A suggested playlist for lovers of the obscure
Filled with the ever effervescent
ephemerally new.
Filled with the basic bubbling
beating beat for you.
Filled with today’s latest
sent by radio’s crew,
the airwaves deliver
and music arrives.
You know, don’t you?
You know as I do,
just as every dog
will have his day,
every old song,
every obscure tune,
every long lost lyric,
all deserve,
at the very least,
one more turn,
one more play,
one more spin,
one more time
surfing
the airwaves.
Let’s play the music library game,
not chosen by us
but randomly thrown up
we have …
(1)
Lost himself when young
then lost when young himself,
Gram Parsons walks “The Streets of Baltimore”
looking for the lover
who prefers bright lights.
Hoping always
she will choose him again,
just one more night.
(2)
By Derek and the Dominoes
a beautiful young lady is celebrated
in song.
“Layla” soars in solos
of glorious guitar.
Once before
I paid homage to her,
now I need say no more.
(3)
From Dublin of The Dubliners
In song comes “Finnegan’s Wake,”
a re-telling of an old tale.
With vim and vigour,
like piss and vinegar,
they sing of the man who comes to life.
Amid the music and the strife,
He drinks a toast to his own demise.
(4)
Perry Como knows that “Papa loves Mambo.”
I love the braying brass,
the infectious beat,
a sinuously sensuous swing
across a light sparkled
dance floor.
Driven by an infectious beat,
triumphant trumpets soar.
(5)
Young Laura Marlowe
sings “Your’ Only Doll Dora,”
opening with birds singing
over pitch perfect picked
guitar, guiding the voice
of a real woman.
Unaided by trickery or technology,
the music and the musician reign supreme.
There you have it,
Five songs,
Five singers,
brought to life again,
while I write,
while you read.
With that
I have no more to say,
simply,
my friend,
we choose the music,
now go play.