Ray Charles sings... Eleanor Rigby

I have not uploaded on this blog a song from the Beatles since March 2012. Of all the great British bands, you can tell I don't consider them the greatest, even though they are the most famous. I lived a year in Liverpool, where I didn't listen to their music much. I mean I like the Beatles all right, but I don't love them. And since I lived a year in Liverpool, I know how heavy their heritage has been on the city: do anyone remember that the city existed before the Fab Four and that it has a life of its own? All the same, I enjoy some of their songs sometimes. What I find far more shameful is that I did not upload Ray Charles singing since May 2012. And Ray Charles is one artist I love far more. So I decided to kill two birds with one stone and upload Eleonor Rigby, covered by Ray Charles. And, I might add, done far better by him than by the original Scousers. Ray Charles brings pathos and power in the words, as if he witnessed the account of the song. So here it is.

Hit the Road Jack

I did not upload a song by Ray Charles on this blog for years. Not since 2009, in fact. I haven't blogged for a few days, lacking energy and inspiration, so I thought I would upload Hit the Road Jack, to give Vraie Fiction some much needed kick. The first song of Ray Charles I ever properly listened to. I have not much to add about it , only that I love it's beat and the characters. Ray Charles was a great entertainer.

Georgia On My Mind

I don't have much to blog about these days, that's another way to say that I am not inspired. I have that song in the head since this morning, so I might as well put it here. I like Ray Charles in general, and this song in particular. And I have never been to Georgia (or, as a matter of fact, the US).