A Facebook Friend of mine had his birthday a few days ago his name is Anthony Peake an author of a number of books, One of his books called "Cheating the Ferryman" inspired me to do this very fitting cover of Chris de Burgh's "Don't Pay the ferryman". In 2006 Antony Peake introduced his revolutionary model of life after death, "Cheating the Ferryman", in the bestselling book Is There Life After After Death? The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die.

Since then, Antony has broadened and deepened the Model in Ten further volumes.

The book can be ordered from any bookshop and/or via Amazon and all online retailers and is in all formats including Audible. But if people want to purchase a signed copy, with a dedication they can use the link below...
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This is my cover of  "Don't Pay the Ferryman" a song by Irish artist Chris de  Burgh. It was released in September 1982 as the lead single from his album The Getaway.

AllMusic critic Sharon Mawer states the song has become "a standard art-rock classic" and one of de Burgh's most frequently played songs on radio, despite not reaching the Top 40 on its original UK release.

Background
The song tells the story of a man who boards a ferryboat and sets off. A storm approaches and the ferryman demands payment. The song's narrator warns the passenger not to pay the ferryman until the boat arrives at its destination on the other side.

The repetitive lyrics are believed to have a connection with mythology. The song describes the ferryman as "the hooded old man at the rudder", and seems to connect to the classic image of the Grim Reaper, a hooded being (usually a skeleton) who leads lost souls to "the other side", also a lyric in the song. The ferryman demanding his payment is also similar to the Greek ferryman of the dead, Charon. He demanded an obolus (coin) to ferry dead souls across the River Styx. Those who did not pay were doomed to remain as ghosts, remaining on the plane of the mare, the restless dead.

In the bridge of the song, lines from Shakespeare's The Tempest can be heard, spoken very low by British actor Anthony Head.
[Act 5, Scene 1, lines 230 - 237]
BOATSWAIN: I'd strive to tell you. We were dead of sleep
And (how we know not) all clapp'd under hatches;
Where, but even now, with strange and several noises
Of roaring, shrieking, howling, jingling chains,
And moe diversity of sounds, all horrible,
We were awak'd; straightway at liberty;
Where we, in all her trim, freshly beheld
Our royal, good, and gallant ship;

This section of the song is omitted from the version of the song released as a single, which is approximately 20 seconds shorter than the album version.

Music video
The music video for "Don't Pay the Ferryman" was directed by Maurice Phillips.
Chart positions

It became Chris de Burgh's first UK hit single almost eight years into his recording career when it entered the chart on 23 October 1982 and peaked at number 48, staying on the chart for five weeks. In 1983, the single reached number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It was a major hit on the Australian Kent Music Report chart, where it reached the Top 5 and spent 25 weeks in the Top 100.

Chris De Burgh - Don't Pay The Ferryman - Stefan Lobuczek

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This is my cover of "Spirit in the Sky" a song by American singer-songwriter Norman Greenbaum, originally written and recorded by Greenbaum and released in late 1969 from the album of the same name. The single became a gold record in the United States, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970, and reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. Billboard ranked the record the No. 22 song of 1970. It also climbed to No. 1 on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. Rolling Stone ranked "Spirit in the Sky" No. 333 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Cover versions by Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates have also made the No. 1 spot in the UK.

The song was voted one of the top ten one-hit wonders in a Rolling Stone reader's poll.

Original version by Norman Greenbaum
"Spirit in the Sky" makes several religious references to Jesus, although Greenbaum himself is Jewish. In a 2006 interview with The New York Times, Greenbaum told a reporter he was inspired to write the song after watching Porter Wagoner singing a gospel song on TV. Greenbaum said: "I thought, 'Yeah, I could do that,' knowing nothing about gospel music, so I sat down and wrote my gospel song. It came easy. I wrote the words in 15 minutes."

Anyway, I hope you like my take on this one-hit wonder.

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky - Stefan Lobuczek

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