I guess since 6 is the number of man, I’ll end here with the worst song of them all because a perpetrator is involved. I guess untimely deaths at the hands of those with power are the worst kind of death. Never cried at this one. Probably should have though. Fuck It! Maybe I’ll get to that point. But until then I’ll fidget a little in my seat at “I’m sick and I want to go home”.
There is something about Dead can Dance that transcends this present realm. And this song is one of the most interesting versions of an old Gaelic ballad I have ever heard. If you ever get a chance to listen to their concert “Toward The Within”…DO IT! Amazing stuff. Brendan Perry’s brother Robert on pipes.
“Such sweet sorrow”-Shakespeare. The story is one of lost love due to a cruel fate. But the version of this amazing song by one of my favorite bands of all time Fairport Convention makes it delicious. I almost posted versions by Richard Thompson, Loreena McKennitt, and Sinead O’Connor…all of which would have been great. But since the sad death of Sandy Denny, somehow this version seems fitting.
JT wrote this about a girl he knew in rehab who committed suicide. I have often thought about some of the people I met in 12 step. Great, great people who were just fucked up like me. I wonder what happened to many of them. There were some I was sure wouldn’t make it. But God can do anything. The question has been “Will He?”.
I never actually cried when this song was on. I did have to choke back tears the first time I heard it because I was in the car with my daughter on a road trip. Bold yet funny exterior. Soul wanting to know more about this story. Maybe I’m just projecting deep inner sadness about my sisters.
I didn’t cry listening to this one until the second or third listen. It took me a while to get it.
