A poem of Shel Silverstein put to music and sung by Bobby Bare. Humorous and perceptive. The original poem is much longer. http://allpoetry.com/poem/8538971-Rosal ... ilverstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpgYt02g0Ug
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Hi Tony,
I like the poem, the song, the artwork in the video. I've been to such places at two in the morning.
Very few of those kinds of places are left now, sadly, for people at two in the morning who need such
places to go.
I like the poem, the song, the artwork in the video. I've been to such places at two in the morning.
Very few of those kinds of places are left now, sadly, for people at two in the morning who need such
places to go.
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Nice. Real song of real people.
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Thanks for yor comments, Steven and Kush. I feel that the language actually portrays a very lifelike image of humanity, our hopes, fears and regrets, especially in those early hours when we confront those things in ourself which we try to avoid. It reminds me of a number of places I have visited, both literally and figuratively, in my life.
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Hi Tony,
I have the tribute album to Shel Silverstein which has some great recordings by Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson etc. although not Rosalie's.
It's not quite the same but the song and the title reminds me of Rosa's - a hole-in-the-wall blues club in Chicago that has a 1 or 2 pool tables within a fairly confined place and I have found myself there a few times putting my quarters down to challenge the winner. All the while listening to some great live blues - At 2 in the morning saturday night at Rosa's lounge.. And the great thing about this club is they promote a lot of young musicians/singers/students to come play with established masters of Chicago blues for a song or two. It is a surreal sight sometimes to see a young Japanese male pianist or a female Chinese sax player playing in these bands.
I have the tribute album to Shel Silverstein which has some great recordings by Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson etc. although not Rosalie's.
It's not quite the same but the song and the title reminds me of Rosa's - a hole-in-the-wall blues club in Chicago that has a 1 or 2 pool tables within a fairly confined place and I have found myself there a few times putting my quarters down to challenge the winner. All the while listening to some great live blues - At 2 in the morning saturday night at Rosa's lounge.. And the great thing about this club is they promote a lot of young musicians/singers/students to come play with established masters of Chicago blues for a song or two. It is a surreal sight sometimes to see a young Japanese male pianist or a female Chinese sax player playing in these bands.