Songs About Boats

The very gifted King Creosote, (Kenny Anderson) from Fife, with a catchy number, accompanied by a strange, funny, boaty, fishy video: Coast on by

http://youtu.be/vex-5ozOnYg

 

No boats in the song itself, but *so* beautiful, and totally filmed in a boat. John Smith and Lisa Hannigan: Ain't no ash will burn.

http://youtu.be/Rlg3Olr_e9g

 

Have you had this one?

Nick Cave: Ship Song

http://youtu.be/rKlaV-9Vzsk

 

That's great stuff!

 

I saw 'Said the whale' in a front room house concert in York earlier this year.

Here is full on chilling boatiness, in song and video:

Curse of the currents
http://youtu.be/nzJrVVXAQpE

Just fifteen miles from shore
I lost the love that I had
Slipped and fell into the cold
Of the deep and the dark below
Big wave, small boat
We tipped, I froze
My hands were ice, my feet were stone
I could not throw the rope
I caught her eye as she dipped down with a wave

I jumped in but I was too late
Fighting with the currents of the Georgia Strait
Fighting with the wind and the tide and the waves
I lost my love that day
I touched her fingers as she breathed out my name

She smiled at me, I watched her fade away
To the deep and the dark of the underwave
To the Currents of the Georgia Strait

And here it's been ten years to the day
And here I'll sit for a hundred years and I'll wait
Till I see her smiling face
Come shining up through the waves
On the shore, in the rain I'll wait
Till I see my love again

I pray to God, I curse my luck, I question my faith
I curse my empty hearted fate
And I curse the wind and the tide and the waves
And I curse the currents of the Georgia Strait
Where I lost my love that day
Where I lost my heart
To the curse of the currents of the Georgia Strait
It's the curse of the currents of the Georgia Strait

 

I am boatingly chilled.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuYUItahrE&feature=player_embedded

 

http://youtu.be/DnU3Isc00yc

 

Eileen Quinn

http://www.eileenquinn.com/

 

The Edmond Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian classic. The lyrics were recently changed by the original artist to reflect new, more accurate information on it's demise.

-Tom

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq4B_zHqPM&feature=player_embedded

 

I don't think this one's been posted yet. Annie filled stadiums in the sixties, but is all but forgotten. Renaissance's Ocean Gypsy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGhUVX3-A18

Sounds like crap on my computer. Sometimes I miss my Nakamichi Dragon, Yamaha turntable and preamp, SAE amps, and Dahlquist DQ10's.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv-wKEMALNU&feature=related

Lord, we take this journey
To find a promised land
Lord, we take this journey
To find a promised land
And we believe in your power
We believe in your power
We believe in your power
But the end is so close,
So close at hand

Lord, these men are hungry
There just hasn't been enough
And the journey's been so rough
And, Lord, these men are hurting
They implore me to go back
As the planks beneath them crack

And I know it's my responsibility
But I'm starving too
And I hurt, I do
And I'm lost
I believe in my responsibility
But I need to see
If the fruits will be worth the cost

So I'm begging you, Lord
You gotta stop, take a look
At your children who believe in this promised land
Have mercy, Lord
Stop their suffering and their woe
Stop, shine your light on these children
Who have faith in your guiding hand
I'm just begging Lord
‘Cause there's no place else to go
I am unworthy, Lord

Lord, this ship is crowded
And the men are tired an worn
But another baby's born
And, Lord, this ship is broken
And the sails are ripped and old
But the winds are rough and cold

And I know it's my responsibility
When I ride the sea
These men turn to me for a sign
I believe in my responsibility
But I can't be sure
When it's time for your light to shine
So I'm begging you, Lord
To make it stop
Take a look at your children
Who believe in this promised land
Have mercy, Lord
Give a sign to let us know
Stop, shine your light on these children
Who have faith in your guiding hand
I'm just begging, Lord
‘Cause there's no place else to go

Lord, save this child
I am not strong enough
I am not strong enough
Lord, save my soul
I am unworthy

Lord, take my hand
I am not strong enough
I am not strong enough
Lord, take my heart
I am unworthy

Lord, give me hope
I am not strong enough
I am not strong enough
Lord, give me light
I am unworthy
I am unworthy

Stop, take a look
At the children, at the children
Who believe in this promised land
You gotta have mercy, Lord
Have mercy, Lord
Give us strength so that we can grow

Stop, shine your light
On these children who have faith in the divine

I'm just begging, Lord
I'm just begging you, Lord
I know I am unworthy
But there's no place else to go

A new world calls across the ocean
A new world calls across the ocean
A new world calls across the sky

 

We came across the west sea
We didn't have much idea of the
Kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water
Or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it

"Nice 'n' Sleazy" - The Stranglers

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbfhQS9-9nE&feature=related