This was an experiment I tried to see its effect on my emotions. It combines poetry and music. It did affect my emotions and it did achieve it’s purpose. The use of voice/visuals enhance the emotion of the poem. Read it first, then click on the youtube link at bottom. Did it affect your emotions similarly?
I’ve just become a little sad
Quite quick, and unexpected
I didn’t know I was so prone
And quickly sad-affected
Was listening on my Walkman
(But that’s another story)
To Karen Dalton ‘Same Old Man’
‘Twas only auditory
She made me want to see her live
Hear her enchanting voice
So went to find this haunting soul
On youtube’s million-choice
Something inside me gave way…
So quick – so unexpected
Quite unprepared for what I found
Karen D – was dead.
What does this tell us about life?
Past pictures (in our head)
Can lead us into thinking that
They’re still alive, not dead
Impressions are recorded
Of people, what they’ve done
Enjoy them while they’re still around
And not when they are gone
RIP Karen Dalton
1993
Aged 55 (aids)
Don Matthews
June 2018
Karen plays banjo. At 1.55 is Bob Dylan
No live performance of Same Old Man was ever recorded
Karen Dalton : The most tragically beautiful folk singer
you’ve probably never heard of
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 