Bruford - Adios A La Pasada [Goodbye to the Past] (Rock Goes To College, March 17th, 1979)

Bruford performing “Adios A La Pasada“ [Goodbye to the Past] on BBC’s Rock Goes To College broadcast on March 17th, 1979. Annette and I worked closely on this - I offered the music and she handled the words. Apologies to any of our Spanish speaking friends who may take issue with the title ’Adios a la Pasada’ as a translation of ’Goodbye to the Past’. They may be happier with ’Adiós al Pasado’. No excuses: that should have been checked, but stuff moved very fast around the production of these albums, and that one slipped through. I’ve just noticed, interestingly, that neither the English nor Spanish title actually appears in the song. I was totally on board with the sentiment of the words, especially around: “Say goodbye to the guilt Leave the past behind Leave the pain with the past Lighten up the cross, it’s a long journey ahead You are innocent victims of circumstance and coincidence Be gentle with yourselves Fo