What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Harry Chapin was never a great singer but he could tell a song with the best of them. Passed in 1981 in a car accident at the young age of 39. I remember hearing he would always schedule charity concerts for no fee. He would pay the band but Harry worked for free. Most of the benefits were for hunger related causes. Last I heard there is still hunger. Maybe that's because Harry died. Harry is best known for Cats In The Cradle which became a #1 from the album prior to this. This is his fifth album and did not fare near as well on the charts. Only made it to #53. In my book it ranks up there. Nothing bad on here, with some superb tracks. Always sentimental, Harry is known to drag a tear from an old eye now and then. R.I.P Mr. story teller.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Star Tripper

Best Track - Tangled Up Puppet

I'm a tangled up puppet,
Spinning round in knots,
And the more I see what I used to be,
The less of you I've got.

There was a time that you curled up in my lap; like a child
You'd cling to me smiling, yours eyes wide and wild
Now you slip through my arms, wave a passing hello
Twist away and toss a kiss, laughing as you go

You used to say "Read me a story and sing me songs of love"
For you were Princess Paradise like your wings of a dove
Now I chase you and tease you trying to remake you my own
But you just turn away and say "please leave me alone."

And I'm a tangled up puppet
All hanging in your strings
I'm a butterfly in a spider's web
Fluttering my wings

And the more that I keep dancing
And spinning round in knots
The more I see what I used to be
And the less of you I've got

You are a drawer full of makeup and rinses and things
You keep changing your moods like your earrings and rings
But tonight while we played tag for five minutes in the yard
Just for a moment I caught you off guard
But now you write your secret poems
In a room just for your dreams
You don't find time to talk to me
About the things you mean
And what I mean is--

I have watched you take shape from a jumble of parts
And find the grace and form of a fine work of art
Hey, you, my brand new woman, newly come into your own
Don't you know that you don't need to grow up all alone

1) Dreams Go By - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znsyWUDnDlY
2) Tangled Up Puppet - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9xx7MFvPck
3) Star Tripper - **
4) Babysitter - **
5) Someone Keeps Calling My Name - ***
6) The Rock - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E9yLzCFJv4
7) Sandy - ** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3gY_i3DQWI
8) Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails - ***
9) Bummer - *** - audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLNfmxn5jt4
10) Stop Singing These Sad Songs - ***

3's - 6
2's - 4
1's - 0

Rating - 2.6