Like a lot of Laura's songs, this one is really about womanhood in a way that I can't comment. But musically its one of the most fantastic compositions that a human being has ever created. It's immediately infectious, but at the same time you can hear it over and over again and it doesn't get old. Laura is one of a kind, she had a beautiful voice, a eclectic if not eccentric taste in lyrics, and most importantly a sense of melody that far belied her years. She wrote this song when she was 19. What did you do when you were 19. I got drunk in the basement. Most of us probably did the same. Laura wrote some of the most beautifully recorded songs we're ever likely to here. Let's thank her for that.
@freewheelinmike Amen. And there's clever cycle of other senses she uses in the lyric -- Will I ever see? Will I ever hear? Will we ever kiss? And all the sights and sounds that come with her hopes and dreams. Ya. Fantastic. (Just BTW, Billy Strayhorn wrote "Lush Life" in high school. I don't know how to explain that sort of talent.
@freewheelinmike Amen. And there's clever cycle of other senses she uses in the lyric -- Will I ever see? Will I ever hear? Will we ever kiss? And all the sights and sounds that come with her hopes and dreams. Ya. Fantastic. (Just BTW, Billy Strayhorn wrote "Lush Life" in high school. I don't know how to explain that sort of talent.
Like a lot of Laura's songs, this one is really about womanhood in a way that I can't comment. But musically its one of the most fantastic compositions that a human being has ever created. It's immediately infectious, but at the same time you can hear it over and over again and it doesn't get old. Laura is one of a kind, she had a beautiful voice, a eclectic if not eccentric taste in lyrics, and most importantly a sense of melody that far belied her years. She wrote this song when she was 19. What did you do when you were 19. I got drunk in the basement. Most of us probably did the same. Laura wrote some of the most beautifully recorded songs we're ever likely to here. Let's thank her for that.
Completely agree with everything you said!
Completely agree with everything you said!
correct - she's in the same class as Carole King
correct - she's in the same class as Carole King
@freewheelinmike Amen. And there's clever cycle of other senses she uses in the lyric -- Will I ever see? Will I ever hear? Will we ever kiss? And all the sights and sounds that come with her hopes and dreams. Ya. Fantastic. (Just BTW, Billy Strayhorn wrote "Lush Life" in high school. I don't know how to explain that sort of talent.
@freewheelinmike Amen. And there's clever cycle of other senses she uses in the lyric -- Will I ever see? Will I ever hear? Will we ever kiss? And all the sights and sounds that come with her hopes and dreams. Ya. Fantastic. (Just BTW, Billy Strayhorn wrote "Lush Life" in high school. I don't know how to explain that sort of talent.