Tuesday, August 11, 2015

"And look at those American girls…" (Well, they used to look like this)


Sad, sad sad. 
 
VERBATIM 

 From a country now irretrievably faded into the past…
 
If you had told me as I sat out the summer of ’77 grounded due to my first DWI collar that the country would nearly forty years later look back to the Carter era fondly, I would have called you a crazy old man and told you to eff off.

And look at those American girls…

May God bless and keep you and yours in the coming storm.

And this bird you cannot change…

Lord knows, I can’t change…
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 12, 2015 at 7:24 AM

    We need to add that tune to our collection of battle anthems. It still fires up the blood
    in this old man, it's bound to have an effect on those on whom we must depend to carry on after us....... I hope. CH

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  2. AnonymousAugust 12, 2015 at 1:32 PM

    Not sure if one ought to call Free Bird a battle anthem, but it is anthem. I was a 22 yrs old, stationed in Germany, the summer of '77. What I miss too are the songs where the affections were about cherishing that special person rather than a desire to satisfy the sexual urge. What I feel is not old age, or an old man pining for what is now lost to him. It is still that sense of ongoing alienation, compounded by the sense of loss, for what those who are now 22 yrs old, who don't have the slightest clue of what has been stolen from them, the lies and BS that have been told to them. As for those who have done this evil, I want revenge. I will not forget nor forgive. I pray that TPTB get in full measure what they deserve and that when the Day of Wrath comes, it will make Sherman's March look like an ice cream social by comparison.

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    1. Brock TownsendAugust 12, 2015 at 3:17 PM

      What I miss too are the songs where the affections were about cherishing that special person rather than a desire to satisfy the sexual urge.

      Good point.

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      those who are now 22 yrs old, who don't have the slightest clue of what has been stolen As for those who have done this evil,

      Yes.

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      I want revenge. I will not forget nor forgive. I pray that TPTB get in full measure what they deserve and that when the Day of Wrath comes

      Certainly deserved.

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  3. JoAnnBAugust 12, 2015 at 5:19 PM

    WOW, that sure takes me back ! I still LOVE guy's with long hair :) I am so very happy I am old enough, to remember back when this music was magic to me . I will ALWAYS love those times ! Nothing better will ever come along, to beat what that was, I am so sad to say !
    Thank you so much for sharing .

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    1. Brock TownsendAugust 12, 2015 at 5:47 PM

      You are more than welcome and I feel the same way except for guy's hair.........!:)

      Loved this:

      Ahhhhhhh music. What would we do without music? I love Jazz, Doo-Wop, Old R&B, Old Rock, Southern Gospel, Some of the new Christian, Blues, Blues, Blues, Oh did I mention the BLUES ha! Even some Country believe it or not....didn't think I would ever say that. So never say never.

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