Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
You only live twice / Or so it seems / One life for yourself / And one for your dreams
You drift through the years / And life seems tame / ‘Til one dream appears / And Love is its name
And love is a stranger / Who’ll beckon you on / Don’t think of the danger / Or the stranger is gone
This dream is for you / So pay the price / Make one dream / You only live twice
Today’s thought? You only live once. Unless you’re Sean Connery of course. Life might be too short, then again it might be perfect. Songs are vehicles for my sentimentality as my Instagram flooded with photos from proud parents at graduations.
Surely Nancy Sinatra stuck a chord this week. My old man wasn’t much of a concert goer but he did enjoy a show and a dice game. Shortly after moving to LA for college, the old man had me meet him in Vegas for a weekend.
We drank, gambled, and sniffed our way to Caesars Palace where we stumbled into the showroom to see the Sinatras—Nancy opening for Frank! The impact of seeing Sinatra with Kenny was more profound than he would ever understand. In our final moments together I simply held him and sang “New York, New York.”
Oh, but today is not the end, only the day after graduation—a Friday that kids look forward to and foresee bright stars and sunny futures. For today, school’s out—let the summer begin.
Make it summer.
Idelic Single of the Week: Niina Soleil – Make It Summer
