Lol re your dad being banished. I love the words of his songs, the ones I can understand at least, but the whole effect is to dampen the atmosphere. "Odd" is certainly one way of describing it!
Great read, Terry. I don't know any Rod M, but makes me want to take a read.
My dad is a big Cohen fan. He used to get banished to his study to listen to it because mum found it too melancholy. I like it, but it does indeed seem an odd choice after Santana.
I remember sobbing into a new boyfriend's shoulder one night, overcome with emotion over Norwegian Wood. It was the 70s. We'd lost sight of the likes of Eddie Cochran.
1956! Eddie Cochran, hep cat par excellence. Love the knee action. And as for Jane Mansfield's bullet bra, well, thank heaven THAT fad was gone before I ever needed to wear one..
And then there was Eddie's biggest hit, the immortal "Summertime Blues": "I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler/I've been working all summer just trying to earn a dollar"...
That's a very healthy perspective. & I remember Rod McKuen. My mom looked at my choices in potential role models with some dismay & even tried to dissuade me from being a fan ! Since dad was away her opinion had more clout / oomph !
I can even remember a TV series from the same period, approximately, " Dark Shadows ", a Gothic " soap opera " which had Jonathan Frid as a Dracula - type vampire. My mother, being a solid Southern Baptist, tried to discourage morally sketchy content from my youthful optic nerves lest Baal gain a foothold. 👁️👁️
I keep apprised of pop culture even more since getting back into digital art. I' thinking about doing a digital Carmen ! My stepsister LOVES Bizet & it's one of the few operas that doesn't make me feel like hibernating.
definitely a strange combo! I could never stand Pam AYRES TBH. I knew about the Dave Dee connection, but had no idea about the multitracking stuff. Thanks!
Loved this relationship story - and what thoughtful gifts (apart from the metaphorical boot, of course).
I rather like Leonard Cohen. 'Everybody Knows', ironically, for a Cohen number - always makes me laugh - and then of course feel very guilty about it!
Eddie Cochrane - well, much jollier all round, really. 🕺
Lol re your dad being banished. I love the words of his songs, the ones I can understand at least, but the whole effect is to dampen the atmosphere. "Odd" is certainly one way of describing it!
Great read, Terry. I don't know any Rod M, but makes me want to take a read.
My dad is a big Cohen fan. He used to get banished to his study to listen to it because mum found it too melancholy. I like it, but it does indeed seem an odd choice after Santana.
Ps, don't read it unless you have plenty of tissues, if you're basically a big softie like me.
Noted*
Yes, also a big softie here 😄. Notes, thanks.
chortle!
I remember sobbing into a new boyfriend's shoulder one night, overcome with emotion over Norwegian Wood. It was the 70s. We'd lost sight of the likes of Eddie Cochran.
Well it IS a beautiful song. Actually, so had I until my girlfriend bought Mr that record. 😀
And now I’ve gone off to read Rod McKuen … I seem to remember him appearing on my parents’ bookshelf when I was a kid
yeah, well take plenty of tissues with you.
Rod McKuen, now there's a blast from the past. So funny about the Leonard Cohen music bringing the group down, down, down. 😄
Yeah well, it was a weird choice!
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I get it, Terry, but if I had to choose between Eddie C and Rod McK, even now it’d be Eddie!
Still, the gifts of a first girlfriend are rarely trifles.
Me too, but why not both? 😁
I agree with the ‘trifles’ bit, definitely.
Well, I was never a fan of McKuen, but on your rec I shall reread.
Buy a big box of Kleenex then
1956! Eddie Cochran, hep cat par excellence. Love the knee action. And as for Jane Mansfield's bullet bra, well, thank heaven THAT fad was gone before I ever needed to wear one..
His whole performance is kind of strange, body-wise. As for bullet bras, I was too young to appreciate them. 🤣
And then there was Eddie's biggest hit, the immortal "Summertime Blues": "I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler/I've been working all summer just trying to earn a dollar"...
That was the first record of his I ever heard! Brilliant
That's a very healthy perspective. & I remember Rod McKuen. My mom looked at my choices in potential role models with some dismay & even tried to dissuade me from being a fan ! Since dad was away her opinion had more clout / oomph !
Thanks, Daniel! I still think he's an acquired taste, and I'm still not sure I've acquired it!
I can even remember a TV series from the same period, approximately, " Dark Shadows ", a Gothic " soap opera " which had Jonathan Frid as a Dracula - type vampire. My mother, being a solid Southern Baptist, tried to discourage morally sketchy content from my youthful optic nerves lest Baal gain a foothold. 👁️👁️
I don't blame her!
Jonathan had groupies, Sylvester McCoy, one of the actors who played the Doctor, even played Dracula to acclaim.
I didn't know either of those things!
I keep apprised of pop culture even more since getting back into digital art. I' thinking about doing a digital Carmen ! My stepsister LOVES Bizet & it's one of the few operas that doesn't make me feel like hibernating.
definitely a strange combo! I could never stand Pam AYRES TBH. I knew about the Dave Dee connection, but had no idea about the multitracking stuff. Thanks!
I didn't know she'd been a spy. Mega cool.