{"id":21849,"date":"2014-08-15T23:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T23:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=21849"},"modified":"2020-05-15T18:04:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:04:55","slug":"andy-partridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=21849","title":{"rendered":"Peter Blegvad &#038; Andy Partridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2666\u00a0\u2666 Two clips from the album <strong>&#8216;Gonwards&#8217;<\/strong> released in October 2012\u2028.\u00a0Film by <strong>Stu Rowe &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Partridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Partridge <\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Body drawings by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Blegvad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Peter Blegvad<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l06RQK8rvrc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_RR2FIDBHnE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h6>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666\u00a0 &#8216;SACRED OBJECTS&#8217; \u2193 by Peter Blegvad &amp; Andy Partridge<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYqw1pQPTqU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>First thing in the morning, \u00a0last thing at night, \u00a0sacred objects \u00a0come to light.<\/p>\n<p>Sacred objects \u00a0once were rare, \u00a0now you find them \u00a0everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>John Henry&#8217;s hammer, \u00a0all painted red, \u00a0a loaded pistol, \u00a0an empty bed,<\/p>\n<p>a cement mixer, \u00a0a walking cane, \u00a0the arrow on \u00a0a weather vane.<\/p>\n<p>A tired bird \u00a0flying South, \u00a0sounds come from \u00a0its open mouth. \u00a0Yeah, sing it, tired bird!<\/p>\n<p>A tired bird \u00a0to rest its wings \u00a0perches on one \u00a0\u00a0of the sacred things.<\/p>\n<p>The light inside them \u00a0both is such \u00a0that nothing happens \u00a0when they touch.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing happens, \u00a0when it does \u00a0it&#8217;s almost like something \u00a0never was.<\/p>\n<p>The light inside them \u00a0both goes out, \u00a0and where they were \u00a0is now in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>No more is seen \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0no more is heard \u00a0of its sacred perch \u00a0or the tired bird.<\/p>\n<p>A veil of silence \u00a0now descends, \u00a0and like all stories \u00a0this one ends.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666\u00a0 &#8216;LOOKING AT THE SUN&#8217; \u2193 P Blegvad &amp; A Partridge<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KG8wV7nrbVs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Large tells Little not to look at the sun<br \/>\n\u00abYou&#8217;ll go blind and that&#8217;s no fun.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Little sees an orange hanging on a tree<br \/>\nand he tells Large \u00abit looks to me<br \/>\nlike an orange is a model of the sun,<br \/>\nlike the orange and the sun are one.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>\u00abA doll of the sun\u00bb \u2014\u00a0he likes that more.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like he&#8217;s never seen \u00a0an orange or the sun before.<\/p>\n<p>Large gives Little a piece of advice<br \/>\n\u00abyou&#8217;ll go crazy and that&#8217;s not nice<br \/>\nif you go on looking at things that way<br \/>\nyou could wind up believing the things you say.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Little doesn&#8217;t argue \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0he knows he&#8217;s won.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s found another way \u00a0of looking at the sun.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666\u00a0 &#8216;WORSE ON THE WAY&#8217; \u2193 P Blegvad &amp; A Partridge<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1qHHTqPvA1w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Worse on the way \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0that&#8217;s what they say<br \/>\nbad as it may seem now.<br \/>\nWhat seems like work and sorrow today<br \/>\nwill seem tomorrow like pleasure and play.<\/p>\n<p>Why should we walk? \u00a0Why should we crawl?<br \/>\nWhy should we move at all?<br \/>\nWhy should we talk\u00a0when nothing is said?<br \/>\nTomorrow the living \u00a0will envy the dead.<\/p>\n<p>As blind as a window \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0as closed as a door<br \/>\nas high as a ceiling \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0as low as a floor.<br \/>\nPestlience, death, famine, and war \u2014<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s helpful to know \u00a0just what life has in store.<\/p>\n<p>Worse on the way, \u00a0a curse on the day.<br \/>\nAnother to lay on night.<br \/>\nOnly black rain, \u00a0an oncoming train,<br \/>\nmore tunnel to come \u00a0at the end of the light.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666\u00a0 &#8216;THE DOPE ON PERELMAN&#8217;\u00a0 \u2193 Peter Blegvad &amp; Andy Partridge<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KRFh-L8ktu0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dissecting a cat. \u00a0Where is its pep?<br \/>\nCoins made of water \u00a0are hard to pick up.<\/p>\n<p>With ink eradicator \u00a0I altered my grades.<br \/>\nSatirically yet \u00a0romantically\u00a0I altered the world.<\/p>\n<p>Streetcars passed \u00a0the ballpark.<br \/>\nDaydreaming in \u00a0the outfield I was\u00a0beaned by a pop fly.<\/p>\n<p>I saw suffering saints\u00a0and Christlike figures<br \/>\ndescending from trams.<\/p>\n<p>Down from a cloud \u00a0with a clang he fell,<br \/>\nJacques Cousteau \u00a0in a diving bell.<\/p>\n<p>I electroplated radiators<br \/>\nto defray the costs of my \u00a0father&#8217;s failing farm.<\/p>\n<p>In an era of \u00a0discrimination survival<br \/>\ntactics are required: \u00a0\u00a0hide.<\/p>\n<p>Fly through the \u00a0clouds on vacuum cleaners \u00a0with male companions.<\/p>\n<p>With females it&#8217;s more \u00a0a matter of moonlight canoeing.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\">\u2666 \u2192 &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gB5lNIsDb7Y#t=71\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FROM GERM TO GEM&#8217; <\/a>\u2193\u00a0P Blegvad &amp; A Partridge<\/h5>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GpCJWmqftTc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From germ to gem \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0the story grew,<br \/>\nfrom gem to germ \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0the hours flew.<\/p>\n<p>No one wearied of the drone \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0as the teller rambled on<br \/>\nand on and on and on and on.<br \/>\nFrom dawn to dusk, \u00a0from dusk to dawn.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks went by, then months, then years<br \/>\nwhen we were dead between the ears.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been in the Malvern Hills, I&#8217;ve been reading &#8216;Daffodils&#8217;.<br \/>\nNow William Wordsworth&#8217;s yellow head<br \/>\n(equine head)<br \/>\nnods upon my neck instead.<\/p>\n<p>From germ to gem \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0the story grew,<br \/>\nfrom gem to germ \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0the hours flew.<br \/>\nI cut my finger to the bone \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I heard a distant telephone<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll take the call from far away \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I know everything I&#8217;ll say.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m fine. Of course. Are you OK?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll give up drink \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0I&#8217;ll give up dope<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll say I see a ray of hope.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll ask my doctor how she&#8217;d deem<br \/>\nmy chances now that I am clean.<br \/>\n\u00abWill I live longer?\u00bb<br \/>\n\u00abSure\u00bb she&#8217;ll beam\u00a0\u00abbut not as long as it will seem.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Dreet, ink and me berry.<br \/>\nI caught her drift and took her cherry.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how happy endings start.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/authors\/a\/andy_partridge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.brainyquote.com\/quotes\/authors\/a\/andy_partridge.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2666 \u2666 Two clips from the album &#8216;Gonwards&#8217; released in October 2012 . Film by Stu Rowe &amp; Andy Partridge . 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