Ishmael is a fictional character, the protagonist in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). Ishmael, the only surviving crewmember of the Pequod, is the narrator of the book. As a character he is a few years younger than as a narrator. His importance relies on his role as narrator; as a character, he is only a minor participant in the action. The name has come to symbolize orphans, exiles, and social outcasts.
Because he was the first person narrator, much early criticism of Moby-Dick either confused Ishmael with the author himself or overlooked him. From the mid-twentieth century onward, critics distinguished Ishmael from Melville. They established Ishmael's mystic and speculative consciousness as a central force in the book in contrast to Captain Ahab's monomaniacal force of will.
By contrast with his namesake Ishmael from Genesis, who is banished into the desert, Ishmael is wandering upon the sea. Each Ishmael, however, experiences a miraculous rescue; one from thirst, the other as the lone surviving crew-member.
Goodnight Vienna is the fourth studio album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles, and released later that year. Goodnight Vienna followed the commercially successful predecessor Ringo, and Starr used many of the same players, including Billy Preston, Klaus Voormann, Robbie Robertson, Harry Nilsson, and producer Richard Perry. The title is a Liverpool slang phrase meaning "it's all over".
On 17 June 1974, Starr called Lennon, who was about to record his Walls and Bridges album, and asked him to write a song he could include on his next album. Lennon wrote what became the title track, "Goodnight Vienna". A demo of "(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna" was recorded by Lennon on 28 June, with the session musicians from Walls & Bridges and sent to Starr in advance of the sessions. Besides writing and playing piano on the title track, Lennon suggested Starr cover The Platters' hit "Only You (And You Alone)" playing acoustic guitar and providing a guide vocal for Starr to follow. Starr's versions of both "Only You (And You Alone)" and "(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna" were recorded at a session produced by Lennon.Elton John also contributed a track, "Snookeroo", co-written with Bernie Taupin.Harry Nilsson gave Starr the track "Easy for Me", which he later recorded his own version of for his Duit on Mon Dei album.
The Book of Genesis and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the Ishmaelites and patriarch of Qaydār. According to Muslim tradition, Ishmael the Patriarch, and his mother Hagar, are said to be buried next to the Kaaba in Mecca.
Etymology
Cognates of HebrewYishma'el existed in various ancient Semitic cultures, including early Babylonian and Minæan. It is a theophoric name translated literally as "God (El) has hearkened", suggesting that "a child so named was regarded as the fulfillment of a divine promise".
MOBY DICK starring William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Donald Sutherland Gillian Anderson, and Charlie "Call Me Ishmael" Cox.
published: 22 Jan 2016
Call Me Ishmael
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Call Me Ishmael · Madcat · Guilhem Poincignon
The Doors of Perception
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published: 06 Dec 2018
Call me Ishmael
Introductory scene from John Huston's "Moby Dick". The sea, where each man as in a mirror finds himself
published: 31 May 2008
"Call Me Ishmael": An Excerpt from Moby Dick | as performed at the J.W. Jupiter
A reading of the opening of Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the narrator Ishmael's introductory monologue to the reader. The finely detailed description of the harbor city, Ishmael's offbeat sense of humor, the casual-yet-striking philosophical ruminations: all these portend the unparalleled adventure that awaits the reader. Of course, many intricate details about whaling ships, whales and whaling await as well!
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"Shields, on the River Tyne" - J.M.W. Turner
published: 06 Oct 2020
Call me Ishmael
East Lothian Gloom Popster ‘Tomorrow’s Ghost’ caused quite a stir this year with his
eponymously titled debut single Tomorrow’s Ghosts’ @
Showcasing an ability to walk the tightrope between 80’s minimal goth-pop and expansive anthemic rock dénouements, the single garnered support form the likes of Vic Galloway (BBC Introducing Scotland), Jim Gellatly (Amazing Radio, The Scottish Sun) and SAY award winner Kathryn Joseph.
The second instalment ‘Call me Ishmael’ sees Mikey Ferguson continue with the use of that formula, with a more refined, classic pop rock sensibility. On the song he says...
“Call me Ishmael is about a period of time I spent in a mental health hospital as a patient, dealing with various forms of depression and loss. Checking in there was the scariest thing I’ve ever done a...
Provided to YouTube by Pont Neuf Records
Call Me Ishmael · Madcat · Guilhem Poincignon
The Doors of Perception
℗ Pont Neuf Records
Released on: 2018-12-07
...
Provided to YouTube by Pont Neuf Records
Call Me Ishmael · Madcat · Guilhem Poincignon
The Doors of Perception
℗ Pont Neuf Records
Released on: 2018-12-07
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Pont Neuf Records
Call Me Ishmael · Madcat · Guilhem Poincignon
The Doors of Perception
℗ Pont Neuf Records
Released on: 2018-12-07
Auto-generated by YouTube.
A reading of the opening of Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the narrator Ishmael's introductory monologue to the reader. The finely detailed description of the ha...
A reading of the opening of Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the narrator Ishmael's introductory monologue to the reader. The finely detailed description of the harbor city, Ishmael's offbeat sense of humor, the casual-yet-striking philosophical ruminations: all these portend the unparalleled adventure that awaits the reader. Of course, many intricate details about whaling ships, whales and whaling await as well!
Thanks for stopping by! If you enjoyed this reading, please like, share, and subscribe, and let me know in the comments what you think of Moby Dick, or what I should read next!
Image Credits:
"Shields, on the River Tyne" - J.M.W. Turner
A reading of the opening of Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the narrator Ishmael's introductory monologue to the reader. The finely detailed description of the harbor city, Ishmael's offbeat sense of humor, the casual-yet-striking philosophical ruminations: all these portend the unparalleled adventure that awaits the reader. Of course, many intricate details about whaling ships, whales and whaling await as well!
Thanks for stopping by! If you enjoyed this reading, please like, share, and subscribe, and let me know in the comments what you think of Moby Dick, or what I should read next!
Image Credits:
"Shields, on the River Tyne" - J.M.W. Turner
East Lothian Gloom Popster ‘Tomorrow’s Ghost’ caused quite a stir this year with his
eponymously titled debut single Tomorrow’s Ghosts’ @
Showcasing an ability...
East Lothian Gloom Popster ‘Tomorrow’s Ghost’ caused quite a stir this year with his
eponymously titled debut single Tomorrow’s Ghosts’ @
Showcasing an ability to walk the tightrope between 80’s minimal goth-pop and expansive anthemic rock dénouements, the single garnered support form the likes of Vic Galloway (BBC Introducing Scotland), Jim Gellatly (Amazing Radio, The Scottish Sun) and SAY award winner Kathryn Joseph.
The second instalment ‘Call me Ishmael’ sees Mikey Ferguson continue with the use of that formula, with a more refined, classic pop rock sensibility. On the song he says...
“Call me Ishmael is about a period of time I spent in a mental health hospital as a patient, dealing with various forms of depression and loss. Checking in there was the scariest thing I’ve ever done and I believed, at first, that I didn’t belong in a place like that. That changed quickly after finding solace in the company of others...I wasn’t different to, better or worse than anyone else in there. That’s where the title and the last verse in the song comes from (as well as the obvious literary reference)...the name on my hospital door belonged there as much as those of my neighbours. I needed to get better.”
CALL ME ISHMAEL IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW FROM
https://www.tomorrowsghost.bandcamp.com
Lyrics:-
There’s a war in my head
A battalion of strings
A cacophony stranger things
Here in the Royal Ed
There’s a patient that sings
Like a Mozart starling with broken wings
So you call off the rain
There’s a storm cloud in my brain
And keep me inside
Until the trees are green again
Here in the Royal Ed
There’s a starling that sings
Like a broken Mozart on Fluoxetine
Call me. Darling please I’m off to hospital
Floor me. Floor coming through the hospital doors
You call off the rain...
Call me. Babe I’m begging I’m in hospital
Ignore me. Haul me Megan off the hospital floor
You call off the rain...
Call me Ishmael, Bruce or Michael Ferguson
Call me any name that’s on my hospital door
I’m not here anymore
East Lothian Gloom Popster ‘Tomorrow’s Ghost’ caused quite a stir this year with his
eponymously titled debut single Tomorrow’s Ghosts’ @
Showcasing an ability to walk the tightrope between 80’s minimal goth-pop and expansive anthemic rock dénouements, the single garnered support form the likes of Vic Galloway (BBC Introducing Scotland), Jim Gellatly (Amazing Radio, The Scottish Sun) and SAY award winner Kathryn Joseph.
The second instalment ‘Call me Ishmael’ sees Mikey Ferguson continue with the use of that formula, with a more refined, classic pop rock sensibility. On the song he says...
“Call me Ishmael is about a period of time I spent in a mental health hospital as a patient, dealing with various forms of depression and loss. Checking in there was the scariest thing I’ve ever done and I believed, at first, that I didn’t belong in a place like that. That changed quickly after finding solace in the company of others...I wasn’t different to, better or worse than anyone else in there. That’s where the title and the last verse in the song comes from (as well as the obvious literary reference)...the name on my hospital door belonged there as much as those of my neighbours. I needed to get better.”
CALL ME ISHMAEL IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW FROM
https://www.tomorrowsghost.bandcamp.com
Lyrics:-
There’s a war in my head
A battalion of strings
A cacophony stranger things
Here in the Royal Ed
There’s a patient that sings
Like a Mozart starling with broken wings
So you call off the rain
There’s a storm cloud in my brain
And keep me inside
Until the trees are green again
Here in the Royal Ed
There’s a starling that sings
Like a broken Mozart on Fluoxetine
Call me. Darling please I’m off to hospital
Floor me. Floor coming through the hospital doors
You call off the rain...
Call me. Babe I’m begging I’m in hospital
Ignore me. Haul me Megan off the hospital floor
You call off the rain...
Call me Ishmael, Bruce or Michael Ferguson
Call me any name that’s on my hospital door
I’m not here anymore
Provided to YouTube by Pont Neuf Records
Call Me Ishmael · Madcat · Guilhem Poincignon
The Doors of Perception
℗ Pont Neuf Records
Released on: 2018-12-07
Auto-generated by YouTube.
A reading of the opening of Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the narrator Ishmael's introductory monologue to the reader. The finely detailed description of the harbor city, Ishmael's offbeat sense of humor, the casual-yet-striking philosophical ruminations: all these portend the unparalleled adventure that awaits the reader. Of course, many intricate details about whaling ships, whales and whaling await as well!
Thanks for stopping by! If you enjoyed this reading, please like, share, and subscribe, and let me know in the comments what you think of Moby Dick, or what I should read next!
Image Credits:
"Shields, on the River Tyne" - J.M.W. Turner
East Lothian Gloom Popster ‘Tomorrow’s Ghost’ caused quite a stir this year with his
eponymously titled debut single Tomorrow’s Ghosts’ @
Showcasing an ability to walk the tightrope between 80’s minimal goth-pop and expansive anthemic rock dénouements, the single garnered support form the likes of Vic Galloway (BBC Introducing Scotland), Jim Gellatly (Amazing Radio, The Scottish Sun) and SAY award winner Kathryn Joseph.
The second instalment ‘Call me Ishmael’ sees Mikey Ferguson continue with the use of that formula, with a more refined, classic pop rock sensibility. On the song he says...
“Call me Ishmael is about a period of time I spent in a mental health hospital as a patient, dealing with various forms of depression and loss. Checking in there was the scariest thing I’ve ever done and I believed, at first, that I didn’t belong in a place like that. That changed quickly after finding solace in the company of others...I wasn’t different to, better or worse than anyone else in there. That’s where the title and the last verse in the song comes from (as well as the obvious literary reference)...the name on my hospital door belonged there as much as those of my neighbours. I needed to get better.”
CALL ME ISHMAEL IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW FROM
https://www.tomorrowsghost.bandcamp.com
Lyrics:-
There’s a war in my head
A battalion of strings
A cacophony stranger things
Here in the Royal Ed
There’s a patient that sings
Like a Mozart starling with broken wings
So you call off the rain
There’s a storm cloud in my brain
And keep me inside
Until the trees are green again
Here in the Royal Ed
There’s a starling that sings
Like a broken Mozart on Fluoxetine
Call me. Darling please I’m off to hospital
Floor me. Floor coming through the hospital doors
You call off the rain...
Call me. Babe I’m begging I’m in hospital
Ignore me. Haul me Megan off the hospital floor
You call off the rain...
Call me Ishmael, Bruce or Michael Ferguson
Call me any name that’s on my hospital door
I’m not here anymore
Ishmael is a fictional character, the protagonist in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851). Ishmael, the only surviving crewmember of the Pequod, is the narrator of the book. As a character he is a few years younger than as a narrator. His importance relies on his role as narrator; as a character, he is only a minor participant in the action. The name has come to symbolize orphans, exiles, and social outcasts.
Because he was the first person narrator, much early criticism of Moby-Dick either confused Ishmael with the author himself or overlooked him. From the mid-twentieth century onward, critics distinguished Ishmael from Melville. They established Ishmael's mystic and speculative consciousness as a central force in the book in contrast to Captain Ahab's monomaniacal force of will.
By contrast with his namesake Ishmael from Genesis, who is banished into the desert, Ishmael is wandering upon the sea. Each Ishmael, however, experiences a miraculous rescue; one from thirst, the other as the lone surviving crew-member.
It's one of those times that I can't seem to find the words or thoughts. These hazy eyes the perfect partner to my weary mind It's not been a matter of days, in fact it's felt like an age, since I last sat down or I saw a town that wasn't linked by shows And fatigue's soon ignored as your feet hit the board, or as the beat hits the floor, these are the moments we're living for. The ones that constantly try to appease our 9-5s. They're the ones that justify all the things that we forsake. You are not your job and you are not the clothes you wear You are the words that leave your mouth so speak up, speak up loud For none of us want to sit in evaluations taking notes for hours. We're all sick and tired of waiting. Let's set sail. And fatigues soon ignored as your feet hit the board, or the beat hits the floor, these are the moments that we live for. the ones who constantly try, to appease our 9-5s they are the ones that justify, all the things that we forsake. Why do we look to the tide when we find that our minds are getting stale, why does it bag me this place on the waves. and are we looking for meaning, from demeaning, the soul destroying task we do all the time on the shore. And as i picture you on the television, talking all the seller hook past all the people walking, its about then that I realize that your the same as me, So call me Ishmael, we are all striving for, the thing that makes this grind worth surviving baby, I won't wait long for one little moment, where our dream's to feel alive. And as i picture you on the television, talking all the seller hook past all the people walking, its about then that I realise that your the same as me, So call me Ishmael, we are all striving for, the thing that makes this grind worth surviving baby, I won't wait long for one little moment,