Winding Your Way Down Baker Street

The Foo Fighters perform a great cover of one of my favorite songs from the seventies. Sad to learn today of the death of Gerry Rafferty, author of this and the Stealer's Wheels classic "Stuck in the Middle With You". The original is below:



I can remember hearing "Baker Street" on the car radio and asking my mother not to turn the station. It was summer, and we were driving down a long road in Westwood, and that saxophone was just swirling around me.

Baker Street - The Foo Fighters

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He Can See The World From Way Up In The Cab

The first time I heard this DBT song was when I watched their Austin City Limits DVD. I fell in love with the story of Patterson's mom and the trucker she fell in love with, and saw the world from way up in his cab. And I cheered with the audience when Patterson sang about Chester driving after nearly dying of congestive heart failure. And I was filled with sheer exuberance and joy, and I thought I'd never feel joy like that from a rock and roll song ever again. This live version of the song makes my heart soar. It is one of the reasons I love this band so.

Hearing that Chester has passed away, for real this time, makes me as sad as if it were someone I knew in life.

Condolences to the Hood family on the loss of their stepfather. Rest in peace, Chester. Hope you're cruisin' in a big rig in the sky.

18 Wheels Of Love (live) - Drive-by Truckers

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Think Of The Tender Things That We Were Working On

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it."
~Ferris Bueller

My words are currently all being used in service of processing the Paul McCartney concert last night, and I promise, I'll get to that on both of my blogs. For right now, however, I'm finding the world a little less funny, a little less angst-filled, a little less teenaged today, as the news that John Hughes, a filmmaker who CERTAINLY defined a generation, has died at the age of 59. So, some links for you to ponder.

CNN obituary.
Alternet profile, noteworthy for this paragraph:

His films were also notable for their choice of music, which helped propel bands such as "Simple Minds" and "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark" to chart-topping success during the 1980s.

"I just used what I was listening to at the time, bands I liked," Hughes said in a rare 1999 interview. "It was my own personal taste."

The actors' points of view.
Spin's soundtrack moments. Then mine. I think I do a better job ;)

And finally, if you do nothing else today, watch this. It will do your heart good.

"You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal..."
~Brian Johnson

You saw us as we were...

"I Never Planned Anything In My Life."

Rest in peace, Paul. You were an American legend.

For Want of the Price of Tea and a Slice...

...well, you know the rest of that line. Legendary keyboardist for Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, died of cancer today. He was 65.
Rest in peace, Richard.

Wright wrote this one.

Us and Them - Pink Floyd

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RIP, Danny Federici

A moment of silence, please, for the passing of Danny Federici, keyboard player for the legendary E Street Band. He will be missed by the band, and fans everywhere.

No Surrender- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band