![]() – “Main Street” which is one of the few songs by anyone that sounds better live with the haunting guitar sound. And, he laments as an older person “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” He sadly remembers the excitement and anticipation of it all when he was younger. “We are older now, but still running against the wind.” Like Beautiful Loser, we are doing the best we can, but sometimes it feels like the odds are against us. If he wrote it today, maybe he would tease in whether you are a Tea Partier or a progressive, we all have the fire down below.Īnother big favorite of mine is “Against the Wind.” I think the story it tells is so reflective. He vividly portrays the uniformity of male lust under “Fire Down Below” whether you are “the mayor with your face hidden from the light” or the “lawyer or the cop.” He shows it is a universal trait across all US geography. Some of his songs show how similar we are. Another example is “Trying to lose the awkward teenage blues.” It is a song that bring back many memories, both the excitement and the angst. Yet, there are many classic lines throughout. They are “working on mysteries without any clues” which is a wonderfully expressive line. “Night Moves” is his most played song as he sings of how young teens are learning and experimenting with lustful romance. “Beautiful loser….where you gonna fall….when you realize….you just can’t have it all.”īut, the list goes on. None of us is perfect, but the song title reminds me we all aspire to be better than we are and we want it all – but we will fall short of that goal. We want to be the most beautiful loser we can be. It resonates with me as we all are fixer uppers. I use this title as “Beautiful Loser” is among my favorites. It was later in his career, but I have found that artists doing a later tour are much more appreciative of their audience. Unlike Croce, Seger is still with us and my wife and I have had the good fortune to have seen him concert. It is probably equally as difficult for other fans of his. ![]() His memorable songs are many in number and it is hard to decide which is my favorite. ![]() His combination of great lyrics and rock and roll sound is not often matched. One of the more surprising posts I have written was a tribute to one of my favorite artists, Jim Croce. I wanted to introduce him to new audiences as he passed away in the early 1970’s, yet it has been one of the more frequented posts I have written as many have fond memories of his music. ![]()
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