On Saturday evening we popped along for a bit of the free Turning Tides music festival in London's glamorous North Greenwich.
In some respects I wish I had not bothered. The people responsible for the change over between sets were ridiculously slow, taking up to an hour every time. As a result each set was reduced to little more than 30 minutes rather than the scheduled 60.
Then after the gig the tube was temporarily suspended for some reason, which meant we had to queue for ages with the handful of people who had been to see Peter Kay at the O2 before starting the journey home.
On the plus side, I very much enjoyed the truncated performances by Ibibio Sound Machine and our old favourites Girl Ray, so on balance I'm glad I went.
To mark the event here are some songs about tides that don't require you to wait an hour before listening to each one or to submit yourselves to the tender mercies of Transport for London.
"Turning Of The Tide" - Richard Thompson
"Just As The Tide Was Flowing" - Ryan Boldt
"High Tide For One" - Johanna Samuels
"New Tide" - Roger Wootton
Is that "10 000 Maniacs" song a traditional folk song? I am at this very moment listening to a Shirley and Dolly Collins version (1979)
ReplyDeleteCryptic even by your standards. I assume you mean "Just As The Tide Was Flowing"? If so, yes it is trad. arr.
DeleteAlways good to see Angela Trimble
ReplyDeleteWhat? Are you and George having a competition to see who can be most cryptic?
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