That’s the title of a mix tape I made 40 years ago. It is beyond sad—my wife asked me not to play it in the car when I was by myself. I haven’t used my tape deck in years, so I played it the other day instead of carting the tape deck to Sally Ann. The tape has gotten better over the years. It’s better than I remember.
I’ll get back to that. Today’s news includes the death of Shane MacGowan. I like the Pogues and Gaelic Punk. Fairytale of New York might qualify as alienation and despair. Lately I’ve been playing Danko/Manuel by the Drive-By Truckers. If you hear Richard Manuel calling you from the afterlife, I’d say you feel sufficiently distant and estranged to be alienated.
Here are classics.
When I heard this song in 1975, I was the kid. Now of course I am the Old Man who just needs to get out of the way.