1972 COUNTDOWN… #69 — #66

1972 COUNTDOWN… #69 — #66

69  NINA SIMONE — EMERGENCY WARD

Part sermon, part social commentary, part lament on love, this odd semi-live LP is held in high regard. Certainly the first side, an extended melding of George Harrison’s “My sweet lord” with a poem by David Nelson, is an engrossing journey through soul funk to gospel refrain. The other side, where no evidence of a live recording is audible, is far less riveting.…

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There’s some notion of “Fuck you!” that I’m feeling today.  Has nothing to do with the music.  In fact, as it always does, music makes me feel better.

However, for the second month in a row, my insurance company failed to pull their payment from my account, so I was hit with a late charge ($25) again this month.  Called my rep, and apparently, they were charging a card I hadn’t authorized for them that I can remember.  Ever.  Instead of the bank account that they had been using since I started the policy back in January.

I vented a teeny bit to my rep, who’s this really awesome old man, and then apologized to him for being so pissed at the company.  Stupid fucks.

So, what is the song of the day?  Fuck, I don’t know.  Don’t even care right now.  Let’s set iTunes to random and….

Steve Miller Band - The Joker.  I *am* a lover and a sinner.