Stray thoughts:
The song starts out sounding like the opening to Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" (1961) but then it hits a sour note to distinguish it.
I knew that Beck had stolen that sound for his song "Jack-Ass" -- I just couldn't place it in my past. Then I googled -- duh!
Why wasn't this the parting song for Walter White in "Breaking Bad"?
Why doesn't iTunes sell this version of this song?
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire in the sun
Look out baby the saints are comin’ through
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense
Take what you have gathered from coincidence
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
This sky, too, is folding under you
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home
All your reindeer armies, are all going home
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you
Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you
The vagabond who’s rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore
Strike another match, go start anew
And it’s all over now, Baby Blue
13 comments:
Because the song chosen was absolutely perfect for the ending. I experienced a catharsis. I gotta get out more.
Or maybe Van Morrison wouldn't go along and Badfinger needed the cash.
Is Van Morrison in Them?
I don't know this song. I think it was important to hit as many boomers as possible with a great song they knew. And it really hit.
So besides this Baby Blue, I wonder what else could have been used...hmmmm?
So where did you finally come down on Breaking Bad? You didn't seem too thrilled with the idea of it when it was being discussed way back.
So where did you finally come down on Breaking Bad? You didn't seem too thrilled with the idea of it when it was being discussed way back.
It didn't do shit for chemistry; it didn't make the average person like it or appreciate it more. It did sort of glorify violence -- so there's that.
I think it did a little. But not in a good way.
Imagine this playing over the ending. Though I would not have wanted it used (desecrated), it would have worked, I think.
'Night.
Shoot, i think i derailed the Synova thread with my silliness.
Shoot, i think i derailed the Synova thread with my silliness.
Deftly covering levity with reference to Guns, Trains, and a hint of Putty. Almost as masculine as violence and word crimes.
Thanks.
I put up an inspirational clip, from an award show, to make up for it a little bit.
It did sort of glorify violence -- so there's that.
SO does the national anthem, and so what? We're Americans - of COURSE we love violence!
"...1966, the best year for pop music."
As a 1966 grad of LSU I guess I'm in good company then, eh? :)
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