I just heard Mary Chapin Carpenter’s I feel lucky. That was a fun song, I haven’t heard it for years and remember one drunken summer party where a bunch of us sung it floating down the creek drinking beer. Good times! (Been forever since we floated down the creek.)
Anyway, I recently heard Blessid Union of Souls “Let Me Be The One.” I love that song and hadn’t heard it in forever! Then I got all nostalgic and started looking up more songs from my 90s youth.
Hearing, not exactly. But I was rehearsing with a big band this morning when Four Brothers (the Woody Herman hit) was called. I hadn’t played that chart in 20 years, hadn’t listened to the recording in ten, but the phrases came right back to mind.
This isn’t even all that unusual. Many musicians seem to develop a kind of phonographic memory.
I Feel Lucky Lemon Tree
I couldn’t find Peter Paul and Mary’s version. You tube had dozen’s by PP&M, but not that one. Four Brothers I confess it, I don’t know the song and so I have no idea if this is the right version. Let me be the one
Last week, Car Talk featured Graham Parker doing his “Crawling from the Wreckage,” which reminded me of the ramped up Dave Edmunds version. Now I’m revisiting Edmunds.
Back in high school (early 70s), I would listen to friends’ copies of Cat Stevens’ “Teaser and the Firecat”, but never had one of my own. Then a couple of weeks ago I got a copy. It was cool to hear things like “Rubylove” (the one where he sings in Greek) and “How Can I Tell You” (one of those heartrending songs that a lonely teenager could really relate to at times) again.