Sunday, May 7, 2023

Polaroid Picture - Frank Turner

Polaroid Picture - Frank Turner
3:43
Tape Deck Heart, 2013
Written by Frank Turner

To me, Frank Turner can almost do no wrong.  I mean, as a bishop in the Church of the Unblemished Bob, I have a tendency to put my musical heroes on a pedestal, but I still think it's legit.  He's as honest and literate as Springsteen and raw as Dylan.  His best sing-along songs are Scriptures, this one specifically Proverbs.  The song comes to a crashing faux-finale at its midpoint and gets quiet, reminding us to focus on this, the moment, forget all the guitars and drums and noise.  "So let go of the little distractions / Hold close to the ones that you love / Because we won't all be here this time next year."  Be here now.  

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