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Burn all your old bank statements keep all your old love letters
Sent from my iPhoneFat Boy Slim with ‘Appraise You’
Chris Bennett
County Archivist
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies (HALS)
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From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of M. Marvin
Sent: 24 September 2019 19:48
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Subject: Re: A Friday afternoon question for a rainy Tuesday
One for the records and us caretakers, courtesy of They Might Be Giants:
'You're older than you've ever been/ And now you're even older/ And now you're even older/ And now you're even older...'
Best wishes,
Mandy
ERMC
Cambridge
On 24/09/2019 17:11, Valentine, Annabel wrote:
Wow, what a response! Apologies to anyone trying to get work done amidst this avalanche of suggestions!
Thank you to all who sent such enthusiastic responses, I hope you will forgive me to not replying to you all individually. I’ve been roped in to go and talk about the archives on our student radio later in the week and need a song to go along with my appearance. I’m not sure the SU will have the rights to play anything by Archivist but I think ‘Living in a Box’, ‘Little Boxes’ and ‘Irreplaceable’ by Beyoncé are my front runners.
Some others suggestions which came directly to me are below (not including the self penned track by one talented records manager).
Best wishes,
Annabel
‘Always something there to remind me’ by Dusty Springfield
‘Marian the Librarian’ from The Music Man:
Heaven help us if the library caught on fire
And the Volunteer Hose Brigade men
Had to whisper the news to Marian...Madam Librarian!
Ben Folds’s Sentimental Guy: “People talking and I'm watching, as flashes of their faces go black and white and fade to yellow in a box in an attic”.
Beyoncé's 'Formation' sounds like 'Come on ladies now let's get information'
Malvinia Reynolds 'Little Boxes'
Words
("Words are all I have, To take your heart away" - The Bee Gees)
Black & White
("The ink is black, the page is white" - Three Dog Night)
The Indigo Girls’ “Burn all the Letters” is kind of an anti-archives song, if you will!
A fan favourite in Canada which likely isn’t too well known in other parts is John K. Samson’s song about writing his history master’s thesis (which he never quite accomplishes) called “When I Write my Master’s Thesis”, which includes the lines “Oh the hours I spent in the archives wearing cotton gloves.” There is also a Canadian band called The Provincial Archive.
Dusty libraries any good? [a favourite of mine!]
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858767831/
Two from Joanna Newsom: “Inflammatory Writ” and “No Provenance”
Annabel Valentine
College Archivist
Library, Academic Services
Davison Building
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
Surrey TW20 0EX
01784 443814
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