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And when Nadia is reborn in the bathroom, the music that is played is Nilsson's "Gotta Get Up."Nilsson was a songwriter who had worked in a bank and had sung the theme to "Midnight Cowboy" that he didn't write and now had a huge hit with a Badfinger song that most people thought he did write. It came all battered, which bugged me, I wanted my albums pristine, and the opening cut was "Gotta Get Up.""Gotta get up, gotta get out, gotta get home before the morning comes""Gotta Get Up" is a tear with a whole story, But it was the tracks that were not hits that truly got under your skin, that you were infected by."Gotta Get Up" was followed by "Driving Along," which was upbeat and groovy, kinda like driving in your car with the windows down listening to the radio. And the closer of the first side, "Down," was pure bluesy rock, your body moved while you listened, this guy who seemed wimpy was nothing like that."Let The Good Times Roll" was a left field cover made completely Nilsson's own."Jump Into The Fire" was heavy, it sounded like someone who got too close to the flame, it too rocked."I'll

The Grammys have not only lost touch with the audience, they've lost touch with the artists. After years of appeasing CBS instead of the artistic community, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Childish Gambino have refused to perform on the Grammy stage. But when it comes to musical artists, perception is the acts earned their big bucks, and are allowed to spend them however they want to. You don't need a label to put out a record today, and you certainly don't need a Grammy to enhance your career.

still"That's right, listening to "Club At The End Of The Street" lit my spirit, Elton was back, and quite possibly so was I. Lord have mercy! Avenue"Actually, I thought of "Club At The End Of The Street" first, but I wasn't in an upbeat mood, I wanted something to soothe me, that lived in my head, that would make me feel comforted, not alone. You see "Blue Avenue" is the last song on that 1989 album containing "Club At The End Of The Street," "Sleeping With The Past."And playing the CD in the wake of loving "Club At The End Of The Street," I fell in love with "Blue Avenue," it's got the gravitas Elton's famous for, all the way back to "Sixty Years You see she was upbeat and game, but I was married to the other one, we'd lived together for years, she could not be instantly forgotten, she'd touched my heart, and then broke it."And it's no use each way we loseYou and me at the crossroads of Blue AvenueHit and run hearts collide hereTrue love passes throughLooks like we've got a wreck babeUp on Blue

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