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"Ya brought two too many". One of my favorite movies, I've probably watched it 20 times. Love the music too. And Mrs. McBain was ah.....delightful!
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I've only seen it once. And that was so long ago that I've forgotten everything in it. I have to get ahold of that one again a re-watch it. I love Jack Elam. He was perfect for roles like that. Something sinister about that one bad eye of his. He's gone now. Left us in 2003 at age 82. You must know the movie by heart, Wayne."Ya brought two too many". One of my favorite movies, I've probably watched it 20 times. Love the music too. And Mrs. McBain was ah.....delightful!
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In case anyone is wondering what the heck Paul and I were talking about a bit ago, here's the skinny. I found a speech that was given on Sept. 29, 1959, by none other than former USSR leader, Nikita Khrushchev. In it, he lays out exactly how the then Soviet Union will take America without firing a shot. When you hear it, you will be in for a shock. The man was a prophet!
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The Fosbury Flop. How cool that was! Yes, his record has been broken, but Fosbury blazed the trail. May he rest in peace.
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"Niki"...looks like he nailed it. The tipping point has been passed, I'm afraid. If you're a fellow old goat, be glad. We won't have to endure what's coming all that much longer. I feel truly sorry for today's children...
So, as we slowly slide into the abyss, assuming you have a little money left, I strongly recommend these pliers. I've had a set for a while now, just love 'em. $pendy, but worth it. No, I'm not tossing my old trusty Craftsman slip joints. They still work well...but the Craftsman pliers can't do what these knipex do. Watch & learn..
So, as we slowly slide into the abyss, assuming you have a little money left, I strongly recommend these pliers. I've had a set for a while now, just love 'em. $pendy, but worth it. No, I'm not tossing my old trusty Craftsman slip joints. They still work well...but the Craftsman pliers can't do what these knipex do. Watch & learn..
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You could tell how much Reina and her friends really "get into" the songs they play, by the way that vid ended (Toni signaling Reina to smile and say good-bye cheerfully).
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Interpretations (of "Doctor My Eyes")
"If I imagine myself the person saying these words...
I'm someone who always took pride in my efforts to overcome my preconceptions and aversions, and perceive everything for exactly what it is, rather than what I want it to be.
Resisting my own prejudices and fears of contemplating what scares me or disgusts me or angers me in other people, I've focused all my life on undertanding and accepting the world no matter what.
Over time, though, this mission has made me into someone who cannot take my focus away from all the pain I've learned to perceive so well. I compulsively observe, and feel for, and have ended up too fixated on observing and feeling for others to actually just participate myself.
The shock came when I finally saw that, apparently, the very people I'd learned so well to feel for, were themselves proceeding to live their lives, and in fact, more relaxed about their place in the world than I probably was. They haven't come to see things as clearly as I probably do, but it looks to me like they've retained something I've lost - something I never intended to lose; and now that I see I've lost it... it's bitterly ironic.
In trying so long to clearly see, understand and feel the exact situation of those around me, and bravely face it, i've forfeited my own sense of living life for and as myself, and, ultimately, the ability to feel my own heartbreak."
friarslantern on April 21, 2011
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Another Interpretation...
"He's basically talking about his reaction to all the bad and injustice going on in the world. You can either 'close your eyes' and make yourself oblivious to it, you can see it and let it affect you and 'cry', or you can do what he did and see it [but] not let it hurt you. The problem with that is if you harden yourself to the bad things in the world, you end up hardening yourself to the good things as well, so you 'cannot see the sky'."
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We sure were, Jerry. Heck, when Paul and I were young dirt was just rocks. Yep, we lived American Pie. I can vividly remember living the first event in the song ("...bad news on the doorstep). My sister and I hugged and cried after learning the news of Buddy Holly and he other two singers dying in that plane crash. American Pie is chock full of memories for we oldsters.
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Hey, Jerry...
Don McClean did a documentary "American Pie" with Paramount and goes into detail on the meaning of the song. In this vid, the narrator says that in it, McClean said the "King" reference in the song is not Elvis. Also, Janis Joplin is not "the girl who sang the blues." Who they were is not revealed. Maybe it's in the documentary. So, this vid still leaves questions, but it also might help to give a better understanding of the song.
Don McClean did a documentary "American Pie" with Paramount and goes into detail on the meaning of the song. In this vid, the narrator says that in it, McClean said the "King" reference in the song is not Elvis. Also, Janis Joplin is not "the girl who sang the blues." Who they were is not revealed. Maybe it's in the documentary. So, this vid still leaves questions, but it also might help to give a better understanding of the song.
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Actually, Don McLean’s album was what sparked my interest to learn more about Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. Back in 72 I was a freshman in high school and had to take an art appreciation class. We were learning about the classics and Vincent Van Gogh was the topic that day. Our teacher talked about his painting Starry Night and then proceeded to pull out the album with Don singing Starry Starry Night.
Well, that somehow got us talking about the album so next day she played American Pie and we talked about some of the references in the song. Well from that day, I was hooked. I talked to my parents about the day the music died as we were living in LA at the time and my mom being Hispanic gave me the full rundown on Ritchie Valens.
So I’ve read many story’s about that day and one day hope to visit the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa just to say I have been to hallowed ground.
Well, that somehow got us talking about the album so next day she played American Pie and we talked about some of the references in the song. Well from that day, I was hooked. I talked to my parents about the day the music died as we were living in LA at the time and my mom being Hispanic gave me the full rundown on Ritchie Valens.
So I’ve read many story’s about that day and one day hope to visit the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake Iowa just to say I have been to hallowed ground.
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Yeah pretty much. My wife groans when I quote the dialogue just before it happens on screen. "Go away, go away, I don't want you to see me die", the last dialogue in the film spoken by "Cheyenne" aka Jason Robards. It's a good, long flick for a cold rainy day.
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Yeah...I was a high screwall brat when "the music died"... It was kinda a big deal. But not as tragic for me as it was for Jimbob & his sis... More of a "Damn, that's a shame." thing. I certainly didn't feel any real grief, like when a loved pet died. The news certainly spread through the school tho...
That line? How 'bout, "If you get slapped on your behind..."?
That line? How 'bout, "If you get slapped on your behind..."?
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