"The unexamined life is not worth living" Socrates

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Wednesday 7 September 2011

Devil May Care

Every now and then some music that is currently speaking to me appears here. My tastes are very eclectic, but I like powerful messages and a powerful performance.

Not everyone cares for jazz, but you may want to at least read the lyrics and then chance a listen to Diana Krall and her combo, a Canadian jazz institution, sing and play "Devil May Care". I just love how her sidemen are obviously having a blast in this and any other performance I have ever seen.




No cares for me 
I'm happy as I can be 
I learn to love and to live 
Devil may care 
No cares and woes 
Whatever comes later goes 
That's how I'll take and I'll give 
Devil may care 

When the day is through, 
I suffer no regrets 
I know that he who frets, loses the night 
For only a fool, thinks he can hold back the dawn 
He who is wise never tries to revise what's past and gone 

Live love today, love come tomorrow or May 
Don't even stop for a sigh, it doesn't help if you cry 
That's how I live and I'll die 
Devil may care 

3 comments:

  1. Good one! Diana is always good, but I like this kind of treatment of an old standard better than her poppier arrangements. Really shows of her own playing and that of the combo.

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  2. A wonderful surprise was finding this performance while checking out youtube. Her recorded version that I have is great, don't get me wrong, but this live performance is a real gem. I will definitely be looking for her DVD's in the future.

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