Love: brief as a massive building project

Shakespeare described love as, “Brief as the lightning in the collied night.” Hmm, I was a skeptic. Love was more like a massive building project requiring plans, pieces, and daily physical labor.

This week’s Flashback Track Friday is inspired by the most romantic song I’ve ever heard, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” This song was penned very quickly by Ewan MacColl for his mistress, folk-singer Peggy Seeger, while they talked over the phone. Lightning definitely struck him that day.

But it wasn’t until 1969 when North-Carolina-born singer Roberta Flack spent a mere 10 hours recording First Take, one of the most sensual and moving albums of all time, that the song became legend. Another act of lightning striking in the slowed-down rendition of this song.

Happy Flashback Track Friday, Friends! Check out my response, “True North.”

The original 1957 version. I like this version as well.

13 responses to “Love: brief as a massive building project”

Hobbo

I laughed at the idea of love as a huge building project!

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1. K.Hartless
  
  Thank you. It just seemed like something that needed a large crew of skilled workers. hehe.
  
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  1. Hobbo
    
    Too many of us skip the planning stage!
    
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  2. K.Hartless
    
    Yes! Or don’t even lay a foundation. Been there, house sunk that. 😉
    
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Mister Bump UK

Love this track, but I can narrow “favourites” down to maybe 40-50 tracks. Not heard Seeger’s before but prefer Flack’s. But of course it is more produced.

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1. K.Hartless
  
  This one sends me….I’m a big fan of Flack’s, but it’s nice to hear Seeger sing what someone wrote for her. Happy Friday, Mister B.
  
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  1. Mister Bump UK
    
    Do you do Spotify? I created it when I got my speaker and Spotify, hence the silly name. Wanted it to be unique!
    
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  2. Mister Bump UK
    
    Ooh, never tried sharing a Spotify link before, didn’t realise it would appear… different 🤣
    
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  3. K.Hartless
    
    I love Moon River. Your list is tops!
    
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K.Hartless

Yes, I’m totally hooked on Spotify. Thank you so much for sharing your list. How’d you do that? 😉 This is inspiring me to create my own top all-time list. So good!

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1. Mister Bump UK
  
  In the Spotify app, go to the playlist. In the title bit, there is a circle with “…” inside it. That pulls down a menu. Hit Share > Copy Playlist Link. I just pasted the link into WP, and it did everything else.
  
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