tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post1522054241271001922..comments2023-12-05T03:34:14.680-05:00Comments on <b>Issa's Untidy Hut</b>: Turn, Turn, Turn: Issa's Sunday Service, #83Issa's Untidy Huthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-54151978973344036262010-12-27T07:08:16.889-05:002010-12-27T07:08:16.889-05:00Lyle, it seems as amazing to me that I had never h...Lyle, it seems as amazing to me that I had never heard the Hopkin version of "Turn, Turn, Turn" as the fact that it was the first version you heard.<br /><br />Tori Amos embeds her version of Turn, Turn, Turn in here song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhTGXIeLQkY" rel="nofollow">Secret Spell</a>. A different approach.<br /><br />This is the best version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl2TrFqQX7w" rel="nofollow">Those Were the Days</a> I could find - interestingly embedded or mashed up with some poignant Edward Hopper paintings.<br /><br />Tenzing, thanks for the Hopkin version of Turn and you are welcome.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-6230467816104144102010-12-27T01:46:18.109-05:002010-12-27T01:46:18.109-05:00Mary Hopkin's version:
http://www.youtube.com/...Mary Hopkin's version:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEu5vlRfiY<br /><br />thanks for this.<br /><br />TenzingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-10459132567337587102010-12-26T22:10:34.329-05:002010-12-26T22:10:34.329-05:00The first version I heard of the song was Mary Hop...The first version I heard of the song was Mary Hopkin's cover of it on the B side of her single of "Those Were the Days," which came out in 1968. Been a long time since I've listened to it -- I recall her rendition as a bit quieter that the Byrds', not so much of the bright jingle-jangle of McGuinn's 12-string, though very soulful and heartful and had a nice share of shimmer and sparkle.<br /><br />(The fall of 1968, when Hopkin's record came out, was when I started writing poems at the green age of 14, and the A side of the record, "Those Were the Days," is forever resonant of that time for me. It was the first record I bought.)<br /><br />Just within the past couple of weeks I saw on public T.V., on one of those "folk revival" shows they do from time to time, the video of Judy Collins and Pete Seeger that you link to here. I have to agree that the Byrds' version is the one, now, that arouses the deepest feeling in me. I love several of the other renditions too, including Seeger's (at least a couple of his recordings of it), and Mary Hopkin's. Among the many covers of the song, Wikipedia lists one by Tori Amos -- I'd like to track that one down. I expect she'd do nicely with it.Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-48993816213581297402010-12-26T14:18:36.970-05:002010-12-26T14:18:36.970-05:00It is the iconic version, Charles - though not nec...It is the iconic version, Charles - though not necessarily seasonal, I always think of it this time of year. I believe it was originally released in December, which is probably imprinted somewhere in the back of my old man brain.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-27272050911283085002010-12-26T12:36:03.681-05:002010-12-26T12:36:03.681-05:00The Byrds version is the one I instantly recognize...The Byrds version is the one I instantly recognize adn like quite a lot.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-76314586851408141492010-12-26T12:02:47.740-05:002010-12-26T12:02:47.740-05:00Donna, it's not often I get a comment in the f...Donna, it's not often I get a comment in the form of a poem ... thanks very much, glad all this connected.Issa's Untidy Huthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5849270578857708223.post-32010701066570588292010-12-26T11:49:49.127-05:002010-12-26T11:49:49.127-05:00the turnings of the birds in flight, the Byrds in ...the turnings of the birds in flight, the Byrds in song, the clinamen swerves of the momentary molecules, issa's indelible poem all under the roof of Issa's Untidy Hut. pure pleasure! Don.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com