One of my favourite pieces of music is the medley on the second side of Abbey Road. At Rubber Soul we would have these band specials which featured one artist that we played every third song. The Beatles had a few nights and a highlight would be playing the Abbey Road medley to finish off the end of the night. Rarely would we end there because Ronny would run back to the decks and put on something more lively to finish the night.
Golden Slumbers is based on a traditional folk song. I came across it in an old songbook. Don't think it had the same tune but then I don't read music. The lyrics always seemed a little poignant and sad to me. "Once there was a way to get back home" which for me is that point where the past is so far away you'll never return to that place. Circumstances change, people change, people pass away. The bridge is washed away. I used to get envious when friends would go home for the weekend to rest up. Or go looking for stuff in the garage at the family home. When I was 18 my Mum moved back to the UK so that was that for me.
At the moment in Melbourne the community is in turmoil because of the Gillian Meagher murder. Just a young woman out on the town who decides to make the short walk to her home and her life is horribly taken. It could of been anyone. Seeing the videos of her last moments your heart goes out to her. terribly sad. And the world seems a little different.
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