Why Night Swimming deserves your love
Nightswimming is the best track on this great REM release. The track conjures up a shared universal memory most of us experience in childhood and then perhaps revisit as less inhibited adults.
Late to the LP party now?
I am a little late to the LP fandom. Readers may rightly argue that my interests lie squarely with Artists who earned their stripes in the late 60s or early 70’s. My argument is always that quality transcends genre, gender, time period, et al. lP is quality.
One More Cup of Coffee is right now
Bob Dylan’s Desire is a fever dream of an album. Released in 1976, it drips with mystery, lust, and longing, none more so than “One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below),” a track that feels like a whispered secret from another world. Equal parts folk ballad and gypsy lament, the song is a smoky swirl of imagery and sound, tethered by Dylan’s urgent delivery and the ghostly harmonies of Emmylou Harris.