New Song: On All Sides Snow
Larissa
shovel up the aftermath of New England's most recent storm might still
enjoy this - and of course, when I sent it to Frank he immediately
capped it with a third verse for me!
On All Sides Snow
by Larissa March
(To the tune of Both Sides Now by Judy Collins)
Hills and spills of gleaming white and wonderlands formed in the night
And crystal castles shining bright, I've looked at snow that way.
But now it only clogs the roads, my snowblower just might explode.
I know I had somewhere to go, but snow got in my way.
I've looked at snow from both sides now,
From sleds and cars, and still somehow
It's snow removal I recall.
I really don't like snow at all.
Snowdays, forts and snowball fights, and frozen lakes all shining bright
As icicles fling shards of light, I've looked at snow that way.
But now it's just another chore - I'm tracking slush in through the
door,
And leaving puddles on the floor, much to my dismay.
I've looked at snow from both sides now,
From young and old, and still somehow
It's snow removal I recall.
I really don't like snow at all.
(Third verse by Frank Parker)
And someday when I am old and grey, and sitting in the Tampa Bay
My mind will wander back to when, I looked at snow that way.
But now until the month of May, I fight the snow drifts every day
And I sit and think it out, I did it snow way......... (tune change to
My Way)
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Naomi Gayle Rivkis
>On All Sides Snow
>by Larissa March
>(To the tune of Both Sides Now by Judy Collins)
Judy Collins performs "Both Sides Now" but it was actually written by
Joni Mitchell.
-Naomi
Rich Brown
> On All Sides Snow
> by Larissa March
> (To the tune of Both Sides Now by Judy Collins)
And don't get me started about the weather reporting! Oops, you just
did.
Minnesota seems to get a stream of Eager News Professionals who feel
they are serving time in Siberia while they wait for a REAL job (one in
NYC or LA) to open up. When a normal winter comes along after a couple
easy ones the local TV news tends to lead with stories along the lines
of, "It's SNOWING! DEADLY wind chill!! If you value your LIFE, STAY
INDOORS!!!"
When TV anchors, (not raised here,)
See flakes come down, they quake in fear.
And tell us how our end is near;
"It's dangerous!" they say.
We put our Sorels* on again,
And shovel for a while, and then,
We scrape our windshields -- tires spin**,
And soon we're on our way.
I look at snow with different views:
My daily life, the nightly news***.
I don't believe them -- after all,
They really don't know snow at all.
* Those of you who live below the Mason-Dixon
line may be looking here to find out what
"Sorels" are...
** There are many bad drivers here who believe
if they can just get their tires spinning
fast enough they'll get moving... (sigh)
*** As opposed to:
http://tpt.org/newsnight/
http://tpt.org/almanac/
Michael Liebmann
> >by Larissa March
> >(To the tune of Both Sides Now by Judy Collins)
>
> Judy Collins performs "Both Sides Now" but it was actually written by
> Joni Mitchell.
>
> -Naomi
>
the same class as she was.
Larissa
> >by Larissa March
> >(To the tune of Both Sides Now by Judy Collins)
>
> Judy Collins performs "Both Sides Now" but it was actually written by
> Joni Mitchell.
>
> -Naomi
Ah ha, I actually thought so but when I looked the lyrics up online, I apparently found the wrong attribution on the first set I found. Thanks, I'll fix it on my
own copy.
Maureen O'Brien
> * Those of you who live below the Mason-Dixon
> line may be looking here to find out what
> "Sorels" are...
Um...I'm from up north, though Ohio's not as far north as MN....
So what's a Sorel? Boot brand? Trendy jacket? Snow tires?
Maureen, listening to the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack,
which I love except for the endsong's vocalist. Couldn't she slip at
least _some_ Chinese into the obligatory R&B image song?
Rich Brown
> So what's a Sorel? Boot brand?
be Canada's biggest export to Minnesota... they're everywhere.
Sam Hane Detective Agency
>So what's a Sorel? Boot brand? Trendy jacket? Snow tires?
Kal-El's grandfather, of course. EVERYBODY knows THAT!
hehe
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Mark A. Mandel
"Christmas in New England" or "Winter in New England" to MASSFILC.
Well, I've never been that fond of snow, and between then and the next
meeting I started to write my own opinion, and it turned into a
four-season moan. Fortunately Denise is a good sport.
Your Seasons, New England
Word and music Copyright Mark A. Mandel 1996
The hillside is covered with skiers,
the lake is a skater's delight.
The woodlands all seem like a crystalline dream,
and the power's been out since last night.
Black ice makes driving a nightmare
though the roads weren't clear till midday.
Our winter's the matter of legend...
and legend is where it should stay!
CHORUS: Your seasons, New England,
are the subject of story and song.
But tell me, New England,
how can they *all* be too long?
Welcome to spring in New England!
The low-lying areas flood.
The grass is all green, but can hardly be seen
'cause the topsoil has turned into mud.
The robins are bobbing and singing,
but the wind chill is seven belowÉ
and, just in case you miss winter,
SPLAT! here's another foot
[spoken: Naah... April Fool!] Ñ
two feet of snow!
Chorus
Midsummer can often be chilly
but the heat will appear at both ends:
kids freeze at the pool, but while they're in school
it'll rise to a hundred and ten.
Somehow, though it's sticky and humid,
the grass is as brown as burnt toast,
while the black flies, mosquitoes, and Red Sox compete
to see who can bedevil you most.
Chorus
In autumn the trees begin turning
and the tourists come in for the view.
The hotels are all crammed and the traffic's all jammed
and the bus exhaust turns the air blue.
Then the leaves all turn brown and they wither,
they cover the pavement, and then
it's the end of the show, the sky threatens snow,
and it's winter all over again!
CODA: All winter we pray for the springtime,
all summer we hang on till fall.
Through the whole blasted year, whichever one's here
is the very worst season of all!
Chorus
-- Mark A. Mandel
FIJAGH! Now, *filking*, on the other hand...
http://world.std.com/~mam/filk.html
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John C. Bunnell
this appears to scan to Dr. Jane's "Nessie, Come Up"....
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Michael Liebmann
> Maureen, listening to the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack,
> which I love except for the endsong's vocalist. Couldn't she slip at
> least _some_ Chinese into the obligatory R&B image song?
Didn't she do a version in Chinese on the CD?
Mark A. Mandel
: Very good! I don't know the stated source tune, but the verse line for
: this appears to scan to Dr. Jane's "Nessie, Come Up"....
Thank you! It's not to Nessie or to Denise's tune; the music is original.
One Of These Days I'll put it into Finale Allegro and post the sheet music
on my website.
Mark A. Mandel
: In article <G8M6...@world.std.com>, "Mark A. Mandel"
: Alternatively (plug, plug) people can buy a copy of "Primary Beams",
: which has the sheet music for Mark's song in it, from MASSFILC.
Eep! Would you believe I forgot about that? or I would have mentioned it.
Gary, if you still have the Finale file for that would you send it to me
so I can webpost it? (Or is that something ELSE I've forgotten has
happened?)
-- Mark
Maureen O'Brien
She did do a version of the song in Mandarin. Which I actually liked
and thought sounded very J-Pop. I think she put more work into the
singing in Mandarin, actually....
What I guess I was trying to say was...well, the music had a Chinese
flavor and lots of Chinese note-bending, and the song was written for a
movie set in China. So why did she attempt to sing the song in English
in such a way as to make it sound as Western as possible?
<sigh>I know, marketing....
It sounded like she wasn't giving the notes the right way or something.
Maybe she was adjusting it to a Western scale? Whatever it was, I
thought it made the song sound very dead instead of restrained (which I
guess was the desired effect).
Maureen, who knows the real problem is that she thinks she can sing
it better.... <g>
Michael Liebmann
> It sounded like she wasn't giving the notes the right way or something.
> Maybe she was adjusting it to a Western scale? Whatever it was, I
> thought it made the song sound very dead instead of restrained (which I
> guess was the desired effect).
>
> Maureen, who knows the real problem is that she thinks she can sing
> it better.... <g>
Then prove it by singing it.
rfholly
>Larissa wrote:
>> On All Sides Snow
>> by Larissa March
>> (To the tune of Both Sides Now
Oh, too cute! We'll have to do this at Boskone. And how can I resist the
day after verse:
And now the storm has gone away,it's time to leave for work today
But my neighbor's car is in the way, it's stuck blocking the drive
He walked to work and left it there, his son and I shovel and swear
The road is clear right over there- out on the other side.
I've looked at snow from both sides now
From drive and street and where's that plow?
etc.
Larissa
> day after verse:
I'm having more fun with this with the added on verses everyone's throwing in here than writing the thing to start with -
this is very cool, and to think I wasn't
sure I should post it in the first place since it "wasn't really filky". (No, I'm not trying to restart the eternal
attempts to define filk!)