Inspirational verse:
I'm not one to start complaining
Why am I so sour?
I'm not losing ground, I'm gaining
Why am I so sour?
Everything is going my way
Traffic's moving on the highway
Don't mind eating fish on Fridays
Still I'm feeling sour
I actually owned that album solely for "You Tell Me Why," a gorgeous folk-rock ballad that's one of the great lost singles of the Sixties, but that lyric from "In Good Time" always used to make me laugh when I cranked it up in my college dorm room. I hadn't thought about it in ages, but the other day, with the recent passing of Pope Francis, it (perhaps unsurprisingly) popped into my head unbidden.
I should add that if it came on the radio now, I kinda wonder how many contemporary listeners would even get the historical reference. 😎
There's a reason some songs are considered deep cuts.
ReplyDeleteFor me Laugh Laugh and Just A Little always catch my ears.
With honorable mention to Sly Stewart
rob
"You Tell Me Why" is the only Brummels single I own. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYou just motivated me to play it for the first time in years, and damn, that is gorgeous! (Sadly I just have an mp3, not a vinyl copy.)
DeleteThey had a bunch of great songs. The Smithereens used to cover "Don't Talk to Strangers".
ReplyDeleteI loved their version of the Spoonful's "Good Time Music"
DeleteNils Lofgren does a nice cover of "Just a Little".
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