While driving one recent night, I heard Michael Franks sing "Antonio's Song" on WSIE. I have the CD, "Sleeping Gypsy," from which it comes, and I know the general feel of the song. As I attempted to sing along, however, I realized that I don't actually know the lyrics. Granted, no one else was around to hear me sing, "La, la, la, la, la-la-la, Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah-blah." After a verse of this, I decided, "It's best if I just listen to Franks sing about the positive effect Antonio Carlos Jobim's music has had on his life. These are his lyrics, and I don't know them well enough to even fake my way through them."
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Best to know the words
