If you want to be popular don’t mention politics or religion – if you want to change the world SPEAK OUT!!
I want to change the world and I like singers, songwriters, writers, artists and poets who say something about life, unfairness, injustice, tolerance, freedom and the destruction of the world. We’ve got enough love songs and trivia.
Loudon is one of those. He comments on things.
I first got in to Loudon in the 1970 after his first album came out. It was being played in a Guru Maharaji shop. You remember the good old guru? He was an incarnation of god. He asked all his followers to sell everything they owned, join the ashram and follow his teaching. He lived in a penthouse with a fleet of Rolls Royce’s. I used to see people go by carrying stereos and heaps of albums. I used to buy their albums.
The guy who ran the shop – selling all the worldly goods being brought in – had sold his house and given the proceeds to the guru!
Anyway – I was in there one day and they played Loudon’s album. It had just been released. It must have been a recent convert. I was smitten. I bought it.
I saw him play a number of times – best being in Los Angeles – and always liked him. His albums have been a bit patchy but there is always something to latch on to. He has this dark humour and pertinent lyrics.
I bet there’s a lot of us who feel that the lyrics of this song speak for them. I think anyone who reads my blog knows exactly what I stand for and against. I say what I think. Can’t see any point in being anything other – can you?
One Man Guy – Loudon Wainwright 111
People will know when they see this show
The kind of a guy I am
They’ll recognize just what I stand for and what I just can’t stand
They’ll perceive what I believe in
And what I know is true
And they’ll recognize I’m a one man guy
Always was through and through
People meditate
Hey that’s just great
Trying to find the inner you
People depend on family and friends
And other folks to pull them through
I don’t know why I’m a one man guy
Or why I’m a one man show
But these three cubic feet of bone and blood and meat are all I love and know
Cause I’m a one man guy in the morning
Same in the afternoon
One man guy when the sun goes down
I whistle me a one man tune
One man guy a one man guy
Only kind of guy to be
I’m a one man guy
I’m a one man guy
I’m a one man guy is me
I’m gonna bathe and shave
And dress myself and eat solo every night
Unplug the phone, sleep alone
Stay way out of sight
Sure it’s kind of lonely
Yeah it’s sort of sick
Being your own one and only
Is a dirty selfish trick
Cause I’m a one man guy in the morning
Same in the afternoon
One man guy when the sun goes down
I whistle me a one man tune
One man guy a one man guy
Only kind of guy to be
I’m a one man guy
I’m a one man guy
I’m a one man guy is me
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Rock Music
- The Blues Muse – the story of Rock music through the eyes of the man with no name who was there through it all.
2. In Search of Captain Beefheart – The story of one man’s search for the best music from the fifties through to now.
Science Fiction
1. Ebola in the Garden of Eden – a tale of overpopulation, government intrigue and a disaster that almost wipes out mankind, warmed by the humanity of children.
2. Green – A story set in the future where pollution is destroying the planet and factions of the Green Party have different solutions – a girl is born with no nervous system.
Kindle & Paperback versions:
The Environment
1. Anthropocene Apocalypse – a detailed memoir of the destruction taking place all over the globe with views on how to deal with it.
Education
- A passion for Education – A Headteacher’s story – The inside story of how to teach our children properly.
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