I do not breathe your politics
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Wednesday, May 03, 2006
3 a.m. lyric of the moment
From 'Getting Over You', as performed by Willie Nelson on the 'Across The Borderline' album. Sums up how I feel about the world at large at the moment:
But there's a vantage point and it takes some time to find Where you can see how all the pieces fit as you watch 'em fall apartAs an aside, the title track is also apt; a brilliant Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/Jim Dickinson song about Mexican immigration, that I vividly remember seeing performed, way too long ago, by the Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/Nick Lowe/Jim Keltner supergroup, Little Village: And when you reach that broken promised land All your dreams slip through your hand You have learned it's just too late to change your mind Cause you paid the price to come this far Just to wind up where you are And you're still just across the borderlineThis album brings to mind a universal truth in music: lend a song to Willie Nelson, and it comes back different. Marvellous stuff - the most eerie of the lot is Willie's cover of "Don't Give Up", sung with Sinead O'Connor (one of the women in Peter Gabriel's past). The combination changes the song into something quite different. posted by Michael at 5/03/2006 03:16:00 AM |