Wednesday 9 April 2014

Tune Time: "Then came the circus so I followed its parade, with all the fancy lion-tamers, high-wire fiery flamers..."

No doubt about this month's choice, it's quite the most dramatic song I think I've ever heard on Radio Two (and one of the longest) - it is, of course, Grace Slick's 'Dreams':

 

Utterly amazing vocal performance.

5 comments:

DavefromTacoma said...

A band I'd never heard of before (Future Islands) just killing it on the Letterman show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ee4bfu_t3c

Furor Teutonicus said...

Good. Now on my "favourite" list.

Thanks Julia.

Anonymous said...

Hear the full album. I bought it in 1981. A classic.

Anonymous said...

"Grace Slag" as she was known back in the day.

Great orchestration, it drowned out her "voice" though...maybe that was deliberate.

Let Hannah Reid from London Grammar have a crack at it.

JuliaM said...

"A band I'd never heard of before (Future Islands) just killing it on the Letterman show"

I shall keep an eye out for them!

"Let Hannah Reid from London Grammar have a crack at it."

Probably will, in the next reality talent show!