Thursday 21 April 2011

Martha…No Art today!

Believe it or not I am in the middle of designing Christmas stamps!…hold on it’s April isn’t it?!
So today with the sun beaming through the windows i have been sat here listening to Christmas carols on my I Pod (thanks Lindsay) and trying to get inspiration. I may even put the Christmas tree up tomorrow for added effect!
It’s 23:40 and the eyes are giving up now so it’s time to call it a day but before i go i just want to say a few words about YouTube and the music copyright restriction. Now I understand that if I am using music to promote a product then it should be paid for or have no restrictions, but last week i posted a short video of my daughters birthday which had a background track called “Know body knows you when your down & out” by Eric Clapton.  This lasted online for 5 minutes before the music had been totally wiped by YouTube..it’s such a shame they can’t distinguish between the two….just a thought!

Anyway I was pleased to find one of my favourite records still on YouTube tonight  called Martha by Tom Waits, how long this will last on there I don’t know but its a great song and story. Here is the sentiment given by the person that posted it…
' MARTHA' IS ONE OF THOSE RARE SONGS THAT IS PERFECT. TOM WAITS IS A GENIUS. YES, I AM 64 AND WE ALL HAVE A MARTHA ....LOST OR UNREQUITED LOVE AS THE MAN SAID. HEARD THIS ONE NIGHT IN THE EARLY 1970'S...MADE ME THINK AND CRY..CALLED MY ' MARTHA' THE OTHER DAY....SHE PASSED AWAY A YEAR AGO....LIVE MY FRIENDS..LAUGH AND LOVE....WE ARE JUST PASSING THROUGH....





Have a great Easter everyone,
Andy

1 comment:

  1. Diane Westfield2 May 2011 at 15:36

    The first time i listened to this I have to admit I did not thimk much of it. The second time i actualy listened to the lyrics wich are so truly beautiful that i had to listen to it again, now I ove it, thanks so much for sharing this.

    Di

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