Mon Mar 28, 2005 5:19 am
I've always had a soft spot for Thousands Are Sailing, Lorelei, and London You're a Lady.
Thousands are Sailing is just such a lovely song of the diaspora. It's not a cry-in-your-beer "I miss the auld country" song, nor is it a "Lumps o' gold in Cali-forn-i-aye" song. It's just a really nice song about the hopes, dreams, and loss of emigrants everywhere.
Lorelei just evokes wonderful imagery and lore. A broken hearted lover wishing for release.
London You're a Lady is a beautiful serenade of a city. I can't recall another song that so nicely evokes the soul of a city in so romantic a way; a wilted flower, still filled with beauty but carrying the scars of a life long lived. Just poetry.
“I know all those people that were in the film [...] But that’s when they were young and strong and full of life, you know?”