So, this guy is singing Everything Must Change on the corner, with mic and guitar, and I stopped in my tracks. He just threw in his own ad lib, “Don’t be afraid of change…”
The simplest words can usually do a number on me. I’ve always loved that song, even before I really understood the message. Now, the lyrics make so much more sense. I can admit that I am a fan of nearly every version I’ve heard, including Quincy, Chaka and Simply Red’s beautiful rendition. How is it possible that she sings just as fabulously in another language? Love her. Did I mention that I used to try to channel Chaka, hard, when I was a kid? I think it was the big hair. She always served.
As a sidebar, the situation with Michael has just reinforced, yet again, what I already believed to be true – no matter where we (re) start our journey, life should not be lived as a trite dress rehearsal. By now, we’ve all seen the footage from his final rehearsal. Despite all the weight he’d been carrying around, for decades, he was kinda turning it out.