Someone recently asked me what a Lounge was?The lounge is a place in a hotel where the bar is located, is staffed by a bartender that knows how to say just enough, is populated by travellers lonely, anxious, or both; living their lives based on the hope that where they are is not what they truly are. Passing time becomes a pastime. Often a pianist or small band will lend their souls to the mood, conjuring some entertainment value and trying for tips. By the time most entertainers arrive at the place in their lives where they take a lounge gig, they don't have much left to give, singing sad songs and living the blues (even the songs with upbeat lyrics and music have a way of sounding sad when sung in a lounge by a man whose life has been wrung out of him). Me or someone I know is appearing nightly, two shows on weekends, trying to find new lyrics to the same old songs, living for tips and hoping beyond hope that a fresh new melody will finally show up.
BjK.
For some reason, this post wouldn't show up for me until now.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the lounge: those hanging out may be tired, but if the act is any good, it can revive the weary and leave everyone smiling.
Just my two cents. (And of course, as those pennies get jumbled about at the bottom of my purse, I'm bound to draw two completely different ones the next time I reach in.)