Tracks: 1) Alabamy Bound; 2) Georgia On My Mind; 3) Basin Street Blues; 4) Mississippi Mud; 5) Moonlight In Vermont; 6) New York’s My Home; 7) California, Here I Come; 8) Moon Over Miami; 9) Deep In The Heart Of Texas; 10) Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
“And the real reason we love Ray’s version is precisely because it puts so much emphasis on the here and now of it, on the where we are rather than where we’d like to be. In his vision, it is not a song about Georgia, whoever and wherever she is — it is a song about his mind and the state it is in: weary, worn-out by toil and disappointment, only finding salvation in an unattainable dream which he knows very well is unattainable, but as long as he is free to dream that dream, it’s something worth living for.”
This is probably the most accurate description of the vibe of the song I’ve ever read. This is EXACTLY what makes this song special!
“And the real reason we love Ray’s version is precisely because it puts so much emphasis on the here and now of it, on the where we are rather than where we’d like to be. In his vision, it is not a song about Georgia, whoever and wherever she is — it is a song about his mind and the state it is in: weary, worn-out by toil and disappointment, only finding salvation in an unattainable dream which he knows very well is unattainable, but as long as he is free to dream that dream, it’s something worth living for.”
This is probably the most accurate description of the vibe of the song I’ve ever read. This is EXACTLY what makes this song special!