marlena

about this song

marlena, like all of chanan mattison's work, is really a musical poem, evoking images that are almost photographic. here he conjures up the diva, flying into san fran like the great white cranes in the park.. its a fantasy, a pleasant one involving what seems to be marlena dietrich, or is it someone else? "there is an amalgam somewhat in this song too, because it seems to be someone i know, and of course i was too young to have known marlena dietrich.

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