And Still a Happy New Year's Eve 2024
- Dec 31, 2024
- 1 min read
I initially posted this a few years back after my dad passed away, but I realized that it seemed like a really good way to end what’s over and head into a New Year.
This is the Phil Och's song, "When I'm Gone." It's not his version, though, but an absolutely exquisite cover by two groups, Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie. I first heard it years ago when the long-running Saturday night show, The Midnight Special on the classical music station WMFT in Chicago played it as their closing song each week. They used it for a great many years, but have changed hosts in recent years, but they were still using it then.
My folks absolutely loved the song. Loved it. They enjoyed The Midnight Special a great deal although they liked it more in its earlier years and not the selections as much in its (and their) later years. But they always listened and, if not always all the way through, they always made sure to listen to the ending, just to be sure to hear The Song.
Though the song isn't about New Year's, it sort of overlaps with the idea of making New Year's resolutions. It's about all the things to do in life now, because this is your chance to see them through.
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