The WELL: deadsongs.vue.143: The Music Never Stopped

#3: William Jason Baggett (billybaggs) Fri 21 Mar 08 15:10

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:10:00 PDT

#2: David Gans (tnf) Fri 21 Mar 08 14:38

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:38:00 PDT

I received this query in email today:

> Wanted to ask you something that has been on my mind for over 20 years now. > Did Bob Weir have Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "Old Rugged Cross" in mind when > creating the ending jam section for "The Music Never Stopped"? To these > ears, the melodic structure seems oddly similar. "Old Rugged Cross" was > written in the early-70's, so it is a feasible hypothesis, timeline-wise.

Forwarded it to Weir, who is on the road so I wasn't expecting to get an answer any time soon (if ever). But he responded right away!

> No, but now I Gotta check that out... [Read entire topic]

#1: Alex Allan (alexallan) Mon 8 Sep 03 21:12

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:12:00 PDT

The Music Never Stopped Lyrics: John Barlow Music: Bob Weir

Copyright Ice Nine Publishing; used by permission.

There's mosquitoes on the river Fish are rising up like birds It's been hot for seven weeks now Too hot to even speak now Did you hear what I just heard?

Say, it might have been a fiddle Or it could have been the wind But there seems to be a beat now I can feel it in my feet now Listen here it comes again

There's a band out on the highway They're high-stepping into town It's a rainbow full of sound It's fireworks, calliopes and clowns Everybody's dancing

Come on children, come on children Come on clap your hands

Sun went down in honey And the moon came up in wine You know stars were spinning dizzy Lord the band kept us so busy We forgot about the time

They're a band beyond description Like Jehovah's favourite choir People joining hand in hand While the music plays the band Lord they're setting us on fire

Crazy rooster crowing midnight Balls of lightning roll along Old men sing about their dreams Women laugh and children scream And the band keeps playing on

Keep on dancing through to daylight Greet the morning air with song No one's noticed but the band's all packed and gone Was it ever here at all? But they kept on dancing

Come on children, come on children Come on clap your hands

Well the cool breeze came on Tuesday And the corn's a bumper crop And the fields are full of dancing Full of singing and romancing The music never stopped [Read entire topic]

#0: David Dodd (ddodd) Mon 8 Sep 03 08:49

Mon, 08 Sep 2003 08:49:00 PDT

The Music Never Stopped w: Barlow m: Weir AGDL: http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/mns.html LASF: http://www.whitegum.com/songfile/MUSICNEV.HTM [Read entire topic]