I told my husband that the lead singer of Semisonic said that Closing Time is actually about the moment of giving birth, and he told me that that guy was 9000% trolling everyone.
What are you listening to now?
My ex-husband was obsessed with Robyn and that was super annoying to me because in my mind sheâll always be âDo You Know What it Takesâ Robyn.
Anyway, hereâs Wonderwall.
For me she will always be âYou Can Always Be Number Oneâ Robyn (this is from a live special of the Swedish public television show Lilla Sportspegeln â âlittle sports mirrorâ â the equivalent of, say, a World Wide Sports for kids. Yes, that is her).
And here is the programâs title sequence with her song:
This part is wonderful:
November 1973 - Sam Thompsonâs House, Memphis:
Baby, What You Want Me To Do
Iâm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Spanish Eyes
See See Rider
Thatâs All Right
The last five cuts here are special even in the context of this release, however â recorded in November 1973 during an impromptu âsessionâ at the home of friend and musical colleague Sam Thompson in Memphis, and preserved by the latter on a cassette that was later damaged and repaired before being copied (and later lost in a fire), they capture Presley (on acoustic guitar) and friends running through âBaby What Do You Want Me to Doâ, âIâm So Lonesome I Could Cryâ, âSpanish Eyesâ (adopting a falsetto voice), âSee See Riderâ, and âThatâs All Rightâ in varying degrees of informality; and closing with a foul-mouthed but very funny poetic moment that some parents wonât appreciate. The fidelity is astonishingly good and by itself this could have made a great EP if we were still living in an era of vinyl. The only complaint one is tempted to focus upon is the relatively thin annotation â given the high list price for the CDs in this series, one could expect more detailed session information, background, and the names of other musicians involved; yes, that information is available elsewhere, but for the high premium price, it ought to be here.
~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide