Bill Withers is one of those pop singers who do get attention but not the frantic kind that the super-stars receive. However, I’m a fan of his and I have a CD of his greatest hits.
The more you think about music and remember how it made you feel, that effort opens doors and then more doors until your head is full of stuff, i.e., memories of other people you loved, what was happening in the world.
My liking Bill Withers is very romantic. He had a hit song called “Lovely Day.”
“When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes…
Then I look at you
And the world’s all right with me
Then I look at you
And I know it’s gonna be
A lovely day…
It’s the way I feel about my husband. It’s straight from the gut; when my husband wakes up and smiles at me I feel fantastic.
There’s this other song he recorded called “Use Me.” It’s more like a Rolling Stones song or something like that. Let’s just say it’s on the rough side of human relations.
I also like the song “Everybody Plays The Fool” which I think was recorded by a group called The Main Ingredient. It’s not about love but what it is about is life. That’s just the way things go. It’s kind of comforting in a way…everybody gets a chance to find happiness but you don’t always get it immediately, like Harold and Maxine did. When I think of this song my mind goes into a kind of life line and I go back in time and think of the boyfriends I had, also my ex-husband Mark. Yes, I “played the fool” once in a while but not overwhelmingly. Nothing to be bitter about. When you listen to music you’re part of the whole world.
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