This weeks Old School Friday is “family picnic barbecue or reunion”.
Distinct parts — we call them sects — of my family are into different things. At one end, the end for which Teetotalism is not an option, someone would inevitably start, à la Beetle Juice, to sing the banana boat song. On another branch one might have to listen to a cello player with little talent, the offspring of a family member who started reproducing young in order to fulfill their lifelong dream of conducting an orchestra.
Old Man works for me in a “this isn’t a party it’s a reflection” way. This is a good performance of this song, and one I hadn’t come upon until tonight.
If someone started with Neil Young we’d inevitably end up in Neil Young never land, listening to hours of every song Neil Young ever wrote, including Ohio and Mr Soul — I love that song. And my father would certainly head over to the Stephen Stills column and sing Four and Twenty, it was, as I’ve told you all too many times for you to want to hear again, the only lullaby my father ever sang to me, and he sang it every time he rocked me to sleep.
OSF sponsored by Opinionated Black Woman and Mrs Grapevine
The players:
Electronic Village | Kim | Kevin – A Slant Truth | Marcus LANGFORD | iriegal | John | CC Groovy | Kreative Talk | Regina | Vivrant Thing | AJ | Beleiver 1964 | SJP | BklynQueen 86 | Hey Shae | Malcolm
| There Already
Peace
At the risk of saying something that’s been said a zillion times before – Four and Twenty is not a song I would have chosen for a lullaby. My partner caught me singing that to a kid, she’d rock me to sleep. With a real rock.
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It worked out ok, and I think I’m beholden to carry on the tradition.
Soothing melody.
About time you dedicated a post to me.
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you’re welcome by the way.
I love that piece from Beetle Juice. There is a Sesame Street episode with Belafonte singing it with he Muppets, that’s fun too.
Old Man is a great song. The only song I heard on oldies radio as a kid was Heart of Gold, it was easy to miss how good of a songwriter musician he really is/was.
I saw that piece too.
Happy OSF! You gave me a reason to think of my father. He passed away 2 years ago. I imagine that I’ll be thinking of him quite abit at the next family reunion or bar-b-que…
I invite your blog readers to get their mind right with the mellow sounds of Kool and the Gang. Only visit if you can handle summer madness…
peace, Villager
That was an awesome K and the G piece Villager. i’d never heard that one.
The Beetle Juice scene, that was funny, I’ve never seen it before.
Nice performance of Old Man.
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For some reason, I picture you as a Paul Simon “mother and child reunion” for the given topic.
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ah, well I just happen to find that while scrolling around and it stuck me.
My family reunions would be full ofSalsa and Merengue or Rock and roll depending on the side.
Neil Young types, maybe smarter are typical for coop but then what is typical.
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Nice post Coop, very reflective. Happy OSF! :)
I agree with others that this song is caused me to reflect on time with my family and think about those who have crossed over. Wow, this was unexpected. Great pick.
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Love this song.
I’ve always adored Neil Young. I had never seen this video of Old Man until you posted it. It just became my favorite, I think.
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