That Time, Again

The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali

Happy New Year! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! 

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.