An occasional feature in which we mark the songs of our relative
youth as played over public muzak systems and beyond.
Date: 13 August 2016, 9:40 a.m.
Place: Del Norte Sports & Wellness
Song: "What a Wonderful World"
Artist: Willie Nelson
Irony Matrix: 7.8 out of 10
Comment: During the last five minutes of a yoga session, the participants lie in corpse pose -- savasana -- to relax, incorporate all the movement, and ground with the earth. Peaceful music is sometimes played. On this occasion, the instructor -- who is partial to sensitive-dude music -- blessed us with Willie Nelson, of all people, covering the Louis Armstrong classic. While it's a pleasant tune, the cloying standard trilled by Shotgun Willie proved to be a distraction, a felled tree across the road to enlightenment.
I've been a fan of Willie's since high school, but this version of "What a Wonderful World" didn't work for me. It is suffused with strings and generic backing vocals that recall his pre-outlaw RCA days, and it sounds like a corny Christmas song. Let's spin Joey Ramone's version instead:
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