This weeks Ob-la-di blog deals with the passing of three icons of our generation. Ed McMann, Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. It asks the question "What celebrity deaths have affected you the most and why? What affect did their lives and careers have on you?"
This was a tough one for me, because three immediately came to mind. Richard Farina, Janis Joplin and Harry Chapin. All three deaths shook me, but in the end I realized it was the death of Janis that affected me the most. She was the one with whom I identified the most. Her music and songs were as tragic as her life, yet, there was something so innocent and vulnerable about her you wanted to hug her and try to make things better. Joan Baez summed it up best in her song tribute to Janis, after her untimely death at the age of 27.
In the quiet morning
There was much despair
And in the hours that followed
No one could repair
That poor girl
Tossed by the tides of misfortune
Barely here to tell her tale
Rolled in on a sea of disaster
Rolled out on a mainline rail
She once walked right at my side
I'm sure she walked by you
Her striding steps could not deny
Torment from a child who knew
That in the quiet morning
There would be despair
And in the hours that followed
No one could repair
That poor girl
She cried out her song so loud
It was heard the whole world round
A symphony of violence
The great southwest unbound
la laa laa laa la la la laa laa
la laa laa laa la la laa laa
la laa laa laa la la la laa laa
la la la laa laa
la la la laa
In the quiet morning
There was much despair
And in the hours that followed
No one could repair
That poor girl
Tossed by the tides of misfortune
Barely here to tell her tale
Rolled in on a sea of disaster
Rolled out on a mainline rail
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