The end of the rainbow - Richard and Linda Thompson

The end of the rainbow by Richard and Linda Thompson

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[mudhens4ever]

Well, that's a real pick-me-up before bed.

[zingmatter]

I once heard this on the radio 25 years ago and I've been searching for it ever since. Glad to have finally found it again.

[SteveFE62]

I've fallen out with virtually everybody I know over this song, including girlfriends who just didn't get it and wanted to dance instead :-) Most people just see what they want to see as bleakness and pessimism and a "message", and don't recognise the sheer beauty of the tune and playing and singing, and insight that in itself is a cause for joy and optimism.

Thank Christ for Richard Thompson, one of the few who has brought real intelligence and thought to music while still rocking.

[AmeSabishii]

This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time. How many of us actually accomplished what we dreamed of?

[cosmicrider287]

this is my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

[yukonnoka]

I used to hate this song but the more ive lived the more i realize the truth of these words.

[rocktenniscat]

@Boico101 - Oh dear! Well....just for a contrast, if you're feeling blue, go to:

"JB Lenoir I Feel So Good" Right down to the crazy tails, and bass playing by Willie Dixon. Even old Richard would be tapping his foot (KIDDING!!!....RT has a great sense of fun) JB died tragically of a heart attack, age 38. Memorialized in a John Mayall song.

[Boico101]

@tennis11ish As well as after 1979.

[squeakymonkfish]

Such a lovely song, and so sad.

[johnbarry1965]

RT tells it like it is.

[johnbarry1965]

and your sister, she's no better than a whore......