When Doves Cry...

I didn’t plan to talk about music again, but I was thinking today about Princes “When Doves Cry”. What a great song. According to Billboard magazine, it was the top-selling single of the year. It’s so good and very unusual and in my opinion it is one of the most creative songs ever written Think about it. Many songs are great, but many songs have a sameness about them. What song sounds like “When Doves Cry” before or since? Nothing I can think of. It came out in 1984 and was on his Purple Rain album. That’s what we called them back then albums, not cds, but I have bought the album, cassette, cd and mp3 since. He has gotten my money.
Prince wrote and composed "When Doves Cry" after all the other tracks on Purple Rain was complete. In addition to vocals, he played all instruments on the track. The song's texture is remarkably stark. There is no bass line, which is very unusual for a dance song; Prince has said that there originally was a bass line, but decided that the song was too conventional with it intact.
A song of 2 lovebirds perfect for each other, finding themselves in a nightmare, of hurt hate and jealousy gone wrong... this is what it sounds like, when doves cry.
It wasn’t the lyrics that got me, but a few of the lyrics made me laugh. “Animals strike curious poses”? It was the strange music that got me and still gets me.

Time is a jet plane...

Life is busy. I worked at WHOI-TV for 27 years, and for most of those years I worked a lot of overtime. A lot. Well if you read the local papers or watched the local news you know 19 WHOI and 25 WEEK have merged. Leaving 19 with one lone employee. I missed my job and regretted losing it, but to be honest was kind of happy to get a chance to sleep and recharge my batteries. So many little, medium and big projects I needed to do.
Any way after almost a year without work, my wife suggested I go back to school. So I signed up. I had no reason not to. Well after I had been going to school 2 weeks I got an offer from WMBD channel 31. I couldn’t say no, could I? I have a mortgage, a wife and three kids, and two dogs (that I now don’t have much time to walk) to take care of.
Between all this homework, writing, and trying to figure out ICC and Blackboard, my mind is spinning. When I ask those younger students around me what’s up, most seem as confused as me. When I understand what the assignment is I get good marks. My problem has been with the computer at school and understanding what is expected of me. Shouldn’t be that hard, but maybe this is normal.
Bob Dylan sang…”Time is a jet plane, it moves too fast.” I’m learnin it these days...