And I remember that we used to think "we'd fight and never loose" and 1968 was also the year that RFK was killed and we lost someone who seemed to be our last hope for winning all the battles we believed in.
Sorry to not be witty but we did so very much think that we would make a different world. Silly, I suppose but I still keep trying.
Amy, I'm older than you, and my first introduction to rock'n'roll was in the 50s with what was called "race" music, music by black musicians, which crossed over to become popular with white teenagers. The lyrics were "double entendre", but, in essence, they were pretty dirty. Oh, but the beat was good.
Which joke: Irving and Murray or the cartoon? Or the guy in the post just below the cartoon?
ReplyDeletePaul(A.), I meant the cartoon with the two old ladies, but you're free to take your pick.
ReplyDelete"Hairy Mopkins".
ReplyDeleteLapin, very good.
ReplyDeleteThat's what we used to call her in the mid 60's.
ReplyDeleteReally? I love the way she does the song. I have it in my music collection.
ReplyDeleteMy very first "rock and roll" 45rpm!
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I was in college then. Another girl and I made up some other words.. they weren't nice. I believe the first line mentioned a whorehouse.
ReplyDeleteAmy, this was rock 'n' roll?
ReplyDeleteAh, Susan, you and your friend were naughty. My friends and I were, too, but only in our talk.
Well, pop/rock. Part of the "British Invasion".
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Please, Mimi! I was pure as the driven snow, dammit! And as you said, we were naughty only in our talk.
ReplyDeleteAnd I remember that we used to think "we'd fight and never loose" and 1968 was also the year that RFK was killed and we lost someone who seemed to be our last hope for winning all the battles we believed in.
ReplyDeleteSorry to not be witty but we did so very much think that we would make a different world. Silly, I suppose but I still keep trying.
Amy, I'm older than you, and my first introduction to rock'n'roll was in the 50s with what was called "race" music, music by black musicians, which crossed over to become popular with white teenagers. The lyrics were "double entendre", but, in essence, they were pretty dirty. Oh, but the beat was good.
ReplyDeleteSusan, yes. We were pure as driven snow, too, but for the talk.
ReplyDeleteSusankay, that was the year MLK died too, along with a lot of illusions. We were reeling.