” A Pale Green Mermaid Blog “
Beach Boys in April
Wall Flowers sometime soon
Springsteen coming out as we speak
I have a feeling about the Beach Boys album, when you get older and people you admire and friends are passing into that great beyond, you begin to realize you’d better get out what you have left to say or it will disappear into the star-dust of life.
I think if you don’t say, or do, what you came here to do in this life, this body, it is gone forever- it is a one shot deal, as it were …my little voice is saying to me, no one is interested in your metaphysical drivel get on with the post !
The Beach Boys is definitely one to watch, after all if a band can create songs that are symphonic vignettes such as I Get Around and Barbara Ann they’ve reached that level where as a listener you just wait around for that peak in musical expression to come again.
One Headlight by the Wallflowers is another example of a tiny rock and roll symphony – rumour has it Jakob Dylan ( he is such an interesting singer the cadence of his vocals pulls you into the song, I’d like to see Springsteen and he do another duet as they did on MTV) has the songs ready to go and so we await the reunion of Wallflowers.
Mr. Springsteen put out this last week a song and video from his new album, the song is We Take Care Of Our Own which is really a metaphor for the whole foreclosure and banking mess where a few at the top profited and the banks prospered but it’s workers and the citizens of the US and Worldwide suffered.
I like the video the images are an ebullient collage of stone and form I especially like the one of S. leaning against a wall somewhere looking like the geezer he is ( I’m speaking as a fellow geezerette)… it is important to see old faces on old people, he looks great! ( also it got me dancing!!)
So keep your eyes out for these three musical offerings.
