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Golden Goose
There aren’t many good goose songs out there, but in honour of little Neve here is a nice little rocker I found by Peter Frampton from the early 70s. Nice howling guitar work.
My brother had a “Frampton Live” album, so I always knew of Peter Frampton as one of the big 70s rockers.
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Hi Jung,
I hope you had a nice short vacation. Unfortunately, I can’t offer you a golden goose but maybe a red one ?
PS: why actual „Golden Goose“ ? Did I miss anything?
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Hi Jurgen, no particular meaning for golden goose, just the name of the song by Frampton. I thought it was a particular breed of goose. That’s a nice video, like the guitar work.
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Technically not about a goose, but at least it’s in the title:
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David, you inspire me to nostalgic ideas. Very good. This song also has something to do with a goose, at least in terms of the title, well…
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Good news Jung: I found the golden goose including her golden egg after all (at least in the song lyrics)
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There are very few songs that mention geese in more than just a passing list of animals (“Unicorn” comes to mind, and of course there are 6 geese a-laying in the “12 Days of Christmas”). I’m afraid most mentions are along the lines of “your goose is cooked” which is certainly not what we want for little Neve.
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Here we go again
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I’ve spent way too much time over the years on YouTube looking for songs and videos that are highly entertaining when reversed, and this one absolutely tops my list. As you can imagine, it begins with the greatest stage entrance in showbiz history:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo25S1EkD50&t=32s
“Sisseeg! Sissoog!”
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Nice one, David. That’s pretty funny.
JP
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There exists nothing in nature that Sesame Street hasn’t orchestrated at some point:
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In my elementary school years each grade I was in had a music class day/time, and in Kindergarten, the teacher had an autoharp (like John Sébastian, Mother Maybelle Carter)that I immensely enjoyed her playing, and let us carefully touch, pluck a few strings with care to explore/experience the sound, and I was impressed, must of had an impact to be 53 now and that occurred when I was 5 …lol, and I believe we had a music teacher come in with different instruments, sons to sing when the Kindergarten teacher didn’t play her autoharp …. otherwise, every other year up to Grade 6 before we had to go to a middle school for Grades 7/8, where we had an actual separate music class of it’s own…, getting back to elementary school school music time in class, a music teacher would come in for half hour approx, with a Songbook series we’d sing from , called ” SONGTIME “and whatever Grade you’d be in, that’s what would be used, example “Songtime 4″, and I distinctively and still recall, a bird song we sang.. ” Yellow Bird”-a tropical island type song possibly from Jamaica or Africa, somewheres tropical derivative origins…I also sang in school choir either in Grade 4 /5/6, then again in Grades 7/7/8 ( Yes, I had to repeat Grade 7 )…????????????????
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Jurgen, just got back from Vancouver Island yesterday. Discovered some breathtaking hiking trails in nature, and there were plenty of beautiful Canada Geese everywhere. Did so much walking got blisters on my toes, I started walking funny by yesterday walking to the float plane.
Really enjoyed and appreciated everyone’s input to this post. Some great musicianship went into the few goose themed songs, and some hilarious videos posted too, thanks to all!
It’s amazing how such a cute and adorable gosling like Neve will grow into such a magnificent bird that is the Canada Goose. Apparently aeronautic engineers took inspiration from the goose for long range aircraft. Does the shape of these geese look familiar?
Nature acts an inspiration for many designs and innovations. One of the main innovations is how airplanes have taken the shape of birds. Birds fly so effortlessly because of the adaptations that they have. Birds have streamlined shapes so that when they are in flight the air can flow on their surface smoothly. Engineers used the shape of the birds as inspiration to model the planes. Most airplanes have a streamlined shape so that they do not face air resistance when they are in motion.
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Jurgen, a great graceful scene from that movie. Watching the geese land on the water just reminded me of my float plane ride LOL! ???? Landed just like that.
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And more recently.
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Hi Jung, glad to hear you had a great few days on Vancouver Island. I know the golden goose only as a fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm („Die Goldene Gans“), which has now irritated me a little. And while we are on the subject of literature, the band Camel dedicated one of their albums to the novella “The Snow Goose” by Paul Gallico. The Snow Goose is a simple, briefly written parable about the regenerative power of friendship and love, set against the backdrop of the horrors of war. It documents the development of a friendship between Philip Rhayader, an artist who lives a solitary life in an abandoned lighthouse in the Essex marshes because of his disability, and a young local girl, Fritha. Together they find an injured snow goose, which they care for and which stands as a symbol of their lifelong affection and love for each other.
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Hi Jurgen, the “Snow Goose” story sounds very heartwarming about the development of friendship. Some great instrumentation there by the band Camel in that song. In parts, it reminded me of the Who. I found a big resource on the internet about how the way geese fly in a V shape inspires team work etc…
I read up on the song “Golden Goose” by Peter Frampton. The phrase “golden goose” means “a continuing source of wealth or profit that may be exhausted if misused…” In Peter Frampton’s song lyrics there is a part that says:
“Well my waiting’s over.
Turn me loose, turn me loose
I ain’t nobody, nobody’s golden goose”
To me the song sounds like Peter Frampton’s rebelling against the music industry, and the greed of the record labels. “..I ain’t nobody’s golden goose”. This aligns with MLTs philosophy of remaining independent musical artists. Kudos to the independent artists.
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Yes, the music industry is constantly on the lookout for the golden goose. Because whoever owns it, it brings good luck and wealth (as in the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm). The golden goose, in this case the musicians or bands are exploited until they lay no more golden eggs and then quickly dropped. This describes Todd Rundgren also in his song:
Everybody wants an egg from the golden goose
But no one cares if they’re the one who kills the golden goose
Everybody wants an egg from the golden goose
I wonder just how many eggs are in the golden goose?
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Jurgen, good point about the Golden Goose and the greedy labels. It’s exploitation indeed. I’ll check out Brother Grimms fairy tale.
Not goose related but here is one of Peter Frampton’s most well known songs.
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Here is a touching story about a Canada Goose that made it on prime time news today.
Geese and swans mate for life, but that bond runs deep, like it does with people.
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Jung, although “only” an instrumental piece of music, these guys might still have met the Beatles in person at Hamburg’s Star Club at 1962.
PS: did you take the beautiful photos of the geese (e.g. landing/launching on the water) yourself? I like them very much.
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Hi Jurgen, even though this is all instrumental, the goose theme is very evident! Sounds nice.
BTW, the the photo is not one I took, but I love it. I can imagine little Neve in a short while will grow those majestic wings to take flight.
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