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Re-learning five old songs...
David asked Facebook friends yesterday what five old songs he should re-learn. In the first 24 hours, there were 130 comments.
His response:
It is so good to hear that these songs are still working out there. Like Voyager still sending back pictures.
I got chills realizing that Frozen In the Snow has become an Obama song! There's plenty of old ones that could be recycled with a different subtext and carry a new message. And then there's songs that I should believe in again because they deserve another chance. I'm glad to see that Down Here got voted in, because I love it, but the only time it really shines is when I play it in Key West.
And Tattered Old Kite is such lovely poetry with a nod to the repeating form of John Gorka's song Stranger With Your Hair. And After Your Orgasm, such a vulnerable love song. And This Time, which contains a snapshot of my grandparents as young adventurers. And Catch Me if I Try for the stolen John Martyn riff from his song Lay it on Down. And Wildberry Pie, the blind man's love song. And, yes, return like a veteran to Covert War. It's over for me, but it's not over.
His response:
It is so good to hear that these songs are still working out there. Like Voyager still sending back pictures.
I got chills realizing that Frozen In the Snow has become an Obama song! There's plenty of old ones that could be recycled with a different subtext and carry a new message. And then there's songs that I should believe in again because they deserve another chance. I'm glad to see that Down Here got voted in, because I love it, but the only time it really shines is when I play it in Key West.
And Tattered Old Kite is such lovely poetry with a nod to the repeating form of John Gorka's song Stranger With Your Hair. And After Your Orgasm, such a vulnerable love song. And This Time, which contains a snapshot of my grandparents as young adventurers. And Catch Me if I Try for the stolen John Martyn riff from his song Lay it on Down. And Wildberry Pie, the blind man's love song. And, yes, return like a veteran to Covert War. It's over for me, but it's not over.
