Music for a pandemic

[Guinevere]

Beautiful...

Absolutely lovely. Thanks for sharing.

[Econoline]

Randy Newman with a PSA, parodying one of his own songs.

Venus in sweatpants
That's who you are
And when this mess is over
I'll buy you a car

We'll drive that car
So fast and so far
All your stupid friends
Will be left behind

Stay away from me
Baby, keep your distance please
Stay away from me
Words of love
In times like these

I'm gonna be with you
24 hours a day
A lot of people couldn't stand that
But you can
You'll be with me
24 hours a day
What a lucky man I am

Stay away from me
Wash your hands
But don't touch your face
Wash your hands
Don't touch your face

30 years together and we're still having fun
Once we were two, now we are one
Let's go out and get a burger
When you're done you're gone

Memories of the past
Be kind to one another
Tell her you love her everyday
If you're angry about something
Let it go

The kids are frightened
Tell them not to be afraid
But don't let them touch your face
Don't let them touch your face

[Scooter]

[TPFKA@W]

At the risk of sounding churlish, and I definitely appreciate what he did today at Milan Cathedral, I thought he sounded as if he had lost a lot of his old purity. Maybe I'm used to seeing him with a full production crew but I was surprised.

I was distracted by how unwell I felt he looked. He looks like he has lost a lot of weight and just looks skinny and unwell. I hope he is not.

[Gob]

Blue Remembered Hills

Into my heart an air that kills
From yon far country blows:
What are those blue remembered hills,
What spires, what farms are those?
That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

A.E. Housman

[Guinevere]

[Gob]

[Guinevere]

[Scooter]

[Scooter]

[MajGenl.Meade]

[Gob]

[Scooter]

[Scooter]

These two are father and daughter.

[Scooter]

More Mat and Savanna:

[Scooter]

And one more:

[Gob]

Lovely voices, horrible song.

[MajGenl.Meade]

[ex-khobar Andy]

From CNN today:

Italian singer Andrea Bocelli said Tuesday he had Covid-19 but has now fully recovered.

""The pandemic that troubled the world, involved — although in a very slight and almost asymptomatic way — also my person and some members of my family," Bocelli wrote on Facebook."

The classical singer said he didn't reveal he was sick sooner "not to unnecessarily alarm" his fans and protect his family's privacy.

Bocelli said he decided to reveal this now because he is donating blood to participate in a clinical study to find a cure for Covid-19.

In April, as the historic Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy, sat closed closed to the public on Easter because of the pandemic, Bocelli gave a special audience-free concert.

He does not give any dates; but given that he is through it and 'recovered' he may well have already been infected by April 12 which was the date of the concert.

[Gob]

Being in lock down, I've spent fat too much time in front of the computer. One side effect of this is Youtube throwing in some interesting sections of music, (I think my tastes confuse them.) I'm getting loads of "Norse" stuff offered, some of which is totally bonkers, some is sublime.