The end of a long week
Aug. 29th, 2008 11:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sherron0Finally, we haved moved on to the wine and relax phase of the week. It's been an overly eventful and not-quite-emergency filled week. But we survived around here.
And my mother today, went to Lee's grave (Robert E.,for those who don't automatically know) and saluted the general. Who knew. She's never expressed any interest in or knowledge of the Confederacy before.
She's touring Virginia, headed to Monticello, and having a blast, calling me every evening to report.
Well, last night she called me to come up with the name, group, and more verses of that Vietnam-era song that has the line "Hey now, what's that sound, everybody look what's going 'round." Remember she and my stepfather aren't that much older than me, so he was in the war, and I was around 7 at the time (they married when I was nine, my Dad was23). But I was listening to their music. She said of all the people she knew, she was certain I'd be able to tell her. I said, "of course, mother dear, would you like me to play it for you?"
Anybody want to guess? You have all the info I had, because she couldn't even sing the two lines she remembered.
Stalling......
Oh, and in the spirit of cross-generational music, my kids have also always listened to my music, which by the way is still popular, proof that they have come up with nothing worth listening to. So, anyway, Thomas had overheard me repeat the two lines, and as the first two notes came out of my tiny little speakers, he said, "that's it."
And the winner is, For What it's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. Well, honestly, I couldn't remember the title, just that the title wasn't in the song. And that I had it on iTunes, and it had something to do with Stephen Stills. He wrote it for the group. It was released in 1967, but was popular as a protest song for the rest of the war.
And yes, my mother often calls me up for the answer to just such trivia. Often it is a crossword, but this one was just from the two of them being together in a car too many hours in one day.
And my mother today, went to Lee's grave (Robert E.,for those who don't automatically know) and saluted the general. Who knew. She's never expressed any interest in or knowledge of the Confederacy before.
She's touring Virginia, headed to Monticello, and having a blast, calling me every evening to report.
Well, last night she called me to come up with the name, group, and more verses of that Vietnam-era song that has the line "Hey now, what's that sound, everybody look what's going 'round." Remember she and my stepfather aren't that much older than me, so he was in the war, and I was around 7 at the time (they married when I was nine, my Dad was23). But I was listening to their music. She said of all the people she knew, she was certain I'd be able to tell her. I said, "of course, mother dear, would you like me to play it for you?"
Anybody want to guess? You have all the info I had, because she couldn't even sing the two lines she remembered.
Stalling......
Oh, and in the spirit of cross-generational music, my kids have also always listened to my music, which by the way is still popular, proof that they have come up with nothing worth listening to. So, anyway, Thomas had overheard me repeat the two lines, and as the first two notes came out of my tiny little speakers, he said, "that's it."
And the winner is, For What it's Worth by Buffalo Springfield. Well, honestly, I couldn't remember the title, just that the title wasn't in the song. And that I had it on iTunes, and it had something to do with Stephen Stills. He wrote it for the group. It was released in 1967, but was popular as a protest song for the rest of the war.
And yes, my mother often calls me up for the answer to just such trivia. Often it is a crossword, but this one was just from the two of them being together in a car too many hours in one day.
