Friday, December 31, 2021

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.

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