John Gorka-songs
Amy Kruse
info....someone just posted a discography for John Gorka and they missed one
that I know of offhand.....He does a track called (I think) "Christmas Bells"
on the Winter Solstice III album from Windham Hill, an incredible album by the
way. It starts of like:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play...
But in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said..
The hate is strong and mocks the song
Peace on earth good will to men...
An incredibly powerful track...definitely John.
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Richard Gordon
but he goes skating on the river one last time? Where is that
song?
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Gary Martin
Since I'm the one who started the thread I feel ogbliged to include some
info....someone just posted a discography for John Gorka and they missed one
that I know of offhand.....He does a track called (I think) "Christmas
Bells" on the Winter Solstice III album from Windham Hill, an incredible
album by the way. It starts of like:
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play...
But in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said..
The hate is strong and mocks the song
Peace on earth good will to men...
An incredibly powerful track...definitely John.
I think not. As I recall, the music is Gorka's but the lyrics are a
poem by a famous poet - Tennyson? Whitman? Somebodyelseveryfamous?
Anybody got the details?
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Gary A. Martin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UMass Dartmouth
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W. David Higgins
"From a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" sez the
pseudo liner notes included in the CD.
Gorka is also the coauthor of Christine Lavin's
"Sensitive New Age Guys". He sings in the S.N.A.G.
chorus as well...
Hope this helps.
Bill Pringle
> that I know of offhand.....He does a track called (I think) "Christmas
> Bells" on the Winter Solstice III album from Windham Hill, an incredible
> album by the way. It starts of like:
>
> I heard the bells on Christmas Day
>
> An incredibly powerful track...definitely John.
>
>I think not. As I recall, the music is Gorka's but the lyrics are a
>poem by a famous poet - Tennyson? Whitman? Somebodyelseveryfamous?
>Anybody got the details?
Well, we sing that hymn in church every year around Christmas time,
so I don't think John wrote it. According to our hymnal, the words
were written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). Our music was
written by John Baptiste Calkin (1827-1905). John could have used
different music ... I don't have that CD, so I can't check.
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Bill Pringle
> that I know of offhand.....He does a track called (I think) "Christmas
> Bells" on the Winter Solstice III album from Windham Hill, an incredible
> album by the way. It starts of like:
>
> I heard the bells on Christmas Day
>
> An incredibly powerful track...definitely John.
>
>I think not. As I recall, the music is Gorka's but the lyrics are a
>poem by a famous poet - Tennyson? Whitman? Somebodyelseveryfamous?
>Anybody got the details?
Bill Pringle
> that I know of offhand.....He does a track called (I think) "Christmas
> Bells" on the Winter Solstice III album from Windham Hill, an incredible
> album by the way. It starts of like:
>
> I heard the bells on Christmas Day
>
> An incredibly powerful track...definitely John.
>
>I think not. As I recall, the music is Gorka's but the lyrics are a
>poem by a famous poet - Tennyson? Whitman? Somebodyelseveryfamous?
>Anybody got the details?
Bill Pringle
> that I know of offhand.....He does a track called (I think) "Christmas
> Bells" on the Winter Solstice III album from Windham Hill, an incredible
> album by the way. It starts of like:
>
> I heard the bells on Christmas Day
>
> An incredibly powerful track...definitely John.
>
>I think not. As I recall, the music is Gorka's but the lyrics are a
>poem by a famous poet - Tennyson? Whitman? Somebodyelseveryfamous?
>Anybody got the details?
Bill Pringle
>Is this the song about the guy called up to go to Desert Storm
>but he goes skating on the river one last time? Where is that
>song?
You might be thinking of "Temporary Road", which is on a Fast Folk CD.
It is also the title of his new (not out yet) album, so you should be
able to get that version.
Here is the Fast Folk album. It is a good one:
Various|Fast Folk - Detours|1991|Fast Folk|FFCD 508
Drive All Night||Flint, Kelly
Fishing Trip||Peterson, Al
Memory of You||Shindell, Richard
I Always Knew||Five Chinese Brothers, The
Motel Room Dreams||Eberhardt, Cliff
Dime Store Nickel||Cantor, David
Routine Day in Paradise||MacDonals, Rod
Blue to White||Julian, Richard
Huge Gray Blob, The|Big Jimmy
Bill Pringle
of Christmas", or you have killed the thread, and missed this apology.
Our newsreader kept hanging when I tried to post. I thought it wasn't
getting out, but apparently it was. Mucho apologetico !!