Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 sat nam, i was wondering if anyone here knew the origin of the long time sun song as one of my students is inquiring? thank you~i am grateful. love and light~kala Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 It was from a 60's group. Maybe Country Joe and The Fish or Grateful Dead. Ask Livtar Singh. He knows everything...Dr. Dharma************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 Sat Nam. The "Long Time Sunshine" song was originally written by the Incredible String Band. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 Sat Nam, Kala! The song comes from the final couplet of a much longer song by The Incredible String Band. It's called " A Very Cellular Song " and it's on their wonderful 1968 album " The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. " You can still purchase the CD of that album. The complete lyrics to that song can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/3acpt9 Way back when... Yogi Ji heard us singing the song and picked it up and started asking us to sing it after every class. All love, .....G Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 Hi, the long time sun song comes from the group " The Incredible String Band " . They were, and still are I think, a folk type group from England. I personally really love their music. ______________________________\ ____ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Travel to find your fit. http://farechase./promo-generic-14795097 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 I'm sure you will get a dozen replies to the origin of the " Long Time Sun " song. It was recorded back in the '60s by The Incredible String Band on an album called The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. I'm not sure how it became the closing song of Kundalini Yoga classes back then, but it was that song that got me " hooked " to coming back after my first class in Berkeley in 1969. I was really into the Incredible String Band already and loved that song, so when I heard them singing it at the end of class I knew that these people must be cool. BTW, this album is available on CD if you want to hear the original version. Sat Nam, Sahib-Amar Kaur Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 Sat Nam Gis! You are all right about the "long time sunshine" song, just wanted to add that he changed the last word to "on" from "home" on the original, on to =ong! Lots of love light and peace to you all---Jas Pal gurukas wrote: Sat Nam, Kala! The song comes from the final couplet of a much longer songby The Incredible String Band. It's called "A Very Cellular Song" and it'son their wonderful 1968 album "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter." You canstill purchase the CD of that album. The complete lyrics to that song canbe found here: http://tinyurl.com/3acpt9Way back when... Yogi Ji heard us singing the song and picked it up andstarted asking us to sing it after every class.All love, .....G Never miss an email again! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 8, 2007 I believe that the amazing Simran Kaur told us that Yogi B had heard the Incredible String Band perform it and asked them if he could use the song for our yoga classes, to which they happily consented. Sat Nam Amrit Manter Singh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 20, 2007 The song was recorded by the "Incredible String Band" in the late 60's. The words to the song however, were not written by them. I don't know who wrote it, but Gurcharan Singh (KRI) tried to buy the rights at one time for 3HO. He may remember the name, but whoever owned the rights at that time did not want to sell, or it was too expensive. If you read old Irish prayers (may the road rise up to meet you), you'll notice a similarity. I don't know if it's an old poem, or was written to sound like it. There is another song you may have heard, the "Birthday Song" that contains the lyrics of "Long Time Sun". The "Birthday Song" has these lyrics, written by Livtar Singh (that's me): <On this day the Lord gave you life May you use it to serve Him Our loving prayers will be with you May you never forget Him.> Followed by "The Long Time Sun" (not written by me) as the second part. So ends this portion of the history of "Long Time Sun". May the Kundalini rise up to enlighten you, Livtar Singh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 22, 2007 Kundalini-Yoga , livtarkhalsa <no_reply wrote: > > The song was recorded by the " Incredible String Band " in the late 60's. > The words to the song however, were not written by them. > > I don't know who wrote it, but Gurcharan Singh (KRI) tried to buy the > rights at one time for 3HO. He may remember the name, but whoever owned > the rights at that time did not want to sell, or it was too expensive. > > If you read old Irish prayers (may the road rise up to meet you), you'll > notice a similarity. I don't know if it's an old poem, or was written to > sound like it. > > There is another song you may have heard, the " Birthday Song " that > contains the lyrics of " Long Time Sun " . The " Birthday Song " has these > lyrics, written by Livtar Singh (that's me): > > <On this day the Lord gave you life > May you use it to serve Him > Our loving prayers will be with you > May you never forget Him.> > > Followed by " The Long Time Sun " (not written by me) as the second part. > > > So ends this portion of the history of " Long Time Sun " . > > May the Kundalini rise up to enlighten you, > > Livtar Singh > In a lecture of Yogi Ji's I once read, he said something to the affect that there is no other combination of words like " May The Long Time Sunshine Song " that gives us the essence of the innocence of the flower children of 60's. Once in while I'll let the students know that too. Love & Flowers, Atma Kaur Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rosilalor 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2012 The Song 'Long Time Sun' comes from the end of a song called 'A Very Cellular Song' by The Incredible String Band, from an album called 'Hi Five'. It was written by Mike Heron of that band. Rumours that this is an old traditional song are false. Mike Heron has not been credited with this song, and its widespread use in Kundalini yoga is in breach of copyright law. Do look further into this. Mike Heron is not a rich man! He could do with receiving the royalities he deserves for writing this beautiful song. Yours sincerely, Rosi Lalor (UK) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rosilalor 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2012 'Long time sun' is an excerpt from 'The Very Cellular Song' written by Mike Heron of 'The Incredible String Band' (from an album called 'Hi Five'). Mike has not been credited for its widespread use in Kundalini yoga. PLease spread the word that this needs to change. He is a lovely person, and deserves the royalties for what he lovingly wrote. Rosi Lalor (UK) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rosilalor 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2012 P.s. the thing about trying to buy the rights being too expensive is not true. Nobody ever tried to buy the rights, they just used it without permission. Look into it and you'll see it's true. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
