Cowboy Junkies video

[Steve Carlton]

I know a few here are Junkies junkies.

The Cowboy Junkies return with their first new material in five years with ‘What I Lost’. This is a poignant and heartbreaking song about dementia. The imagery in the video centres on the father of four of the band members including singer Margo Timmins. The lyrics are about the father’s struggle with dementia. Home movies from his childhood are intercut with an image that implies memory slipping away.

Songwriter Michael Timmins reflects on the creation of the song based on conversations he had with his father in the final months of his life, “Memories of his flying days as a bush pilot in northern Quebec and his love of jazz and his experiences of seeing the great big-bands of the 50’s would often work their way into our conversations. I would often think about all of those memories and experiences that were slowly being eaten away by the dementia and would eventually completely disappear with his death. Lines like ‘This is what I lost’ and ‘I can sit here and wait’ from ‘What I Lost’ and ‘Shadows 2’ are not so much about him, but about me.”

I believe Michael was instrumental in the creation of this video.

[fastfredracing]

I love the junkies ! and this really hits home as I am sitting here watching my Dad slowly slip away from Dementia .
He fell and hit his head a year ago, and its been a slow slide since . Sad .
My son is very interested in dementia and we discuss it frequently .
Another artist to check out is " the caretaker " A very strange, and haunting collection of music, that is supposed to represent what an alzheimers patient feels as they slip away

[gumby]

I saw the Cowboy Junkies last year..excellent, bought some of their vinyl ;~)
They are very particular in creating their sound, careful scouting for ambient acoustics
lots of early content on youtub also

[masraum]

I do very much like CJ. I've been a listener since the early/mid 90s.

Larkin Poe does a pretty good song about dementia called "Mad as a Hatter" which I think is because they had a grandparent with dementia.

[Steve Carlton]

I was looking for something else and came across this gold mine.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGMUVZSspAqXh9ckhcU84j7zBgEcYasM3

[pwd72s]

Another song of the same topic

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

I was looking for something else and came across this gold mine.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGMUVZSspAqXh9ckhcU84j7zBgEcYasM3

I really want to like this version of Misguided Angel. I've listened to it a lot since it was released, but I always find Natalies' voice jarring when she's harmonizing with Margot. Something is just off to me, and I think it must be a flaw in my makeup because I know a lot of people like this version and I love Natalie Merchant.

One of my faves of hers is this live version of San Andreas Fault; sorry for the slight hijack

[Steve Carlton]

I like the duet, but it doesn't knock my socks off. I also like Natalie, too. Never really paid much attention to "Carnival" until recently, but added it to my queue. It's just very cool.