Back Catalog: The Source Of "Midnight In Memphis"
Yeah, heard the river risin' and this is what it said: "I don't need no live ones — I just take care of the dead." * * * * * For me, the best song from 1979's hit movie The Rose wasn't Bette Midler's iconic take on Amanda McBroom's song of the same name. That legendary song won a Grammy and has been famously covered by thousands of performers, but it only appears in the credits. Neither did I think the best song Midler's Janis-Joplinized renditions of "Stay With Me" (originally recorded by Lorraine Ellison) nor "When A Man Loves A Woman" (originally recorded by Percy Sledge) although her performance of both of them were heroic, and became staples of her live shows. For me, the song that I couldn't ever get enough of was a song called "Midnight in Memphis" which is as lyrically important to the narrative of the movie as the other songs were. The song shows the talent and elusive joy of the Mary Rose character play...