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Circles (for Sunshine, who likes the Beach boys)
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Circles (for Sunshine, who likes the Beach boys) |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Circles 1: It is evening In the summer of 1971. And we are living in Monterey. I am eating a hamburger, Listening to Casey Casem's American top 40. James Taylor, Y've Got A Friend .. The Doors ... Riders On The Storm ... Remember all those great songs? ... Remember 1971? ... Remember the hits from coast to coast? I didn’t know That we could listen to it here in Mexico! I suppose It must be coming in by satellite. 2: I wake In a Mexican jail cell. Mother says to hurry and get dressed. She is telling the police Why they should let me go. They finally let me out of jail On condition that we leave the country. I am wearing A pair of old, moth-eaten sandals, Walking on a rickety foot-bridge, Crossing to the Texas side, When suddenly I’m in a vehicle, Roaring at full throttle, Racing round and round in circles On the bridge. I hear the sound behind us Of pursuing motorcycles, Also racing circles On the bridge. I catch the putrid stench Of turgid, muddy river water And the fear of drowning. What if we fall off? .. We then come to a stop. 3: The chasing motorcycles Turn out to be The Mexican police. The police had changed their mind, Were trying to re-arrest us, And now re re-arrest us for resisting arrest. An officer is having trouble Putting on the handcuffs, So I hold out both arms To help him, And they walk me back to Mexico By chain. My old and rotten sandals have disintegrated, And so, instead of walking, I start flying through the air. Sound: The Beach Boys Just Send Our Mail To The Tijuana Jail … SC Today’s aphorism: The road to construction Is always under success. |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Young man, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were in cahoots with my midwestern friends who still refer to me as the "beached babe"...LOL... and somewhere in my archives, I have a letter "supposedly" written by the Beach Boys [via those friends...], and a superimposed picture of a real babe...LOL...all via those same friends... Yes, Jaime, I do believe you're in cahoots with them, just to plant a huge old smile on this old face... Thank you so much for this grin of the day! Oh gads...songs of '71...here are a few of them... What's Going On Stairway to Heaven Won't Get Fooled Again Imagine Changes Let's Stay Together Iron Man Wild Horses Baba O'Riley Me and Bobby McGee American Pie Maggie may Love Her madly |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Oh wow....memories are flooding back here. I'm just going to sit here for awhile and hum, okay? Excellent write! In the midst of winter, |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
did someone say Stairway to Heaven and Me and Bobby McGee? ahhhhh....... memories although sometimes cloudy....  still wonderful... Very well done Jamie |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
LOL, you really did have fun with this write Jaime, and got that Sunshine to smiling all over the page.  well done, amigo |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I was born in 69 but somehow the 70s was my best decade...I'm still stuck on the music having two brothers then influenced me I remember 45 record players and then 8 tracks...I have 3000 songs on my computer from when Napster first came out... how I loved the 70s |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
...likes the beach....that I know....likes the boys....golly I hope so cuz they like her....likes the Beach Boys....hmmmm....a harmless aberration...... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Kacy, Sun is still smiling/shining...  and Ed? You got that right! I am STILL a fan of the Beach Boys...and a whole lot of other old guys that still have the ability to thrill me with their music...Jaime? Your next task...Neil Diamond! |
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James_A_Fraser Senior Member
since 2003-09-03
Posts 972Out Making Anticlines |
.....will Cracklin' Rose do? You can ride in the front seat.... |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
James...it has to be in the form of a poem...HA! |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Jaime, and I will tell you [no one else can see this, right?] When Neil Diamond came out with "Sweet Caroline" my long-ago and still long-time girlfriend came running across the street because she SWORE she heard... Sweet Karilea [and like I said, she SWORE on it!] and thought that some how Neil had written THAT song for me.... you can now understand WHY I think he will always remain one of my favorite musica artists... just because a friend "heard it" that way... |
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