“Let Me Sleep Beside You” The World of David Bowie (1970) Whether you’re an icon who just wanted to blend into a rock and roll band or an American aghast at your President-elect’s latest dunderheaded Tweet, some days you “just can’t read shit anymore.” - M.Mīowiest Lyric: “I don’t care which shadow gets me/ All I got is someone’s face” 68. The cut captures that miserable, helpless feeling that accompanies looking at the world and throwing one’s hands skyward in futility. While Tin Machine now feels more like a footnote than the footprint Bowie intended, “I Can’t Read” remains worth peeling open when the doldrums set in. M.M.īowiest Lyric: “The Gods forgot they made me/ So I forget them, too” 69. A gently strummed reminder that all we have is now, the song repeats, “I have seven days to live my life or seven ways to die.” It’s a lyric that resonates all the more given what we know about Bowie’s last days on our planet. The festival will feature a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac and a performance from The Monkees’ Micky Dolenz.Ībbey Road on the River is May 25 through 29 at Big Four Station Park.It’s hard to believe that anyone other than the most die-hard Bowie followers has spent more than a few minutes revisiting Hours however, if you wager that you have a spare 4:04 to allocate, “Seven” won’t be time ill spent. “The very best part is to be performing and communing with an audience.” “That's the best part of being a musician,” Hill said. “I've always sung from when I was a baby, before I could talk I was singing and I just love pop and rock music and so it was just natural that I would sing and play on the harp all the songs that I love so much,” Hill said.īringing together her passion for singing and the harp with her love for music from that era with others who love it just as much. She’s put together David Bowie shows, Kate Bush performances and sets inspired by other music of the time. She’s no stranger to playing the Beatles and others from the 60s and 70s. Hill said that oftentimes, seeing her play is the first time someone has seen a harp in real life. Students also get to see various interpretations of one band, like harpist Erin Hill’s. “It certainly helps them hone their musicianship skills as well as their performance skills and there's just no way to simulate that,” Scofield said. Live performance is a large part of the School of Rock’s teaching philosophy. “They really covered pretty much every type of music and every type of approach in the genre over the last 30 years,” Scofield said. Scofield said students learn a lot about music by studying the Beatles across their long careers and the solo careers of the members. “The Beatles are an essential part of all School of Rock students' education,” said School of Rock owner Melanie Scofield. One of this year’s performers are students from School of Rock Louisville, an organization that teaches instruments and helps them put on live shows. “It's magical and we've tapped into it,” Jacob said.Īnd this multi-age “magic” extends to the musicians, too. He said these cross-generational connections make Abbey Road on the River so special. And that's not something you often see, either.” “Then I would always see teenage boys dancing with their mothers. “I saw two 12-year-old identical twins…listening to The White Album concert on the mainstage, and they were pounding the stage and singing the lyrics to Helter Skelter,” Jacob said. After three years in Cleveland, the festival moved to Louisville then hopped across the river to Jeffersonville, its home today.Īs the festival has grown, Jacob said he’s tapped into the ever-present popularity of the band. Now, the five-day festival celebrates all things Beatles as well as other music and culture of the era. “Before we even got more than a month into it, we decided that a competition was not the right thing to do and we should just get really good Beatle bands from as far away as we can and stage the festival that way,” creator Gary Jacob said. That’s how Abbey Road on the River became a reality.
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