Every day has challenges. And challenges don’t play favorites. They happen to the rich and poor, the beautiful and ugly, the short and tall, the fat and thin, and the old and young. Hopefully, you realize that you gotta face those challenges head on. Yeah, you can run headlong into them with your eyes wide open, or you can try to sleepwalk around. But that second choice, I can guarantee, won’t help you avoid life. In fact, here’s the only Sleepwalk you should ever indulge…
I mentioned, about 10 years ago, how Sleepwalk, by Santo and Johnny, is my favorite instrumental pop tune of all time. And it’s still true. It’s also still true that my favorite composer is still Beethoven. But, as I said, this is a pop tune. Way different than long-hair classical music. And Sleepwalk is such a classic, nostalgic piece of music for me. Every time I hear it, I beam back to a place and time where innocence wasn’t lost yet and no dreams had been squashed forever, yet.
I love the short story Dick Clark shares about how Santo and Johnny came up with the song. It’s almost as if a song called “Sleepwalk” arose after a sleepwalk experience. And the song shows so much more emotion from a slide guitar than the typical country or island song with the same instrumentation.
You probably won’t enjoy the song nearly as much as me. But I’d like to hear what song gives you the feeling of a better time in your life. And I hope the song is the only way you sleepwalk around today. By the way, while you’re tuned in, take a second to…
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