You remember, that Ariel Pink song we were talking about yesterday — "Picture Me Gone" — the one where the father was singing about "going down to Mexico to die," and I connected it to that Reddit tale about a guy who supposedly went to Mexico to kill himself but then did some drugs, had sex with prostitutes, and thereby determined that life was worth living. Given all the social media references in the song — selfies, iCloud, Find My iPhone — I theorized that the Reddit story was viral marketing for the song.
Anyway, that song reminded both Meade and me of some other song we knew — something in the phrasing and cadence of the melody in the first few lines — but we couldn't figure out what it was. I emailed my son John and got the answer back immediately: "Just Because," covered by John Lennon on his "Rock 'n' Roll" album. Yes! That's the song.
"That must be one of the best breakup songs," says Meade. "Just because you left and said goodbye/Do you think that I will sit and cry?/Even if my heart should tell me so/Darling, I would rather let you go." Maybe that song has helped a lot of people.
The original version is by Lloyd Price. Let's play the 78:
November 20, 2014
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Country song writer Haralan Howard said every time he gets married he gets three songs out of it, and every time he gets divorced he gets three more.
Did that turntable have a special 78 RPM stylus? I understand the grooves and speed may damage the stylus of modern turntables.
I still have my mother's 78 RPM albums, which are, literally, albums, since an entire operetta requires seven envelope-pages in a leather-bound volume. Interesting stuff...and worthless.
Actually the guy went down to Mexico, did drugs, had prostitutes, and then was kidnapped by the Cartels and beheaded.
The song should be called, 'Bummer'. Not much of a song, right? But more like life in Mexico.
Speaking of "bummer", here's possibly the worst song ever made.
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