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Song of the week

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Skylark, “Wildflower” (1973)
Who says Canadians can’t play soul music? Skylark was basically another project that emerged out of the welter of Ronnie Hawkins’s many and various backup bands, which include the Band. The guy had a knack for spotting talent. “Wildflower” was a big hit in the early ’70s, both in Canada and the U.S. With music mostly supplied by guitarist Doug Edwards (you can hear that in the omnipresence of the dramatic electric guitar), lyrics by Victoria policeman and part-time poet Dave Richardson, serviceable vocals from one B.J. (no relation, I’m sure) Cook, and an arrangement that juxtaposes said guitar with swooning orchestral touches and a nice if somewhat dated late hippie-era declaration of love and fealty, this is a very pleasant song to encounter unexpectedly, as I did on the radio one day this week.

Not to be confused with Michael Murphey, “Wildfire” (1975)
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  1. 1.

    Alex S.

    I’m listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin at the moment. It started with the inevitable ‘When the Levee Breaks’. Cleek must have made the same connection.

  3. 3.

    Jeffro

    I am currently listening to two songs by Blonde Redhead + that song from “One Day” you hear in the ads

    Blonde Redhead: “Spring and By Summer Fall”, and “23”
    OneRepublic: “Good Life”

    And that song someone had up a while back by The Joy Formidable, “Whirring”, also too.

  4. 4.

    licensed to kill time

    OT but CNN reporting Atiya Abdul Rahman, yet another Al-Qaeda second-in-command, has been killed in Pakistan.

    My SU remarked “So, I guess they didn’t get the Top Rahman”.

  6. 6.

    MikeJ

    @PeakVT: I thought he was referring to Ziggy Stardust by Bowie. “Like a leper messiah
    When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band”

  7. 7.

    RobertB

    That song was ubiquitous back in the day, and I could’ve never in a million years told you that band’s name.

  8. 8.

    cleek

    more Leper Messiah:

    There is also a strange story about the Baal Shem Tov, founder of the Hasidic movement. One day the rabbi was riding with a young student. He stopped his wagon at the hut of an old leper, horribly affected by the disease. The rabbi climbed down and spent a great deal of time with the poor man. When he returned to the wagon and recommenced his journey, the puzzled student asked the rabbi who it was that the rabbi had visited with. The rabbi replied that in every generation there is a Messiah who will reveal himself if the generation is worthy. The leper he had been meeting with was that Messiah, but the generation was not worthy, so the Messiah would depart. (Quoted in The Messiah Texts, by Raphael Patai, page 31.)

  9. 9.

    Poopyman

    Ah well, power seems to have crapped out fer real this time. Gotta sign off before the UPS runs outta juice.

    See ya tomorrow!

  11. 11.

    gogol's wife

    I can’t click on that video because what it has put into my head is the beautiful Hoagy Carmichael song “Skylark,” and I’m sure what’s on that video can’t be any better than that.

  24. 24.

    CT Voter

    I didn’t like this song. I remember hearing it way too many times on AM radio–particularly during one of the Hike for Hopes. Everyone carried little radios, and played the same station, and this song was played over and over and over during the 25 mile hike. Ugh.

    I like this song more than then.

  26. 26.

    PanurgeATL

    I used to hate “Wildfire”, too, probably due to fear of Teh Gerli, but I now realize that it’s a very good song. I don’t know if I like it much better, but now I know that it’s possible to hate a good song.

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    Paul in KY

    This is an OK song. Little too slow paced for the kind of music I like best. Had never heard of it before (and I lived thru that era).

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