Surrealistic Pillow came out right when I was falling in love for the first time. It was deep, powerful and it was ultimately unrequited. I played this song "Today" over and over letting the tears flow. I still remember it fondly as one of the favorties of my youth all these decades later.
And the following song "Coming Back to Me" was a perfect companion song. In fact if you listen to all the songs on that side of the album in sequence, it describes the beginnings, blossoming, full flower and bittersweet ending of a love relationship. The wistful longing and dreamlike quality of "Coming Back to Me" was soothing in a way. The Aiplane was my favorite group at that point and I'll always love them.
@EileenT you know that thing, if you were stuck on an island and could only have one, a single album, what would you choose? My choice has always been Surrealistic Pillow. I am 76 years old and have simply loved this album for a whole lot of years. Today is so perfectly written. Lots of great songs on that album.
@EileenT you know that thing, if you were stuck on an island and could only have one, a single album, what would you choose? My choice has always been Surrealistic Pillow. I am 76 years old and have simply loved this album for a whole lot of years. Today is so perfectly written. Lots of great songs on that album.
@EileenT My former wife didn't even like this song, and she was born during the Summer of Love.
She was ok with "Coming Back to Me," which, as you beautifully stated is a perfect companion song.
But everytime I fell love (3x), this song runs thru my mind as I sing the words from the heart.
After my late girlfriend died over a year ago, there's always hope to fall in love again. I'll never grow tired of singing this song!!
@EileenT My former wife didn't even like this song, and she was born during the Summer of Love.
She was ok with "Coming Back to Me," which, as you beautifully stated is a perfect companion song.
But everytime I fell love (3x), this song runs thru my mind as I sing the words from the heart.
After my late girlfriend died over a year ago, there's always hope to fall in love again. I'll never grow tired of singing this song!!
Surrealistic Pillow came out right when I was falling in love for the first time. It was deep, powerful and it was ultimately unrequited. I played this song "Today" over and over letting the tears flow. I still remember it fondly as one of the favorties of my youth all these decades later. And the following song "Coming Back to Me" was a perfect companion song. In fact if you listen to all the songs on that side of the album in sequence, it describes the beginnings, blossoming, full flower and bittersweet ending of a love relationship. The wistful longing and dreamlike quality of "Coming Back to Me" was soothing in a way. The Aiplane was my favorite group at that point and I'll always love them.
@EileenT you know that thing, if you were stuck on an island and could only have one, a single album, what would you choose? My choice has always been Surrealistic Pillow. I am 76 years old and have simply loved this album for a whole lot of years. Today is so perfectly written. Lots of great songs on that album.
@EileenT you know that thing, if you were stuck on an island and could only have one, a single album, what would you choose? My choice has always been Surrealistic Pillow. I am 76 years old and have simply loved this album for a whole lot of years. Today is so perfectly written. Lots of great songs on that album.
@EileenT My former wife didn't even like this song, and she was born during the Summer of Love. She was ok with "Coming Back to Me," which, as you beautifully stated is a perfect companion song.
But everytime I fell love (3x), this song runs thru my mind as I sing the words from the heart.
After my late girlfriend died over a year ago, there's always hope to fall in love again. I'll never grow tired of singing this song!!
@EileenT My former wife didn't even like this song, and she was born during the Summer of Love. She was ok with "Coming Back to Me," which, as you beautifully stated is a perfect companion song.
But everytime I fell love (3x), this song runs thru my mind as I sing the words from the heart.
After my late girlfriend died over a year ago, there's always hope to fall in love again. I'll never grow tired of singing this song!!