It’s a thing I do here each year, to post two final songs for New Year’s. It seems in recent years, I’ve been a little regretful and sorrowful at this time, wishing for better times to come. Alas, I feel like it’s the same situation again.
Annually, I post Dan Wilson’s “What a Year for a New Year,” because it is always the perfect song for this time of year. It expresses a powerful longing that I always feel, tempered by a bit of hope.
And then we’ve got a funky version from The Black on White Affair of the classic “Auld Lang Syne,” the Bobby Burns poem set to a folk tune. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? I don’t think so.
Dan Wilson – What A Year For A New Year
The Black On White Affair – Auld Lang Syne