2005 Greg Brown posting still a reader favorite!

Greg Brown's ``Blue Car" keeps going and going and going...

``Blue Car" has Legs

Some Befuddled History:
The first year

I find it difficult to believe I opened my Typepad account in December 2004. Much has happened since.

I opened my Typepad blog, when I learned of my early ``retirement". (I have a swell engraved silver platter around here somewhere.)

Initially, I only planned to blog for a few months. You know, hone my writing skills, then begin work on that elusive Great American novel.

The early befuddled days were fun. If I awoke with an idea, I would spend the day writing. If no idea was forthcoming, I would do some other house or yard work.

The first year was fun for a number of reasons. Perhaps most importantly because I did not care if anyone read what I wrote, and I wrote for my own pleasure.

During this early period I had a feature called ``Great Song".

On 2 DEC 2005 I posted a Great Song write up about Greg Brown's song ``Blue Car" (soundclips, lyrics). I would say this Greg Brown posting nearly marks the end of the first year, but it literally marks the end of the early period at Tim's Befuddled Universe (which, of course, was still called this befuddled universe back then).

My Eddie Tadross mini-review on 27 DEC 2005 marks the beginning of Tim's Befuddled Universe's middle period. Perhaps I will talk about that period on another occasion.

If I knew then what I know now, I would have started that novel on 3 DEC 2005, but then I wouldn't be where I am today. Time only moves in one direction, so there is no point in speculating on what might have happened, if I had made different decisions back in December 2005.

If'n I be somewheres else'n, I reckon it be bushels worser.

Greg Brown's ``Blue Car"

The popularity of this Greg Brown posting must have everything to do with Greg Brown, and nothing to do with me. First, as the British say, I was too clever by half. Second, my writing was muss-mouthed. Third, the write up is just a series of digressions. Where is the thesis? The write up seems fatally flawed to me.

So if my write was so bad, why has it had such good legs? How come so many Befuddled readers stop by to give it a view? Well, your guess is as good as mine, but I would say it is because people love Greg Brown, and people love the ``Blue Car" song", and even after all this time folks apparently still want to read about Greg Brown's great old ``Blue Car" song.

``Blue Car"  Etc.

``Blue Car" is on Greg Brown's Covenant album (Red House Records). In addition to ``Blue Car", there are two other songs on the Covenant album that remain on my daily playlist: ``Pretty One More Time" and ``Blues Go Walking". (If you like mysteries, check out ``Rexroth's Daughter". Also, check out the version of ``Rexroth's Daughter" by Joan Baez. Her version is dark and deeply moving. See her Dark Chords on a Big Guitar album. On that album Baez also does a great cover of Greg Brown's song ``Sleeper".)

``Better Days"

I'm not complaining, but I'm looking forward to some better days ahead. With that thought in mind, I am closing this write up with a video of Greg Brown singing ``Better Days" from his Yellow Dog album (2007).

Greg Brown performs ``Better Days"

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