Love that tune. It has colonized my head for a few
days, especially the rendition by Tony Bennett...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMlMW-CChLE
I remember when
the sunlight had a special kind of brightness
And laughter held a lover's kind of lightness
Yellow days, yellow days
She would hold me and the smile would spread around us so completely
And the softness of a kiss would linger sweetly
Yellow days, yellow days
And laughter held a lover's kind of lightness
Yellow days, yellow days
She would hold me and the smile would spread around us so completely
And the softness of a kiss would linger sweetly
Yellow days, yellow days
I
think it was triggered by all the Gold Medallions, aka butter daisies or
melampodium in full bloom in my neighborhood. They are those small to
medium-sized trees that pop up from an unremarkable green-leaf into yellow
lollipops along the verge or grassway between walkers and drivers in West L.A.
and the San Fernando Valley. They are noted for tolerating a high level of
neglect. And yet they bring the sun to the sidewalks with thousands of yellow
bulbs from June to August.
Residents
of Yorkville Guzzle Beer in Vats. That is how my
physics
teacher in high school had us memorize the spectrum. And there is (Yorkville) yellow
flanked by two of my other favorites, orange and green. What’s not to like?
Autumnal orange with its offspring, sienna, rust, pumpkin etc... and all those
increments of greeny things. Yellow is, of course, the sun, brightness, optimism
and daffodils, banana peel, lemons, scrambled eggs as well as one of the Lakers uniforms. What says summer better than mustard on a hot dog? And let us not forget, the color of Marvin Gardens.
I’m remembering back to my days in suburbia.
Regardless of attention paid there were always devil grass and yellow dandelions
in patches of dichondra lawn. It was a mix of weed and trim that had the ring
of truth to it.
Along with yellow for Yes there is the suggestion of caution, slow down, look out for pedestrians
and runaway trains. It is the color of school buses transporting our future. It
also signifies cowardice owing to racist rant against the Chinese.
Needless to say Chinese are no more yellow than indigenous people are red or
Caucasians, white. And then there was Yellow Journalism, which today describes
the National Enquirer and Foxy News.
Tied as it is to the seasons yellow is cyclic. Not
seen much in winter except in Christmas tree lights and gift wrap as
compensation. Even the song ends in a chilled heart.
But then came thunder
And I heard her say "goodbye"
Through tears of wonder
Now I'm alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where'd you go?
But then came
thunder
And I heard her say "goodbye"
Through tears of wonder
Now I'm alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where'd you go?
Life is empty and the sunlight seems so harsh instead of tender
And the laughter's just an echo I'll remember
Yellow days, yellow days.
And I heard her say "goodbye"
Through tears of wonder
Now I'm alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where'd you go?
Life is empty and the sunlight seems so harsh instead of tender
And the laughter's just an echo I'll remember
Yellow days, yellow days.
In these dark days of Trumpadump we need all the Yellow we can find. The
lights are out on the Yellow Brick Road.
"Yellow Days was written by Alan Bernstein and Alvarro Carrillo
"Yellow Days was written by Alan Bernstein and Alvarro Carrillo
Thank you once again, Norm. I so respect your insight.
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