Welcome to Sideways Infinite, a series of mood playlists by MVSW.
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Episode: Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt
Mood: #SoItGoes
I know I am definitely in some kind of mood when Kurt Vonnegut makes more sense to me than usual. Here’s a selection of tracks I have in rotation lately:
JJ ~ Things Will Never be the Same
“Living next door to challenge
Things will never be the same again
I close my eyes and remember
A place in the sun where we used to live”
Frank Ocean ~ Novacane
I miss Coachella. I miss live shows.
There aren’t a lot MC’s that can rhyme tight and sing the hook right.
The Five Stairsteps ~ O-o-h Child
“I said it always brings me back when I hear, ooh child.
From the Hudson River out to the Nile I run the marathons ’til the very last mile”
“First you look so strong, then you fade away
The sun will blind my eyes, I’ll love you anyway
Thirsty for your smile, I watch you for a while
You are a vapour trail in a deep blue sky”
“I’m so tired
Sheep are counting me
No more struggle
No more energy
No more patient
You can write that down
It’s all too crazy
I’m not sticking ’round”
“Age never gonna waste it. Time never gonna chase it”
Evan Bliss was talented, and it still stings that he died. Sometimes 8 years can feel like a week.
#SoItGoes
Bonnie Raitt ~ Angel From Montgomery
“Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go”
This song has been heavy in my rotation since John Prine died from Covid-19 complications back on April 7th. #SoItGoes. John Prine wrote it and they sang it together multiple times, but Bonnie Raitt absolutely crushes this version.