Take 5 is one of those tracks that I can loop over and over again. It tempers irrational exuberance some days and raises the spirit (or spirits) on others, both with a ghostly, dignified poise. Does life and death exist on a continuum, or does a line have to be drawn somewhere? Perhaps the latter.
That the line is drawn at 42 seconds is a point for mysterious coincidences and reading too much into things. After all, we should just enjoy the art of life.
But speaking of loops, a certain rainbow coloured bus is pretty loopy in an analog way. Whenever it comes on, I have a hankering for bubble gum. I can only wonder why.
More later on a great album.
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