(original image - with a funny article - here)
Never one to shy away from controversy, this week tackled that most disputatious of fowl, the goose. Plural, geese. See also: gosling, gander, gaggle. Never has a bird inspired as much ambivalence & animosity! & not just for hogging so many words that start with the letter g!
They start out pretty cute - look for "goslings" on a search engine & you'll see - but frankly most of us start out tolerably cute & look where we end up. No place good I tell you, not for the vast majority of us. Maybe what we reject in geese is what we see in ourselves? I don't really know, I'm just spitballing here.
However you feel about the goose, she has been an inspiration to many artists & I have three hours of goose music to prove it to you. You can listen if you're not too squeamish at the Self Help Radio website. There is a username/password requirement but you know it's SHR/selfhelp. & all the stuff that happens on the show is listed below.
Do geese quack? I guess people say they quack. They deserve another onomatopoeia.
Self Help Radio Goose Show
"Rocking Goose" Johnny & The Hurricanes _The Very Best Of Johnny & The Hurricanes_
"Goosey Goosey" Andy Partridge _The Official Andy Partridge Fuzzy Warbles Collector's Album_
"Wild Geese" Ian & Sylvia _The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings_
introduction & definitions Ned Dry interrupts with a goose
"The Grey Goose" James "Iron Head" Baker _Field Recordings Vol. 6: Texas 1933-1958_
"Where The Geese Go" The Verve _No Come Down_
"Blue Goose Blues" Jesse Thomas _The Easin' In: Essential Recordings Of Texas Blues_
"Alexander The Swoose (Half Swan-Half Goose)" Kay Kyser & His Orchestra _The Best Of Kay Kyser & His Orchestra_
"The Skunk, The Goose, & The Fly" Tower Of Power _East Bay Grease_
interview with goose lover Jordan Box
"The Old Grey Goose" The Carolina Tar Heels _The Carolina Tar Heels_
"Snow Goose" Jean Redpath _Leaving The Land: A Collection Of Songs, Scottish & Western_
"The Snow Goose" Richard Thompson _Electric_
"Snow Goose & Me" Tanya Donelly _Swan Song Series_
"Pink Goose" Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingoes _Remember The Alamo! EP_
interview with goose hater Gerry Gosling
"Mother Goose Songs" Burl Ives _Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck & Other Children's Favorites_
"1945 Mother Goose Rhymes" Carson Robison _The Kansas Jayhawk_
"Mother Goose Medley" Spike Jones & His City Slickers _Strictly For Music Lovers_
"Rock Around Mother Goose" Barry Gordon _Rock Around Mother Goose_
"Mother Goose" Jethro Tull _Aqualung_
interview with the Rev Dr Howard Gently
"The Cry Of The Wild Goose" Frankie Laine _On The Trail_
"Goose Eggs" Joanna Newsom _Divers_
"Girl & The Geese" CocoRosie _The Adventures Of Ghosthorse & Stillborn_
"Goose Snow Cone" Aimee Mann _Mental Illness_
"The Geese Of Beverly Road" The National _Alligator_
interview with a gaggle of geese
"Goosie Goosie Gander" Gregory Isaacs _Goosie Goosie Gander 7"_
"I Got Your Water Boiling, Baby (I'm Gonna Cook Your Goose)" The Spinners _The Complete Tri-Phi Records Singles, Vol. 2_
"Are You Cookin' Goose?" The Pipkins _Gimme Dat Ding!_
"Wild Geese Blues" Gladys Bentley _Volume 2 (May 1925 To June 1926)/Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1928/1929_
"Goose Walking Over My Grave" Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots _Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots_
remote broadcast from a goose-filled pond
"Stay Loose, Mother Goose" Freddie Bell & The Bellboys _Mercury Rock & Roll Party_
"Lunch With Monster Goose" John Zacherley _Scary Tales Featuring John Zacherley_
"Mother Goose Is Chicken" Homer & Jethro _Cornfucius Say_
"Mudder Goose" Joe Subway _Mudder Goose_
"Mother Goose Is On The Loose" 1989 Musical Marching Zoo _Buddah Records Presents "Holiday Spectacular"_
"Black Mother Goose" Patrice Holloway _Love & Desire: The Patrice Holloway Anthology_
"Mother Goose's Wine" National Lampoon _The Best Of The National Lampoon Radio Hour_
conclusion & goodbye
"The Goose" Parliament _Up For The Down Stroke_
"Morse Moose & The Grey Goose" Wings _London Town_
"Geese Outside" Yohuna _Radiating Light: Orchid Tapes & Friends_
"Mother Goose" Tim Dickinson _Mother Goose_
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