“Sky Blue and Black” is an emotional roller coaster, looking back on the joys and sorrows of love and its lasting impact. Jackson Browne wrote the song over four years and released it on his album “I’m Alive” in 1992. The source material comes from Jackson’s relationship with a famous actress. However, Browne never wants his songs to be identified with his specific life events, so he rarely speaks about his real-life relationships, especially in the context of his music.
“It’s a drag even to imagine that people are thinking about [the] relationship instead of their own lives,” Jackson told the Los Angeles Times. “I think if a song is any good, eventually it’ll turn out to be about the life of the listener and not about the life of the writer. Anyway, that’s my hope.”
Enjoy my revised version of “Sky Blue and Black” with background instrumentation.
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidgittlin.net/2022/08/25/time-travel-anyone/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-gittlin/message
While searching for a video of Bruce Springsteen playing his iconic hit “Born to Run,” I stumbled upon a video of Emmylou Harris singing...
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://davidgittlin.net/2022/09/19/reprise-and-i-love-you-so/