Living for the weekend, UK style
119. Richard & Linda Thompson "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight"
Richard Thompson was a veteran of the group called Fairport Convention who were innovative in their mixture of rock and British Isles folk styles. After leaving, he met and married a singer named Linda Peters and they began recording together.
Rock and roll is full of songs about the weekend, but the British restraint in Linda's voice along with the meaty lumbering slouch of Richard's guitar makes this one especially evocative of the soul-sucking weariness of the work week. Here she sounds like an office manager dying to cast off her imposed role and simply be a human again. The chorus, evocative lyrics and great horn flourishes make for a terrific light at the end of the tunnel and sound of joy from the corner pub. "I'm gonna dream till Monday comes in sight" acknowledges the futility of escape giving it all a tinge of melancholy, but the siren call of the night out remains.
Richard Thompson was a veteran of the group called Fairport Convention who were innovative in their mixture of rock and British Isles folk styles. After leaving, he met and married a singer named Linda Peters and they began recording together.
Rock and roll is full of songs about the weekend, but the British restraint in Linda's voice along with the meaty lumbering slouch of Richard's guitar makes this one especially evocative of the soul-sucking weariness of the work week. Here she sounds like an office manager dying to cast off her imposed role and simply be a human again. The chorus, evocative lyrics and great horn flourishes make for a terrific light at the end of the tunnel and sound of joy from the corner pub. "I'm gonna dream till Monday comes in sight" acknowledges the futility of escape giving it all a tinge of melancholy, but the siren call of the night out remains.
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