Over the years we unfortunately for one reason or another miss out on seeing some of our favourite artists….. I was so glad that I was able to see Simon & Garfunkel perform in Australia twice….. and they were fantastic on both occasions…..a great musical duo.
I love this track too. It has made me get up and dust of my vinyl copy and listen to the whole album again. Just gorgeous. The style and simple messaging with layers of this, got me thinking about Michael Waugh's song 'Big Things' I'd recommend the live version on 'Michael Waugh Latrobe Performing Arts performance 2020' starting at the 16min 48 sec mark , although any version would be great. A couple of references that might need clarification. Rocketship - was climbing bars in the shape of a rocketship that was about 5 metres high, concreted into the ground and bloody dangerous. But any park in Oz built in in the 1960s to 70s seemed to have one. Big Things - Are large over size items, built as tourist stops of the highway, for people traveling around. Some you could climb in or just part of a town or a business. E.g. Big Pineapple, Big Banana, Big Gumboots, Big Bogan - there is about 230 scattered around the place and they're all a bit dodgy. SES (overalls) - State Emergency Service is a volunteer group in pretty much every town and council area in Australia that people help out the fulltime emergency services in times of need. e.g. flood, storms, lost bush walkers, etc I think you'll love the sentiment of a small town in this song.
Great tune from a great album, use to have it in my stack. I actually purchased the album,"Book Ends", for this particular tune. The whole album is excellent.
Over the years we unfortunately for one reason or another miss out on seeing some of our favourite artists….. I was so glad that I was able to see Simon & Garfunkel perform in Australia twice….. and they were fantastic on both occasions…..a great musical duo.
Thx for playing this song. Great fun little tune.
I love this track too. It has made me get up and dust of my vinyl copy and listen to the whole album again. Just gorgeous.
The style and simple messaging with layers of this, got me thinking about Michael Waugh's song 'Big Things'
I'd recommend the live version on 'Michael Waugh Latrobe Performing Arts performance 2020' starting at the 16min 48 sec mark , although any version would be great.
A couple of references that might need clarification.
Rocketship - was climbing bars in the shape of a rocketship that was about 5 metres high, concreted into the ground and bloody dangerous. But any park in Oz built in in the 1960s to 70s seemed to have one.
Big Things - Are large over size items, built as tourist stops of the highway, for people traveling around. Some you could climb in or just part of a town or a business. E.g. Big Pineapple, Big Banana, Big Gumboots, Big Bogan - there is about 230 scattered around the place and they're all a bit dodgy.
SES (overalls) - State Emergency Service is a volunteer group in pretty much every town and council area in Australia that people help out the fulltime emergency services in times of need. e.g. flood, storms, lost bush walkers, etc
I think you'll love the sentiment of a small town in this song.
Great tune from a great album, use to have it in my stack. I actually purchased the album,"Book Ends", for this particular tune. The whole album is excellent.