Friday 27 September 2013

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Wichita Lineman was written in 1968 and released by Glen Campbell in the same year.

I have always loved it. It's a song about love, and loneliness, and phone lines!

The lyrics are quite strange. Some of them really are about phone lines, like this one:
And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain.
I saw an interview with Glen some time ago where they spoke about the impact that Alzheimer's disease is having on him. It was very moving, of course, but it was amazing to see that (at least at that time) this horrible disease had left his music alone.