What music are you listening to?

[Karl Rand]

[andy]

Jessie Ware - Please

[Karl Rand]

Jessie Ware - Please

Very few songs make me want to get up on my geriatric feet and dance but this does. The bass guitar (?) line really gets to me.

[Karl Rand]

All that’s missing is the sound of the footfall of the bearers carrying Princess Diana’s coffin.
Sadly all the available on-line recordings of that event have crappy sound quality.
I suspect the statue in the background is the Greek Goddess Diana. 

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[ChadCoxRox]

From Alanis M yesterday, May 20th, 2021
today is [color= var(--main-color)]#MentalHealthAction[/color] Day… i'm sharing a song entitled “Rest” written specifically about those of us who struggle with depression and anxiety, isolation, suicidal ideation and the profound despair that mental illness can plunge us into.  go to [color= var(--main-color)]http://MentalHealthIsHealth.us[/color] to learn how you can help support yourself and others today & every day.

[Karl Rand]

An impressive and moving performance. I can’t help wishing for her to record another version with  totally acoustic backing.
Just my hangup maybe when it comes to digitally manufactured backings.

"Rest"

All these relief-givers
The needle sure revs in the red
Chemicals like drugs
They feel like they come from my best friend
You think me a coward but I am a warrior
With many voices in my head
When I looked around and I reached out
I saw no alternative

And God rest, God rest our souls
And this substance is the only comfort I know
He's been hurting for a while
Can we cut this man some slack
And let him lie down, let him lie down

We are a country desperate for the embryonic
I'm cold and I'm hungry
And I yearn for a hand on my forehead
You think it's a walk in the park and it's easy
"She's got it as good as it gets"
This misunderstanding's a line between living
And being a walking dead

And God rest, please rest our souls
And the more I take the less comfort I know
She's been pushing for a while
Can we cut this woman slack
And let her lie down, let her lie down
The more that you hurl at me
The more I will curl up in my bed

Where's the humanity?
Aren't we all hovering around the same end?
Door number 1, 2 and 3 have been promises
That aren't real enough to be kept
You wish me a speedy recovery
But when you turn I plumb the depths

And God rest, God please rest our souls
This is the surest exit I have known
We've been hurting for a while
Can we cut ourselves some slack
And let us lie down, let us lie down
Let us lie down, let me lie down

[Karl Rand]