Watched a lot of old CBC footage on YouTube last night. Saw a great odd clip of the iconic Anne Murray introducing Dylan inducting him into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
Mrs. 1OTT always gets upset by "If You Could Read Mind" when she thinks I'm mad at her. Not many songs can do that.
Add to the lookalikes: young Gordo and actor Chris Pratt.
Drinking with pals Al and Ken, there was a song we made up about the legendary exploits of Al--the taxi driving, the hejira through Texas and the South, the women, the barber chair in the apartment. We made up heroic lyrics to the tune of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. So much fun.
And, Liza Minelli's medley of If You Could Read My Mind/Come Back to Me. It will infuriate and delight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6muweIFQmM
Johhny Cash brings it back to earth in one of his very last recordings.
One takeaway, if true, was that he wasn't happy as just a songwriter. He had to crack the US market. He finally did. Then he went home.
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