*Songs in the key of Life #1
I clearly remember the time and place where I heard this song for the first time. I remember the smells too:
Rosin smells and turpentine smells from eucalyptus and pine
Bitter tastes of twigs we chewed where tangled woodvines twine
Trees held us in on all four sides so thick we could not see
I could not see any wrong in you, and you saw none in me.
The song is Remember the Mountain Bed from Billy Bragg's Mermaid Avenue Vol. II. If you care much for the lyrics, it is by Woody Guthrie. Bragg's interpretation of lost and found Woody Guthrie lyrics, backed by the band Wilco (mostly set to music by Wilco's guitarist Jay Bennet).
In music news - Billy Bragg is out with a new studio album "Mr. Love and Justice", AMG rates it with 4 stars - "it's a return to form, a step forward, and a potent reminder of why Bragg's music still matters."
*Based on my first post on this blog.
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