The Nostalgia Thread

[bowtwi]

I just watched and listened to that Jim Croce video - suh-weeeeeet! I called out Roller Derby Queen as soon as he said he was watching that lady at the bar - the fat on her arms wobbling.

What a treat! Thanks!

...meanest hunk a woe-man

anybody'd ever seen ------

down in the arena, huh!

[sprawled out]

Pssst--------Don't drink the milk. It's spoiled!

i'm way ahead of you, sister.

[hiway29]

For some reason, I'm pleased that there are people here that can quote from "Mush and Milk".

[Tom Strange]

Today is the anniversary.

The legend lives on from the chippewa on down

Of the big lake they called 'gitche gumee'

The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead

When the skies of november turn gloomy

With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more

Than the edmund fitzgerald weighed empty.

That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed

When the gales of november came early.

The ship was the pride of the american side

Coming back from some mill in wisconsin

As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most

With a crew and good captain well seasoned

Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms

When they left fully loaded for cleveland

And later that night when the ship's bell rang

Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound

And a wave broke over the railing

And every man knew, as the captain did too,

T'was the witch of november come stealin'.

The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait

When the gales of november came slashin'.

When afternoon came it was freezin' rain

In the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'.

Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.

At seven p.m. a main hatchway caved in, he said

Fellas, it's been good t'know ya

The captain wired in he had water comin' in

And the good ship and crew was in peril.

And later that night when his lights went outta sight

Came the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the love of god goes

When the waves turn the minutes to hours?

The searches all say they'd have made whitefish bay

If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.

They might have split up or they might have capsized;

May have broke deep and took water.

And all that remains is the faces and the names

Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake huron rolls, superior sings

In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.

Old michigan steams like a young man's dreams;

The islands and bays are for sportsmen.

And farther below lake ontario

Takes in what lake erie can send her,

And the iron boats go as the mariners all know

With the gales of november remembered.

In a musty old hall in detroit they prayed,

In the maritime sailors' cathedral.

The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times

For each man on the edmund fitzgerald.

The legend lives on from the chippewa on down

Of the big lake they call 'gitche gumee'.

Superior, they said, never gives up her dead

When the gales of november come early!

[waysider]

I don't know what it was that was so darned appealing about that song.

Surely it wasn't some complex rhythm or intricate chord structure. Still, we listened to that song over and over again and never seemed to tire of it. Maybe it was the droning guitar;maybe it was the story laced in the lyrics.

Perhaps it was merely the captivating quality of Lightfoots' voice.

To all who navigate The Great Lakes and endure their fickle temperment, I salute thee.

[Sudo]

Tom and Waysider,

I agree. Great song. Here's the WAV because George doesn't like large files and it sounds pretty dang good. Click HERE! But I've also got the good MP3 version if anybody wants it.

Now what year did that come out? I think I was at Ole Miss at the time.

sudo

[ChattyKathy]

Hi! :unsure:

[Ca_dreaming]

To be cast away with three beauties. Looks like a humdinger on the right!

[ChattyKathy]

A movie I never knew of.

[hiway29]

I never saw it either, but I'm curious about it now.

I remember the advertising blitz for it when it first came out. I didn't want to see it because I had an aversion to Hayley Mills for some forgotten reason. Maybe it was 'Pollyanna' that turned me off to her.

I'm over that now and think I'll try to take a look. It may turn out to be a really good Disney film, made before they were taken over by Love Bugs and such.

[ChattyKathy]

Well I was thinking that also, about maybe being a really good film because it was done back in the day.

And Sudo guess what! I found a copy of The Little Princess at a thrift store for 1.99.

[Sudo]

Kathy,

So good to see your font back here again!!! You see what happens to the thread when you're gone, now. :(

Re:"And Sudo guess what! I found a copy of The Little Princess at a thrift store for 1.99."

Ahh! So you BOUGHT it then? Seen it yet? I have a confession to make. I always tear up at the end. Now.. to get my hands on a copy of Shirley Temple and Jean Hersholt's 1937 Heidi. My absolute favorite Shirley Temple movie.

Kathy.. that pic of the three ladies you posted?? Uh, The middle one. :)

sudo

[ChattyKathy]

I'm hugging you, and you understand the depths or heights I can travel so I especially am thanking you for that, and another hug.

I love that movie of Shirley Temple's. That version of Heidi will forever be a classic of great heart. And the scenery was breathtaking as well. And the old man, oh gosh I loved him dearly when I first saw the movie.

But it had possibility of change in it also. It is a masterpiece IMHO. I'm not surprised you love it.

And no on watching it. I am waiting till I'm done with a project I'm working on here so I can sit back and enjoy it more. I'm not one for TV so I have to actually plan it in as an adult. :unsure:

I missed much and will not try and address it if okay by y'all, although I will be listening to all the links.

[George Aar]

Sudo,

Re: "the middle one"

Yeah, I was always a Mary Ann kinda guy too...

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I wish I could find the exact quotes from Bob Denver in "Back to the Beach," but they went something like this:

"We were trapped on this island with three gorgeous women, but we couldn't touch any of them. And we had a guy who could make a nuclear reactor out of coconuts but couldn't patch a three-foot hole in the boat!"

George

[ChattyKathy]

OMG! Do you know who is in that picture SaintGeorge?

I've heard that before. Think I'll go peek around myself.

[hiway29]

'Back to the Beach' wasn't bad, but sadly, during filming was when Annette first noticed the symptoms of MS.

Connie Stevens was still looking good, and Frankie must have had the same toupee maker as Shatner.

[ChattyKathy]

Sorry SaintGeorge, I found some cool stuff and a quote close to that about making a radio out of a coconut but not being able to build a boat but not that exact one.

[Ca_dreaming]

Frankie wore a toupee.???..

unbelievable, inconceivable (that quote is from another flick)

[GeorgeStGeorge]

'Back to the Beach' wasn't bad, but sadly, during filming was when Annette first noticed the symptoms of MS.

Connie Stevens was still looking good, and Frankie must have had the same toupee maker as Shatner.

As I recall, Connie tells Annette that she wasted a great bod (or words to that effect) by being the "good girl"!

George

And I'm not sure to whom Kathy was referring, but the movie featured cameos by Bob Denver, Don Adams, and Pee-Wee Herman, among others.

[ChattyKathy]

Which I found odd that he would be in the movie poster. But there is so much I don't know. :unsure:

[Bluzeman]

SRV was not a leftie.

Rick

[ChattyKathy]

I don't understand.

[hiway29]

The pic on the poster COULD have been 'flopped' for design purposes. Accurate represntations being the last thing they would have cared about.

[ChattyKathy]

Thanks hiwayman, and I'd not noticed that because I had gone to the source (from the properties) originally to see if it were him before I made my post. So to be honest I missed the "leftie" thing. And I guess you could say when I didn't understand what Rick was saying.

I'm working from home due to being sick, does that count?