From the slew of records in Loudon Wainwright’s tow, this is the song that has had the most impact upon me. Somewhere along the way it became apparent to me that I often fail to appreciate the gifts I have in life enough. In the maw of daily experience, you just get lost, sometimes maybe numb. Loudon was hired by NPR in 1999 to compose topical songs to accompany their newscasts. He wrote this about the war in Kosovo. The song component that touches me the most it is the violin work done by David Mansfield that augment London’s plaintive irony drenched vocals. You would have to have experienced a lot of regret to materialize that much poignance, then so powerfully represent it in sound and deliver it with such ease. It’s a dynamic you notice with talented songwriters such as Loudon. They quickly realize the need to involve highly talented musicians to make their compositions mushroom with deeper meaning.
““If you’re 28 and singing about being over the hill, you’re pretending. When you’re 67 and singing about it, you know what you’re talking about.”
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“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”
Mr. Stewart’s second record from 1969 with Jimmy Page and Richard Thompson featured