This song, one of my favorites, came on this morning in my "getting ready for rehearsal" music shuffle.
Carly Simon wrote the song for her album of the same name that served as something of a comeback in 1987.
The lyrics felt especially appropriate as I revisit and stage A Chorus Line here at Sacramento Music Circus. This version of A Chorus Line, day by day, is becoming a new thing - deconstructed, as we keep referring to it. The original intent, but with a new shape, form and flavor.
Getting out of your head, getting away from what you've always done can lead to finding that an old friend still has a resonant message, years later.
"I know nothing stays the same, but if you're willing to play the game, it's coming around again."
I love this song, and how "The Eensy Weensy Spider" is woven into it in the live performance. However, three years after my 12-year relationship ending in a fog of addiction (literal and metaphorical), I'm apparently not yet "willing to play the game." Some day.
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