[MUSIC] Martha and the Muffins, "Echo Beach"

[rfmcdonald]

I first blogged about the Martha and the Muffins 1980 hit "Echo Beach" back in May 2005, noting how the song resonated with me. The narrator, dreaming of an escape to an idyll beyond in the mid of a boring conventional job, speaks to me.

On a silent summer evening
The sky's alive with lights
A building in the distance
Surrealistic sight
On Echo Beach
Waves make the only sound
On Echo Beach
There's not a soul around

I was also amused to learn in 2011 that the song was going to give its name to a new performance space down at Ontario Place.

I heard the song again, sitting on my lunch break at patio of the Church and Wellesley Second Cup coffee shop when the song came on the speakers. Again, it resonated deeply: Who would not prefer a summer rather different from this one?

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As I noted back in 2005, the song is a classic. It lasts; it not merely endures the decades, it thrives.

Comments

[dewline]

Yes, that song certainly does thrive over the decades.