Dr. Rat Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 (edited) From a local musician/listener/supporter: ps- Heard a song on the station one night in June as my daughter and I were driving back into town. You must get this a lot? I loved it but don't know who or what. It was a woman singer, also on a mix that a friend gave back around '98. It was sort of world / alternative and I think part of it might have been sung in Portuguese. The theme was water and there was a line that went something like "Sun becomes the rain, rain becomes the sun..." Any chance you know who it was? Help! Anybody!? --eric Edited October 21, 2004 by Dr. Rat Quote
JSngry Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Got the June station log handy? Or is that not done anymore? Quote
couw Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 not that it helps, but that rain becomes sun becomes rain (or v.v.) line is from tarot I believe. Quote
Dr. Rat Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Posted October 21, 2004 Got the June station log handy? Or is that not done anymore? Yeah, that's the next step -- trying to narrow down the time and wading through the handwritten logs. BUT, our current rotation for daytime is about 300 cds, plus about 10-20% of the music on-air is from the archive or private collections of the djs. So unless he can get back to me with a pretty small window . . . The rain to sun reference is to Fortuna's Wheel, right? But I haven't been able to figure much more than that. --eric Quote
Dr. Rat Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Posted October 21, 2004 Something by Sting? Really? Quote
montg Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Wild guess--Abbey Lincoln, Wholly Earth? Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Well, considering that the Lincoln piece isn't about water, has no mention of "sun becomes rain" etc., doesn't have anything in Portuguese - yeah, I'd say that was definitely a WILD guess. Mike Quote
catesta Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Well, considering that the Lincoln piece isn't about water, has no mention of "sun becomes rain" etc., doesn't have anything in Portuguese - yeah, I'd say that was definitely a WILD guess. Mike I was going to say Eddy Grant "Electric Avenue" until I read your post. B-) Quote
Uncle Skid Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Something by Sting? Really? Just a wild guess -- the sun/rain lyric vaguely reminds me of something Sting might have written. Quote
Jim R Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 I tried some Google searches, including variations on the phrases given (and including "Fortuna's wheel"), and came up empty. I think it's typically pretty easy to find links to lyrics (or partial references to lyrics) this way, unless something is very obscure, or very recent (unless part of the words are incorrect ?). Since I have quite a few brazilian recordings, I also tried to look at it from that angle, but no luck. It occured to me that someone could have written some original lyrics for something like Jobim's "chovendo na roseira" (aka "double rainbow"), but I don't think I have anything matching those lyrics... Quote
Big Wheel Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 Does Waters of March have any such lyrics? Quote
montg Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 Well, considering that the Lincoln piece isn't about water, has no mention of "sun becomes rain" etc., doesn't have anything in Portuguese - yeah, I'd say that was definitely a WILD guess. Well, Lincoln's CD was released in the late '90s, so I at least had the right decade! Back to the drawing board. Quote
montg Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 Does Waters of March have any such lyrics? Here they are: WATERS OF MARCH A. C. Jobin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road, It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone, It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun, It is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun. The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush, The nod of the wood, the song of a thrush, The wood of the wing, a cliff, a fall, A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all. It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of a slope, It's a bean, it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the end of the strain, it's the joy in your heart. The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone, The beat of the road, a sling-shot stone, A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light, The shot of a gun in the dead of the night. A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump, It's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps. The plan of the house, the body in bed, And the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud. Afloat, adrift, a flight, a wing, A cock, a quail, the promise of spring. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart. A point, a grain, a bee, a bite, A blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night, A pin, a needle, a sting, a pain, A snail, a riddle, a wasp, a stain. A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe, A fish, a flash, a silvery glow. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the promise of life in your heart, in your heart. A stick, a stone, the end of the load, The rest of a stump, a lonesome road. A sliver of glass, a life, the sun, A night, a death, the end of the run. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the end of all strain, it's the joy in your heart. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 Something by Andy Bey or June Tyson? Quote
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