Walking on a Wire
Jul 7th, 2008 by oldfogey
Walking on a Wire by Richard and Linda Thompson is one of the most eloquent songs about the terminal breakdown in a relationship - theirs. It’s from their last album together before their marriage broke up at the end of their last tour in 1981. You can hear the tension in Linda’s taut vocal, full of restraint and suppressed resentment, and in Richard’s angry guitar. It’s not comfortable but it is true.
See here for my earlier appreciation.
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Nice site David–great! I shall be visiting often. And thank you very much
Am listening to Cecilia Bartoli again–love that voice–her arias from the repertoire of Maria Malibran are truly exquisite–here’s a Wikipedia article on Malibran who really changed opera in many ways:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Malibran