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Richard Thompson: An Embarrassing iPod Lapse
Every once in a while, I suddenly realize that there is a greivous gap on my iPod. You know, the kind of "what the hell was I thinking?" monumental lapse that has you rushing to connect to iTunes the moment you get home.
Last night I went out with a friend with whom I share a lot - but not everything - musically. During his long-winded pontificating that I successfully tune out most of the time (and, yep, he really is a giant bag of gaseous and occasionally testosterone toxic hot air who doesn't know about this blog, so I can call him on it here), he brought up an encounter he'd had with Richard Thompson. Whoa. W-a-a-a-a-y cool. And color me jealous. Make that very jealous.
For those who don't know, Richard is a long-time just plain cool guy and incredibly talented musician who used to have an act with his ex-wife Linda. For reasons that are probably partly physical, partly attitudinal, and partly the Brit thing, I've always thought of him as sort of the Alan Rickman of music. I was introduced to him by the cool guys at the agency back in the mid 90s when he'd already been around for about 15 years or so. For me, it was lurve.
But back to that iPod gap. Grievously, as shocking as it is to admit it, before this morning, there was none - absolutely - zip of the phenomenal Mr. Thompson on my iPod. That situation has now been rectified. And the first song I added was the smart and funny and sexy (I l-o-o-o-v-e how he uses his voice), I Misunderstood.
Sandy, I'm old enough to have been a fan of Richard Thompson since he was a
member of the 60's folk band "Fairport Convention" with the late great
Sandy Denny. They were most famous for 'Who Knows Where The time Goes". I
actually got to see Thompson perform live a couple of years ago at Town
Hall. Some of my favorite songs of his : "The Dimming of the Day", "Don't
Renege On Our Love", "When The Spell Is Broken", "1952 Vincent Black
Lightning", and the achingly bittersweet "Persuasion" which you can see him
perform with his son Teddy on You Tube. I love British folk music.
You know, Gwen, I didn't know about Fairport Convention, so thanks for the
info. There is something about I Misunderstood that really hits me, but I
also love the songs you mentioned. Thanks for commenting -- haven't seen
you around here in a while!