On Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Jukebox Playlist – Jennifer!

Open Video Here – It Goes Like It Goes.

From Kareem’s newsletter:
I wanted to do something a little different today and include a movie theme song. Theme songs are sometimes taken less seriously because of their attachment to movies as if they were an appendage to the larger, more costly art work. But a great theme song can not only enhance the movie, but also thrive on its own.

It Goes Like It Goes, from Norma Rae, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1979. Jennifer Warnes confident but soulful voice reflects the movies protagonist, Norma Rae (Sally Field), as she evolves from an insecure working woman to an inspiring union organizer.

I especially appreciate the chorus:

So it goes like it goes and the river flows
And time it rolls right on
And maybe what’s good gets a little bit better
And maybe what’s bad gets gone

Those last two lines perfectly sum up how we look at the flow of life. They also could be the motto of this newsletter.