Posted by john --Previous Message--
on October 7, 2007, 4:04 pm, in reply to "Blind Willie Johnson's masterpiece God Moves on the Water"
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i thought it was "gave it a name with god in intent", meaning naming the ship "titanic" was an insult against god and therefore god pulls the boat into the water.
: I have just discovered your message board
: while researching Geechie Wiley trying to
: find out a little bit more information on
: her. I went to a "concert in the
: park" in Ventnor on the Isle of
: Wight(UK)in the summer. It was good, but in
: the intervals there was a DJ playing old
: blues songs. He played Last Kind Words
: Blues and, as usual, it blew me away. I
: went to speak to him and to reminisce with
: him about the dark days of the 1970s and 80s
: when you rarely heard a blues song on the
: air never mind in a park in southern
: England.
: Anyway, back to your site: I was impressed
: with the level of expertise among you and
: your readers and it occurred to me as I was
: reading that you might be able to shed some
: light on what Blind Willie Johnson is
: singing about in God Moves on the Water. He
: appears to sing, towards the end, about the
: Titanic: "Named it the name of god in a
: tin". Has anyone any idea what this is
: all about? I'd be very grateful for any
: ideas.
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