]

@222nholom Probably, they'll sample the weirdest shit on the planet to try to improve their talentless lot.

[BUZZUBUZZU]

1 lonely person

[moralreef]

i'd love to have seen him composing.

[nuzajecpogodi]

I really think this is the most beautiful song in the world!

[funkberto]

@nuzajecpogodi

Is ONe of the most Beautiful, Also listened:

_ ''Les Sucettes'', ''Si l'on pouvait vraiment parler'' & ''Miguel'' (FRANCE GALL),

_ ''Ballade de Johnny Jane'' (JANE BIRKIN - Serge Gainsbourg),

_ ''Merry Go Sound'' (GARY BELLINGTON),

_''Cyrus'' (ANANDA SHANKAR),

_ ''Cannibal Holocaust Main Theme'' (RIZ ORTOLANI).

YOU WILL CRY EMOTIONED!!!

[partyprobe]

if i could wake up to this song every day i feel like my productivity and overall mood would increase significantly...

[lordoid]

Damn...Moondog had such an amazing bandwith of different musical styles. It seems he was jumping forward and backwards to the whole history of music and created his own futuristic melange. This sounds like a forgotten Beatles Song flavoured with some baroque and folk music. Simply beautiful and a great message.

[Malaka57]

@lordoid He believed Bach to be the greatest composer ever... !

[phillieb30]

@lordoid .........very well said. and thank you for that outlook on moondog.

[henny121212]

Why be complex

[chicaMelia]

He was such a awsome human!

And I think "do your thing" was exatly his kind of living...

[123Leigh123]

wow, you can really see where the velvet underground got it

[Pouffecal]

I remember that I tried to convince my harmony teacher in music school Ecole Normale de musique de Paris of the quality of this music. But she took me for a jackass: "Well, it's very poor hamonically, and very repetitive. I hope you're not the composer of it..."

[InfectedxXxFlower]

I'd love to have the sheet music to this~

[musicmansixty7]

somehow,this reminds me very much of brit prog rock... sort of like caravan;or something similar.＼(?_?)／

[megadarthfader]

@musicmansixty7

i totally agree mate. it's got that very quaint, pastoral sound, especially the high voice, lilting piano melody and the lyrics are very englishy (if u know what i mean)

[grosdootie]

yep like robert wyatt

[metamorphosis67]

@musicmansixty7 Gentle Giant sound like Moondog sometimes but Moondog is really a one-of-a-kind genius, much purer and much more of a serious composer than any prog-rock group. Both Igor Stravinsky & Frank Zappa were fans of Moondog.

[tzarrett111]

wonderful...

[burndecologne]

found em, yippie: Do your thing! Be fancy-free to call the tune you sing. Don?t give up! That?s not the way to win a loving-cup. Do your best, and Opportunity will do the rest. Don?t give in! Capitulation is the greatest sin. Do what?s right, what?s right for you, to do with all your might.

[burndecologne]

Don?t regret! What might have been, you might as well forget. Stand your ground, and while you?re standing there, be duty-bound. Learn to wait, and while you?re waiting, learn to concentrate. Make amends! All enemies I call potential friends, Calm your fears, and hope you cope at least a hundred years. Make your mark! If need be, even make it in the dark. Mum?s the word! My sage advice, pretend you haven?t heard.

[burndecologne]

can anyone post the lyrics,please?

[8u80n1k]

moondog rocks

[pineapplezzandstuff]

this is such a great tune