I slutten av 2017 ble Torgeir Waldemars album ‘No offending borders’ kåret til et av årets beste i Norge. Helt fortjent, etter min mening, for Waldemar er en særegen låtskriver og artist. For et par uker siden kom Torgeir Waldemar ut med  ‘Jamais Vu’ - ett minialbum som inneholder fem låter fra tidligere album, men i en ny innpakning. Og der finner vi bl.a. akustisk versjon av sangen Sylvia /Southern People, med en politisk-kritisk tekst som viser at selv 50 år etter Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngs 'Southern Man', går det an å skrive musikk med budskap uten at det går utover musikalske kvaliteter:

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Oh, the time has passed

Since the old man yelled about

The southern man

Oh the time has a-changed

Banjos played the song of rearrange

Haunting ghosts from the past

That creep around and tell

That we will never last

Still the Wheels are deep down in the ditch

We've lost the sight of the saving track

So listen to the song, Sylvia

Southern people never let their leaders down

Can't you hear the rain, Sylvia

 

Swinging bullwhip over foreign heads

Bragging 'round of our peaceful nest

Swimming around in gold

Spoiled by oil

Creating debts for the little ones

So how long will it last, Sylvia

Southern people need another leading man

You claim your faith, Sylvia

But your spirit seems so very dead.

 

Sylvi Bell, I've seen your inner child

Remember that we're all gonna die

Rear view mirror will be our judge

Turn the other cheek and make a smile

So dear to love, Sylvia

One day it's your turn, Sylvia

The world is to small, Sylvia