V is for...Vienna and Vogue
Saturday...I've yearned for you! I hope everyone is having a relaxing Saturday...basking in your respective activities and modes of relaxation. Me? I'm reading...maybe doing some laundry (because I love that). Perhaps watching a movie or some TV today. The possibilities are endless. Aside from that, today is all about the letter V. V is for "Vienna" and "Vogue" "Vienna" - Billy Joel This is a beautiful melodious song. It's a decadent metaphor for life and Joel presents it so well. From 1977s The Stranger , Joel has declared "Vienna" to be one of his favorite songs to perform...it's that good. The song was inspired when Billy Joel visited his father, who was living in Vienna at the time. While there, he noticed an old woman sweeping the street and he questioned this practice. The ensuing conversation with his father opened his eyes to the way American's tend to push the elderly population to the side...