Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending/Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air [Import]

Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending/Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air [Import]

Track Listings
Disc: 1

1. Come With Me

2. All Writ Down

3. Veshengro

4. See All the People

5. Waiting for You

6. Song Has No Ending

Disc: 2

1. Talking Of the End

2. Dear Old Battlefield

3. Cosmic Boy

4. Worlds They Rise and Fall

5. Evolution Rag

6. Painted Chariot

7. Adam and Eve

8. Red Hair

9. Here Till Here Is There

10. Tree

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
UK twofer combines two of the British folk-rock band's 70s albums, 'Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending' (1970) & 'Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air' (1971). BGO. 2004.

Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending/Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air,The Incredible String Band,Beat Goes On,British Folk,British Folk-Rock,Folk,Pop,Psychedelic

Average customer rating:

includes some jigs on fiddle, whistle, and spoons,

Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending/Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air
The Incredible String Band
Manufacturer: Beat Goes On
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0001ZXMKE
Release Date: 2004-06-14

Tracks:

Come With Me
All Writ Down
Veshengro
See All the People
Waiting for You
Song Has No Ending

Tracks:

Talking Of the End
Dear Old Battlefield
Cosmic Boy
Worlds They Rise and Fall
Evolution Rag
Painted Chariot
Adam and Eve
Red Hair
Here Till Here Is There
Tree
Jigs: Eyes Like Leaves/Sunday Is My Wedding Day/Drops of ...
Darling Belle

Album Description

UK twofer combines two of the British folk-rock band's 70s albums, 'Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending' (1970) & 'Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air' (1971). BGO. 2004.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of Two Orignal Albums on a Single CD of their First Two Island Records Albums from the Early 1970s.

Customer Reviews:

includes some jigs on fiddle, whistle, and spoons, .......2007-02-19

I have found the text for songs contained in the film `Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending.' A two-CD set from The Incredible String Band contains the music from the film on Disc One and `Liquid Acrobat As Regards the Air' on Disc Two. There are no words listed as the text for the song `See All the People,' recorded March 1968, Royal Festival Hall. When I was watching the film, I thought the song would be called "Ha," because I had no idea what song it was until one of the guys started to sing "Ha" and the other joined in and they certainly didn't think of anything to say after that.

When I was listening to the film, I could make out the meaning of some of the phrases, but the complicated sentence structure of some verses escaped me. Looking at the text now, songs make sense in a way that flipflops around the basic ideas I picked up before. The second song, `All Writ Down,' by Mike Heron, is about some memory:

I fully understood
That you'd leave when your ship came by
And I fully understood
You had a purpose more high
Than to give a little schoolboy
To give a little schoolboy his first love
But oh did I cry, and did I cry
For I thought that those days would just fade and die
But every cell in my body had it all writ down
Every smile and every frown
And oh those good-time girls, oh those good-time girls
That book ft sometimes makes me glad
That book ft sometimes makes me sad
But oh - it don't read bad

I cursed you to your face when you turned to go
But I see now that you did just right
And I bow to you low
For you gave a little schoolboy
You gave a little schoolboy his first love...

According to CD liner notes by Alan Robinson dated February 2004, the song `Veshengro' by Robin Williamson mentions "Jali Uddin Rumi, a Sufi poet and mystic who founded the whirling dervish order in Konya, Turkey" in the line "I wore the coat of patches with Jalal beneath the stars."

The text of `Waiting for You' is long, with the line "Waiting for the world to begin" in three places and some attempts at humor.

I'm a turnip head, I'm a lately wed
And I'm waiting for you
More tea vicar? (Hold that tiger)
...
I'm waiting for God to take a holiday.

I bought these CDs in 2006 and mainly listened to Disc Two when I wanted to hear `Cosmic Boy,' which Likky sings while Mike Heron plays piano. "You look so high, and I shall dance for you, the sweetest dance that I can do" is the way it sounds. The other songs are more complicated. The `Evolution Rag' has a narrative in "the illusionist the circus man" style which makes "Evolution up the slopes of the sea" "While a million years pass by And we get on our way" as much explanation as we get.

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