Sunday, November 18, 2012

Goode on Better Days

It's been seven plus years since I recorded Seconds to Sunrise. A few songs from that album continue to matter to people...

A college friend Michael Goode recently posted this about the song "Better Days":

"It is does not deserve to languish in obscurity... it's the last song I want to hear going out."

The rest of what he wrote I can't quote here because he took Dylan's name in vain and stretched the compliment beyond reason, past hyperbole.  It's an honor, though, to have had the privilege of writing something that resonated deeply with this intelligent and interesting character (he just got his PhD, works as a visiting asst. pro at UIC, specialized in colonial American history, etc, etc).

Here's a video of the tune from the farewell concert, featuring Anita Barahona and a stage full of other friends of JRL...

2 comments:

A Traveling Girl said...

Just listened to this on a road trip and thought the same thing!n

Jonathan Reuel said...

Thanks for the note, J! It's been called a road trip tune before for some reason.