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Title: From the Morning Post by: Lou on 03-Jul-10, 10:24:28 PM Have you seen the ATT Commercial that's shown in this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QddkHo1X5qY Well, I liked the song that they used in the commercial so I did some searching and found that the song was written by a musician named Nick Drake, a songwriter you may not know or remember from back in the the 70's. He committed suicide at 26 after not having widespread success. His songs are now more popular that they ever were, having been used in the ATT commercial and a VW commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIOW9fLT9eY) a few years ago. I also found a link to the full song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2JjJPDz3EE And here's the lyrics to the song. FROM THE MORNING ------------------ A day once dawned And it was beautiful A day once dawned from the ground Then the night she fell And the air was beautiful The night she fell all around So look see the days The endless colored ways And go play the game that you learnt From the morning And now we rise And we are everywhere And now we rise from the ground And see she flies And she is everywhere See she flies all around So look see the sights The endless summer nights And go play the game that you learnt From the morning ------------ What a beautiful song. My interpretation of the lyrics is that 'morning' represents the early part of one's life and 'night' refers to our older years. He is basically telling us to appreciate life and all it has to offer. Check out some of his other songs, such as "River Man" and "Which Will". Lou Title: Re: From the Morning Post by: jeanne on 03-Jul-10, 10:28:02 PM Lou, I love that song!!!!! I looked him up also after seeing that ad. So sad that his time "came" after he passed.
I love the liberty mutual "responsibility" ads as well. One of the songs from those ads is "Half Acre" by Hem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0CWvbl51o Title: Re: From the Morning Post by: MAK on 03-Jul-10, 10:52:38 PM :wave: Thanks Lou and Jeanne! I really enjoyed those tunes. :mbanana: bguitar
Title: Re: From the Morning Post by: Lou on 03-Jul-10, 10:56:54 PM Lou, I love that song!!!!! I looked him up also after seeing that ad. So sad that his time "came" after he passed. I love the liberty mutual "responsibility" ads as well. One of the songs from those ads is "Half Acre" by Hem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0CWvbl51o That's cool too Jeanne. Thanks for sharing. I saw that commercial too. It's the one of people helping other people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5AynTb3Tg Title: Re: From the Morning Post by: Donna on 03-Jul-10, 11:13:46 PM Lou, I love that song!!!!! I looked him up also after seeing that ad. So sad that his time "came" after he passed. I love the liberty mutual "responsibility" ads as well. One of the songs from those ads is "Half Acre" by Hem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0CWvbl51o That's cool too Jeanne. Thanks for sharing. I saw that commercial too. It's the one of people helping other people. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5AynTb3Tg Great songs...listening now. Thanks Lou & jeanne. I like that "responsibility" commercial too, wish the world was like that. Title: Re: From the Morning Post by: dale on 04-Jul-10, 02:59:30 AM I had never known much about Nick Drake, but then a while ago I heard a long story about him on NPR that included interviews with family, etc. The NPR archives have a bunch of stuff available to listen to.
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