Asakiyume mita - and more from the superlative Tim Eriksen

From: skygoodwill Date: April 29th, 2008 09:49 pm (UTC) (Link)

Hey thanks for introducing him to me. I've been watching his stuff since the ballad he sung in the sleet.

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From: asakiyume Date: April 29th, 2008 09:55 pm (UTC) (Link)

You are quite welcome. He is a genius :-)

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From: sartorias Date: April 29th, 2008 10:23 pm (UTC) (Link)

He really transports you to an older day, doesn't he?

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From: asakiyume Date: April 29th, 2008 10:31 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yes indeed. He's incredible. You can pick out his voice, by the way, on those shape-note songs--it's the really strong male voice.

LOLs! Typo :-P

Edited at 2008-04-29 10:33 pm (UTC)

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From: b_oki Date: April 29th, 2008 11:04 pm (UTC) (Link)

i love this even more with the spring peepers. i didn't listen to all of it yet, so i'm sure i'll enjoy the church bell at the end, too :) i just stopped the video when he was singing about how he dragged the body and threw it in the river or whatever....ICK..UGH!!!

but thanks for sharing. i LOVE LOVE LOVE bluegrass music/folk music.

hope you are happy and doing well.

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From: asakiyume Date: April 29th, 2008 11:25 pm (UTC) (Link)

Yeah, that part's scary, but he confesses later on.

What's so great about Tim's videos--aside from his singing and playing, which are always great--is how he uses natural sounds and settings.

What you can do if you want to hear the end but don't want to hear that one part is wait for the video to load all the way and then pull the little circle thing to near the end and let it play from there.

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From: grayheyes Date: April 29th, 2008 11:25 pm (UTC) (Link)

FMF WISHES she was walking there! Hey! Maybe she WILL NOW! I will lend you a kid so that you don't look so stalker-esque! (Kidding, Kidding!)
(were you the first one to comment on the video?)

I loved the peepers in the background but- I couldn't hear the church bells.

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From: asakiyume Date: April 29th, 2008 11:30 pm (UTC) (Link)

I was the first *two* to comment on the video :-P

Hopeless.

But I just LOVED it.

Listen at the very end, after he stops singing. You can hear them faintly.

He also put up another one from the concert you and I were at.

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From: sin_agua Date: April 30th, 2008 01:50 am (UTC) (Link)

I love this one, too. And the peepers make an excellent accompaniment!

But I never understood exactly why John Lewis killed her? Was it because he felt she was greedy/money hungry? Did she refuse to marry him somewhere and I missed it? Or was it when she said "I'm afraid of your ways" that meant she wouldn't wed him?

What a strange name for a girl - Omie Wise. Not so very wise, as it turned out.

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From: asakiyume Date: April 30th, 2008 02:03 am (UTC) (Link)

Well, it all does seem extreme.

I think he was mad at her for not making love, and he went overboard. He regretted his actions afterward.

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From: asakiyume Date: April 30th, 2008 05:36 pm (UTC) (Link)

Oh, and if you look at his notes to the video, you'll see it was based on a true story o_O

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From: asakiyume Date: May 1st, 2008 04:09 pm (UTC) still more... (Link)

Looks like "Omie" comes from "Naomi"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omie_Wise

Good luck about the jury duty btw; that was bad luck :-(

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From: sin_agua Date: May 1st, 2008 04:20 pm (UTC) Re: still more... (Link)

Thanks for that link - it didn't even occur to me there might be a wiki page on "Omie Wise". You'd think by now I'd no longer underestimate the mighty omniscience that is Wikipedia. ;)

Someone needs to rewrite that entry, though, to include Tim Eriksen among the famous folks who've sung that tune. Perhaps even include a link to his YouTube video?

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From: asakiyume Date: May 1st, 2008 04:27 pm (UTC) Re: still more... (Link)

I agree! But I'm swamped with work, and I know you have to go through some kind of sign-up process to edit Wikipedia (can't say that line without thinking of the song "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al) and I don't have the time right now... otherwise I totally would!

You're probably busy too, but go for it, if you happen to have a few minutes :D

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From: deponti Date: April 30th, 2008 01:03 pm (UTC) (Link)

That was VERY nice,thank you!

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From: asakiyume Date: April 30th, 2008 02:01 pm (UTC) (Link)

My pleasure! I'm glad you liked it.

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From: deponti Date: April 30th, 2008 02:59 pm (UTC) (Link)

I don't know about "liked" it..it was rather scary...but I enjoyed it...and the sounds of the peepers (I had to hear really HARD to get the faint church bells, I must say your hearing is very acute!) added to it.

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