Robin Holcomb: Dead Horse

From: Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys, ANTI- 2006.

Buy CD: http://www.amazon.com/Rogues-Gallery-Pirate-Ballads-Chanteys/dp/B000GGSMD0/re...

Explanatory liner notes by record label ANTI-:

A highly revered tradition on early sailing ships was the ceremony of "paying off the dead horse". Merchant sailors typically received their first month's pay in advance. Thus, it was not until after the first 30 days of a voyage that new wages were being earned. A canvas horse effigy was dragged across the deck, hoisted to the main yardarm to this chantey, and dropped into the sea.

Image: Isolated Instances of Non-Gravity: Darling, January 21, 2008
http://www.non-gravity.com/sketchbook/2008/01/darling.html
(modified for this re-upload, eliminating the breasts. Thank you for your attention, guardians of public virtue.)

Lyrics and annotations in http://ismaels.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/rogue%e2%80%99s-gallery-the-art-of-th...

This is a private video for documentary reasons. There is no copyright infringement intended. Please do not use sounds and visuals unless you are their owner.

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[nallepuh6969]

Why sensored?? Tits or gtfo!

[wolfgpunkt]

@nallepuh6969 The uncensored tits version was a violation aof YouTube guidelines. So be happy to gwys ;)

[alejofar]

is that frisell on guitar? who's on the piano? sounds beautiful.

[wolfgpunkt]

On the ANTI-pagge it says:

"Robin Holcomb - vocals, piano; Bill Frisell - guitar; Wayne Horvitz - keyboards; Eyvind Kang - violin; Akron/Family: Seth Olinsky - guitar; Miles Seaton - guitar; Dana Janssen - bass; Ryan Vanderhoof - drums

Recorded in Seattle at Bear Creek Studios - Engineered by Ryan Hadlock, assisted by Joe Hadlock & Lucas Carlyle"

[pulsembody]

i love robin holcomb. amazing haunting americana. is this the only song by her on youtube???! -btw thanks for protecting us from the scary scary breasts! glad not to be scarred by such a sight! :)

[wolfgpunkt]

Welcome you are :)

No lie: My first version displaying those wicked upsetting breasts got flagged, and counted as a violation of the community guidelines. They still have me under observation for half a year for that. I am evil ;)

[melanieisdemented]

From one of the best compilation CDs ever made: Rogues Gallery. I'm in love with this one.

[garyemiller]

i love robin holcomb but, how did this video not get flagged as a copyright violation? how do you dodge that problem, i put up two robin holcomb songs and they are blocked in some countries and won't show up in any searches. how did you get around that problem?

[franz6009]

wow this is pure magic