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bill haley et al
helped to popularize r & r outside of the African American Community.
now of course Alan Freed helped a little up there in Clevland (hence the R & R museum & Hall of Fame there)by introducing Little Richard et al to white teenagers.
I remember listening to them all over the airwaves -- and my Dad (uncharacteristically for his generation) really liking them.
you gotta remember what went before so you can appreciate the whole ball of wax better
posted by
Xeno-x
on September 30, 2005 at 9:17 AM
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mysteria
I'm glad you agree with me about the song. It's still one of my all-time favorites. Thanks for your thoughts.
posted by
notapoet
on September 29, 2005 at 11:09 AM
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That is one of the best songs in the world
It really is genius...kewl post and positions
posted by
mysteria
on September 28, 2005 at 3:08 PM
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notapoet
Thank you
posted by
ariel70
on September 28, 2005 at 1:01 PM
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Masky, ariel70
Kudos and thanks to both of you. You've each given me much to ponder and appreciate.
posted by
notapoet
on September 28, 2005 at 1:00 PM
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Masky
Thank you
posted by
ariel70
on September 28, 2005 at 1:00 PM
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Masky
You too have had an evenful life, and reading between the lines, one of great emotional, if not physical hardship.
It saddens me to see from afar how America is tearing itself to pieces over many issues, and I wonder if future generation will lokk back on this as golden age?
posted by
ariel70
on September 28, 2005 at 12:59 PM
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Ariel70...romance, I will! I will just take bits and pieces of you and
your posts (all of your experiences and insight) and relish them!
posted by
Masky
on September 28, 2005 at 12:57 PM
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ariel70
Yes, I'm American. I'm truly sorry you have unpleasant memories of the '50s. Things were booming and prosperous in the U. S. during that, though not so much for me and mine. I was raised by retired grandparents who remembered two wars and the Great Depression between those wars. They taught me to appreciate what little we had and how to get by on less than my friends enjoyed. My recently deceased Dad was a decorated disabled vet from WWII whose biggest regret was not getting to raise his own children. And as fondly as I remember the '50s and '60s, I remember losing relatives in Korea -- and I'm a Vietnam era vet myself. I've also experienced rationing, albeit self-imposed and recent, due to poverty and illness in the land of opportunity. Realistically, I wouldn't wish my life on anyone. But its the only one I've got and I choose to remember my youth fondly if for no other reason than that I like to view the cup as half full.
Still, an occasional reality check to remind me that it wasn't all sweetness and roses is not a bad thing. Thank you for sharing.
posted by
notapoet
on September 28, 2005 at 12:54 PM
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Masky
Your sincerity is so obvious that your words are a little irrelevant. I know precisely what you mean, for my lifelong interest in is history ' especially its little known corners. Like the piece that I've just posted about white slaves of Muslims ; and many others on my blog.
The worse the times are today, the more natural it is to hark back to a golden age in the past, but Thoma Hobbes was right when he said that " Those who yearn for a past age, forget that they themselves would probably be villeins ( serfs ) in it, with arts or sciences, no social intercourse, and the life of man nasty, brutal and short.
As one who lived thro' the 1930s, and the war, I say be content in this era, my friend, and only romance about going back in time
posted by
ariel70
on September 28, 2005 at 12:51 PM
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Ariel70...this may sound crazy. Maybe it is. There are times when
I wish I could live during eras of struggle. I would like to be able to relate to what it was like. I am grateful that my trials in life (born in 1972) were nothing compared to many. But I do wish I could've experienced the depression of the late 1920's. I do wish I could experience what you described Briton's 1950's to be like. I've had it quite easy and I appreciate what I have. But I would like to better appreciate what other people had to go through. Does that make sense? I'm having trouble finding the right words.
posted by
Masky
on September 28, 2005 at 12:43 PM
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masky/Poet et al
Sorry for butting into this, but I have to say that I doubt very much that any young person today would want to live in the Britian of the 1950s ( Presumably you all live in America?)
Bread wasn't rationed during the war, for reasons of morale, but it was soon after ; and sweets didn't come off ration until 1953. There were numerous majr economic problems, low wages, power cuts, and the bad winters. Smog killed thousands of people in London in 1953.
Clothes were in short supply, and DRAB! They were hard times indeed, and I for one wouldn't want to return to them
posted by
ariel70
on September 28, 2005 at 12:34 PM
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Anytime poet. Anytime!
posted by
Masky
on September 28, 2005 at 12:31 PM
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Masky
I remember all the songs you mentioned and I'm flattered you envy me my time. The one drawback of being a child of the '50s & '60s, of course, is that I'm now over 50 and pushing 60. I envy your youth and enthusiasm. Thanks for sharing them with me.
posted by
notapoet
on September 28, 2005 at 12:29 PM
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Poet...I would've given anything to have been alive during the 50's and
60's. My mom raised us (in the 70's) on the oldies: Peggy Sue, At the Hop, Hound Dog, Calendar Girl, 4-0-9, anything Elvis, oh...now you've got me on a roll. Enjoyed this!
posted by
Masky
on September 28, 2005 at 12:22 PM
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