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| The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali |
It's that time again when time marches on at the speed of light, waiting for no one, and there's no time out. Which somehow reminds me of a music mix I put together for Christmas, 2000. Yes, before 9/11, COVID, Trump, weather psychosis, and several other harbingers of dystopian catastrophes. It seems so long ago, and yet like it was only yesterday. The CD turned out to be a nostalgic, elegiac, even sentimental review of the big questions we all ask but never really answer - like what's it all about, and what happens next?
Here's part of what I wrote for liner notes to the CD, which I entitled This Time.
"Son los años. The problem really is one of too much material. May I recommend three fairly recent collections that deserve attention: Los Lobos - This Time; Van Morrison - Back on Top; and Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind. All about time, and lack of time, and time outs, and time after time, and time heals, and time will tell and -- you get the idea. Oh yeah, and any version of Puño de Tierra .... And what about In My Life by the Beatles?"
This is the list of songs I finally chose for the CD (followed by five video selections from the list.)
This Time - Los Lobos
Time Has Come Today - Chambers Brothers
Time is On My Side - Rolling Stones
This Time - Troy Shondell
Funny How Time Slips Away - Al Green and Lyle Lovett
I Fooled You This Time - Gene Chandler
Let the Good Times Roll - Shirley and Lee
Years from Now - Jackie Wilson
(Night Time is) The Right Time - Ray Charles
Sleepy Time Down South - Louis Armstrong
Summertime - Billie Holiday
Time Out for Tears - Helen Humes
Now's the Time - Charley Parker's Ree Boppers
'Round Midnight - Miles Davis Quintet
Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet
Midnight Blues - Bessie Smith
Three Hours Past Midnight - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
First Time I Met the Blues - Buddy Guy
In Time - Sly and the Family Stone
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
Seriously, my wish for you is a happy, healthy, creative, and prosperous 2022.
Later.
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Manuel Ramos writes crime fiction. His latest novel is Angels in the Wind.
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