All About Bridges

Lisnaholic · 04-20-2019, 08:46 AM

You are clearly the winner when it comes to Bridge songs, ziggywas.

Honourable mention to Psy-Fi too, for this video clip, a little-known outtake from Zabriskie Point:-

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

Eggner’s Ferry Bridge Spans B, C, D & E over Kentucky Lake - Controlled Demolition, Inc.

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Originally Posted by ziggywas

about their albums, i like hot rail and the black light almost entirely. other than those i guess you are right about them beeing better live than recorded..

^ I have a couple of the instrumentals from The Black Light on mp3; time I gave the whole album a proper listen.

And here's a great track from a Nortec Collective album on which Calexico turn up as guests. ( ADVISORY: This song contains no mention of bridges.)

ziggywas · 04-20-2019, 05:28 AM

here's today's bridge from 1990 and the album Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu92vj0D-qw

ziggywas · 04-21-2019, 07:11 AM

lisnaholic thanks. since its a game and not a contest cheers to psy-fi for beeing the only one who played along!!

the esabanda video doesnt play in my country and all i found was a dub verion...

one more bridge-song (last one i think) i had in mind:
by Scott Walker when he was..mainstream.
may he rip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgLfvwm4mg4

Psy-Fi · 04-21-2019, 10:52 AM

Old North Bridge

Old North Bridge

A bridge with quite a bit of historical significance that I haven't walked across in years but it used to be a favorite spot to occasionally visit with friends back in the 70's and early 80's.
The one in the photo is a reproduction of the original which was taken down 18 years after the start of the American Revolutionary War.

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The original North Bridge was dismantled in 1793 by the town of Concord because its use as a bridge had become impractical; a new bridge was erected a few hundred yards away. The bridge was rebuilt multiple times in 1875, 1889, and 1909. The current replica was built in 1956 and was based on drawings of the bridge built in the 1760s. The bridge was restored in 2005

Lisnaholic · 04-21-2019, 05:38 PM

^ That's a nice bridge, Psy-Fi, or perhaps more notably, a beautiful location. When you are out walking, the midpoint of a bridge is a place to instinctively take a rest and have a look around, isn't it? Here are two bridges I've paused at the middle of on several occasions.

A Cornish village I used to visit on holidays, and one of London's bridges at an unusually low tide:-

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Originally Posted by ziggywas

... and all i found was a dub verion...

^ Well, the full title of the song (Esa banda en dub) is Spanish for "This Band In Dub", so maybe you're hearing the original track after all

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one more bridge-song (last one i think) i had in mind:

^ Never say "last one" ziggywas!

ziggywas · 04-23-2019, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ That's a nice bridge, Psy-Fi, or perhaps more notably, a beautiful location. 1 When you are out walking, the midpoint of a bridge is a place to instinctively take a rest and have a look around, isn't it?

2 Never say "last one" ziggywas!

1. agreed
2. you were right!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mSlcGoZTCk

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Chula Vista · 04-23-2019, 01:31 PM

The Brooklyn and Golden Gate were the two biggies when I was a kid but this was the first one that truly blew my mind at the time.

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge - still the longest suspension bridge in the US.

Lisnaholic · 04-21-2019, 05:51 PM

.... and how could we have forgotten this bridge made famous by Bobbie Gentry:-

ziggywas · 04-25-2019, 11:23 AM

Chula, Lisnaholic and Psy-fi these are some nice bridges. i particularly like the 1st photograph in Lisna's post......

i cant believe i forgot (til now) the bridge of death.
before you cross it you have to answer some questions and its crossing is inevitable in the quest for the holy grail.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOyOM7wxlE

Chula Vista · 04-25-2019, 12:49 PM

Quick side note: Read somewhere that it takes a crew just about a full year to paint the entire GGB - and as soon as they are done they start all over again.

Really? Again?

04-23-2019, 01:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	The Brooklyn and Golden Gate were the two biggies when I was a kid but this was the first one that truly blew my mind at the time. Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge - still the longest suspension bridge in the US. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-21-2019, 05:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	.... and how could we have forgotten this bridge made famous by Bobbie Gentry:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

04-25-2019, 12:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Quick side note: Read somewhere that it takes a crew just about a full year to paint the entire GGB - and as soon as they are done they start all over again. Really? Again? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-20-2019, 05:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
ziggywas Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 289	here's today's bridge from 1990 and the album *Twin Infinitives* by Royal Trux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu92vj0D-qw

04-21-2019, 07:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
ziggywas Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 289	lisnaholic thanks. since its a game and not a contest cheers to psy-fi for beeing the only one who played along!! the esabanda video doesnt play in my country and all i found was a dub verion... one more bridge-song (last one i think) i had in mind: by Scott Walker when he was..mainstream. may he rip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgLfvwm4mg4

04-25-2019, 11:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
ziggywas Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 289	Chula, Lisnaholic and Psy-fi these are some nice bridges. i particularly like the 1st photograph in Lisna's post...... i cant believe i forgot (til now) the bridge of death. before you cross it you have to answer some questions and its crossing is inevitable in the quest for the holy grail....... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOyOM7wxlE