Orion Swings
from Steel Cage Match by Brooke vs. John
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumA past musical project of mine, and the one Professional! Studio! Recording! of my music, which is why it has a price tag on it - recording ain't cheap, and the sound quality is fantastic on these tracks compared to the living room recording quality (you know... intimate! in a "the dishwasher may be audible in the background" way!) of most of my bandcamp offerings.
Steel Cage Match is 15 tracks of Brooke & John causing trouble, in a low-profile sleeve case sealed with a pharmacy warning label. (See below for more about John, my wonderful guitar-playing pal!) Why is it the same price as the digital album? MY APARTMENT IS OVER-RUN BY THEM. The shipping is kind of intense, though, because alas, that's what it costs.
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Words & Music by Brooke Abbey, 2006.
Alternate title: Väinämöinen's Scythe Cuts Me Through. Haha okay that's a terrible title, but OMG all the umlauts! Yes! It's my cheerful, okay, gloomy and alienated winter solstice song! Well, winter leaves an ambiguous taste in my mouth.
This took poor Tony Fabris, my sainted recording studio monkey, forever to mix because my banjola was having winter pouts or something. Place your hand over your heart and think of his aggravated expression with love as you enjoy the final product.
(The image to the left is "the defence of the Sampo," a painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The white-haired dude is Väinämöinen - in Finland, the constellation Orion is called Väinämöinen's Scythe.)
Alternate title: Väinämöinen's Scythe Cuts Me Through. Haha okay that's a terrible title, but OMG all the umlauts! Yes! It's my cheerful, okay, gloomy and alienated winter solstice song! Well, winter leaves an ambiguous taste in my mouth.
This took poor Tony Fabris, my sainted recording studio monkey, forever to mix because my banjola was having winter pouts or something. Place your hand over your heart and think of his aggravated expression with love as you enjoy the final product.
(The image to the left is "the defence of the Sampo," a painting by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The white-haired dude is Väinämöinen - in Finland, the constellation Orion is called Väinämöinen's Scythe.)
lyrics
capo 2 Am G Am G Am G Am G
The mountain's snowy top and face of spar Am G Em
Reflect the moon's serene, indifferent rays Em Am G Am
And Venus when she is an evening star Am G Em
Is undiminished now by lingering day Em Am G Am
Orion's distant sword swings overhead F G C Am
In blessing or in threat? No one can say. F G Am Em
No omen is discerned, no portents read F G C Am
The meaning of the stars is not betrayed F G Am Em
to me. Am G Am G Am G Am G
Through pale and starveling days we bleakly wait Am G Em
For darkness to be spent and so retreat Em Am G Am
For winter to renounce her cold estate Am G Em
And coax the creeping springtime's mellow heat Em Am G Am
Orion's distant sword swings overhead F G C Am
In blessing or in threat? No one can say. F G Am Em
No omen is discerned, no portents read F G C Am
The meaning of the stars is not betrayed F G Am Em
to me. Am G Am G Am G Am
The mountain's snowy top and face of spar Am G Em
Reflect the moon's serene, indifferent rays Em Am G Am
And Venus when she is an evening star Am G Em
Is undiminished now by lingering day Em Am G Am
Orion's distant sword swings overhead F G C Am
In blessing or in threat? No one can say. F G Am Em
No omen is discerned, no portents read F G C Am
The meaning of the stars is not betrayed F G Am Em
to me. Am G Am G Am G Am G
Through pale and starveling days we bleakly wait Am G Em
For darkness to be spent and so retreat Em Am G Am
For winter to renounce her cold estate Am G Em
And coax the creeping springtime's mellow heat Em Am G Am
Orion's distant sword swings overhead F G C Am
In blessing or in threat? No one can say. F G Am Em
No omen is discerned, no portents read F G C Am
The meaning of the stars is not betrayed F G Am Em
to me. Am G Am G Am G Am
credits
from Steel Cage Match,
released June 19, 2009
Vocals, Banjola: Brooke Abbey
Guitar: John Caspell
Bass: Peggy Lunderville
Vocals, Banjola: Brooke Abbey
Guitar: John Caspell
Bass: Peggy Lunderville
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Brooke Abbey Vancouver
Brooke Abbey (formerly Brooke Lunderville) is a banjo-playing pharmacist from Vancouver, BC.
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Jan 2016