A late forties executive, he shook his head and laughed.
That’s a gift and curse of FaceTime.
For most years we’ve worked together I couldn’t see his responses.
I’d just told him the name of a song that has been playing in my head recently.
It’s old, from 1984, I doubt I’ve even heard it for a decade.
But it’s a goodie.
And it’s REALLY been speaking to me these last couple months.
“Keep on moving”
Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride
Nobody gonna slow me down, oh no
I got to keep on moving
Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride
I’m running and I won’t touch ground
Oh no, I got to keep on moving
Do you remember this song, if you were even alive in 1984?
You can see why he laughed, can’t you?
Yet it was still a powerful reminder for him in these treacherous times.
Like Churchill said about hell, you’ve gotta keep on moving.
Here’s the video if you want to rock it out.
btw, it has some trippy dancers and amazing hair like this artist.
Yazz
Do you remember her name?
From the London club scene, apparently she’s now a teacher in Spain.
This song was her moment I guess.
When she started singing in my head I didn’t recall having heard this since childhood.
That’s one magical thing about the brain, isn’t it?
Where does it come up with this stuff?
She’s also singing back in the 80s—dancing playfully in her bike shorts you see here—yet the chorus was still burned in my brain.
Listening to it again I was reminded it’s a dance track with a mature and uplifting message.
It’s not just all childish and Pollyanna about things always, only heading up.
She begins in the harder times.
“Hold on”
We’ve been broken down to the lowest turn
Bein’ on the bottom line, sure aint no fun
But if we should be evicted huh, from our homes
We’ll just move somewhere else and still carry on
Oh (hold on) hold on (hold on) hold on ooooh, aah, baby
(Hold on) hold on (hold on) ooh oooh aah
Then, as the song keeps building she moves in the only direction we all wanna go.
“Only way is up”
The only way is up, baby, for you and me now
The only way is up, baby, for you and me now
The only way is up, baby, for you and me now
The only way is up, baby, for you and me now
The only way is up, baby, for you and me now
The only way is up, you and me now…
As I said, some oldies but goodies.
Keep on moving, the only way is up.