Miles Davis, interpreted by the incomparable Cassandra Wilson.
_________________ "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people," said the man. "You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides." -- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Joined: 9 Feb 2007 Age: 64 Gender: Male Posts: 8,980 Location: Santa Cruz , CA , USA
24 Nov 2017, 7:39 pm
..." Beach Baby " - First Class You know, this is actually a quite depressing song if you listen to the lyrics! Really - .
_________________ Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(. One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB. " Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go. My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!
I was just a little older than LegoMaster is now, when this came out. The last verse sounded like hope and stayed with me through some tough times. (Edit in: he was off by about 30 years, though )
_________________ "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people," said the man. "You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides." -- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Another lifelong favorite, very serene. (And guaranteed to bring one of my cats into my lap whenever she hears it.)
_________________ "I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people," said the man. "You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides." -- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!