Good evening. For tonight's program, I jump back sixteen years in time to 1977. Fellow Music Banterers, I give you...
Running on Empty- Jackson Browne
Wow. This is one powerful set of lyrics. They really hit home with me, because I'm a restless spirit. I've always wanted to take off and join the birds, to be free of the constraints of this ground on which I tread. I recently visited Europe for a couple of weeks, specifically Germany and the Czech Republic. I want to revisit the places I saw; the Church of Our Lady in Dresden, Prague at night, the Bastei rock formations, but I also want to see new places; England, Switzerland, Rome, Paris... I want to be
familiar with all those places, I want to know them. To become a part of them. But time just doesn't cooperate; "I'd love to stick around, but I'm running behind". Reading these lyrics made me realize that maybe it's better to make the best of the little piece of the world you already have, than to try and see it all. Maybe it's better to be appreciated in that little community, than to be unknown across Europe. Maybe it's better to have a few good friends and a place to call home than to be cultured and sophisticated.
I rate these lyrics a 9/10, mostly because of the way they affected me. I could not write anything close to touching these. Thank-you, Jackson Browne.
That concludes tonight's program. Thank-you for taking the time to read my review. Be sure to check in tomorrow at the same time. I will be skipping over the Rolling Stones' Brown Sugar, a track I am familiar with, to R. Kelly's Ignition (Remix). But until then, I wish you all a good night.