In 1976 I was 17 years old and punk - which I never learnt to love, in spite of attending gigs and buying records by punk bands - had suddenly exploded onto the scene. In those drab times this song, and the album it comes from, was like a bright ray of sunshine - something coming from a gentler and kinder world.
In 2012 I was 18, punk/Beatles/Pink Floyd fan, while my peers were listening to EDM music and whatever else was in the charts at that time... I discovered Daevid Allen and Gong through RUclips suggestions, and it was as you describe, like a ray of sunshine... Daevid and Gong's music is truly timeless! Quite amusingly, my drama teacher (I had private lessons as I was pretty useless at that subject) HATED Gong for some reason, he said he had neighbours who would play their music at top volume every night... but he did respect them, and was especially surprised to see a youngster like me say Gong is one of my favourite bands, if not my favourite
..Tell me why to die fills us with fear It's not the first it's not the last time we'll be born Our turn will come again Pick up put down those clothes of humain flesh we wear..
I just became an uncle today! My bro got married, his wife has a kid from a previous relationship In this entire fucked up world, Daevid was one of the few who still had any fucking sense... my niece is the next generation... "The children of the new world, are the children of today"... I hear so many older people complain about "the new world" (including my own parents for that matter), all the new technology and stuff, it is even difficult for me to keep up with... but Daevid was certainly correct in this... Humans will only keep evolving, there will always be new technology, new difficulties... but as long as we remain human and stay together, we'll be fine
Lyrics : Tell me what's it all about What is this funny old world that We can't do without Tell me why we argue like we do. We rob and rape and kill and still don't understand We only rob ourselves and then we wonder why we suffer like we do soon we'll remember and understand THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD and THE DIFFERENT GAMES THEY PLAY cos we made love all the night time turned out to be the right time now there's children everywhere Tell me where you're really from What is this funny old world the human race has won Tell me why to die fills us with fear Its not the first its not the last time we'll be born Our turn will come again Pick up put down those clothes of human flesh we wear Slowly we're learning To understand THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD ARE THE CHILDREN OF TODAY Soon they'll begin Revolutionizing and reorganising As the old world fades away Lets start today www.planetgong.co.uk/archives/lyrics/daevid-allen-good-morning.shtml
I always heard the lyrics near the end as "...Soon they'll be kings, revolutionising..."... it sort of brought me back to the days with my old "friend", we always fantasized about buying crowns and capes and acting like kings for some reason (probably all the weed we consumed in better days).... fellow Gong fan and a sad drug casualty, he got into harder stuff, and I didn't quite follow his path (in fact I warned him not to, and told him it's better to stick with weed)... "begin" makes more sense than "be kings", thanks for the clarification!
In 1976 I was 17 years old and punk - which I never learnt to love, in spite of attending gigs and buying records by punk bands - had suddenly exploded onto the scene. In those drab times this song, and the album it comes from, was like a bright ray of sunshine - something coming from a gentler and kinder world.
In 2012 I was 18, punk/Beatles/Pink Floyd fan, while my peers were listening to EDM music and whatever else was in the charts at that time... I discovered Daevid Allen and Gong through RUclips suggestions, and it was as you describe, like a ray of sunshine... Daevid and Gong's music is truly timeless!
Quite amusingly, my drama teacher (I had private lessons as I was pretty useless at that subject) HATED Gong for some reason, he said he had neighbours who would play their music at top volume every night... but he did respect them, and was especially surprised to see a youngster like me say Gong is one of my favourite bands, if not my favourite
Got to be one of the greatest albums... Brilliance and beauty!
Merci Tim Blake,c'est toujours avec un grand plaisir que je vous écoute porter vous bien le plus longtemps possible..........
Wherever there's individual creativity and the freedom to improvise, there'll always be the possibility that we can change this planet.
Daevid would have been all for us Millenials and Zoomers making music!
..Tell me why to die fills us with fear
It's not the first it's not the last time we'll be born
Our turn will come again
Pick up put down those clothes of humain flesh we wear..
Bon voyage, Daevid...
Good morning....goid moooooooorning...❤
the greatest of all artists !
very good................................................
And the old world does fade away. RIP. :(
But there are the children of the New World
RIP Daevid.
The most important person of the 20th/21`st Century (culturally)
Kevin F. McDade absolutely....daevid is transcendent...🙏🏽
I agree.
A real legend... he was 10 steps ahead of his time
amo esta cancion desde 1978
thnx Mariapage, lovely!
Great One!
The good thing is the Children of the New Year will always be the Children of Today. :)
I just became an uncle today! My bro got married, his wife has a kid from a previous relationship
In this entire fucked up world, Daevid was one of the few who still had any fucking sense... my niece is the next generation... "The children of the new world, are the children of today"...
I hear so many older people complain about "the new world" (including my own parents for that matter), all the new technology and stuff, it is even difficult for me to keep up with... but Daevid was certainly correct in this...
Humans will only keep evolving, there will always be new technology, new difficulties... but as long as we remain human and stay together, we'll be fine
Sheer Beauty :-) Let's start today !
:)
=( riposa in pace =(
psaulme of the new age of aquarius keep on trucking eternity ain't finished yet!
Lyrics :
Tell me what's it all about
What is this funny old world that
We can't do without
Tell me why we argue like we do.
We rob and rape and kill
and still don't understand
We only rob ourselves
and then we wonder why
we suffer like we do
soon we'll remember
and understand
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD
and THE DIFFERENT GAMES THEY PLAY
cos we made love all the night time
turned out to be the right time
now there's children everywhere
Tell me where
you're really from
What is this funny old world
the human race has won
Tell me why to die
fills us with fear
Its not the first
its not the last
time we'll be born
Our turn will come again
Pick up put down those clothes
of human flesh we wear
Slowly we're learning
To understand
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW WORLD
ARE THE CHILDREN OF TODAY
Soon they'll begin
Revolutionizing
and reorganising
As the old world fades away
Lets start today
www.planetgong.co.uk/archives/lyrics/daevid-allen-good-morning.shtml
I always heard the lyrics near the end as "...Soon they'll be kings, revolutionising..."... it sort of brought me back to the days with my old "friend", we always fantasized about buying crowns and capes and acting like kings for some reason (probably all the weed we consumed in better days).... fellow Gong fan and a sad drug casualty, he got into harder stuff, and I didn't quite follow his path (in fact I warned him not to, and told him it's better to stick with weed)... "begin" makes more sense than "be kings", thanks for the clarification!
LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
once upon a time......
Buen viaje coincidimos en Mallorca en la costa norte.
:)))
mi aspetto di vederti sulla teiera volante, prima o poi....ciao daevid
sucks. there should be way more than 1,533 views...
Patience, Grass shopper. 8< ;^)