But it’s hard to tell exactly what the title is supposed to indicate, if anything at all. The tone and tenor of the song morphs from moody to bright to murky, which may describe an experience on a journey with a ship of fools. “Ship of Fools” by the 1970s prog-rock outfit Van Der Graaf Generator is an instrumental, so it’s hard to divine any themes. “Ship of Fools” by Van Der Graaf Generator They are listed here in rough order from my least to most favorite. Here are a few notes on each of the sixteen songs. Indeed, the musical and thematic consistency between the 16 different songs I found called “Ship of Fools” almost indicates some kind of nearly supernatural synchronicity across the deep blue sea of lyrical and musical creativity. I ended up spending ten bucks buying ten more songs, thus creating a playlist that I listened to for several weeks. That situation is also captured several of the songs below.Īfter originally discovering that I owned six songs called “Ship of Fools” by the Doors, Grateful Dead, John Cale, Bob Seger, World Party and Robert Plant, I began searching iTunes for more songs with the same title, and was blown away by the variety I found. They are fools in the most existential sense: they try to navigate their lives with intelligence and wisdom, but cannot seem to sail in a straight line. Instead, they try their hardest to make good decisions. They do not take over the ship as in Plato’s Republic, nor do they rudely debase the ship as in Brant’s satire. In Katherine Anne Porter’s 1962 novel Ship of Fools and the 1965 movie that followed, various characters are unintentionally foolish. The idea of a ship of fools that symbolizes a debased and corrupt world also corresponds to several of the songs below. In Sebastian Brant’s 1494 popular satire Ship of Fools, the fools are disreputable and untrustworthy characters, depicted literally as jesters or clowns who represent various influential clerics, judges and rulers of the era. This metaphor corresponds to the situation in several of the songs below. In Plato’s original analogy from The Republic, the people on the ship are fools because they have no seamanship skills, and yet are far out at sea in a boat they do not know how to operate. How is it possible that a fairly obscure literary metaphor would inspire so many different songs? What makes the idea of a ship of fools so relevant to modern songwriters, and how do each of their songs imagine the idea? I will examine each song in detail below in search of an answer.Īs I mentioned in my previous blog post, the notion of a ship of fools can describe several different specific situations. This was inspired by my discovery that sixteen different songs with that exact title have been written and performed by major rock, punk, folk and pop artists between 1969 and today, and that several of these songs are remarkably good. ** Single print order can either print or save as PDF.A few days ago I began exploring how writers from Plato to Sebastian Brant to Katherine Anne Porter have written about a “Ship of Fools”. If the icon is greyed then these notes can not be transposed. Please check "notes" icon for transpose options. * Where transpose of Ship Of Fools sheet music available ( not all our notes can be transposed) & prior to print. Be careful to transpose first then print (or save as PDF). If your desired notes are transposable, you will be able to transpose them after purchase. If you selected -1 Semitone for score originally in C, transposition into B would be made. This means if the composers started the song in original key of the score is C, 1 Semitone means transposition into C#. If it is completely white simply click on it and the following options will appear: Original, 1 Semitione, 2 Semitnoes, 3 Semitones, -1 Semitone, -2 Semitones, -3 Semitones. You can do this by checking the bottom of the viewer where a "notes" icon is presented. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase. If not, the notes icon will remain grayed. If transposition is available, then various semitones transposition options will appear. In order to transpose click the "notes" icon at the bottom of the viewer. After you complete your order, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail where a download link will be presented for you to obtain the notes. This week we are giving away Michael Buble 'It's a Wonderful Day' score completely free.
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