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Midnight Voices    Pete Atkin    Music    Carnations on the Roof « Previous thread | Next thread » Pages: 1   Start of Thread | Latest Post Reply | Notify of replies | Send Thread | Print    Author  Thread: Carnations on the Roof  (Read 8339 times) Kevin Cryan MV Fellow I love Midnight Voices! Posts: 1144 Carnations on the Roof « : 11.12.16 at 16:18 » Quote Music   Readers recommend   Marco den Ouden Thursday 1 December 2016 12.00 GMT     Readers recommend playlist: your songs about iron and steel     Quote: The most disturbing song about this era is undoubtedly Pete Atkin’s story of a skilled machinist who, discarded after 40 years, maintains his dignity: “The hands on his chest flared more brightly than his name for a Technicolor second as he rolled into the flame.” Suicide by blast furnace. The Carnations on the Roof are the flowers on the roof of the car that leads his funeral procession.   Kevin Cryan     https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=Music&action=display&num=1481473086&start=0#0     Ian Chippett MV Fellow In the clear at over fifty-five Posts: 332 Re: Carnations on the Roof « Reply #1: 13.12.16 at 09:02 » Quote Oh really? Suicide? Never crossed my mind.     https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=Music&action=display&num=1481473086&start=1#1     Robert Reid MV Friend Posts: 23 Re: Carnations on the Roof « Reply #2: 14.12.16 at 19:23 » Quote Nonsense! Started working in a steelworks in the 70’s. I worked as an analytical chemist and one of my jobs was to take samples of gases from blast furnaces for analysis. If you spat at the furnace your spit evaporated before it reached it. At these temperatures there would have been nothing recoverable to put into a coffin. I suppose only a memorial service would be possible. The lyrics are of course referring to cremation.     https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=Music&action=display&num=1481473086&start=2#2     S J Birkill MV Administrator just a sensible reserve Posts: 884 Re: Carnations on the Roof « Reply #3: 15.12.16 at 03:23 » Quote Yes -- as interpretations go, quite the outlier. Work, retirement, death, cremation: respect. No more drama required. Nice to get the mention, but a pity the Guardian could link to the songs only on Spotify, which in our case...     https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=Music&action=display&num=1481473086&start=3#3     Stephen J Birkill Simon Reap MV Fixture Toggler to the few! Posts: 115 Re: Carnations on the Roof « Reply #4: 17.12.16 at 08:05 » Quote I'd always assumed that it was an industrial accident, but the cremation interpretation does indeed seem more likely.   BTW it was me who suggested it for Readers Recommend - very nice to get one in the list on only my second try!     https://peteatkin.com/forum?board=Music&action=display&num=1481473086&start=4#4     Pages: 1    Start of Thread | Latest Post Reply | Notify of replies | Send Thread | Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Pete Atkin -----------------------------  - News   - Newsletter   - Gigs   - *oDs => Music   - Words   - Chums   - Shrinks   - Members ----------------------------- Not Pete Atkin -----------------------------  - Off-topic ----------------------------- Atkin admin -----------------------------  - Atkin FAQ   - Forum FAQ   - Tech Return to Top « Previous thread | Next thread »

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