the old neighbourhood
ok, this is a song from the long ago first cassette. i know that some of you already have this, but a fellow was asking about it at the shows last weekend and i promised i’d put it up. and yes, i still live in the same hood. this song also acknowledges my lifelong debt to sesame street.
Rafael wrote:
Hah. I know this song thanks to that incredible Life Saver package… we should have more like those.
Posted on 20-Dec-09 at 1:53 pm | Permalink
Per Aronsson wrote:
That cassette is very hard to find. A while ago I got a parcel and low and behold, in it was an absolutely mint copy of “Songs About People And Buildings”. A gift from a friend. Very nice and cool.
Anyhow, great that you share so many songs with us Veda. Merry christmas everybody!
Posted on 21-Dec-09 at 4:54 am | Permalink
lulu wrote:
i first heard this song at the vancouver folk festival when you were a wee lass and my daughter was a wee, wee lass…loved it from the moment i heard it!! my daughter grew up with this version of sesame st…thank god! cheers, lulu
Posted on 21-Dec-09 at 9:44 am | Permalink
Egon Simons wrote:
Veda, I’m the “fellow who was asking about the Neighbourhood Song” at your recent concert at the Cultch. I first heard you sing this song shortly after you composed it and I’m thrilled to hear it again now, especially since I’ve just moved to the hood. Thanks for this, and for taking us on your musical roller coaster ride, with lyrics and music that are always refreshingly quirky, whimsically raucous and oh so authentic!
Cheers! Egon Simons, on the Drive
Posted on 29-Dec-09 at 8:58 pm | Permalink