Beg, Steal or Borrow

 

Here is George getting in on the three word phrase act.

Not another three-word series on the pages of Charity Chic Music? We’ll see, maybe a guest post. I would be lying if I said that I used the Ray La Montagne and The Prairie Dogs song as inspiration because, of course, it’s the runner-up song of the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest by The New Seekers. A band that sold about 35 million records. Does that make Aberdeen’s Eve Graham the biggest selling Scottish pop artiste of all time? The song: anyone older than 60 will know this song, and will be able to sing along in places, maybe even contribute a few “ba-ba bah bahs” in time with that little riff within the chorus (You know I’ll beg steal or borrow (ba-ba bah bah)  to give you sunny days………..and in a hundred ways…..)

And a perfectly fine light pop song it is too. The 9 year-old me was far too cool to like it, the 61 year old me is far too cool to not like it.

And now for three songs about begging or stealing or borrowing. But not all three in one song.

The obvious begging song is of course track 3 on This Was, Jethro Tull’s first (and splendid) album.  A heavy rock track with, unsurprisingly, some flourishes of flautistry:

Jethro Tull - Beggar's Farm

Any excuse to shoehorn a Jethro Tull into these pages!. 

The “steal” song today is by soul singer Jimmy Hughes, and as good as the other three songs I give you today are, this is The Absolute Bifters of a song:

Jimmy Hughes - Steal Away

Country next, supplied by George “no-show” Jones. Just listen to the opening twenty seconds and you know what a splendid song this will be:

George Jones - Borrowed Angel

I discovered that the title song was produced by David Mackay. Possibly not the same one as pictured at the top.

Enjoy the music.

CC writes: Thanks George

The good or bad news depending on your perspective is I think he may have another one in the pipeline.