
The main focus on my channel is on Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry and The Beatles, but I also cover other songs that take my fancy.
From her 1972 album Come from the Shadows
Joan Baez is a hugely inspiring person, an admirable political activist and she has the most beautiful female voice I have ever heard.
"Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)" is one of her countless politically motivated songs and one of the many protest songs from the 1960s/1970s period.
Billy Rose was a low rider, Billy Rose was a night fighter
Billy Rose knew trouble like the sound of his own name
Busted on a drunken charge
Driving someone else's car
The local midnight sheriff's claim to fame
In an Arizona jail there are some who tell the tale how
Billy fought the sergeant for some milk that he demanded
Knowing they'd remain the boss
Knowing he would pay the cost
They saw he was severely reprimanded
In the blackest cell on "A" Block
He hanged himself at dawn
With a note stuck to the bunk head
Don't mess with me, just take me home
Come and lay, help us lay
young Billy down
Luna was a Mexican the law called an alien
For coming across the border with a baby and a wife
Though the clothes upon his back were wet
Still he thought that he could get
Some money and things to start a life
It hadn't been too very long when it seemed like everything went wrong
They didn't even have the time to find themselves a home
This foreigner, a brown-skin male
Thrown into a Texas jail
It left the wife and baby quite alone
He eased the pain inside him
With a needle in his arm
But the dope just crucified him
He died to no one's great alarm
Come and lay, help us lay
Young Luna down
And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons
To the ground
Kilowatt was an aging con of 65 who stood a chance to stay alive
And leave the joint and walk the streets again
As the time he was to leave drew near
He suffered all the joy and fear
Of leaving 35 years in the pen
And on the day of his release he was approached by the police
Who took him to the warden walking slowly by his side
The warden said "You won't remain here
But it seems a state retainer
Claims another 10 years of your life."
He stepped out in the Texas sunlight
The cops all stood around
Old Kilowatt ran 50 yards
Then threw himself down on the ground
They might as well just have laid
The old man down
And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons
To the ground
Help us raze, raze the prisons
To the ground
My channel has its main focus on covers of the 70s art rock band Roxy Music and its lead singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry. If this interests you, you are welcome to have a look at this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSYQcglJ5B57KIp2ioMRcMxYVME5fW2T7
... and also, if you enjoyed my singing, I do covers of other artists as well. To hear a cover of Shakira, the Beatles, the Pretenders etc., have a look at this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSYQcglJ5B57FStddHeouVptbsrj5wlaw
You can also find me on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MotherofpearlMusic.youtube/
And Twitter: https://twitter.com/MotherofpearlMu?lang=de
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Joan Baez is a hugely inspiring person, an admirable political activist and she has the most beautiful female voice I have ever heard.
"Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)" is one of her countless politically motivated songs and one of the many protest songs from the 1960s/1970s period.
Billy Rose was a low rider, Billy Rose was a night fighter
Billy Rose knew trouble like the sound of his own name
Busted on a drunken charge
Driving someone else's car
The local midnight sheriff's claim to fame
In an Arizona jail there are some who tell the tale how
Billy fought the sergeant for some milk that he demanded
Knowing they'd remain the boss
Knowing he would pay the cost
They saw he was severely reprimanded
In the blackest cell on "A" Block
He hanged himself at dawn
With a note stuck to the bunk head
Don't mess with me, just take me home
Come and lay, help us lay
young Billy down
Luna was a Mexican the law called an alien
For coming across the border with a baby and a wife
Though the clothes upon his back were wet
Still he thought that he could get
Some money and things to start a life
It hadn't been too very long when it seemed like everything went wrong
They didn't even have the time to find themselves a home
This foreigner, a brown-skin male
Thrown into a Texas jail
It left the wife and baby quite alone
He eased the pain inside him
With a needle in his arm
But the dope just crucified him
He died to no one's great alarm
Come and lay, help us lay
Young Luna down
And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons
To the ground
Kilowatt was an aging con of 65 who stood a chance to stay alive
And leave the joint and walk the streets again
As the time he was to leave drew near
He suffered all the joy and fear
Of leaving 35 years in the pen
And on the day of his release he was approached by the police
Who took him to the warden walking slowly by his side
The warden said "You won't remain here
But it seems a state retainer
Claims another 10 years of your life."
He stepped out in the Texas sunlight
The cops all stood around
Old Kilowatt ran 50 yards
Then threw himself down on the ground
They might as well just have laid
The old man down
And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons
To the ground
Help us raze, raze the prisons
To the ground
My channel has its main focus on covers of the 70s art rock band Roxy Music and its lead singer and songwriter Bryan Ferry. If this interests you, you are welcome to have a look at this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSYQcglJ5B57KIp2ioMRcMxYVME5fW2T7
... and also, if you enjoyed my singing, I do covers of other artists as well. To hear a cover of Shakira, the Beatles, the Pretenders etc., have a look at this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSYQcglJ5B57FStddHeouVptbsrj5wlaw
You can also find me on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MotherofpearlMusic.youtube/
And Twitter: https://twitter.com/MotherofpearlMu?lang=de
Bryan Ferry - Zamba
Silvio Rodríguez - La Maza
Shakira - Antologia
Joan Baez - Diamonds And Rust
The Beatles - If I Fell
Roxy Music - If There Is Something
Lale Andersen - Lili Marleen
Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby Mcgee
Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina
Roxy Music - Rain Rain Rain
The Beatles - Here There And Everywhere
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
Bryan Ferry - Where Or When
Roxy Music - Bitter Sweet
Bryan Ferry - Kiss And Tell
Mary Hopkin - Goodbye
Roxy Music - Avalon
Shakira - La Pared
Efecto Mariposa - Por Quererte
Jenniffer Kae - Little White Lies
Bryan Ferry - A Fool For Love
John Lennon - Imagine
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Shakira - No
Bryan Ferry - Reason Or Rhyme
George Harrison - Any Road
Roxy Music - More Than This
Bryan Ferry - Your Painted Smile
The Beatles - For No One
Roxy Music - Prairie Rose
Roxy Music - Street Life
Paul McCartney - Every Night
Bryan Ferry - The Only Face
George Harrison - Beware Of Darkness
Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl
Bryan Ferry - I Thought
The Beatles - Honey Pie
Shakira - Inevitable
The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
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The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
Live cover by Sergio Avilés
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
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Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Vocal cover by Mary
Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay
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Billie Eilish - Wish You Were Gay
Vocal cover by Zosia Adamska
He Who Hates [Guitar and Bass playthrough}
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He Who Hates [Guitar and Bass playthrough}
Instrumental original by alan solanor
L.A. Guns - Crystal Eyes
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L.A. Guns - Crystal Eyes
Vocal cover by The Dirtbag's Philosophy
Louis Tomlinson - Back To You
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Louis Tomlinson - Back To You
Vocal cover by Onn Yeen
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Vocal cover by dead faeries
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Vocal cover by dead faeries
Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
Vocal cover by Natalie
Ariana Grande - God Is A Woman
Vocal cover by Natalie
New Years pyre
Vocal original by dead faeries
New Years pyre
Vocal original by dead faeries
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Vocal cover by Natalie
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Vocal cover by Natalie
Mothers milk
Vocal original by dead faeries
Mothers milk
Vocal original by dead faeries
Alekseev - Снов Осколки
Vocal cover by Natalie
Alekseev - Снов Осколки
Vocal cover by Natalie
Don McLean - Vincent
Live cover by Adam Duo
Don McLean - Vincent
Live cover by Adam Duo
Bastion - Setting Sail Coming Home
Vocal cover by Alina Gingertail
Bastion - Setting Sail Coming Home
Vocal cover by Alina Gingertail
The Witcher 3 - The Slopes Of The Blessure
Vocal cover by Dryante Zan
The Witcher 3 - The Slopes Of The Blessure
Vocal cover by Dryante Zan
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Vocal cover by Haze
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Vocal cover by Haze
Christmas Carols - Jingle Bells
Instrumental cover by B&B Project
Christmas Carols - Jingle Bells
Instrumental cover by B&B Project
The Elder Scrolls Online - Red Eagle's Song
Vocal cover by Alina Gingertail
The Elder Scrolls Online - Red Eagle's Song
Vocal cover by Alina Gingertail
Sabaton - To Hell And Back
Vocal cover by beyondtheblack_official
Sabaton - To Hell And Back
Vocal cover by beyondtheblack_official
World of Tanks - Prokhorovka
Instrumental cover by Alina Gingertail
World of Tanks - Prokhorovka
Instrumental cover by Alina Gingertail
Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero No Limit
Live cover by Adam Duo
Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero No Limit
Live cover by Adam Duo
Death Cab for Cutie - I'll Follow You Into The Dark
Live cover by eliascovers
Death Cab for Cutie - I'll Follow You Into The Dark
Live cover by eliascovers
Old Story Of Love
Live original by Adam Duo
Old Story Of Love
Live original by Adam Duo
League of Legends - Fiddlesticks The Ancient Fear
Vocal cover by Alina Gingertail
League of Legends - Fiddlesticks The Ancient Fear
Vocal cover by Alina Gingertail
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