I Love The Beatles

  How many of you grew up with The Beatles? I can remember my brother getting that guitar one Christmas and trying to learn how to play Beatles songs. Of course he needed a back ground singer and that would be me! We would record ourselves on that old reel to reel tape recorder. We thought we sounded great….till we played it back. My mom still has those tapes.

  My 7th birthday is when I got my first Beatles album and my first Beatles album was The Second Beatle Album! Did you get that? LOL So many songs and I have just about all of them memorized. Songs about ‘That Girl’, you know who I’m talking about….

Sexy Sadie, Dear Prudence, Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Maggie Mae, Clarabella, Eleanor Rigby, Hey Jude, Lady Madona, Lovely Rita, Lucille, Michelle, Martha My Dear, Penny Lane,  and I don’t want to forget Polythene Pam!

  There is one love song that really stood out above the others and that was the song written by John Lennon…’In My Life’ The words bring tears to my eyes and I think of Jeff and know I love him very much. If I could sing him a song this would be the one I would choose. But if I sang to him he would leave me, LOL!!!!  I found a video clip on YouTube to put on my blog so everyone can reminisce about the good old days. You could pick any Beatles song and I would be able to travel back in time like it was ‘Yesterday’. 

  It seems so strange to talk to kids about the Fab Four and aren’t able to name one Beatles song. That will make you feel old singing along with the music playing on the store speakers. A Beatles song and I know every word. Now I can’t remember what I said or did 10 minutes ago but I remember the words to a song written 40 years ago!!  LOL

 Pam

 

I love this version….

  I love this version of this song. For those of you who missed American Idol, Bon Jovi was the special guest. Blake did an amazing(at least I think so)revised version of ‘You Give Love a Bad Name.’ I really think he is the most talented one of the final four. You are either going to love it or hate it. That was Simon’s comment. I love it!! How about you?

  Pam

Maria

  Hurray, I finally figured out how to remove the old Media Player and add the new one. Thanks Cindy, I read your comment and was determined to fiddle with the computer till I figured it out.

  The song playing is of course a Dave Grusin version of one of the most beautiful songs from the movie, West Side Story, this one sung by Jonathon Butler. Makes me wish my name was Maria! Well thanks goodness…no more Bicycle song, I was getting tired of it. And speaking of getting tired, it is late so good night and sleep tight!

  Pam  

One of my favorite movies…..

  I was walking around bloggerville and one of my neighbors was playing a song from the movie, West Side Story, which is one of my favorite movies of all time.  The CD that I have was given to me a few years ago by my brother Dan, "Dave Grusin presents West Side Story".  It’s a wonderful jazz version with contributions from several artists. I am going to play each song from the CD on my blog site. A new song each week. The one playing now is Somewhere, sung by Jon Secada. I love his voice. Just thinking about this movie and the songs makes me cry. LOL, silly aren’t I?

 

  Well, Jeff gave his 3 week notice at work and they didn’t even try to see if there was something they could do to change his mind. Not even a thank you for the 17, YES 17 YEARS, didn’t say we will miss you…GRRRRRRR!!!(Thank you Vallerie)   And the nest day when he went to work, as soon as he walked in the door they asked him to turn in his laptop and cell phone. He couldn’t tell his service good bye. Pretty lousy that after 17 years of giving this company his best to be treated like a risk factor! It was insulting to say the least. They gave him 2 weeks pay and booted him out.

  Poor Jeff, only one day without a job and he is already going stir crazy. He doesn’t know what to do with himself. I made a few suggestions………Dust the furniture, vacuum the house, mop the floors, do the laundry, cook me dinner, make me lunch, give the dogs a bath, Just to name a few!  LOL  He just smiled.

 

  Well I do have some bad news. My kid’s father is in the hospital. They doctors had to resuscitate him and now he is in ICU. My daughter called to give me the news, she is very close to her father and I know she is having a hard time. I wish there was something I could do to take away her fears and heartache. My son is back in jail and will be going to prison. I unfortunately had to block his calls and had to call the jail to have them deliver the bad news to my son. I am feeling a little helpless. Colleen might be flying to see her dad and I wish I could be there.  Like I said in a previous blog…Things can get worse. Ha! But work is getting better. I can be thankful for that. My worries are fading and pale when compared to what my kids are experiencing.

  That’s all for now, better stop before I …oops too late.  

  Pam  

Raising The Bar

  I decided this morning to change songs and I ended up picking another one from my Amy Rigby CD. I think she must be a long lost twin or sister that I don’t know about. So many of her songs must have been written about me!  She is one of my favorite recording artists because of her lyrics are true to her life experiences and her feelings and she’s cute too, hee hee.  I can relate to almost all of her songs and with all that is going on at work this particular song hits the nail on the head.

  You can read a little about her here…. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5055224    A few years ago, Jeff and I saw her play at Big Ed’s Bar in Reno Nevada. Not the kind of bar I would want to sit and have a drink, eat and for that matter use the bathroom at.  We became fans after hearing her first song.

  Pam  

 

 

Music That Makes Time Stand Still

  During the summer season in Reno, NV the city has program called Art Town Down Town. There are craft shows and a BBQ cook off, concerts in the park on Friday, movie in the park on Thursday nights. They have dance reviews and plays. And every year a group comes and performs Rocky Horror Picture Show. We all bring our roll of TP and popcorn and a newspaper and a squirtgun. If you know anything about this show than the last sentence of course makes sense. The rest of you should go see the show at least once. We dress up like one of the characters and of course bring a feast of goodies to nibble on. Oh and lets not forget the booze. We all had our secret bottle of something special we concocted to wet our whistle. Whether we could whistle after drinking it…..well I don’t think we every tried to! 

  One of the concerts featured Tod Snider, who’s music I love. Afterward we went to this bar. We had heard a rumer that Tod was gonna show up and play some. We sat down and a gal got up on stage and introduced herself and her band. Amy Rigby was her name. She was great. The song that is playing is on the CD that I bought.

  Have you ever listened to an old song, or new, and all of a sudden feel something go through you. A kind of de ja vu. When I hear this song I almost feel like I am traveling backwards in time. It’s the words, they are all about my life…my past. Things I’ve done, the way I lived and expressed myself. It’s also the music. Almost hypnotic, don’t you think? 

  There are a lot of songs that do that to me. Gosh, every song the Beatles wrote can make time stand still. Can you imagine what it is like for Paul McCatrney to be listening to the radio and hear himself singing a song from the 60’s. Well maybe it just makes him realize how old he is. LOL!!!

  I know this song, Summer of My Wasted Youth, makes me think about all the crazy thing I’ve done. The good and the bad. There was lot’s of bad. I have made so many bad decisions. The word "decision" doesn’t quite fit. My life was so spontaneous. Situations just appeared and then dissappeared in a blink of an eye. Then it was too late. I already found myself doing things I knew I shouldn’t do. Even the word "knew" doesn’t fit. What I knew was irrelevant, all situations were brand new to me and my curriosity got the best of me.

  I used to be so athletic, running, jumping, swimming,oh and dare I say…..I’ll whisper….sex all day, every day!….But not today. I can barely touch my toes and if I walk up hill I will run out of breath. No running or jumping, it would hurt my old bones to do that. I just seems like yesterday, at first. Then after pondering the past it slips further further and further away.           

   And now my daily, (God I hate to use this word), routine has no room for spontanaity.  Same old same old! I remember having an idea pass through my brain and BAM, my bags would be packed with my favorite jeans and a couple of shirts and I was gone. No socks, no panties and certainly no bra. Just my bell bottom hip huggers and embroidered shirts. I walk into work and my high school closet of clothes is hanging on the racks to be sold. Ahhh the circle of fashion. So now I am impatiently waiting for the circle of life to make its rounds.

  Well now that Jeff bought this motercycle I am thinking that rebellion is still in me and just resting……from the bordem of my daily routine. Don’t worry I’m not going to become a pothead and wear dreadlocks and march topless in protest of the war. But to travel the states on a motercycle and go to Sturgess, OOOOHHH and drive through the mountains when the leaves changs color, now that sounds great.

  I have worked for a carnival, hitchhiked from Washington State to Southern California, I slept in the park with the homeless and bathed in the Sacramento river, BRRRR that was cold, I used to hustle the pool tables in the beer and wine bars of Torrence, CA,  I was a drug addict, did all that stuff you do to stay in drugs, played poker for a living,  been married three times, I was in prison ministry preaching the gospel on the streets of Reno and in the jails. And now my life is so uninteresting. Soooo…..I will become a "biker Babe" HA HA HA  Well, I’m going to have to make my next song on my site be "Born To Be Wild" 

 

  Pam  

My Name is Pam and I’m a Blogaholic!

  One of the things I love about reading other peoples blogs is that I learn something new with each one I read. Whether it be about a new web site or how to do new things on the computer. New things to do with the home and in the garden. New cooking ideas are fun. I love to cook. I even learn new things about myself. New ways to look at the world with a more positive attitude. OOOhh and to look at my faults and turn that into a learning experience. Learning too little too late is not the philosephy I want to live by. Although I have had my share of "too late" I have put my foot in my mouth lots of times which is usually preceded by what came out of my mouth in the first place. I’m not as flexible as I used to be, so I really try to avoid having to suck on any of my toes!!! I’ll leave that to someone else. 

  A different perspective on any subject trips my trigger, makes me question things that are otherwise taken for granted. Allows me to stand in another persons shoes, even when the shoe doesn’t fit.

  Now all my life I new deep down that I needed to put more of an effort into learning new things, but who would have thought that this computer would be my motivator! Some say "Damn technology!", but I can see where this technology can take us to new heights. Places otherwise we would not go or think of. Places that exude creativity. SOUNDS,COLORS, SHAPES, EMOTIONS, THOUGHTS, BELIEFS, OPINIONS, WORDS, EXPRESSION, STORIES, EXPERIENCES, LIFE, LOVE, DEATH, all to be shared with the push of a button. WOW WEE!!!

  Ok, hang on while I calm down a bit. That was, as my kids put it, "Hella fun!" Now I don’t have but few people that read my blog on a regular basis. Only two of which make comments, and let me tell you those two are the lights in my tower of hope. It’s wonderful to read your thoughts, and I feel so honered and blessed that you have taken time to share them with me. So thank you Lilith and Thotman, from the bottom of my heart 

  Now please understand that I have never met these people, that’s amazing to me.

  I still have lot’s to learn as far as my blog site is concerned, like how to aquire the url of a song. I got the song that’s playing from another site. I left clicked and looked at the properties then copied and pasted it in mine. I lucked out and it worked. I have thousands of songs on my itunes but not compatable. I’m one of those that needs to be shown…..lots of times before learn and remember. My past drug days are partially to blame for my lack of memory cells! Anyhow I’ve seen some pretty clever Spaces with lots of imagination and time put into them. So I’ll end this blog with my own quote….

 

  "Keep on blogging!" 

 

  Pam