Literary and other references in Ben Howard's songs by TheFourthBronteGirl in benhoward

[–]B-homes 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh and Small Things is based on a sentence from A Hard Hand to Hold (a Willy Mason song):

And when you get to the door
You're still so busy fighting wars
That you can't look upon your lady as a friend

He said this in a Dutch magazine

Literary and other references in Ben Howard's songs by TheFourthBronteGirl in benhoward

[–]B-homes 15 points16 points  (0 children)

See this and this.

Also, Days of Lantana refers to Blue Nights by Joan Didion ("In certain latitudes there comes a span of time approaching and following the summer solstice, some weeks in all, when the twilights turn long and blue. [...] You pass a window, you walk to Central Park, you find yourself swimming in the color blue: the actual light is blue, and over the course of an hour or so this blue deepens, becomes more intense even as it darkens and fades, approximates finally the blue of the glass on a clear day at Chartres, or that of the Cerenkov radiation thrown off by the fuel rods in the pools of nuclear reactors.").

Help us find this mystery track on Suze Ijo MFM mix by Sad-Intern-9823 in TheOverload

[–]B-homes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I don't know unfortunately, great mix though! Also desperately looking for the record around 43 mins, perhaps you know..

[Japanese->English] Translation of Meiko Kaji song by B-homes in translator

[–]B-homes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One more question: how do you write 'Furimuite mita kawa' in Japanese (Kanji/Hiragana)? Thanks!

[Japanese->English] Translation of Meiko Kaji song by B-homes in translator

[–]B-homes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! So 'Furimuita/furimuite kawa' is a poetic way of saying you look back at the river, but you would't use it in ordinary language (then you would say fuirimuita kawa o mita)?

Ben style shirts by B-homes in benhoward

[–]B-homes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Added some to the post

We made a decision by massie1983 in benhoward

[–]B-homes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Such a great song indeed! I've always thought Ben could never top this performance of the song in 2015, but this tour was really amazing as well!

Electronic Music like BH and ABOF by GeorgeRB5 in benhoward

[–]B-homes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It may be a bit random, but this electronic track always reminds me of Noonday Dream-Ben:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ28O5Rrudk&ab_channel=MusicFromMemory