Today's Happy Hour Soundtrack

We took our first Happy Hour beer outside today but the experience was slightly less than Happy.  On account o' because o' the wind, Gentle Reader, which is still Spring-fierce.  So... our second beer will be taken indoors as we get ourselves ready for the evening's entertainment.  We're listening to Richard Thompson this afternoon, he who is the author/performer of one of the VERY few mo'sickle songs extant.  To wit:

Lord knows there are hundreds... if not thousands... of musical paeans to fast cars abroad in the musical universe.  But there are precious few mo'sickle tunes and more's the pity.  It's a sad state of affairs when Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" is the ONLY biker tune that comes to most peoples' minds... if any such thoughts actually happen... when the subject of great mo'sickle tunes comes up.  Mostly ya get "Wha?" and a dumb look when you ask the question.

But we digress.  While Mr. Thompson earns a special place in my heart for "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" he is much more than that one song.  (Check out his biography on The Wiki for a list of his awards and for people who have covered his songs.)  Oh yes, indeed.  There's this, fer instance:

Things I tried to put shine in her eyes
Wire wheels and shimmering things
Wild nights when the whole world seemed to fly

She said "The thing that's so unique
When we're together we don't have to speak.
We'll always be such good friends, you and I"

Haunting, on oh-so-many levels.

We shall now return to crying in our beer.  Heh.