I've had a song in my head for about a week or more, but couldn't remember the title or much of the song for that matter. The other day I opened a box of CDs that I was going to be getting rid of for many years now but never did, and I found one by Midge Ure, the lead singer for a band called Ultravox that I remember listening to in the 80s. As soon as I saw the CD, I knew it was his voice in that song which had resonated with me, so I went aGoogling for info and found that the song I was thinking of was "Vienna". When I went looking for a link, I ended up finding a few versions, but this one was the cleanest, or clearest that I could find:
Oddly enough I clicked on another link and found a live acoustic version from twenty years later, with the comedian Eddie Izzard accompanying on the piano. I thought that was weird not because Mr. Izzard is playing the piano, but because I had posted a link to one of his stand-up routines not too long ago.
Anyways... in the midst of the YouTubing, I also rediscovered a song of theirs that I had almost completely forgotten. The funny thing is that I have a vague recollection that the end of the world was often on the periphery of my thoughts back in my youth, which makes it surprising that I didn't remember the song or the video until it started playing.
Listening to that song again after more than two decades, brings to mind a question tonight. If the world were to end tomorrow, are you where you want to be... or with someone that you want to be with?
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No, and No. You?
And I'm craving zigeuner schnitzel.
Been listening to Bond: Sahara and Quixote. May I further recommend Il Divo?
No, and No.
I think I've had schnitzel once. Had to google for the Zigeuner bit. Sounds good.
Had to google Bond. Were you drooling? As for Il Divo, would have to be in a certain frame of mind to listen to them.
Heh - yes, I was.
Zigeuner schnitzel, with a bit of spatzle and salat and krystal is most excellente!
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krystal? All I can think of is Cristal, but that can't be what you mean.
Krystalweissen: a beer. In America, one usually only finds her heavier cousin, Hefe, imported.
Never a beer drinker was I. I do have a favourite cheap German White Wine though, and would at some point like to get my hands on a late harvest or Eiswein.
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