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An Itch I Needed Scratching

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I got this song stuck in my head, it’s from an Elvis Costello album that I used to listen to all the time when I was a kid, ‘Spike’. Yes, I had really weird music tastes for a kid. But anyway, the song is called ‘Baby Plays Around’, and I was relieved to find it on YouTube so I could scratch this musical itch:

This live version is gorgeous. I’ve closed my eyes and listened to it three times while taking breaks from posting this. Ok, I’ll finally press “send”.

Love,

SJ

Spirit In the Dark

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Here we have Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles singing ‘Spirit in the Dark’, I feel like this performance should have brought about a new age of understanding and enlightenment for the human species:

This version is different than the one that ended up on the vinyl record of Aretha live at the Fillmore West with King Curtis, which I think is from another night in the same concert series. I recommend both.

SJ