Honda have just started airing one of my favourite adverts of all time again. The Impossible Dream, is a 2 minute panoramic journey through Honda’s motoring history, to the backing song of The Impossible Dream by Andy Williams.
You can also check out the making of this video here.
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It’s very unusual for a cover to outstrip an original works. People usually fall in love with an original, then consider the cover or re-work to be a black mark on what they love. It’s even more rare that someone should cover Simon & Garfunkel and, in the eyes of some, improve a song. Eva Cassidy might just have done it.
There are some songs that sound good forever. In 1988 The Waterboys released “Fishermans Blues”, a 13 track album without so much as a murmur from pop gurus everywhere. Overlooked by most the title track made it to number 32 in the UK charts, and when re-released in the early nineties it scrapped to number 75.
The song itself is as big a folk anthem as you will ever find. Loved by many people, and held as The Waterboys finest work. It’s feel good, fast paced, toe tapping guitars, fiddles, and mandolin make for a really great tune.
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Honestly, I believe that. I feel a lot like our generation is caught in a spell of being told by every adult, who witnessed the Beatles first hand, that they are the greatest musical group to ever live. Undoubtedley they have catchy melody, great songs, and 4-part harmony to die for. They also released a lot of material, and stayed together a lot longer than most bands. Without the terrible demise of John Lennon, and the poinyant positioning of Imagine, would we speak of them in such reverence?
Golden Slumbers Melody from the Abbey Road, forms the first part of a climactic medley with the song Carry that Weight. The lyrics themselves, at least for the main choral section are taken from a poem by Thomas Dekker (1570-1632).
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes,
Smiles awake you when you rise.
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby;
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Care is heavy, therefore sleep you;
You are care, and care must keep you.
Sleep, pretty wantons, do not cry,
And I will sing a lullaby;
Rock them, rock them, lullaby.
Reportedly McCartney found this poem at a young age in sheet music form, but as he was unable to read music at the time, he wrote his own score. Many years later the full score with orchestral backing was released on Abbey Road. A song which really was years in the making.
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