Love the Voice...love the Trumpet.... Love EVERYTHING about the Music Goes Round and Round! Humans can make great music, when they take the trouble to do so.🥳
Brass and vocal artistry at their finest—which require enormous physical stamina paired with self-control. This track reminds us that the humble self offering of faithful love is nigh irresistible. Mercy, Lord.
Thank you, Thelma. I find this version of the song heartbreaking, really. And it makes me yearn for the days when every young person yearned to be loved this way. We live in very lonely times for the young folks, particularly.
Thank you for inspiring us with song and conversation yet again. Body and soul has been playing in my head into the night.
So the young today lack hope for such a love, that rings true.
Within the song there’s much on the line and some hope—hope that his plea may be heard, risk because she has wronged him. “Body and soul” is a lot for him to give, and it calls for a lot in return. Calls for everyday heroism, perhaps? Body and soul also reminds me of the Eucharist.
But I get your sadness, Debra, given our times. I sense almost a collective failure to thrive among the young. As you say it must be lonely indeed. (No wonder we are not replacing ourselves—bodies and souls.)
Thanks, Jack. It's really a case of "you had to be there" almost to understand what was going on with the music that made it so sublime and such a huge part of American popular culture. In his later years, Frank Sinatra observed that nobody realized it at the time, but that the music from that era WAS American "classical" music. All these years later we see how true that observation was.
I didn't quite know how to approach this song, because there was no obvious story to tell about it. But then "The Music Goes Round and Round" came to me. And I said, "That's it!"
Love the Voice...love the Trumpet.... Love EVERYTHING about the Music Goes Round and Round! Humans can make great music, when they take the trouble to do so.🥳
Brass and vocal artistry at their finest—which require enormous physical stamina paired with self-control. This track reminds us that the humble self offering of faithful love is nigh irresistible. Mercy, Lord.
Blessed All Souls’ Day!
Thank you, Thelma. I find this version of the song heartbreaking, really. And it makes me yearn for the days when every young person yearned to be loved this way. We live in very lonely times for the young folks, particularly.
Thank you for inspiring us with song and conversation yet again. Body and soul has been playing in my head into the night.
So the young today lack hope for such a love, that rings true.
Within the song there’s much on the line and some hope—hope that his plea may be heard, risk because she has wronged him. “Body and soul” is a lot for him to give, and it calls for a lot in return. Calls for everyday heroism, perhaps? Body and soul also reminds me of the Eucharist.
But I get your sadness, Debra, given our times. I sense almost a collective failure to thrive among the young. As you say it must be lonely indeed. (No wonder we are not replacing ourselves—bodies and souls.)
But I look forward to more Word and Song.
I'll echo Fr. Scott's comment and add that the image of Frank is mesmerizing.
It summons such a deep appreciation for having been around at the pinnacle of American musical creativity.
The young Elvis; the young Frank.
Thanks, Jack. It's really a case of "you had to be there" almost to understand what was going on with the music that made it so sublime and such a huge part of American popular culture. In his later years, Frank Sinatra observed that nobody realized it at the time, but that the music from that era WAS American "classical" music. All these years later we see how true that observation was.
Sublime!
I didn't quite know how to approach this song, because there was no obvious story to tell about it. But then "The Music Goes Round and Round" came to me. And I said, "That's it!"