Well, I wasn't really looking... And this is the first time I have heard the song. But listen to it! This is Joan Baez at Woodstock singing Sweet Sir Galahad. Classic.
The credits for the movie inconveniently start rolling 2/3 of the way through the song. (Conversely, you couldn't pick a better song to start the credits with. Also, there is another video from The Smothers Brothers, but this one is superior.)
When the credits roll, it's a perfect time to close your eyes, anyways. Just do it, no one's watching. Music with your eyes closed is like going from VHS to DVD.
What makes the song even more compelling is the content. Here is the story from Wikipedia:
"Sweet Sir Galahad" is a song written by Joan Baez, which she first performed in 1969 at Woodstock. The song tells the story of Baez' younger sister, Mimi Fariña, and her second marriage to Milan Melvin after the 1966 death of Fariña's first husband, novelist and singer-songwriter Richard Fariña (in a motorcycle accident). Baez was inspired to write the song, after hearing of Melvin's courtship of Fariña, during which he came into her bedroom at night through the window. It has since become one of Baez's most well-known compositions.
In 2006, Baez contributed a "re-tooled" version of the song. In the new version, Baez briefly changes the lyric "Here's to the dawn of their days" to "Here's to the dawn of her days," a tribute to the song's subject, Baez's sister Mimi, who passed away in 2001 of cancer.
So basically, it is an ode to the man that saved Baez' sister from her sadness. Righteous, man. Righteous.
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Good post.
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