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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Jukebox fave |
| Date | Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:47:20 +0000 |
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Listened to an old Roches album "Speak" in the car the other day.It got to
me.So I listened to it again at home.While the whole album is great, two
songs pack an emotional punch.Cut 5,"In the World",a lovely folk tune about
home and lost dreams.
"In the world
is a lie
flying high
I thought you were mine.
But you were
never mine"
It is followed immediately by "I love my Mom".I get chill each time I reach
the last vese where everthing hurts and she[Suzzy Roche is singing] needs
her mom's love to ease the pain.Cosidering these are 3 sisters singing about
their own Mother makes it all the more beautiful.
I have seen them many times years ago.But they weren't together for the past
10 years or so.That is why it was so special to see them this past December
at the Steppenwolf theater during a very short reunion tour.Since it was
Christmas time ,we were treated to some songs from their best selling
holiday album.Lots of fuuny stories and songs from their carreer.And those
voices.Those harmonies.It was a special night.
Revisiting this album has brought back a lot of memories.
At the end of that show,Suzzy asked that anyone with brothers and sisters
get together with them ,form a group, and tour for a while.Then call her up
and tell her how that was going for them.It was a very funny and telling
moment.I don't think you will see them all together too much.They kind of
burned out.But we have many albums.And memories.
"down in the cellar
is a memory chest
inside of it
mom's wedding dress
I try it on
and I need your love
and I love my mom..."[I Love My Mom" by Suzzy Roche]
Gene
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