A perfect song is timeless. A perfect song is a song that spans years and generations, and will be free of style and instrumentation that identify it with a certain stylistic period. A perfect song may avoid the heavy synthesizers of the 1980’s, the lush orchestration behind a disco beat of the 1970’s, or theContinue reading ““When I Fall in Love.” Three Stanzas and 97 Words”
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The Perfect Faith
It is said that the music you encounter in your late teens and early 20’s is imprinted on you for the rest of your life. This is the music you love, the music you always go back to, the music by which all other music you listen to will be judged. I first heard theContinue reading “The Perfect Faith”
Johnny Come Lately, by Steve Earle
“Johnny Come Lately” and a Difficult America
Running Up the Stairs to “Sweet Child o’ Mine”
Sweet Child o’ Mine” by Guns and Roses
Just Like Pagliacci Did. “Tears of a Clown”
“Smokey Robinson is America’s greatest living poet.” Though this quote has been attributed to Bob Dylan, it has never been confirmed that our modern day Bard actually uttered these exact words. It may have been him, it may have been his manager, or it may have just been a creative journalist with a wild imagination.Continue reading “Just Like Pagliacci Did. “Tears of a Clown””
My Sweet Teenage Summer Nights, and “No Surrender”
“No Surrender,” by Bruce Springsteen
The Perfect Solace of “If I Had a Boat”
“If I Had a Boat” by Lyle Lovett
The Perfect Fantasy of “Just My Imagination”
The fantasy is Over, Reality Sets In. “Just My Imagination”
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, by The Righteous Brothers
Sometimes, a few words is all it takes, but we like to talk. We talk in meetings. We talk over meals. We talk on the phone. We send emails back and forth. We text. We tweet. So many words. So many conversations. At home and at work, we often find ourselves talking about the same issuesContinue reading “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, by The Righteous Brothers”
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