LAST LISTENED TO yesterday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT pretty good
RATING
Hoagy Carmichael is best known for such tunes as Georgia On My Mind and Stardust. Both those and many more of his compositions went on to become standards in American pop. This tune, however, did not which is hardly a surprise considering that it is about an opium sot. It tells the tale of this poor unfortunate who is stranded in Hong Kong and who has no money left to return home. Compared to the kind of anti-drug messages we have become prey to today, it is quite soft and in fact does not seem to offer much in the way of discouragement. Also, its laid-back jazzy setting with light oriental motifs does nothing to help spread any negative feeling. Still, for all that it is an enjoyable little song.
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