Wild World

Sister said he's the greatest dancer.

Goodbye Girl by David Gates and 78 Love that BG Too Much Heaven Wild World by Cat Stevens A great selection of tracks Now let's hear these and I'll talk to you after this

One night in a disco on the outskirts of Bristol I was cruising with my favorite gang The place was so boring, filled with out-of-towners touring I knew that it wasn't my thing I really wasn't caring, but I felt my eyes staring at a guy who stuck out in the crowd.

He had the kind of body that would shame Adonis and a face that would make any man proud.

It's as wide as a river and harder to cross.

It's too much harder to come back I'm waiting in line Nobody gets too much love anymore It's as high as a mountain And harder to climb Nobody gets too much heaven now It's too much harder to come back

now that i've lost everything to you you say you want to start something new and it's breaking my heart you're leaving maybe i'm grieving but if you want to leave take good care hope you have a lot of nice things to wear but then a lot of nice Baby, baby, it's a wild world And it's hard to get by just upon a smile

Oh, baby,

and

that had on it Wild World, which the Pet Shop Boys rewrote into It's a Sin, but that's another story, allegedly.

And I love Father and Son.

But of the two albums, both beginning with Tea, I've gone for Tees and the Firecat.

Come on!

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.

I done tell you.

November to remember, Reggae Fest.

I hope you find a lot of nice things to wear.

But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there.

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.

It's hard to get by just upon a smile, girl.

This is, he would have, we both would have laughed at this.

And I think Mark would be happy with that, right? Like that he's still close, right? Yeah, I don't know how you feel, but I've definitely felt the presence of people who are no longer physically with us, right? So, well, and to that point, I don't know if you were there, but we all went next door to that tavern or whatever, right? And ridiculously, Mark and I's song was Wild World, like Cat Stevens, which is about breaking up, right? But it goes back to the Glenn Larson bowling alley in the basement that they had like a jukebox kind of thing, right? And like that used to play and just, I don't know, like for somehow we kind of connected over that song, right? So it was our song.

I never hear that song.

Do you ever hear that song on the radio? It's not contemporary anymore, right? And like, we were having lunch.

Pub, that's what it was called.

Pickwick's, yeah.

It's kind of right next to the cigar bar there, right? But yeah, Wild World started playing.

And I was like, oh my God, this was Mark and I's song.

Peter Frampton, Show Me The Way, taken from an album called Frampton Comes Alive.

Then let's go into 1971, the last track of this segment with Cat Stevens, a track called Wild World.

I woke up this morning and the sun was gone.

Turned on some music to start the day.

But if you want to leave, take good care.

Hope you have a lot of nice things to wear.

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world I'll always remember you like a child girl You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do It's breaking my heart in two Because I never want to see you sad, girl Don't be a bad girl But if you want to leave, take good care Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there But just remember there's a lot of bad And beware, beware Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world It's hard to get by just upon a smile.

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.

I bet they were happy to come up on that playlist.

What about Cat Stevens, Wild World? Cat Stevens, I don't know his political standpoint, but

I'm going to go out

on a limb here

But then a lot of nice things turn bad out there

there[singing] Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.

Ooh.

It's hard to get by just upon a smile.

Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.

Ooh.

I'll always remember you just like a child, girl.

Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there.