THE SHE TRINITY -"CLIMB THAT TREE" (1970)

"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." When you say something, you should mean it. If a parent speaks of good examples, they shouldn't then do bad things instead. If a child loves that parent so much they challenge them to return to their better selves, they shouldn't be beaten for it. The children of 1968 basically asked for one thing: for their parents to honor the values they supposedly held. For that, they were demonized, beaten, or killed. For the next 40 years the unrepentant parents and their lesser clones have refused to come from the shadow of the dark side. Today we are in exact replays of the dangers the Generation of Love warned about; Ecology destroyed, civil rights walled up, a paranoid police state unchecked, the dissenting public treated as traitors, a spineless media sleepwalking, and more unending murder for profit (war). The subtext under everything relevent for the last four decades is about the world trying to reconcile this struggle. For instance, the students in Paris who revolted in 1968 were the spiritual catalyst for the Punk explosion in Britain in 1976. The "Prague Spring" youth may have been crushed by the Russians in 1968, but a generation raised under the Wall rebelled in 1989 and brought down Communism country by country in six months. (Completely despite Reagan, who took credit.) The Grunge/ Riot Grrl/ Concious Rap zeitgeist of the early 90's was a direct backlash of counterculture values against Reagan and Bush, and helped bring Clinton into office. (And Gore and Kerry, if you go by the actual counts.) Even in popular films, the subtext of idealistic youth betrayed by their corrupted father figure is endlessly working itself out (APOCALYPSE NOW, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, REDS, WALL STREET, ROGER & ME, TWIN PEAKS, FIGHT CLUB, THE MATRIX, MINORITY REPORT, KILL BILL, HERO, BATMAN BEGINS, V FOR VENDETTA, etc.). The struggle continues between the forces of awareness and those who would keep us in the dark. Climb the tree of knowledge anyway. The future belongs to the knowing.

About The She Trinity: They were a trio of Canadian musicians who found their way to England; Robyn Yorke (drums), Shelley Gillespie (guitar), and Sue Kirby (bass?). Robyn revamped the line-up with Pauline Moran (bass), Eileen Woodman (keys), Barbara Thompson (sax), and Liverpool belter Beryl Marsden. There were brief name changes and shake-ups. The final combo was Robyn, Eileen, Pauline, and now Inger Jonnsson on guitar. They released a cover of "Hair" in 1970, for which "Climb That Tree" was the B-side. This cover of a tune written by the psychedelic band The Onyx should've got far more attention, but the single sank without a trace. Resurrected recently on the 'DREAM GIRLS 6' compilation, it is as timely as ever.

-Enjoy Eileen's photos and memories of the band at this website:
http://marmalade-skies.co.uk/She%20Trinity.htm
-Write her a line!
eileen.harron@btinternet.com

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[lapislazuli7]

@funknroll: You wrote "They released a cover of "Hair" in 1970, for which "Climb That Tree" was the B-side." - Could you upload the A-side, too?

[funknroll]

@lapislazuli7

Sadly, I don't have it; this track came from a compilation that lacks that one. But I'll keep looking!

[Khultan]

Is this that early 70s girl rock group from Sacramento?!?

[funknroll]

Hey Khultan,

You're thinking of SHE, with the similar name. This group was Canadians and English women.

[funknroll]

More Liberation videos: -NINA SIMONE- "DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD" (1964) -GLORIA JONES- "TAINTED LOVE" (1964) -JENNY & THE RASCALS- "YOU TOLD ME A LIE" (1965) -MARGO GURYAN- "LOVE" (1968) -ROTARY CONNECTION-"I AM THE BLACK GOLD OF THE SUN" (1971) -NINA SIMONE -"REVOLUTION" (1969) -THE SHE TRINITY -"CLIMB THAT TREE" (1970) -MERRY CLAYTON- "GIMME SHELTER" (1970) -RUTH COPELAND & FUNKADELIC -"GIMME SHELTER" (1972) -SWEET LINDA DIVINE -"I'LL SAY IT AGAIN" (1970) -BIRTHA -"FREE SPIRIT" (1972)

[theoppositeofcold]

What is the 03:09 image? Great job.

[funknroll]

Thanks! The left side is the cover of International Times (IT), a counterculture magazine, exposing the police brutality at the '68 Chicago Democratic Convention. (See 'Miles - The International Times - 1967 Interview' on YouTube.) The right is a tranlated edition of theorist McLuhan's "The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects (1967)".

[triumphadelic]

wicked toon!

[UltimatePsych]

pretty amazing

[lapislazuli7]

@funknroll Thank you anyway :-))

[1LoWu]

Rock on,Miss Lemon!!!

[motrengaw]

The bass player and vocalist, Pauline Moran, went on to stage and TV work. You can see her on the PBS import "Poirot" playing the very buttoned down Miss Lemon, Poirot's secretary. Rock on Miss Lemon!

[noinim]

whoa!  no matter male or female, this is absolutely groundbreaking for 1970.