#troubadors

Gautier de Coincy, “S’amour dont sui espris”

This is day two of the A-toZ Challenge in which I attempt to blog every day (excepting Sundays) during the month of April. Today’s letter is C and I will write about a medieval composer named Gautier de Coincy.

From Wikipedia:  “Gautier de Coincy (1177–1236) was a French abbot, poet and musical arranger, chiefly known for his devotion to the Virgin Mary.”

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I awoke from a midnight dream

And the world is quiet here

Things are not what they seem

And a train is coming, I fear

A steady chug along

A conductor singing songs

Sir, can I get on?

Sir, I know that song!

Twice the whistle blows

There's no joy in me alone

So I get on

So I hold on

My fellow troubadors

Tell tales of closing doors

No one appreciates their passion

No one appreciates their song

So on this journey we embark

Humming, playing, singing larks

Together songs will lead us on

take me to the pilot - elton john (bbc in concert 1970)

i have had this song in my head on and off since tuesday night's screening of troubadors (which seems like it really might have changed our lives).  what a killer song! and do you remember when this guy sang it? holy crap! my heart was exploding for joy! i wanted to be up there belting it out and doing squats with him.  this round has been a little tough to watch since, in an attempt to live with no "what if's" in my life, i drug my friend sara along with me to san francisco to audition, and i was turned down flat.  no, i did not meet steven tyler. i was embarrassed. i was sad. i was relieved. (if they made that blind kid dance, there's no way in hell they'd let me get out of it...) but i did it, and that's something.