working at the car wash, yeah.
Ain't No Sunshine It's not warm when she's away
1971 
1992 Ain't No Sunshine 0:30 measures time in degrees of cold. She walks out and the light in the room changes. He knows she will come back. The knowing does not warm the room while she is gone.
The repeated I know is a man trying to convince himself. He does not know. Not really. He keeps saying it because the alternative is too much to hold while she is away.
Girl, it's all right
A medley mixing Motown romance with heartfelt confession. Cupid's arrow fails, so the lover speaks directly. He admits his feelings have lasted through the years. The hope is she finally understands and returns his love before more time slips away.
Robin Williams played Adrian Cronauer in Good Morning Vietnam, an Armed Forces Radio DJ who used music as a weapon against the insanity of war. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas' 'Nowhere to Run' blasts from the radio while Cronauer talks faster than the bullets. The song is about being trapped. The war is about the same thing.
Nowhere to run. Saigon knew. Image Credits
1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
