I Went...SI--SI--SIRIUS...All The Way Home (again) #65
(a short jaunt)
"What About Me" - Richie Havens / "The Great Blind Degree" (1971)
"And I feel the future trembling
as the word is passed around.
If you stand up for what you do believe,
be prepared to be shot down.
Oh...what you gonna do about me?"
Richie Havens has always been hit or miss for me. Don't get me wrong. I dig the cat. I've always loved the way he burrowed down to the organic essence of a song. But sometimes he can get a little repetitious. That's just me. However, he nails this one. Richie massages Quicksilver's gem into a protest of a most personal kind. He doesn't better the original, but he does make it sound fresh, and that I like. This was Richie's 8th album. (NEED)
"Closet Chronicles" - Kansas / "Point Of Know Return" (1977)
"Once proud and full of passion, he fought the cause of man.
Many people loved his courage. Many followed his command.
He changed the old into the new and the course of things to come.
And then one day they noticed he was gone."
A Kansas prog-rock mini-epic of sorts rumored to be about Howard Hughes. And I suppose one could easily think of other persons who might fit the bill as well. Love the vocals. Both of them. And the middle break at the 3-minute mark is simply good stuff. Kansas was prog-rock whose music was more accessible than most So what and good for them. The best of both worlds. Their fifth, and my favorite, studio album. (OWN)
"Political World" - Bob Dylan / "Oh Mercy" (1989)
"We live in a political world.
Courage is a thing of the past.
The houses are haunted, children aren't wanted.
Your next day could be your last."
Dylan is a-rockin'...snarin' and dobroin' outta the speakers with pedal-down urgency. Never heard this one before, but I've seen the album many times. Tasty stuff. Sounding pissed and perturbed like a 7-10 split. A lot of verses in under 4 minutes' time and I'll take as many as he's got. The 26th studio album on Bob Dylan's resume. (NEED)
"WILMA, I'M HOME!"
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