Then you should listen to Willie Nelson’s cover of the same song and feel renewed. - ThreadSky

johnfugelsang.bsky.social • 99 days ago

Then you should listen to Willie Nelson’s cover of the same song and feel renewed.

Reposted from Tammy Ebert

This American Tune by Paul Simon matches the melancholy I feel about life starting Monday😞.

#AT40

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stevemnomoremister.bsky.social•7 days ago

I'm not sure you should feel renewed after listening to this song. It's not a hopeful song.

oceansolitudeme.bsky.social•99 days ago

https://youtu.be/o2IenCDs9aU?si=mqNd2HYhnLnSYPim

oceansolitudeme.bsky.social•99 days ago

https://youtu.be/q_12lzRizYw?si=OsAw78zQ3eYWVJA-

watt9000.bsky.social•99 days ago

Another out-of-the-park rendition: Alan Toussaint lays it *down*
https://youtu.be/u6Mv0X-1qLA?feature=shared

the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social•99 days ago

Whelp. I just listened to both versions. Perfect for this moment. Thank you, guys.

sdjarv.bsky.social•6 days ago

Listened to some Holly Near songs today. I think I bought the CDs in the 90's but they sure apply today. Would love to hear about any other artists/songs to help keep us going.

adayinmylife64.bsky.social•7 days ago

Always been a favorite. Love the line about the couple next door!

seaslife.bsky.social•99 days ago

How about the duet?

https://youtu.be/q_12lzRizYw?si=ahG_L3HIQ4uuw2qT

algorithmick.bsky.social•99 days ago

Beautiful!

albert1049.bsky.social•99 days ago

Life is a state of mind. Control your thoughts. If we allow the bullies to bully.

They will! 🤌

omgoodness.bsky.social•98 days ago

Both anthems are remarkably well performed by Americas best songwriters and singers!

subhousewife.bsky.social•99 days ago

Don't watch it; tune it out; all day. Closets need cleaning when you get home from work. Sock drawers, dusting...a bar without a TV?

saxonraider.bsky.social•99 days ago

You sad, sad souls.

rjcollins2.bsky.social•99 days ago

That's song #168 in your 1982 Hymnal

musicalmike1.bsky.social•99 days ago

Neither one of them has 'a friend who feels at ease.'

noblesatirist.bsky.social•99 days ago

Also apropos:
This song from Billy Joel 👇

https://youtu.be/coYwBvysy3Q?feature=shared

jeanetteleardi.bsky.social•99 days ago

Wow, you're so right, @johnfugelsang.bsky.social! There's strength and a kind of salty optimism in Willie's version.

ctobserve.bsky.social•99 days ago

"And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty"
— Paul Simon✍️ Rhiannon Giddens🪕
"We didn't come here on the Mayflower"
https://youtu.be/-s-uldM3O5s?si=Qyc32Zo-tjY_0zLx&t=4562

ctobserve.bsky.social•99 days ago

"And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees"
— Simon✍️

harrietfrye.bsky.social•99 days ago

You're so right. I just listened to this for the first time (and how have I missed it before?). Willie can make anybody feel renewed.

julietacamp.bsky.social•98 days ago

https://youtu.be/o2IenCDs9aU?si=j1vMKZGdV0LZNtXr

suescannon.bsky.social•98 days ago

https://youtu.be/R_E9tQlma5I

julietacamp.bsky.social•98 days ago

Here.

22tekla.bsky.social•98 days ago

Willy Nelson, besides being a great songwriter and natural singer/story teller, I realized why his guitar playing is so mesmerizing . Listening to a recently bought CD, Teatro (produced by Canadian genius, Daniel Lanois) I had an aha moment. He's the Django Reinhardt of country music.

janelovesrain.bsky.social•99 days ago

Or then there’s the grim Catholic hymn which uses the same melody (Passion Chorale by Hassler)
Oh sacred head surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn
Oh bleeding head so wounded
Reviled and put to scorn…

justwaititwillbeok.bsky.social•99 days ago

That song is an eloquent & painful lament of the lost American dream. Mary Poppins couldn't make it a renewal.

smurfsup.bsky.social•6 days ago

On your rec went and did just that. Lovely treatment no doubt, with a more trad hymn backbone —- but still, that song is that song; ineluctably saturated with pathos, yearning, and sorrow

paulawills.bsky.social•99 days ago

I saw Simon and Garfunkel do this in Central Park- thing is I'm a Child of The 60's, a former It Girl who lived larger than most,and I still can't get past the line You can't be forever blessed. We had it all and these Magats just threw it away 😭🤬

https://youtu.be/gvSuzPLmGdU?si=QtUCX4W044VXaDUR

https://youtu.be/gvSuzPLmGdU?si=QtUCX4W044VXaDUR