21. "Illogical Song," by Supertramp
To be clear, it's not this song:
It's this song:
This is one of those songs that I liked in high school but didn't really appreciate the entire meaning of it until later in life. Much, much later. I now think this is one of the greatest songs that will be written in my lifetime. To search for meaning in life, and to think you've found it, but to then realize you haven't found jack squat, is a pretty disconcerting feeling. But I've done that a half dozen times in the past two decades, and I'm in the middle of one of those times right now. I'm currently thinking the meaning of life is found in the daily giving and receiving of poodle love. (Which is MUCH different from muskrat love.) But I could be wrong. I mean, I've been wrong all the other times before, so why would I have the answer now? So when this song plays on the radio and Hodgson strains to sing the high notes on "Please tell me who I am...who I am...who I am...who I am!" I'm straining to sing the high notes right along with him.
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