
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams Recut
Season 16 Episode 4 | 26m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
The Slambovian Circus of Dreams performs on Expressions
Expressions welcomes the psychedelic rock'n'roll stylings of Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams. This episode features a live concert recorded in the summer of 2010 in front of a packed house of dedicated fans. Songs performed include 'The Grand Slambovians', 'Pushin' Up Daisies' and 'The Great Unravel'. Program hosted by Adara Alston.
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Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams Recut
Season 16 Episode 4 | 26m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Expressions welcomes the psychedelic rock'n'roll stylings of Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams. This episode features a live concert recorded in the summer of 2010 in front of a packed house of dedicated fans. Songs performed include 'The Grand Slambovians', 'Pushin' Up Daisies' and 'The Great Unravel'. Program hosted by Adara Alston.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(inspiring music) - [Announcer] Coming up this week on "Expressions," a classic concert featuring Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
♪ On the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ ♪ We're the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ - Hello, and welcome to "Expressions."
I'm your host, Adara Alston.
It's always fun to look back on some of our past recordings.
And for this week's show, we go back to the summer of 2010 for a rock and roll concert that still echoes through these studio walls.
Here is Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
(audience cheers) ("The Grand Slambovians") ♪ Time has come to find the reasons ♪ ♪ Time has come to find the whys ♪ ♪ Time has come to face the treason ♪ ♪ Time to look it in the eye ♪ ♪ Cause we are the royal peasants ♪ ♪ We're the daughters and the sons ♪ ♪ We're the children of the makers ♪ ♪ We're the Grand Slambovians ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Well I want to meet my maker ♪ ♪ Don't want to wait until I die ♪ ♪ Yeah I'm a giver not a taker ♪ ♪ And I'm gonna learn to fly ♪ ♪ I'm gonna fly up on that mountain ♪ ♪ So's to see what I can see ♪ ♪ Bring the secrets to my people ♪ ♪ So that we can all be free ♪ ♪ Yeah we are the royal peasants ♪ ♪ We're the daughters and the sons ♪ ♪ We're the children of the makers ♪ ♪ We're the Grand Slambovians ♪ (instrumental break) ♪ Time has come to find the reasons ♪ ♪ Time has come to find the whys ♪ ♪ Time has come yeah it's the season ♪ ♪ For us all to learn to fly ♪ ♪ We're gonna fly up on that mountain ♪ ♪ So's to see what we can see ♪ ♪ Bring the secrets to our people ♪ ♪ So that we can all be free ♪ ♪ We'll be dancing we'll be singing ♪ ♪ We'll be laughing just like fools ♪ ♪ And the whole world will be with us ♪ ♪ No more suffering under tools ♪ ♪ Yeah we are the royal peasants ♪ ♪ We're the daughters and the sons ♪ ♪ We're the children of the makers ♪ ♪ We're the Grand Slambovians ♪ ♪ Yeah we are the royal peasants ♪ ♪ We're the daughters and sons ♪ ♪ We're the children of the makers ♪ ♪ We're the Grand Slambovians ♪ ♪ We're the Grand Slambovians ♪ ♪ We're the Grand Slambovians ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah yeah ♪ (audience cheering) - Thank you very much.
("Pushin' Up Daisies") ♪ The lies will unravel and light and love win ♪ ♪ In dreams we will travel as new worlds begin ♪ ♪ In our hearts, in our hearts, in our hearts ♪ ♪ Not just wishful thinking, these thoughts are like seeds ♪ ♪ They can grow anywhere, and they're stronger than weeds ♪ ♪ Let's plant 'em all over, all over the world ♪ ♪ All over the world ♪ ♪ Ooo ahhh ♪ ♪ Ooo ahhh ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (musical break) ♪ They transform resistance into an embrace ♪ ♪ Let everyone know they can't be replaced ♪ ♪ We're pushing up daisies way up to the sky ♪ ♪ And nobody dies ♪ ♪ We're pushing up daisies, way up to the sky ♪ ♪ And nobody dies ♪ ♪ And nobody dies ♪ ♪ 'Cause nobody dies ♪ ♪ Yeah nobody dies ♪ ♪ No, nobody dies ♪ ♪ Daisies, daisies ♪ ♪ Daisies, daisies ♪ ♪ Daisies, daisies ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (audience cheering) ("The Great Unravel") This song is called "The Great Unravel."
♪ Everything you are, everything you see ♪ ♪ Wished upon a star, hoped that you could be ♪ ♪ Everything they know, what they think is real ♪ ♪ You can let it go, truth will be revealed ♪ ♪ Let go, free your mind to travel ♪ ♪ Make way for the great unravel ♪ ♪ Hear those voices call, they're callin' out to you ♪ ♪ Life back to the Fall wants to find what's true ♪ ♪ All our lonely days, all our sordid past ♪ ♪ Let it fade away, only love will last ♪ ♪ Let go, teach your mind to travel ♪ ♪ Make way for the great unravel ♪ ♪ Justice and light will bring relief ♪ ♪ From all these lies that caused this grief ♪ ♪ Now the Creator becomes the thief and brings it home ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ You try to love this world, you give it all your heart ♪ ♪ Every boy and girl, but it's tearin' us apart ♪ ♪ Everything's so cold, it's time to make it warm ♪ ♪ Pray this moment be the calm before the storm ♪ ♪ Let go, free your mind to travel ♪ ♪ Make way for the great unravel ♪ ♪ I said let go, free your mind to travel ♪ ♪ Make way for the great unravel ♪ ♪ Let go, free your mind to travel ♪ ♪ Make way for the great unravel ♪ (audience cheering) (guitar tuning) Okay, this next song's called "the Invisible."
("The Invisible") ♪ Well I'm so happy you are here with me ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm so happy you are here with me ♪ ♪ Whenever I feel afraid, I close my eyes and prayer ♪ ♪ And I enter the invisible with you ♪ ♪ Once upon a time, we were alone ♪ ♪ Even in our minds, we were alone ♪ ♪ Then we faced all our fears, we drowned in our own tears ♪ ♪ And we entered the invisible again ♪ ♪ This world's a lonely place ♪ ♪ We made it such a lonely place ♪ ♪ This world's a lonely place ♪ ♪ We made it such a lonely place ♪ ♪ It's not the only place ♪ ♪ There is just one only place, that's true ♪ ♪ And it's here with you ♪ (musical break) ♪ This world's a lonely place ♪ ♪ We made it such a lonely place ♪ ♪ This world's a lonely place ♪ ♪ We made it such a lonely place ♪ ♪ It's not the only place ♪ ♪ There is just one only place, that's true ♪ ♪ And it's here with you ♪ ♪ I'm so happy you are here with me ♪ ♪ Yeah I'm so happy you are here with me ♪ ♪ Whenever I feel afraid, I close my eyes and pray ♪ ♪ And I enter the invisible with you ♪ ♪ Yes I enter the invisible with you ♪ ♪ I just enter the invisible with you ♪ (audience cheers) ("Trans-Slambovian BiPolar Express") ♪ I had a dream last night and it held me in it's arms ♪ ♪ I rode a train of light and it kept me safe from harm ♪ ♪ It whispered ♪ ♪ Oh, my love, oh my child, oh my dream ♪ ♪ I will give you the light if you just give me the means ♪ ♪ On the Trans-Slambovian BiPolar Express ♪ ♪ And then that train rolled on ♪ ♪ Into the fears I know too well ♪ ♪ To where my demons fly, yeah it rode right into hell ♪ ♪ And then that light shone out and that whistle blew ♪ ♪ And that great voice cried out, hey I've come for you ♪ ♪ Get on the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ It's like a tent revival.
(musical break) ♪ Some great love shot right through me ♪ ♪ Untangled all those fears ♪ ♪ It acted like it always knew me ♪ ♪ It said, oh my child, I'm always here ♪ ♪ And then I awoke into this world that we live in ♪ ♪ It all seemed a joke, and its logic wearing thin ♪ ♪ So I said, hey come back, ♪ ♪ Let's make it end and let's begin ♪ ♪ And if you help me out I will help you in ♪ ♪ On the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ ♪ We're on a Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ ♪ Get on the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ (harmonica playing) Everybody sing!
♪ We're on the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ One more.
♪ Get on the Trans-Slambovian Bi-Polar Express ♪ We're Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams.
Did you have good time tonight?
(audience cheering)
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