Welcome to my regular Friday song/tune day, ladies and gentlemen, where I pick a piece of music that reflects my mood or the times, to share with you.
I cannot conceive why anyone would deliberately sail/motor into a gale force wind. To be perfectly clear, my admiration is great. Some women are braver than others I guess. I know I’m rambling but someone somewhere will understand what I’m talking about. This would probably be my last thought faced with rough weather. Enjoy.
Stay safe, everyone. Leave the boating until finer weather.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
Reflections of An Untidy Mind 
Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and do it.
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Yeah, nup. Will leave it to the experts. 🙂
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Not being a fan of sailing, I’m unwilling to leave the Hauraki Gulf unless the boat has a very large engine, and I can see the lifeboat and jackets.
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That’s strictly for tourists, Su. 😉
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The getting on a boat business that is. Not the life jackets part. 🙂
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😂
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Nope. I was not put on this earth to be a sailor. I’ll sit on shore and listen to the music thanks.
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No. I watched/read ‘The Perfect Storm.’ That was enough for me.
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It may not surprise you to learn that I haven’t watched that film or read that book, Lois. 🙂
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I saw the movie first (George Clooney! Marky Mark!) and then read the book. The images from the movie stayed with me a long time.
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I’ll give it a miss then. 🙂
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Have to fasten the seat belt Tracy, wild weather forecast for this summer with La Nina driving us. 😱 this is one of my all time favourite classical pieces too.
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I was thinking of giving my son and TL a holiday on Montague Island. I could go too but you have to book 7 days ahead but then how could you could predict that far ahead what the boat trip would be like? I get vertigo in my lounge room!
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It is very hard to look and book too far ahead these days. I thought booking the flight 3 weeks in advance to Sydney was either brave or foolhardy…🤭
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Well, “Crazy Woman on a Boat in a Gale” sure made an attention-getting title for a blog post. As for actually doing it, that’s just crazy talk.
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I have been assured that it was for a very good reason (and selfless too, my interpretation).
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Ah, I see.
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I love this piece of music! It reminds me of years ago when I did some work in the theater and they played it as an introduction to a play before the curtain went up. Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, Tracy.
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You’re welcome, Sue. What a lovely memory.
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Scheherazade. Takes me back to my childhood. My dad wore this classic piece out on the turntable. Every now and again the melody comes back to me.
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It’s one of my favourite pieces too, Paulie. I especially like the 3rd movement.
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Tracy I’m very fond of the music of Rimsky-Korsakov and enjoyed the musical memories of this selection.
I have a YouTube selection played by the Saint John String Quartet “Northwest Passage.” This music is written by Stan Rogers who sings the words of this selection on YouTube. With Global Warming the Northwest Passage can be navigated for a few weeks a year. The British Polar Expedition lead by Franklin was recently discovered sunk in the Arctic where it had rested on the bottom for around 150 years. The snow geese are in from the Arctic and are wintering in the Fraser Valley! So beautiful and noisy.
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I will check it out, Sid, and report back. The more frequent opening of the Northwest Passage will bring with it another huge threat to the environment. It’s a shipwreck waiting to happen!
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You are correct Tracy! This area has an untapped fish resource which will be exploited as Global Warming progresses. Lots of images for the wintering Snow Geese on YouTube.
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I really enjoyed the instrumental version of Northwest Passage and Stan Rogers singing his song. I read that it was Canada’s unofficial national anthem. Thank you for the suggestion, Sid. I was thinking of another shipwreck tragedy song sung by another Canadian singer for this week’s Friday song day, but I think I will save that for another day.
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Very timely, as this week we watched on SBS, a movie called ‘Orchestra Class’ a French movie about kids from the banlieu learning to play this music. I recommend it.
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Oo, that sounds interesting. Thanks for the tip, Jane.
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One of my favourite pieces of music, Tracy!
And I get motion sickness even on the calmest days at sea, so I’m not fit really to comment on the craziness of the enterprise!
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On that basis, I’m probably not qualified either. 🙂
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Tracy were you thinking of the Gordon lightfoot song about the sinking of the Great Lakes bulk ore carrier, the Edmund Fitzgerald?
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No, not that one. James Keelaghan singing his song, “Captain Torres”. Mr Keelaghan has been to Canberra a couple of times. I heard him perform it here.
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I’ll need to look this up as it is new to me! Thank you.
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Just beautiful music, Tracy! I don’t have the stomach for sailing, but I enjoyed rowing as a kid and on calm waters. 😊 But I do admire people who are adventurous enough to try the high seas with just a piece of wood under their bottoms and a sail above their heads.
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Yep, me too, Sarah. Boats and planes aren’t my thing. Guess I won’t be going too far. Rowing sounds adventurous and hard work. 🙂
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More hard work than adventurous. 😉
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