Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w
Mr. Nash is one of the greats. The Midnight Special was THE show to perform on in the 1970's. Until a recent television episode all I ever heard from Johnny Nash was confined to Best of the 1970's compilation albums. I'm glad my appreciation of his work has increased. In that episode this guy had a steady job, a really attractive doting blonde wife and a dog. That's something all of us want to a degree, me especially. When we'll all be kings, Damn Hell Ass kings. I'm not there yet, to the point where I had three tattoos done that remind me of not being there yet. A blonde pin-up girl, a hot stuff devil and a broken heart. One thus far has led to the other, if I remember that early enough I'll save myself some trouble. Enjoy the track, I really like it.
The Dubliners and the Pogues - Whiskey in the Jar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WgYoRCs2U
It rocks. A traditional Irish tune about a guy who is planning to dersert from the army and run off with his girl Jenny, but she double crosses him and sells him out to the army. The tune of the track is really catchy but it's the lyrics that make me love this as much as I do.
"The devil take the women because they never can be easy... There's some that take delight in their carriages a rollin, there's some that take delight in the hurly (the Irish sport Hurling) and the bowlin' (Cricket) but me I take delight in the juice of the barely (beer) and courtin' pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early." Respect.
Litmus test of the week
Brother Ali - You Say (Puppy Love) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-32FN-Z1ORs
When you're drunk "in the wee small hours of the morning", sometimes you stumble onto moments of clarity. I've stumbled over a few and I will again. The point is that if you really love someone you want to help them grow in some way even though you may not always be consciously aware of having that desire. The relationship may not last but the good intentions should. It's been my experience that they do in fact remain after it's over. If you significant other is drunk beside you at 3am and you care about each other enough to go where ever the relationship may lead, you chose well. In the end a relationship may not be as awesome as it once was; or even be what you believed it was, remember the good times and appreciate your few pages in that chapter of their life.
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