Real Good. Really Good. Really, Really Good For Free (And For Free) Oh! And By-The-Way: I Cannot ‘Edit’ Nor Write For Shite. But Then, Y’all Already Know This
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Been Watchin’ This vid…
Over and Over AGAIN.
OF LATE. WHY? Because I Am Certifiable NUTS–That is Why! Oh, And Because I am A Hopeless Romantic–With-An Ever-Feeling, Bleeding Heart. Yet, I Still Always Vote Republican! “Walking Contradiction?” Oui! C’est Moi!
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“Nobody stopped to hear him Though he played so sweet and high They knew he had never Been on their t.v. So they passed his music by I meant to go over and ask for a song Maybe put on a harmony… I heard his refrain As the signal changed He was playing real good, for free”
–Joni
over and over and over past few days.
Why? I suppose it’s because I have discovered the HBO gig: Treme.
New Orleans!
It’s mostly about music, street music and street musicians. And I love it. Highly reccomend it. Also recommend Spike Lee’s documentary on NOLA and Katrina: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Joni’s performance of “For Free” has always moved me, but now it has more meaning and I finally ‘get it’.