“Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” was written by Sandy Denny. She recorded it as demo in 1967 but the first version most people heard was from 1968 by Judy Collins.
Covers: On The Wings Of A Nightingale
“On The Wings Of A Nightingale” was written by Paul McCartney and recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1984.
Covers: Come and Get It (Badfinger song)
“Come and Get It” was written by Paul McCartney and recorded by Badfinger for the film The Magic Christian (1969). I haven’t seen the film but the Terry Southern novel it’s based on is very funny.
Covers: Goodbye
Covers: Beyond the Sea
“Beyond the Sea” is a 1946 French song best known in the 1959 Bobby Darin version. The Darin cover is in the new film A Quiet Place II. It is used a message to survivors of the monster attacks.
Covers: American Woman
“American Woman” is a 1970 song by the Guess Who. Lenny Kravitz’s cover from 1999 is in the film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Takes on Afghanistan
I am no expert so I won’t say much. To me:
- The execution of the withdrawal has been bad. It’s a failure of US intelligence that they didn’t know the government would collapse so quickly
- Biden made the right call.
- The public doesn’t care that much. It doesn’t affect most of us directly. I remember the dire warnings about what would happen to us if Vietnam fell to the communists and they were overblown.
- Media has given this too much coverage. It’s very dramatic but see #4. I saw very little coverage about Biden’s increase in food stamp amounts which affects more people right now.
- Bush, Obama and Trump deserve blame along with Biden.
- The media has been harsh on Biden just like they were on Hillary Clinton’s emails because they are afraid of Republican criticism that they are pro-Democrat.
- Trump and his supporters are lying about Trump’s role in this situation.
Here are some worthwhile takes from Twitter:
Nightmare Alley on TCM 12:15 a.m.
“Nightmare Alley” is a great film and is being shown on TCM as part of a day of Tyrone Power movies. It was also recently released on Blu-ray and DVD by the Criterion Collection. A new adaptation of the novel will be directed by Guillermo del Toro and released this year.
Covers: The Weight
“The Weight” is a 1968 song by the Band. A version with musicians all over the world including the song’s author Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr was recorded in 2019.
Sad! 