Nothing to This Top Ten: Nothing Ever Happens Down Here (#2)

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Welcome to Monday. The “controversial” American holiday is upon us, so I’ll avoid the argument and wish our Canadian neighbors a happy Thanksgiving! See? Peaceful. Nothing to it. Speaking of “nothing,” here’s today’s song with “nothing” in the title. #2: Nothing Ever Happens Down Here - Gerry Rafferty First, you won’t know this, because it wasn’t a hit. Secondly, you’re probably thinking, “What, Gerry Rafferty recorded something other than ‘Baker Street’?” Indeed he did. And, if all you know is that dreamy excursion into great sax, then my suggestion is that you buckle your seat belt and put your tray in the upright position, ‘cause you’re cleared for takeoff!!! Rafferty did a whole lot more than “Baker Street” (and “Stuck in the Middle With You” in his Stealer’s Wheel days). This is from an incredible album called North and South, and it shows just how criminal Rafferty’s status as an almost-one-hit-wonder in the US is. This terrific tune is about a vacation that gets boring very quickly, to the point where “two weeks alone in this sweet little home and I feel like starting a riot.” The solution is to get the heck out of Dodge and “take a trip up north to Sauchiehall Street” (in Glasgow…Rafferty was Scottish). I hope you enjoy this song, and I especially hope it opens your eyes to the vastness of Gerry Rafferty beyond “Baker Street.” Nothing Ever Happens Down Here Written by Gerry Rafferty Recorded by Gerry Rafferty From North and South, 1988 Let’s stay alive ‘til a hundred and five: