The Beat Goes On

7 hours in a car over a bank holiday weekend will afford you two things. Plenty of time to think and plenty of time to listen to music.

Sometimes, happily, those things will intersect…. music to think about.

The Buddy Rich version of Sonny and Cher’s The Beat Goes On played on the radio.

I have heard the record which sampled this song a million times.

I may have heard this version two or three.

I don’t think I’ve ever really stopped and listened to the words though. Like properly listened to them and what they were saying.

The references may be dated, but the message, fittingly, is as relevant as ever.