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Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

When I'm President, Ian Hunter, When I'm President

The title track of the CD When I'm President is a standout starting from the underdog opening line "Stranger" from the title of the famous 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert Heinlein. Even if Hunter were Aladdin with the magic lamp he could not change political and economic conditions. Ian's intent if he were president would be to lean on the 1% fat cats meaning the super-rich. Hunter demonstrates an insider's view of American politics favoring the 28th Amendment. The proposed 28th Amendment means that Congress shall make no law that applies to citizens and does not apply equally to Senators and Representatives. Currently, politicians are pirates and robbers whining that they don't have enough money. His administration would be as significant as the presidents on Mount Rushmore and he will be placed there as well. Presidents aspire to be great but "something happens to you up on the Hill" (Congress). If you try to buck the system you will subject to torture as in "The Pit and the Pendulum" depicted in the short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Hunter realizes this will never happen so he ends the song with the phrase when pigs fly, a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. 

The started off as a song called "But I Will If I Have To" but Ian had no lyrics for it. He would have lost the melody. He then tried "When I'm Superman" during an electoral year for Obama in the USA but Hunter thought this was ostentatious and he settled for president instead. It's tongue in cheek and not much changed anyway. The song is written as if it were a guy in a bar or a pub thinking aloud if I were president here are all the things I would do: I would be great. The statement is that both the political right and left continue to fail. 

There is a radio single edit and live version from 2013.

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When I'm President, explained by Ian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqi1z1Ka_4c

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe


Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the story of Valentine Michael Smith, a human who comes to Earth in early adulthood after being born on the planet Mars and raised by Martians, and explores his interaction with and eventual transformation of Terranculture.


a magic spirit believed to take human form and serve the person who calls it


Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

1%

  • Super-rich outstrip their extraordinary grab of half of all new wealth in past decade. 
  • Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day even as at least 1.7 billion workers now live in countries where inflation is outpacing wages.
  •  A tax of up to 5 percent on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion a year, enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty.

"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured. The story is especially effective at inspiring fear in the reader because of its heavy focus on the senses, such as sound, emphasizing its reality, unlike many of Poe's stories which are aided by the supernatural. The traditional elements established in popular horror tales at the time are followed, but critical reception has been mixed. The tale has been adapted to film several times.

The phrase "when pigs fly" (alternatively, "pigs might fly") is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication of such a phrase is that the circumstances in question (the adynaton, and the circumstances to which the adynaton is being applied) will never occur. The phrase has been used in various forms since the 1600s as a sarcastic remark.[1]

When I'm President

(Ian Hunter)

Mother I'm a stranger in a strange land
I feel like an alien
Like I'm on the outside lookin' in
I don't seem to fit in
Maybe I'm Aladdin with a rusty lamp
The genie never stood a chance
To make all my wishes come true 
But here's what I wanna do

I'm gonna lean on the 1%
When I'm president
I wanna 28th Amendment
When I'm president

Like thieves on the holy road
Diggin' up the motherlode
Like pirates on the open sea
Like highway robbery
Still whinin' about your bonus
Man up, you're ridiculous
You know you can't take it with ya
So give a little extra

I'm gonna lean on the 1%
When I'm president
No more bargains in the basement
When I'm president
Washington, Jefferson
Watch out baby 'cos here I come
Abraham, Theodore 
You're gonna see my ugly mug up on Mt, Rushmore

You go in with the right intent
When you become president
You hold those truths to be self-evident
When you become president
But something happens to you up on the hill
It's business as usual
How do you wanna buck the sysem? 
Welcome to the pit and the pendulum

I'm gonna lean on the 1%
When I'm president
I wanna 28th Amendment
When I'm president
No more bargains in the basement
When I'm president
Everything's gonna be different
When I'm president
Veto this, veto that
When I'm president I'll stick it to the fat cats
Cross my heart, hope to die
When I'm president pigs are gonna fly

Look at 'em!



When I'm President4:21Originally issued on When I'm President.
When I'm President (radio single edit)3:58The 'radio edit' version can be found on the box set version of When I'm President.
When I'm President (live 20th March 2013)5:49This live version can be found on Sampling In Reality and on Bag Of Tricks (Vol 3) (box set only).

Friday, December 15, 2023

What For, Ian Hunter, When I'm President

What For is a fun rocker with strong guitars and piano reminiscent of early Mott The Hoople or The Rolling Stones. It's a critique of society or even certain individuals. There is so much trash television, magazines, bling, cell phones, but what is needed is to use your own mind. He's urging the listener know who and what you are, who your friends and enemies are, and grow in the big world we are in. 

Hunter has said this song is about entitled youth. They have material things but they are miserable. `What for?' is the response the young people say to the parents who try to communicate. Ian specifies that it is not about his children who have accomplished things in life but it's to communicate to other self-centered kids in the younger generation. Hunter says this is about precocious, entitled little twats and it's about time somebody gets back at them. 

A clever ending is the Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire refrain. 

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What For

(Ian Hunter)

I had enough of those plastic bags
Can't read them daily rags
Can't watch, can't listen to trash television, trash television
Had enough of counting sheep
Buyin' them magazines, read 'em 'n' weep
What you read is what you know
Gonna write a letter, gonna write a letter home

Cut the crap, lose the bling
Try a little recreational skulldiving
Satellite shopping, inflatable rain
Amateur dramatics, amateur dramatics
Get off that cellular phone
Ain't you got a mind of your own
You gotta learn how to use it, learn how to use it, learn how to use it
Show me what you got now

What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for
What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for

Change your habits, change the locks
Don't be just another kid on the block
Know your enemies, know your friends
Look for something better, look for something better
Big wide world waitin' outside
You're never gonna know if you don't give it a try
You gotta learn how to use it, learn how to use it, learn how to use it
Show me what you got now

What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for
What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for

You always worried about the way you look 
You're gonna fall for every trick in the book
Own little street, own little prison
Ah, you never listen, ah, you never listen
I want respect, and what is more
You ain't getting no key to the door
Until you learn how to earn it, learn how to earn it, learn how to earn it
Show me what you got now, show me what you got now, show me what you got now

What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for
What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for
What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for
What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for

What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for
What for, what for, what for, I'll give you what for

What for - yada yada yada yada


What For is another rocker with strong guitars and piano reminiscent of early Mott The Hoople. Ian hasn't rocked like this for years, and it sounds like he's having fun.

What For4:23Originally issued on When I'm President.

Thursday, December 14, 2023

You Nearly Did Me In, Ian Hunter, All American Alien Boy (Weary Anger, early version)

The majestic You Nearly Did Me In started off as a song entitled Weary Anger but ultimately featured the members of Queen on backing vocals: Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor. It was all happenstance; Trudi, Ian's wife, met Queen on a flight to New York and invited them to Electric Lady studio that night. Unbelievably, they sat and waited for an hour before Hunter knew they were there waiting and wanting to help. Freddie asked: "Is there anything we can do?" Instead of using backing girl vocals as arranged to sing the boys stepped in. Roger took the really high lines and increasingly sang higher. Mott The Hoople and Queen had a long history together and Ian thought the band was fabulous and wonderful. Hunter said Freddie was sorely missed. 

The first verse is about the lost children of the night and then the chorus builds up to the repeated lines of you nearly did me in. The crescendo comes with the immortal lines:

What ever happened to dignity
What ever happened to integrity
What ever happened to honesty
Well I'll tell you something baby - I feel the pain just like the sea

The song is a standout of the LP portraying a stark American landscape amidst the horrors of addiction. 

There is an early version of the song called Weary Anger on the reissues of the original LP. 

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You Nearly Did Me In

(Ian Hunter)

See lonely shadows - silver needles
Abandoned in the evening war
Lost children of the night - come catch the candle bright
I hear a hollow sound - falling to the ground - she's lost before she's found
Sad broken angels takin' rainbows
Out on the street for all to see
If we are the chosen few - what ever happened to
All those things we knew, if this is being free - I'd rather search for me

CHORUS

You nearly did, you nearly did, you nearly did
You nearly did me in, you nearly did me in
And I need some place to hide - my weary anger down

Out on some misty distant highway
Feel like I though a million miles
Is my search nearly done - I think I see someone
I get the urge to run on blindly through the rain,
and I fool myself again

CHORUS

What ever happened to dignity
What ever happened to integrity
What ever happened to honesty
Well I'll tell you something baby - I feel the pain just like the sea

CHORUS


Weary Anger5:45An early version of You Nearly Did Me In is on the 2006 and 2016 (box set) reissues of All American Alien Boy.

Highlight of the album is Irene Wilde (which Ian maintains is a true story), and You Nearly Did Me In (which features Queen's Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor on backing vocals).

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Weary Anger, Ian Hunter, An early version of You Nearly Did Me In is on the 2006 and 1016 (box set) reissues of All American Alien Boy

 

Weary Anger5:45An early version of You Nearly Did Me In is on the 2006 and 1016 (box set) reissues of All American Alien Boy.

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

We Gotta Get Outta Here, Ian Hunter, Welcome to the Club

One of the few new songs on the CD is We Gotta Get Outta Here about the New York Club scene. The critique is two sided, one for the hapless crowd who is attracted to the dead end clubs and the other target is the gossip mongers who celebrate the degenerates who frequent the establishments. The song may have targeted Studio 54 since Hunter went to it only once. The timing was right for satire since the disco fad was at its height. Ian did like Donna Summer though. 

It was an attempt at a single and upon retrospect Hunter is not too fond of the attempt. He has said singles just come organically and they are more inspired. The band had been off the road for six weeks and at first tried to record at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New York which didn't work so they went back to try again by recording live in the studio. 

There is an alternate version and a live version from 1980. 

Also recorded at the Rockpalast TV Show, Grugahalle, Essen Germany 19th April 1980 and is on Missing In Action.

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(Ian Hunter)

It's such a small town rodeo
Such famous people here, with nowhere to go
Well it don't get to me, I think it's the pits
I got no friends, I wanna split.

The daily papers seek a desperate face
The television cameras join in the chase
It's so much fun interviewing urban decay
I grab the microphone away

(Dance) No! (Dance) No! (Dance) No! (Dance) No!

We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now

Hey Rock and Roll feel the holes in my brain
I promise you I'll never come here again
It's all so sad, what a waste of a night
Cause nothing's wrong, but nothing's right (hey)

So don't get along, out of my way
I'm not a robot, I've got something to say
It's such a joke, are you ready to go
Here comes that beat again, oh oh oh oh

(Dance) No! (Dance) No! (Dance) No! (Dance) No!
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of here
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of, we gotta get out
We gotta get out of here right now
We gotta get out of, we gotta get out
We gotta get out of here right now
[repeat while Ellen speaks]

(Oh please I don't wanna go home yet
Come on, can't you do anything I wanna do?
Lets dance, come on please, just once for me
I never get to do anything like this
You're such a drag, you know that?
Everything for you, everything for you, nothing for me, right
What are we gonna do? Go home and watch the Super Bowl
Re-runs of the Mohammed Ali uh Marlene Dietrich fight, what?
There must be somebody here who wants to dance with me
There must be a lot of people here who would like to dance with me, you know
that?
Come on, one, two, three, four - I'll jump right up and do the bump, come on

Listen this place gets really good, this place gets really.....
I heard that the that the the spoon comes down and the moon comes down and
the stars and all sorts of great stuff happens in a little while).



We Gotta Get Outta Here3:14Originally released on Welcome to the Club, and on the compilations The Collection and The Singles Collection 1975-83.
We Gotta Get Outta Here (alternate version)3:14An alternate version was released on Shades of Ian Hunter, and on the compilation From The Knees Of My Heart.
We Gotta Get Outta Here (live 19th April 1980)4:19This live version (recorded Rockpalast TV Show, Grugahalle, Essen Germany) was released on Missing In Action. It can also be found on Live At Rockpalast. Not on the box set.

Monday, December 11, 2023

Way With Words, Ian Hunter, Man Overboard

One of the keys to a long and successful relationship is communication and that is the topic of Way With Words. And the balance of having the right way to express ideas with words is not easy; the subject here is one that is profound, personal, and extraordinarily difficult to pull off. Hunter does not remember how this song developed but I know; it came after many years being in a close relationship that lasts and ideally is formed with a person who understands even a slow thinker who at times can have a swift tongue. 

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Way With Words

(Ian Hunter)

You don't have to raise your voice every time you talk
I don't hear you screaming down the phone
You ain't no drama queen, you don't make a scene
You don't need no fire or brimstone

You don't have to lose it just to make your presence felt
I've often wondered what it must be like
Without my disposition, if I could only listen
To your sweet words whenever lightning strikes

You got a way with words, you soothe away the anger
You got a way with words when you comfort me
You don't have to shout, it always works out
You got a way with words, calm on a restless sea

Patience is a virtue, vengeance is a vice
I never seem to reconcile the two
I got this restless soul and it's dragging you over the coals
You know I'd be lost if it wasn't for you

You got a way with words, you soothe away the anger
You got a way with words when you comfort me
You don't have to shout, it always works out
You got a way with words, calm on a restless sea

I can get myself hung with one little slip of the tongue
I can put my foot right in my mouth
I don't know how you do it, I kinow I always blew it
Every time I'd sit with you and try to work things out

You don't force your opinions down other people's throats
That ain't in your personality
You only got to whisper and everyone gets the picture
I think it's fair to say, we all agree

You got a way with words, you rock me just like a lullaby
You got a way with words, it's extraordinary
'Cos you never shout, you just let them slip out
You got a way with words, calm on a restless sea


Way With Words4:15Originally issued on Man Overboard.

Sunday, December 10, 2023

Waterlow, Ian Hunter, Wildlife, Strings Attached

Waterlow is a simple song nonetheless it is poignant, painful, and emotionally heart-felt about Hunter's divorce and loss of his children, son Steven, and daughter Tracie. Originally a Mott The Hoople track on Wildlife, it was written in 1970. Waterlow Park is a 26-acre space in the south east of Highgate Village in north London. It is near Suicide Bridge where the family went and fed the birds. Hunter married young and had two children by the time he joined Mott which no doubt caused a rift in the family. Ian grew his hair out for the band and his music and domestic life was not in the cards. Hunter's ex-wife was dead set against the change in Ian. However, Hunter feels that this song is the best thing he ever did. 

Torstein Flakne was exceptional on the Strings Attached effort and gave Hunter chills with his contribution on guitar. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterlow_Park

Waterlow Park is a 26-acre (11 ha) park in the south east of Highgate Village, in north London. It was given to the public (i.e. the London County Council[1]) by Sir Sydney Waterlow, as "a garden for the gardenless" in 1889

Waterlow

(Ian Hunter)

I followed the night till the morning sunlight
And I thought of the changing times
And I followed the child with the evergreen smile
And the blue broken tears start to cry
Blue broken tears hide away the years
Misty highway seems colder today
And I saw a Waterlow where the evergreen grows
And the wise man knows why he crys
And I heard a child call 'You're away from us all'
And the blue broken tears start to rise
Blue broken tears ain't nobody here
Lost in the sun my only young one
Blue broken tears our love disappears
The evergreen dies drowned in my eyes
Waterlow (live 29/30th January 2002)3:48Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded Sentrum Scene, Oslo Norway) was issued on Strings Attached.
Waterlow (live October 2010)3:56Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded at an unknown UK venue) was issued on Live In The UK 2010.
Waterlow3:11Described as a 'Trio studio version', this is on Sampling In Reality and on Tilting The Mirror - Rarities (box set only).

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Wasted, Ian Hunter, bonus EP with initial copies of Shrunken Heads

Wasted is a bonus song is reminiscent of God (Take 1) and could have fit the regular CD release if there had been enough space. Initially, this song was to be included but Andy York insisted on Read 'em 'n' Weep. What a song of lament and lost opportunities! This is Hunter in underdog mode as is fairly common as a theme of his. Buff, Mott The Hoople drummer, told Ian he made a career out of being an underdog and Hunter agrees there is something to that notion. Ian's early life was difficult including a great deal of rejection and he had to overcome those barriers to make it. You have to use your gifts to flourish and Hunter has. 

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Wasted*

(Ian Hunter)

We hold on to memories
You hold on to time
But something is stealing me
Right out of your mind
You chose your enemies
You chose your friends
Wasted, wasted, wasted again

You hang on to what you were
You hang on to dreams
But something is pulling me 
Apart at the seams
You cling to the wreckage but
You can't pretend
Wasted, wasted, wasted and then
You get wasted, wasted, wasted again

I don't want to be the one to worry you
And I don't want to be the one to carry you
And I don't want to be the one to bury you
'Cos you're wasted, wasted away

You're fresh out of something that
You still hold dear
You're fresh out of alibis
And you're fresh out of tears
Only one thing that bothers me
I hate it when
You get wasted, wasted, wasted again

I ain't gonna be the one that ferries you
And I ain't gonna be the one that marries you
And I sure don't want to be the one to bury you
Wasted, wasted

We all got our weaknesses
And we all make mistakes
And we all got those habits that
Are so hard to break
I hate to see your gift
Flushed down the drain
Wasted, wasted, wasted and then
You get wasted, wasted, wasted again

Wasted, wasted, wasted again



It will be interesting to see how much of this material come across live (I suspect 'very well'). Initial copies of this album come with a 3-track bonus CD - for once the "limited edition" tag is accurate, as bonus-less versions are already in the shops. The tracks are as strong as on the main album (ie definitely not demo tracks). Your Eyes in particular would not have been out of place on the main album, while Wasted has more than a touch of Ian's own God (Take One) about it. At about 50 minutes the album is the right length and the production is very clean.

Wasted5:05Originally released on the bonus EP with initial copies of Shrunken Heads.

Friday, December 8, 2023

Wash Us Away, Ian Hunter, Rant, Acoustic Shadows

The framework for Wash Us Away is historical but Hunter relates it to his generation and makes it more personal by abstractly describing how his youth impacted him. During the transition from blues, rhythm and blues, and early rock 'n' roll the aforementioned reference to the Dead Sea Scrolls were found during this same period from 1946-1956. The wash us away line was used as a vocal tool for melody over the chords as Ian felt the song came looking for him. A succession of liaisons take place throughout life as we become adult and ultimately pass. Coming at two days before the end of the sessions the clever wordplay "the heart and the arrow, the rattle and the snake" added to the mostly live recordings. Drummer Mickey Currey suggested a change and it added a great deal to finishing the song well according to Hunter.  

There are three live versions, from 2002, 2008, and 2010. 

In 2005 the song was performed live and broadcast exclusively on KGSR Broadcasts vol. 13.

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The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves


Wash Us Away

(Ian Hunter)

On the very first decade that we got to dream in
Our fathers were angry, our mother's were screamin'
At the clothes we were wearin' and the music we got off on
Hitler was dead, welcome to Babylon

Carved our initials out across the sand
The heart and the arrow, no-one understands
Then the tide rolled in and everything ran
And washed us away, washed us away, washed us away

Up in the attic ambition was burning
Now my fingers were bleedin' but the tables were turning
Down in the city the future was beckoning
And I hated myself on the day of reckoning
(Oh yeah)
Carved our initials on top of the cake
The heart and the arrow - the rattle and the snake
How was I to know that the Earth was gonna break
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

Everything's temporary in this world
Ain't it a shame when you lose someone
Here tomorrow, gone today
Wash us away, wash us away, wash us away

There was never a fool like a young fool alone in
A world without someone he can find a home in
And for all the wrong reasons we rescued each other
You bandaged my heart I never would recover
(ohhhh)
No river runs true, it always takes a twist
Hearts can be broken, arrows gonna miss
How was I to know that it was gonna come down to this
And wash us away

And we wrote our names on the Dead Sea Scrolls
The young and the restless, the brave and the bold
How was we to know it was gonna get outta control
And wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away, wash us away,wash us away, wash us away
Wash Us Away3:57Originally released on Rant, also on the compilation The Journey.
Wash Us Away (live 29/30th January 2002)4:27This live version (recorded Sentrum Scene, Oslo Norway) was issued on Strings Attached.
Wash Us Away (live 2nd March 2008)4:26This live version (recorded at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford England) was issued on Acoustic Shadows (box set only).
Wash Us Away (live October 2010)4:29This live version (recorded at an unknown UK venue) was issued on Live In The UK 2010.

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Walkin' With a Mountain, Ian Hunter, Mad Shadows & Welcome to the Club (with Rock and Roll Queen), Wait

The Walkin' With a Mountain rocker was released on Mad Shadows, featured often in live sets, on Welcome to the Club and is an up tempo song with a segue into The Rolling Stones track Jumpin' Jack Flash. The original release for Mott The Hoople needed something fast and the song was written in about ten minutes. In Olympic Studios Guy Stevens said a rocker was needed so Ian immediately launched into this two-chord obvious song and Stevens was delighted. Mick Ralphs wrote Rock and Roll Queen on demand for the band in 1969 and this one came similarly. One day, Hunter saw a guy leaning up against a lamp post on his bike with a little radio strapped to his crossbar listening to Half Moon Bay which inspired Ian. Another related memory for Hunter was a letter to Rolling Stone claiming that Bob Dylan was trying to sound like Mott. Early on, Mott didn't think that highly of themselves but these songs were inspiring these chaps and rockers such as this are the result. 

On Welcome to the Club two songs are stitched together both Walkin' and Queen

There are three live versions from 1979 and one from 1981. 

Also recorded at the Park West, Chicago IL 22nd June 1979 on Collateral Damage. It is a medley with Rock 'n' Roll Queen. 

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Walkin' With a Mountain

(Ian Hunter)

A mountain train's coming down the track
She ain't wasting time
She's carrying me cause I'm going back
Right to the Delaware line
She knows well I ain't been anywhere
Because I crawl back every time to her
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain

Troubles and tears
I'll take it in years
I left so many behind
I may be a train rearranged
Who knows what I'll find
But everything's better in my life I know
I can face any grades that I'm on
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
(alright)
(hey hey hey)

(oh) I'm walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
When she talks to me I know she sees
Where I'm heading to
She sits winks takes it all in
Just admires the view
And if I had a choice in life
I'd take that mountain for my wife
I'm walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Walkin' with a mountain
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas
Jumping Jack Flash it's a gas


Walkin' With A Mountain is another rocker that would feature in the live set almost till the end and includes an impromptu segue into the Stones Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Walkin' With a Mountain (live 22nd June 1979)(4:22)Originally a Mott The Hoople track. This live version (recorded at Park West, Chicago IL) was released on Collateral Damage. Not on the box set.
Walkin' With a Mountain (live 5-11th November 1979)(4:17)This live version (recorded at The Roxy, Los Angeles CA) was released on Welcome to the Club, and on the compilation From The Knees Of My Heart.
Walkin' With a Mountain (live 22nd November 1979)(5:45)This live version (recorded Hammermith Odeon, London England) was originally issued on If You Wait Long Enough For Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (box set only).
Walkin' With A Mountain (live 26-28th October 1981)4:21This live version (recorded at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco CA) was originally issued on If You Wait Long Enough For Anything, You Can Get It On Sale (box set only).

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Walk On Water, (Ian Hunter/McNasty) Ian Hunter, The Artful Dodger

Hunter co-wrote Walk On Water with Robbie Alter as an oblique narrative along the cryptic style of Shallow Crystals and Silver Needles. The Caledonian swing of the introduction gives sway to a heavy drum beat and sparkling guitar while a tormented soul gets lost in rock 'n' roll and does not come out alive. Ian echoes the spirit of Guy Stevens in this song and could refer to Kurt Cobain who died in April 1994; Hunter has not identified a specific individual. 

Pushed too far artists find themselves inexperienced and not ready for prime time. The point of the song is that they are not Jesus who can walk on water and they are a lamb for the slaughter. It could  have happened to Hunter "but for the grace of God." It is a warning not to push the limits too soon. Hunter says this is not a favorite of his. He did have similar thoughts about the New York Dolls and they could have been bigger if they were allowed to develop and not pushed too soon. 

Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me

Walk On Water

(Ian Hunter/McNasty)

Little flame tormented soul
tried to get lost in all that rock and roll
Came crashing through here like some hurricane
too much too soon for you little flame

[chorus]
You can't walk on water
you can't walk on water, don't try
like a lamb to the slaughter
oh! but for the grace of God go I

Little flame caught that savage sound
he liked to turn it upside down
well I think I know what you were talking about
I'm just so sorry that your flame went out

Fun with no conscience, tracks with no tears
the rich get richer and the devil's got no fears
Sounds his call, political lies
there ain't no virtue without sacrifice

You can't walk on water
You can't walk on water
You can't walk on water
You can't walk on water
You can't walk on water
You can't walk on water

You can't walk on
[repeat and fade]



Walk On Water3:50Originally issued on The Artful Dodger.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Wake Up Call, Ian Hunter, demo Tilting The Mirror - Rarities

This song was one of three done with Arthur Baker in the 1980s, Good Man in a Bad Time, this song for The Wraith film, and a demo Professional Lover for Tina Turner which Hunter thought was well done but most likely not pursued for release. Ian enjoyed the sound of his work with Baker and the task was easier than an entire album. The artist can place all their energy into one song for a film and the work is done in two days. The song is one of the most pumped up that Hunter ever wrote, ideal for a morning to get the blood pumping, and could fit well for an exercise tape. 


Wake Up Call

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnV68tzpwdc


Wake Up Call4:51This demo can be found on Tilting The Mirror - Rarities (box set only).

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