Governor Rhodes
1986 · Corwood 750 · USA
- Artist
- Jandek
- Title
- Governor Rhodes
- Release
- Telegraph Melts
- Year
- 1986
- Label
- Corwood # 750
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Folk · Psychedelic Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Reclusive singer/songwriter Jandek, from Houston, Texas, released the song "Governor Rhodes" (Corwood Industries # 0750) in 1986, a reference to James A. Rhodes, the Governor of Ohio during the Kent State demonstration, who had called in the National Guard. Perhaps in defiance of Rhodes' actions, and in solidarity with the 60s hippie movement, the song consisted of Jandek and an unknown female vocalist called Nancy chanting "love in life, in magic, in celebration" and other similar variations, repeating each line after each other.12Sources1Jandek: Discography (tisue.net)↩2Whenever I Feel Like It (Aaron Goldberg, 2011)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Kent / Jackson State Songs
Reclusive singer/songwriter Jandek, from Houston, Texas, released the song "Governor Rhodes" (Corwood Industries # 0750) in 1986, a reference to James A. Rhodes, the Governor of Ohio during the Kent State demonstration, who had called in the National Guard. Perhaps in defiance of Rhodes' actions, and in solidarity with the 60s hippie movement, the song consisted of Jandek and an unknown female vocalist called Nancy chanting "love in life, in magic, in celebration" and other similar variations, repeating each line after each other.12 Sources1Jandek: Discography (tisue.net)↩2Whenever I Feel Like It (Aaron Goldberg, 2011)↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: We are here in earth, in life, in sky, in magic, in rain, in love, in fire... / We are here together, in love, in life, in magic, in celebration / We are here, let us celebrate, celebrate our love, celebrate our magic / Celebrate, celebrate our love, celebrate our magic, celebrate / Let us chant, chant with love, chant with magic, chant with celebration / Let us sing, sing for love, sing for magic, sing for always, sing / We are here in earth, in life, in sky, in magic, in rain, in love / In fire, in celebration, we are here together, in love, in life
About the artist
Jandek is the recording project of Sterling Smith (born 26 October 1945), a Houston, Texas-based American lo-fi and outsider folk musician who has issued more than 120 albums since 1978 on his own Corwood Industries imprint, a label which releases no other artist, and who kept his personal history and appearance almost entirely secret until beginning to perform live in 2004. "Governor Rhodes" is the eighth track of the album 'Telegraph Melts' (Corwood Industries 0750, 1986). [Source: Wikipedia]