| Joan Armatrading – Willow Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| I can’t even begin to describe how much this song has come to mean to me over the decades since I first heard it. Suffice to say, it is one of my all time favourites.\nJust to add onto what others have said, I think the power of the song lies in it’s ambiguity “I may not be your best. You know good ones don’t come by the score”. Is that a parent singing to their small-or grown-child? Someone head over heels in love and feeling overwhelmed by that love? A past lover, masochistically unable to break the bonds of the past love? “Fight with your best girl. Prettiest thing you ever saw. You know I’ll listen. Try to get a message to her’” That’s just haunting no matter who’s delivering it. Never ceases to give me chills. And yes, so beautifully sung. | |
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.