Billie Holiday

I downloaded the new Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 compilation earlier, courtesy of Shock here in Australia.

It's a great and noble beast - that Dylan sure knows his music, whatever you may think of his singing - but Jesus damn, I'd forgotten quite how near unbelievably suicidal 'Gloomy Sunday' is, when handled by Billie Holiday and assisted by Teddy Wilson and his orchestra. It was banned by the BBC. I ain't surprised.

"Gloomy Sunday/With shadows I spend it all/My heart and I/Have decided to end it all/Soon there'll be candles and prayers that are said, I know/Let them not weep/Let them know that I'm glad to go/Death is no dream/For in death I'm caressing you/With the last breath of my soul/I'll be blessing you."

Damn.

Damn.

Damn.