Prompted by the Dark Side of The Moon thread, I have listened to what I consider the best version I have heard of this. Roger Waters nowhere in sight, even though he wrote it. Far and away the best track on the Wall for me. Say what you like about the man, it’s a work of genius.
Tragically Janis Ian has lost her voice. At 71, the great singer-songwriter cannot sing any more and has announced her retirement from performance and recording. “It’s like a death,” she says, with brutal frankness. “It’s horrible, I cannot begin to fathom the loss, it’s still so raw.”
It all happened very quickly. While she was touring in the US last year, Ian contracted a virulent virus (not Covid) that left her with vocal fold scarring.