Don't Say Goodbye

I told you in June about my plan for my next few posts. Although you might not have realized it, I'm taking that statement seriously. And that only means one thing.

Rick's back!

If you're closing the page as I say this, you've got the freedom to do that, but you've just defeated the point of the song. What's happening in the lyrics is that a girl is about to say goodbye and we're trying to convince her not to. So if you're heading out right now, you're saying goodbye before I can even persuade you to stay.

If you know anything about Rick Astley, who sang this song 35 years ago, you know that he's the kind of person who doesn't just say goodbye to people. (Giving up has never exactly been his thing.) So the least he can do is expect someone else not to leave him. It's a fair position to take, right?

Listen to the song here
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La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin

Here's a short little song by Claude Debussy, one of the most influential composers of his time. You may remember me talking about him on a Bill Evans song. The title refers to a girl with flaxen hair (blonde hair). But somehow, the melody reminds me of a cat walking around. I don't know why. I just got that image in my head.

This one was written in 1910, and it was known to be simpler than most of Debussy's other writing. For example, it has some more common chord patterns (though not the most obvious ones), and it doesn't change into a lot of different keys. It isn't that long, either.

Listen to the song here
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