tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post4029980504992874446..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: The Boys of SummerAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-65155179226288993922012-06-20T15:41:44.503-04:002012-06-20T15:41:44.503-04:00I think today's kids still have poetry that re...I think today's kids still have poetry that resonates for them, but for many it is in rap music or hip-hop. Music still speaks to a specific audience, and if it sounds discordant to those of us who are older, so much the better! My parents hated my music also.<br /><br />There were exceptions, and while you are reminiscing about summer songs from a while back, please don't forget Mungo Jerry's "In the Summertime". I bought that as a 45rpm single, and played it constantly. Then I flipped it over once and heard "Mighty Man" for the first time and realized it was the better song. How many other rock/pop songs had kazoos in them? My Dad loved that song, because of the lyrics he used to sing along with as he danced around our house:<br /><br />I’m driving down the highway<br />Brand new shiny car<br />I got money in my pocket<br />Gonna be a star<br /><br />I’m a mighty, mighty, mighty man, whoa!<br />I’m a mighty, mighty man.<br />(Oh, yes I am)<br />I’m a mighty, mighty, mighty man, whoa!<br />I’m a mighty, mighty man (yeah)<br /><br />Well, I’m gonna get to you, girl<br />Get to you if I can<br />Take you round the hill<br />I’m a mighty, mighty man.<br /><br />***<br />Yeah, gonna come ‘round your house, girl<br />Gonna get you in your bed<br />I’m gonna give it to you all night long.<br />Gonna do just what I said.<br />I’m a mighty, mighty, mighty man.<br />I’m a mighty, mighty man.<br />(Won't tell your old daddy about it!)<br /><br />My Dad said the song perfectly described for him the man he used to be, and missed being, even when he was still only in his early 40s.<br /><br />Ah, summer music...Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-45763307967023146662012-06-18T02:06:41.674-04:002012-06-18T02:06:41.674-04:00Hi, Garce,
I don't know - you're the one ...Hi, Garce,<br /><br />I don't know - you're the one who has a kid. Does he read/like/react to poetry at all? <br /><br />I wrote poems from the time I was seven or eight. Even though I hardly ever do that anymore, the sense of word rhythms is always with me, informing my prose.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-4392361435907074172012-06-18T02:05:28.928-04:002012-06-18T02:05:28.928-04:00Hi, Ed!
Didn't realize you were such a youngs...Hi, Ed!<br /><br />Didn't realize you were such a youngster!<br /><br />I didn't really have "those nights" when I was a teenager, but oh, I understand the emotions. <br /><br />Sometimes I feel sorry for teens today. They seem to take sex so casually -- they've lost the intensity that made youth precious.<br /><br />(Of course, that's from the outside looking in!)<br /><br />(Oh, I was a nerd, too.)<br /><br />(And thanks for reminding me of "All She Wants to Do is Dance". Henley has penned some fantastic lyrics.)Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-44188403747419655982012-06-17T15:49:29.056-04:002012-06-17T15:49:29.056-04:00hi Lisabet!
It seems sometimes that poetry has fa...hi Lisabet!<br /><br />It seems sometimes that poetry has fallen out of fashion or popularity, but I think for our generation it was very much alive, it was just the medium of the poets that changed, because for us the poets were the song writers. I've noticed that people from out time still listen very much to the songs that meant so much to us when we young. I wonder if our kids will find poetry in the same way.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-55128594868329565092012-06-17T09:11:26.840-04:002012-06-17T09:11:26.840-04:00I was 16 when that song came out. My peers wore th...I was 16 when that song came out. My peers wore their RayBans and tried to look cool; the girls with their feathered hairdos and the guys trying to behave more macho than 16 could ever pull off.<br /><br />I was The Nerd, so I just watched and longed. But I also was the one who really listened to the lyrics (and would laugh during "All She Wants to Do is Dance" since the song's not about dancing).<br /><br />I never had "those nights" to forget, unless you count the night the girls crashed our gaming party because J had a crush on C, our pretty boy. But I'll never forget that song either.Big Ed Magussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00470692461167173003noreply@blogger.com