The Pool Of Life

Hiya! Remember that song I mentioned, the one about Liverpool? Well, I've been at it (ooh, no, missus. Stop it!) the last days and it's coming along nicely. Got the instruments down. Just got to do the vocals, main, harmonies and backing, then give it a mix, leave it to stand for an hour and pop in the oven on gas mark HOT BABY and Bob's yer uncle (for some of you Kim, Gags, Joe, Kate and John, quite literally!).

Naomi will be doing her bit today and, if we get our S..t together, it will be finished after the weekend.

EXCITED? No, neither am I.

The title (as you can see above) is The Pool Of Life. The song contains the line-

"Carl Gustav Jung said it right, that Liverpool's the pool of life"

The psychologist Carl Gustav Jung, who had never visited the city, had a dream. He recalls the dream in the book Memories, dreams, reflections. In the dream he visits a city, dark and dismal and run down, but in the middle of the city is a pool with an island at its centre. On the island is a magnolia tree.

He comments:

The dream represented my situation at the time. I can still see the grayish-yellow raincoats, glistening with the wetness of the rain. Everything was extremely unpleasant, black and opaque – just as I felt then. But I had a vision of unearthly beauty, and that is why I was able to live at all. Liverpool is the “pool of life.” The “liver,” according to an old view, is the seat of life, that which makes to live.”

When I were a lad there was a nice bust of Carl Gustav Jung leaning out of the wall outside Flannagan's Apple (an Irish pub in the city centre). I was always fascinated by this. I had no idea who it was. Underneath was a plaque with "Liverpool is the pool of life" on it. The bust has been replaced now by an awful, cheap and shabby version due to scum wrecking it (surprise, surprise). I think the original is in the museum or somewhere.

Anyway, much later I read Memories, dreams, reflections, which I can recommend, and there was the dream recalled by Jung.

No idea when it will be up on Youtube, but , as I said, I will just do a lyric video first I think and then when we get over again we will do a video showing the landmarks as mentioned in the song.

I may do a sneek peek of it here on the blog before it goes on Youtube- I don't know if I can yet. I'll have to look into that, just like I did in the keyhole of the lady down the road when she was in a state of undress. Ah! Yes, I remember the night in Everton jail well!

Have a great rest of the week and a spiffing weekend!

Love Rob

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