Thursday Thirteen #67: Favorite songs from 1970

Thursday Thirteen

I started high school in 1969 and went for a year to "the Annex" in Baltimore. Our school had so many students all the 10th graders had to go here and we became pretty tightly bonded because of it. These are thirteen of the songs that meant the most to me in 1970.

Thirteen favorite songs from 1970

1. "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" by Simon & Garfunkel. The words to this song really affected me and I tried really hard to be able to play this on my guitar. Actually, I could but I just couldn't get my voice into the right octave.



2. "War" by Edwin Starr. The war in Viet Nam was going strong. I remember watching news stories and it was horrifying but so far away. My best friends and I wanted to be correspondents for the school newspaper. The sponsor was our English teacher and our first order of business was a name. There was a bunch of us brainstorming and we finally agreed on Western Annex Rapper. The school administrators, though, rejected the name because the anagram was WAR. Boy were we pissed! The English teacher came up with an alternative that was really hard to swallow: Western Annex Wrapper Paper. Ugh. But what else could we do?



3. "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" by Three Dog Night--3DN was one of my favorite bands of the times!



4. "Cracklin Rosie" by Neil Diamond--my all time favorite singer!



5. "Spill The Wine" by Eric Burdon & War--what a strange trip they were on!



6. "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum--I loved this song (still do) but found the lyrics kind of scary then. Thinking about war, the end of the world and, well, death in general, just scared me!



7. "The Long & Winding Road" by The Beatles--a sad song for me because after that, The Beatles broke up.



8. "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by Melanie & The Edwin Hawkins Singers--I loved the whole sound of this song!



9. "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations--It sure was in 1970!



10. "Ride Captain Ride" by Blues Image--I just liked the tune!



11. "Indiana Wants Me" by R. Dean Taylor--This is another one I liked for its lyrics and sound.



12. "United We Stand" by Brotherhood of Man--I loved the message. I took it more to mean all people together rather than a couple or a small group of friends.



13. "Up Around The Bend", "Who'll Stop The Rain", & "Lookin' Out My Back Door" by Creedence Clearwater Revival". I can never pick just one CCR song! They're probably my favorite band of all time.

Cats on Tuesday: Guard Cat

CATS ON TUESDAY is a group of cat lovers who share pictures and/or stories about their cats once a week, hosted by Gattina.

Today Mommy an' Daddy Bean are celebratin sumfing called 'wedding anniversary'. It's been eight years which is probly older dan me! So since dey goin 'down da shore'--whatever dat is--I gots to guard da tweats!


Dey are safe in dis ting an' all I gotsa do is stay awakey-wake! Dat won't be hard!


Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

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Mancat Monday, GiST #137 & Other Stuff

First and most importantly, today's Memorial Day and I take a few minutes to reflect on the sacrifices made by the men and women who serve or served in our armed forces. I know I am free today because of them!

Man Cat Monday

Me: Ahem, ahem.
Cubby: What? Oh, hay, Mommy, whassup?
Me: Smile, you're on Candid Camera.
Cubby: Oh noes! Iyam so embarrasked!

Grace in Small Things #137

1. Ah, air conditioning on a hot, humid day!

2. Getting the vacuuming and other chores out of the way early so I can just laze about the rest of the day!

3. Making things like potato salad and coleslaw early in the morning when it's not so hot and having them for dinner in the evening along with cold cut sandwiches!

4. Support from the Grace in Small Things community, my family and friends! Priceless!

5. Not pressuring myself to think of a fifth grace!

Monday Movie Meme

This Monday in the U.S. is Memorial Day which is a day to honor the fallen soldiers of wars past and present. So therefore, we decided to dedicate this week's topic to those soldiers in film who live on in the big screen. Here are those we found to be particularly memorable. Share on your blog your soldierly choices, linking back here at The Bumbles. Spend your day thinking of or hugging a real life soldier, and don't forget to visit your fellow participants!

I really love Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump but I didn't want to repeat any soldiers The Bumbles had listed. Here's mine:

1. Captain John Miller, Saving Private Ryan

2. Shears (not sure his first name), Bridge on the River Kwai

3. Colonel Joseph Ryan, Von Ryan's Express

4. Virgil Hilts, The Great Escape

5. Michael & Nick from The Deer Hunter

6. Sgt. Sefton, Stalag 17

7. Anthony Swofford, Jarhead

GiST # 136 & Sunday Stuff

I guess this can be a catch-up kind of day.

TB and Kristin will both be having a little outpatient surgery in a couple of weeks. TB has an enlarged prostate and Kristin has a torn miniscus. For Kristin, there's the possibility the surgeon won't be able to repair the tear because of its location. In that case, he'll just trim the area.

We have a situation going on that I'm really dying to vent about but can't. Our trust has been totally violated ... again. There is someone who has no conscience and continues to take advantage of loved ones who are gullible and trying to help or just loyal or what have you. There is someone who just doesn't care what kind of bind these gullible loved ones are placed into (financial and otherwise). There is someone who does bad things and expects no consequences, flouting whatever guidelines are in place. I feel bad for the gullible ones--they just don't "get it". This person will just keep going along causing more hurt and not feeling remorse about it. That's about as far as I can go with my ranting.

I haven't done a GiST in a long time either so maybe I can start the Sunday routine with that.


Grace in Small Things #136

1. The mortgage company agreed to let us pay the monthly payment we'd send if we were in the Making Homes Affordable program.

2. We're cooperating together to try and cut our electric bill and our food expenses. The air conditioner is still off even though it's getting uncomfortably hot in the house. We'll probably have to turn it on tomorrow.

3. Heidi stepped up to bail Kristin out of a real jam. Hopefully this will be a learning experience that won't be repeated because the bail out happens just once! I'm so impressed with the level of compassion here.

4. It's good to get validation from others that my concerns about something that happened yesterday are legitimate.

5. We have quick'n'easy meats in the freezer that don't require heating up the kitchen. That's so important on days like this one!

The Sunday Seven

Other than members of our military, name seven people (by occupation) for whom you are grateful.

1. Police officers
2. Fire fighters
3. EMTs
4. Nurses
5. Teachers
6. Child advocates
7. Health techs that know how to draw blood properly on the first try

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Fresh air :: Outside
2. Bodyguard :: Protector
3. Wedding :: Marriage
4. Remind :: Remember
5. Wicked :: Evil
6. Crawling :: Spider
7. Gasoline :: Car
8. Anyone :: Whoever
9. Dancing :: Bears
10. Wall :: Room

1. Make a list of 5 things you can see without getting up.
My cat Kosmo, my Irish bear beanie, my Native American coffee cup, cat TB made for me, pictures of the kids

2. How do you style your hair? How often do you cut it? I usually keep it short and simple. I try to get it cut every 6 weeks but it doesn't always work out financially.

3. What are you wearing now? tee shirt, shorts & underwear

4. What's your occupation? Do you like it? I was an interpreter for the deaf and I loved it. Now I'm disabled and I guess you'd call me a stay-at-home mom? Or I was ... until my kids grew up. Love that too.

5. When was the last time that you took a nap? Was there a special reason? I took a nap this afternoon because it's hot outside and I got sleepy

6. Who was the last person you hugged romantically? TB of course

8. What was the last full meal that you ate? Lunch

9. What was the last email that you received? Support from a friend

10. What one website do you always visit when you go online? Facebook

11. What was the last significant thing you bought? How significant is significant? I can't think of any--haven't had money.

12. What musical artist did you not get at first, but then became a fan? Jimi Hendrix. Okay...I know that was years ago.

13. What do you think about before you go to bed last night? I wish I could read one more page in my book but I'm falling asleep

14. What was the last CD you bought? It was a Celtic Christmas music CD, don't remember which artist

15. What is your favorite weather, and why? What's the weather like today? I love fall weather best. It's warm but not hot. Today is hot

16. If you could have a special artistic talent, what would it be? Doing caricatures. That seems like fun!

17. Did you watch the Idol 9 finale? If yes, what are your thoughts? Please. I'm sure I'm not the only person in America that did not watch it.

18. What's something you'd like to say to someone right now? Stop it!

19. Any special plans for this (holiday in the States) weekend? Relaxation

20. Besides your current S/O, who was the last person that you loved romantically? That would be my first DH, Rich, who died