Right here, right now
Lock down.
Shut down.
Social distancing.
Hysteria.
Reality.
Cancellations.
Postponements.
Empty shelves.
Doubt.
Fear.
Hope.
In 1989 Warren Zevon wrote:
I want to live alone in the desert
I want to be like Georgia O’Keefe
I want to live on the Upper East Side
And never go down in the street
Splendid Isolation
I don’t need no one
Splendid Isolation
Michael Jackson in Disneyland
Don’t have to share it with nobody else
Lock the gates, Goofy, take my hand
And lead me through the World of Self
Splendid Isolation
I don’t need no one
Splendid Isolation
Don’t want to wake up with no one beside me
Don’t want to take up with nobody new
Don’t want nobody coming by without calling first
Don’t want nothing to do with you
I’m putting tinfoil up on the windows
Lying down in the dark to dream
I don’t want to see their faces
I don’t want to hear them scream
Splendid Isolation
I don’t need no one
Splendid Isolation
Splendid Isolation
I don’t need no one
Splendid Isolation
YouTube clip from 1993 album Learning To Flinch. Splendid Isolation recording Cinicinatti, Ohio, 1992.
Stereo Story #490
Vincent Maskell
Vin is founding editor of Stereo Stories and director/MC of Stereo Stories In Concert.
Hi Vin,
Apt choice and your words get right to the matter.
I had never heard of this song before, it’s great. Thanks.
Cheers Luke
Ain’t that the truth, Vin. The perfect quarantine song. We might even need some sentimental hygeine to get through these tough times. As WZ sang:
Every day I get up in the morning and go to work/And do my job whatever/I need some/Sentimental hygiene/Everybody’s at war these days/Let’s have a mini-surrender/I need some/Sentimental hygiene…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgEhQfMQGc