Thursday, March 29, 2007
Landslide
I watched the Stevie Nicks interview on Sunday Morning on CBS last weekend. It's hard to believe that she's pushing 60 (that means that I'm pushing...um, never mind). Seeing clips of Fleetwood Mac concerts from the 1970s really brought a flood of memories from that time...mostly happy, some sad, a few bittersweet when I remembered friends who have died and friends whose lives took different directions from mine.
Later that night, I watched a PBS special on Doo-Wop music that was popular in the mid-1950s and early 1960s (before my time). The audience was comprised of grey-haired, pant-suit wearing people 10-15 years older than me...people who were the "hippies" when I was young. The format of the show...bands and singers from that era introduced by an emcee...reminded me of the Lawrence Welk Show, of which my grandfather was a fan. Then a cold chill ran down my spine...in another 10-20 years, Fleetwood Mac and Elton John and Pat Benatar and Blondie and Steely Dan would be performing on a show much like that, emceed, perhaps, by Peter Frampton or Donna Summer. YIKES!!!!!
Later that night, I watched a PBS special on Doo-Wop music that was popular in the mid-1950s and early 1960s (before my time). The audience was comprised of grey-haired, pant-suit wearing people 10-15 years older than me...people who were the "hippies" when I was young. The format of the show...bands and singers from that era introduced by an emcee...reminded me of the Lawrence Welk Show, of which my grandfather was a fan. Then a cold chill ran down my spine...in another 10-20 years, Fleetwood Mac and Elton John and Pat Benatar and Blondie and Steely Dan would be performing on a show much like that, emceed, perhaps, by Peter Frampton or Donna Summer. YIKES!!!!!
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too
Well the landslide will bring it down
Roberta 8:38 PM