SONG OF THE WEEK: "My Bonnie"
Hands across the water
SONG OF THE WEEK: “My Bonnie”
—This is usually thought of as a children’s folk song telling of a faraway lover across an ocean. However, it’s actually a “code song” for Scottish political insurgency in the 1740s, tributing the exiled Bonnie Prince Charles (I like the kid’s version better). I recorded this in a grunge-y San Francisco warehouse loft: Fast, dirty, and just for fun, perhaps subconsciously prompted by the rock’n’roll remake by Tony Sheridan & The Beatles. On a cosmic jukebox this track would play next to “Hang On to Yourself” (David Bowie), “I Knew the Bride When She Used to Rock’n’Roll” (Dave Edmunds), “Jailhouse Rock” (Elvis Presley), and “God Save the Queen” (Sex Pistols). Listen/download here (feedback welcome):
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