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notes from a small vicar
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Sunday, April 16, 2006
Curious, vinegar
posted by John Davies at 11:59 PM
It was good, the Manchester Passion. Others have detailed why. I'm just left wondering how they managed to conceive it without any reference to Manchester's greatest and most prophetic band, The Fall. In consequence, here's my suggestion for a set list for a future Manchester Passion based entirely on Fall songs...
For the entry into Jerusalem, Hit the North:
"Religioussssss
Hit the North
Manacled to the city, manacled to the city"
To describe the unfolding drama of 'Holy' Week, Free Range:
"This is the spring without end
This is the summer of malcontent
This is the winter of your mind...
It pays to talk to no one..."
For the Last Supper and betrayal, Couldn't Get Ahead, or Hip Priest ("He is not appreciated...")
Jesus to Pilate - Secession Man:
"You're the one that always runs the show
And happiness comes easy when its bright and breezy
Sudden inspiration to a session man's sensation
I've got to get up early this morning
Gotta get my early warning"
Pilate to Jesus - Bombast: "Feel the wrath of my bombast!"
To complement the crowd behaviour at the trial, Cruiser's Creek:
"There's a party going down around here
Next to Freedom street
Get the last of the poison off my chest
Cruiser's creek"
Petty (Thief) Lout would make a good song from the cross. Or Blindness (The flat is evil and full of cavalry and Calvary / And calvary and cavalry. / So I said: “Blind man, have mercy on me.”).
The final words, perhaps, Mike's Love Xexagon:
"When I died - love was all around
When I died - love was in the air
When I died - love was everywhere
When I died - ?"
Peter's song: Feeling Numb ("Everything is broken / because of grist that curtails")
Judas's song: I'm not Satisfied:
"Got no place to go
I'm tired of walking
Up and down the street all by myself
No love left for me to give
I try and try
But no one wants me the way I am
Why should I pretend I like
To roam from door to door
Maybe I'll just kill myself
I just don't care no more
Because
I'm not satisfied
Everything I've tried
I don't like the way
Life has been abusing me"
And one for the finale: Return:
"God bless the cold winds and its refreshing consequence, uh-huh,
Oh please return."
Bring it on!
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