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Friday, May 29, 2020

#423 – THEME FROM “M*A*S*H” (Suicide is Painless) – Bill Evans - 3/1/2020

This song is a favorite for many reasons.

First off, it swings. The song comes from a posthumous release from the legendary jazz arranger and pianist Bill Evans: “You Must Remember Spring”.

The second reason I love this song so is because I first heard it while on the air at WWUH in early 1980. There are a handful of songs that immediately transport me to the small studio and great people I met during my short 2 years there. This is one of them.

The third reason is I love M*A*S*H. At the risk of sounding like a tube freak, I grew up watching that show from its early days to the very last episode which aired 37 years ago this past Friday. Me and 106 million other people watched as Hawkeye’s helicopter pulled off the pad and he saw BJ’s “note” to him written with stones on the ground: “GOODBYE”. 


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