Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I think the hippest my mom ever got was liking the Beach Boys. I don't think she ever realized or cared that liking the Beach Boys was less hip by the time I was growing up.
My dad used to like a lot of good rock. I got a lot of my classic rock albums from him when he cast them off. These days he's mostly a jazz man (and has been for quite a while).
ita's characterization of Michigan drivers as fast, impatient, but obedient of every traffic law except the speed limit is right on the money. Made me a little nostalgic, in fact.
Okay, see -- my mother just found out (YESTERDAY) that the Beatles may have done drugs (she wonders why it's not made a big deal of), and although she has heard of Rick James (unlike my father), she didn't know he was black
For ita's mom:
Yesterday / All my illusions just got blown away / Now I'm sadder than I was Monday / Why'd you have to say / That Paul really loves to smoke a jay?
I'm also a little amused that not only did ita's mom miss the fact that the Beatles did drugs, but she also missed the fact that something of a big deal was made out of it, back in the day.
(I like "You're the reason our kids are ugly")
You're the reason I'm driving around on recapped tires
You're the reason I'm a hangin' our clothes outside on wires
Or the part where Conway tells Loretta "I wish you'd get outta that housecoat afore supper!"
Cash, you and my mom could take car trips together....
Heh. I love Classic country. Coal Miner's Daughter could have been about my mother except for the part where she could sing and got rich and famous. In fact, both my parents grew up a few miles away from where Loretta Lynne grew up. Or should I say a few hollars over.
I want to go on those car trips! Although, really I do like lots of kinds of music in the car. Most recent parental car trip included lots of Bob Marley, the one before that was all camp songs.
Well, mom is talking about doing a cross country roadtrip in the next year or so (I'll probably join her for the NE leg when she heads up to Maine to visit my cousin & family....)
heh. Some of my musical tastes would probably drive her a bit batty, though she's flexible.
Car trips in our youth involved a lot of 50s and 60s rock. We fondly remember that mom slept across the state of Iowa to Buddy Holly. And she was driving. (It was just one side of the tape she doesn't remember.) We also did some books on tape. I mainly remember Bridge on the River Kwai.
Cindy, I always feel compelled to disclaimer my dad because, well, it's just easier that way.
Hee.
Growing up, my parents had tapes of Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynne singing "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly". IJS.
Okay, I'm learning that song, and singing it, next time dh and I get cranky with one another. That's hysterical.
Johnny Cash, I love. Willie Nelson, I adore. Loretta on her own, you bet. Conway AND Loretta. NSM.
Hee. Oh, did you read little bam bam hold forth on Miss Loretta's recent album in the spoilers thread? It was yonks ago, now. But still? little bam bam. *contented sigh*
Or should I say a few hollars over.
Okay, I'm starting to realize my "hee" isn't so post worthy, and yet? Hee.
Goodnight nice people.
Hee. Oh, did you read little bam bam hold forth on Miss Loretta's recent album in the spoilers thread? It was yonks ago, now. But still? little bam bam. *contented sigh*
This, I missed. And am sorry I did. I'll go back and find it though, because I've heard great things about it and Jack's White's work on it. Plus, I like the plucky lady. She's terribly funny and sounds EXACTLY like my Aunt Delphia.
I'm watching stuff on the tsunami. My brain is bending. Most of my news has been through NPR, without the visuals, which has allowed my brain to imagine the pictures, which was horrifying enough. This is just...insane.
I read someone somewhere who said that the reason the individual stories appeal so much is because we can't really comprehend the reality of the numbers. So we need one person, one story to begin to get a handle on it. All that water.
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