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Comment on We’ve Forgotten Billy Preston! by Jack Monde

Jack Monde — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 08:19:55 +0000

I will always remember this line from George Harrison. Because we must never forget Billy! Perhaps one of the most underrated artists of all time.

Comment on Master Jack by Steven Solomon

Steven Solomon — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 05:29:00 +0000

I managed Nite Beat in Hillbrow, Johannesburg in the 60s where David Marks was a regular performer. The song was indeed political as were two of his other famous songs “Dark as a dungeon” and “Mountains of men”

Comment on Master Jack by Peter Bognar

Peter Bognar — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 08:19:57 +0000

Hello,
I’ve just heard this song on a German radio, for Rhett first time in my life. It really hit me deep, and naturally, I started to wonder about the meaning.
My first impression was the farewell of a freed slave in the American south to his master – I had no way of knowing it was a South African band…

Comment on Master Jack by Roger Dimsdale

Roger Dimsdale — Sun, 25 Dec 2016 08:58:12 +0000

Was in Simonstown with Royal Navy and heard this song. Still remember it

Comment on Master Jack by Mike Willis

Mike Willis — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:08:48 +0000

Wow, I haven’t heard this in many years! I was never concerned with any hidden meaning in the song, I just liked it. The song was unique, and it brings back many memories of my teenage years.

Comment on Master Jack by joe von Biela

joe von Biela — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:59:28 +0000

I think you had a great sound but folk was a different sell in 1968 the time was just off but it was and is a very cool song and your sond was right on the mark. the music is tight her voice very nice . as you had put it the sw0ong has been stuck in my brain for many months now finley looked it up . thank you.

Comment on Master Jack by scott evans

scott evans — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:25:50 +0000

I loved this song. I was living near SF and had just moved from a small logging town in OR. It somehow captured my feelings of loss of my old home and the new excitement of new possibilities. I was 12 years old and today was talking to my 11 year old and looked up the song. I always wanted to know what the song was about. Funny that year I first studied about South Africa. Thanks for the information and the memories.

Comment on Personal Attacks by Jilly

Jilly — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 22:35:33 +0000

People usually say that when they’re tired of people disagreeing with them, which is why mostly, it’s just liberals and other Democrat supporters that decide that.

Comment on Good Reason to Start a War? by John Kitchen

John Kitchen — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:29:13 +0000

Correction – Queen of Air and Darkness 1940

Comment on Good Reason to Start a War? by John Kitchen

John Kitchen — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:25:55 +0000

The Sword in the Stone was published in 1938 but the Queen of Air and Darkness was written postwar.

Comment on Good Reason to Start a War? by John Kitchen

John Kitchen — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:19:54 +0000

This has been one of my two favourite quotes from literature since I read the book around 1969/70. The other is a few pages (36 in my Fontana paperback edition)earlier “The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees”.

Comment on Master Jack by monica

monica — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 09:07:57 +0000

Delighted to discover that others actually remember this song. It was running through my head once again this morning whilst I was murdering aphids. The sense of mystery was to me the most striking thing about it, so a bit disappointing to find that it might well have been about something specific (apartheid). To me it was like a few other oldies–‘Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?’ was another–songs that seemed as if they might have come from a film whose plot explained the lyrics. In any case, think it was far too quirky to be a touchstone of any sort. Cheers.

Comment on Master Jack by Robinson Peterson

Robinson Peterson — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:10:14 +0000

Funny, I always thought Master Jack (MJ) was about marijuana (Mary Jane). A user who has left it behind is reflecting on his/her spiritual awareness and growth through this mildly psychotropic drug. The “colored ribbon” would make all his “problems look neat” and also could be sold in small bags to “people on the street.” Later verses refer to possible gateway effects of moving on to harder stuff. Finally, the user decided he wanted to “see the world through my own eyes,” so “no hard feelings if I never look back.” Maybe it sounded that way because back in ’68 that was how many song lyrics were able to refer to pot and still get played on the radio. So, yeah, still subversive.?

Comment on Master Jack by Steve O

Steve O — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 02:18:02 +0000

Loved this song from the moment I heard it. Loved it again when I learned what it meant. Years went by when I tried to find a recording of it. Then, the Internet. Thank you Al Gore.

Comment on Master Jack by Casey

Casey — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:17:13 +0000

I remember this song well. I’m surprised people who grew up in the 60s don’t remember it much – maybe too stoned to remember. I used sing it when other kids were singing Beatles songs or Catholic folk mass songs.