#If I Were A Carpenter *

[recliningbacchante]

#top of the world #shonen knife #if i were a carpenter

[vinyl-artwork]

Various – If I Were A Carpenter, 1994.

Illustration by Andrew (50).

#If I Were A Carpenter #Andrew (50) #1994 #1990s

[greeniery]

loneliness is such a sad affair

and I can hardly wait to be with you again

#audio #superstar #sonic youth #if I were a carpenter #Spotify

[okynne]

#Tim Hardin #If I Were a Carpenter #1970s #Live #North American #:((((((((((

[myimaginaryradio]

If I Were A Carpenter - Robert Plant

#robert plant #if i were a carpenter #classic rock #80s #friday mood #Youtube

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

81. If I Were a Carpenter by Bobby Darin debuted Sep 66 and peaked at number eight, scoring 844 points.

Bob was born in the Bronx, New York, and had 41 chart entries 1958-73. Ten made the top 10. Mack the Knife was number one for nine weeks and the number one song of 1959.

Four remakes have charted. Four Tops peaked at number 20 in 1968 and Johnny Cash and June Carter peaked at number 40 in 1970. Remakes that missed the top are by Bob Seger (1972) and Leon Russell (1974).

#if i were a carpenter #bobby darin #hits of 1966

[myatuesday]

#Johnny Cash #June Carter #If I were a Carpenter #music

[rhube]

Mixed feels about 'If I were a carpenter'

I'm gonna start by saying that 'If I were a carpenter' is a beautiful song, and I especially love Robert Plant's arrangement.

But every time I listen to it these days I'm torn.

On the one hand, the opening lyric sets up the power imbalance with the dude as the (presumed poor/humble - carpentry is a good trade, but the whole 'Harrison FordJesus was a carpenter' thing has it placed in mind as a humble occupation) carpenter and the woman as a 'lady'. So, he is asking all he questions from the supposition of her vastly superior privilege, used to extreme subservience.

On the other hand, some of the lyrics that follow... D-:

If a tinker were my trade, would you still find me Carry the pots I made, follow behind me?

Why she gotta follow behind you, dude??? Like, sure, a tinkerer is even further down the social ladder, defo not usually respected by a lady, but why do you need her to be behind you??

Maybe we're meant to imagine them walking from place to place, selling the wears, and he has to go first because he's doing the selling. But then...

If I worked my hands at wood Oh, would you still love me? Answer me babe, "Yes, I would, I'd put you above me"

I'm sorry, WHAT?

You're not only instructing her how to answer this quiz session of hypotheticals (presumably because this is the answer you need in order to love her back) but you need the answer to say she'd put you *above* her. Why????

Love should be a meeting of equals. It's not equalising if either is demanding subservience (outside of a previously agreed kinky scene wit proper aftercare).

And, more to the point. These are all hypotheticals. She's not actually a member of the nobility. He's not actually her social inferior. In the case of Robert Plant at least, he's a wealthy white man. And now he's come at some poor woman all, 'Hey, set aside the obvious power imbalance in which we actually exist for a moment. Suppose you were the one with privilege - I know you're not, but let's say - you'd still love me right? And you'd love me enough to not just give up that privilege, but put me above you? You'd do that, right? 'Cause if you wouldn't, I'm not sure that's good enough for me.'

And :-///

URGH. Why do so many skillfully composed songs have to have such sucky implications that leave me feeling so ambivalent??

(Answer: the music industry has been dominated by white men for far too long and they have been completely unreflective when composing.)

And yes, I know Plant wasn't the original composer. Tim Hardin was also a white dude, as are many of the artists who have covered the song.

#if i were a carpenter #sexism #misogyny #music #privilege #Youtube

[katruna]

#curiosityinc #if I were a carpenter #singing #Youtube

[quitecontraryy]

Save my love through loneliness

Save my love for sorrow

I'm given you my onliness

Come give your tomorrow

#if i were a carpenter #joan baez #the first 10 years #1970

[afoolandathief]

🪄 may i have the lyric you are the least normal about

idk if it's the one I'm the least normal about but this has been ringing in my head today:

Save your love through loneliness Save your love through sorrow I gave you my onlyness Give me your tomorrow

#if i were a carpenter #there are some *questionable* implications in some of the rest of the lyrics sung by johnny and june #but these lines are forever dear to me #not writing #music #don't worry i have more lyrics in my head to share ahahah

[somehowmags]

the thing (1982) x tamagotchi

#tamagotchi #horror #the thing #the thing 1982 #the thing movie #r j macready #rj macready #kurt russell #john carpenter #no idea what else to tag this with tbh #fanart #my art #anyways. some of you may be saying 'mags bandai only uses the tamagotchi nano for crossovers' #'and this is clearly the tamagotchi connection v3 or the tamagotchi g2. how could you get this wrong' #to which i say #the tamagotchi nano is very hard to draw #anyways woke up with the vision for these a couple days ago and had to draw these #i might do some more of these for other movies tbh. they were really fun

[daughter-of-ophelia]

#Robert Plant #if i were a carpenter #videopost

[myimaginaryradio]

If I Were A Carpenter - Robert Plant - 1993

#robert plant #if i were a carpenter #classic rock #90s #labor day #Youtube

[creatinghelen]

and at that moment I felt a fragment of my fractured heart heal. piece by piece, I will get better.

#hj #this post is specifically about being in a room full of 98% women and screaming your lungs out to atw10 #but literally I healed some shit tonight #there is more to go but I’m getting there #also screaming to sabrina carpenter #if any of you were at the gig tonight at o2?? that would be wild #send me an ask if you were!! #if you’re reading this I love you