Sublime

There’s a hopefulness and poignancy to the lyrics here that, to be honest, doesn’t feel like Jeff Tweedy, as if something has been born anew in him. I don’t know, but a line like this is the truth: It’s hard to see reality / when you’ve got no love at all.

“So the bartender points at the piano in the corner says, ‘Go ahead.’ Guy puts the octopus on the piano stool—Pianoctamus! Pianoctamum Bailey!—octopus flips up the lid, plays a few scales, then lays out a little étude on the piano.”

trying to come to terms with Michael’s death. And we played his songs on the air. Usually, they would be too expensive to use, but there is a special stipulation, a death memorandum, that grants a 48-hour grace period where songs can be used for a standard rate for news purposes.

Lors d’une interview à New York en juillet 1968, le folksinger Tom Paxton – qui ne comprenait pas le français – nous confiait que, selon lui, Brel était le plus grand auteur contemporain de chansons (il le plaçait avant Bob Dylan !). Si Paxton n’enregistrait que ses propres compositions, il avouait que certaines d’entre elles avaient été influencée