Poster by a Florida artist at the Ft. Myers Art Show. The words are from a song–see below.*By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.net
SCENE: Outside of Publix supermarket in Ft. Myers, Fla. Leaving the store in front of me is a young couple carrying groceries. The bright morning temperature at 62 degrees is a bit low for that southwestern part of Fla., but for my New Jersey sensibilities, it’s a lovely day today.
She: Atchoo atchoo—two large sneezes
He: God bless you
She: (recovering from her explosive sneezes) “Aarrgh! It’s the cold weather.”
Me (having a thought –which is a sort of conversation–with myself ) “Really? I just drove over 1,000 miles to get here, and she’s complaining?”
HARRY NILSSON from Midnight Cowboy:*
Rob. Thanks. I looked it up, and you are correct. But the Dead said “climate,” in their “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad” while Nilsson said “weather” in “Everybody’s Talking” by Fred Neil in Midnight Cowboy.
And there is a Woody Guthrie version of “Going Down the Road” that uses neither “climate” or “weather.”
And the blues song (“Going Down the Road…”) is considered “traditional” and goes by different names.
But If I were the lyricist for the movie, I would choose “weather” rather than “climate” because that word resonates with “the” and with “clothes.”
When I originally heard that song from the movie, I played it over and over because I couldn’t understand that line–something about how it was enunciated.
—Paul
In the Grateful Dead song, “Going down the road feeling bad” the lyrics are “Going where the climate suits my clothes!
Thought you might be interested.
Rob Lewis
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