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I had a particular post in mind when I grabbed this image but now I can’t remember what it was.
Building on my music post from yesterday.
The first car I bought was a 1972 (?) Karmann Ghia and it had a cassette player. My friend’s boyfriend made me a cassette with a Rush album on each side. For sure one of them was Moving Pictures. I’ve heard Tom Sawyer about 10,000 times. The other one was Permanent Waves.
I was looking at song listings to try to figure it out and then I remembered that I have streaming music. A couple of clicks and all my questions were answered. It was like I was back in that car again, driving around the hills. VWs had a very distinct smell, didn’t they? Like burning seat rubber? I loved that car.
I still listen to the classic rock station in my (now modern suburban lady) car so I still hear Rush and recently I actually paid attention to the lyrics of Freewill which are about exactly what the song title says. “I will choose a path that’s clear, I will choose Freewill”
I rarely pay attention to song lyrics other than how they sound with the music. I couldn’t believe how many times I’ve heard this song and never paid attention to what it’s about.
This whole idea seemed revelatory but now that I’m typing it out, I seem like a dodo.
But that’s not going to stop me from telling you that I also paid attention to the lyrics from Come Sail Away by Styx which was one of my favorite songs.
It’s about aliens!
