For me, this song captures the emotion of the scary year we are leaving and whatever hope there may be for the one we are entering. Where’s the reset button?
Category: Music
Bach, Often
Have I shared this before? I don’t think so. Okay, it isn’t Bach, but I couldn’t resist the Offenbach wordplay. The video isn’t in HD, so enlarging it won’t improve the picture.
Here’s how Michael Powell presented the piece in a video clip of marginal quality.
I have the film on LaserDisc. There’s no word on when it will be available in America on Blu-Ray in the quality of this trailer for the remastered release.
How beautiful. How very beautiful.
Petula on Nashville
Posted a few minutes ago by Petula Clark on her Facebook page:
I feel the need to express my shock and disbelief at the Christmas Day explosion in our beloved Music City. I love Nashville and its people.
Why this violent act – leaving behind it such devastation?
A few hours later – I was told that the music in the background of that strange announcement – was me – singing “Downtown”! Of all the thousands of songs – why this one?
Of course, the opening lyric is “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely you can always go Downtown”. But millions of people all over the world have been uplifted by this joyful song. Perhaps you can read something else into these words – depending on your state of mind. It’s possible.
I would like to wrap my arms around Nashville – give you all a hug – and wish you Love, a Happy and Healthy New Year – and, as we sometimes say in the U.K., steady the Buffs! (Look it up!)
Love,
– Petula
Wailing Song
Leslie West died last week, bringing to mind once again being in high school and listening to WBCN in Boston.
Heard in Music City
The Long and Winding Road to Get Back
Having escaped the clutches of Stephen Colbert and Middle Earth, Peter Jackson continues his work on what had been Let it Be. OMG, this is some kind of wonderful. Merry Crimble!