tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post2924036742622403855..comments2024-03-29T07:51:40.085+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: HardinYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-28193455340115039052022-05-25T22:07:43.669+01:002022-05-25T22:07:43.669+01:00Thanks for the heads up about this song, Steve. It...Thanks for the heads up about this song, Steve. It's beautiful; haunting and sweet (Hardin's version).jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-60005336498335384472022-05-24T14:43:11.719+01:002022-05-24T14:43:11.719+01:00Bah ha ha...Bah ha ha...Melinda from Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019426158896831594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-87023767987858205852022-05-24T14:23:13.645+01:002022-05-24T14:23:13.645+01:00No caution necessary? Ontario here I come!No caution necessary? Ontario here I come!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-67378806238958849802022-05-24T14:22:31.141+01:002022-05-24T14:22:31.141+01:00No we won't. I guess the woman in the song cou...No we won't. I guess the woman in the song could have been the carpenter and the guy could have been a gentleman.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24761249010550880382022-05-24T14:21:36.742+01:002022-05-24T14:21:36.742+01:00Even Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney had demons to ...Even Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney had demons to wrestle with but now they are old men with zimmer frames.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55340883812319952702022-05-24T14:20:25.228+01:002022-05-24T14:20:25.228+01:00Thanks for the heads up re. "Misty Roses"...Thanks for the heads up re. "Misty Roses" Steve. I will go and listen to that right now.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45568653154476206542022-05-24T14:10:35.169+01:002022-05-24T14:10:35.169+01:00I remember this song. It reminds me of "You&#...I remember this song. It reminds me of "You're having my Baby" by Paul Anka. I think I remember reading that Anka's song caused a more relaxed use of birth control in the 70s. I can see why too. Listening to either of these songs while sipping a glass of wine would have caused me to throw caution to the wind. (No caution is necessary these days.)Melinda from Ontariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019426158896831594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-967923318834207212022-05-24T13:57:32.554+01:002022-05-24T13:57:32.554+01:00I remember how much I loved that song as a child. ...I remember how much I loved that song as a child. Reading the lyrics now, I realize how incredibly patriarchal it was with all its talk of following behind and putting above. I wonder how Hardin would feel now, if he were alive. We will never know, will we?Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16339897201841295082022-05-24T11:51:56.741+01:002022-05-24T11:51:56.741+01:00So many singers have their demons and suffer and s...So many singers have their demons and suffer and self medicate with fatal consequences.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-26369783341058410582022-05-24T11:20:44.562+01:002022-05-24T11:20:44.562+01:00I love that song, but I always associate it with J...I love that song, but I always associate it with Joan Baez! Tim Hardin also wrote "Misty Roses," which the Fifth Dimension made famous.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-20111806261366497112022-05-24T11:11:34.461+01:002022-05-24T11:11:34.461+01:00If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning.....If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning... It was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11984883484554662352022-05-24T11:08:30.968+01:002022-05-24T11:08:30.968+01:00Heroin is nobody's heroine.Heroin is nobody's heroine.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72921876642677353022022-05-24T11:07:53.414+01:002022-05-24T11:07:53.414+01:00So many great songs never got written.So many great songs never got written.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-66309015558533012512022-05-24T11:07:08.961+01:002022-05-24T11:07:08.961+01:00You are so right Jenny. I would love to read his b...You are so right Jenny. I would love to read his biography but I don't believe it was ever written.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-85073989790098638662022-05-24T11:05:51.638+01:002022-05-24T11:05:51.638+01:00He had such talent. How tragic to waste it for a h...He had such talent. How tragic to waste it for a horrible addiction.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-10553377431521430602022-05-24T11:04:56.460+01:002022-05-24T11:04:56.460+01:00Heroins also take a lot of fish with their spear-l...Heroins also take a lot of fish with their spear-like beaks.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58586316911113228992022-05-24T11:04:17.955+01:002022-05-24T11:04:17.955+01:00Grammatical correctness in songwriting is preferab...Grammatical correctness in songwriting is preferable. The Beatles ought to have sung - "She loves you. Yes! Yes! Yes!"Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44802314025560974112022-05-24T11:02:27.543+01:002022-05-24T11:02:27.543+01:00Well I am pleased that I have spread his name a li...Well I am pleased that I have spread his name a little further.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-52280583262266217862022-05-24T11:01:43.958+01:002022-05-24T11:01:43.958+01:00I agree. Maybe it was just that "above" ...I agree. Maybe it was just that "above" rhymes well with "love"!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47969822173361945672022-05-24T09:30:42.275+01:002022-05-24T09:30:42.275+01:00I remember the song, but not aware Tim Hardin was ...I remember the song, but not aware Tim Hardin was the singer. Not a name I recognise.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54683759020389386532022-05-24T08:23:57.351+01:002022-05-24T08:23:57.351+01:00That the lyrics had 'were' rather than ...That the lyrics had 'were' rather than 'was' pleased me no end.pottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834163803780455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58800519090736627202022-05-24T07:42:31.497+01:002022-05-24T07:42:31.497+01:00I like the lines about giving one's onliness, ...I like the lines about giving one's onliness, but I am not sure about the bit "Answer me baby, Yes I would, I'll put you above me".Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-39960351837807322232022-05-24T07:15:57.114+01:002022-05-24T07:15:57.114+01:00I'd forgotten the song and never did know the ...I'd forgotten the song and never did know the name of the singer. Heroin takes far too many.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19512998839395073202022-05-24T03:36:12.684+01:002022-05-24T03:36:12.684+01:00I remember this song. I didn't know of the sin...I remember this song. I didn't know of the singer's tragic end. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59152154558340503502022-05-24T02:01:28.796+01:002022-05-24T02:01:28.796+01:00So this is the original -- it's far better tha...So this is the original -- it's far better than the "popular" versions I heard growing up. It's a shame he was a war casualty, a different kind but a casualty nonetheless.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.com