> I have to agree with Bob though, about her weathered voice. I miss the > vitality in it which used to make her sustain long notes and pretty > vibrations.
I miss that as well. It kind of makes for a bittersweet listening. Adds a kind of richness to the songs, knowing how they sounded back when they were fresh and hearing her sing them now...kind of sad and beautiful feeling mixed together, like when the elves are resigned to leaving Rivendell and Lothlorien and returning to the havens. not diminished in their beauty but weary and tired knowing that an age is coming to an end. It makes me think of one of my favorite songs of all time, "Losing It" by Rush, especially the last stanza... Victor NP: Beck-Sea Change PS: THIS JUST IN! Hooked up with an amazing singer from a nationally known group who will be singing on one or two tracks on Parsonage Lane...can't divulge any details at this time but am very excited! Losing It (Lee/Lifeson/Peart) The dancer slows her frantic pace In pain and desperation, Her aching limbs and downcast face Aglow with perspiration Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire, With just the briefest pause The flooding through her memory, The echoes of old applause. She limps across the floor And closes her bedroom door... The writer stare with glassy eyes Defies the empty page His beard is white, his face is lined And streaked with tears of rage. Thirty years ago, how the words would flow With passion and precision, But now his mind is dark and dulled By sickness and indecision And he stares out the kitchen door Where the sun will rise no more... Some are born to move the world To live their fantasies But most of us just dream about The things we'd like to be Sadder still to watch it die Than never to have known it For you, the blind who once could see The bell tolls for thee... --- Victor Johnson --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Roses wait for the springtime, They sleep beneath the ground. They hear March winds a callin' For the sun to come around."vlj Visit http://www.cdbaby.com/victorjohnson
