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No. 100 on Great American Things is posted, and thanks to...
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Robin in NC
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No. 100 on Great American Things is posted, and thanks to...
John (jmq) for reminding me about the anniversary of the moon landing this year - which also reminded me about Woodstock, which occurred the same year. So here's the post... No. 100: 1969
Thanks John!
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Thanks John!
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You're welcome. Seemed like a no-brainer to me.
I really re-visited the history of the 20th century through my daughters eyes this past year as we would discuss her AP History class and help her with research and proof read papers. One of the projects on the ‘60s was to interview someone who experienced that decade first hand. She did that with my BIL who was in high school and college thru that time. She couldn’t believe how tumultuous that time really was, not only about the war but about civil rights.
Another fun thing she did was burn a disc of protest music and discuss that in class. That was a chance for me to turn her on to the songs and lyrics of Phil Ochs (I Ain’t Marchin Anymore), Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction), CSN&Y (Ohio), and CCR (Fortunate Son).
Next in class they watched the film All The Presidents Men and wrote a paper on Watergate. I recall that she started off with the quote “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
About a month ago we watched Forrest Gump again and she really appreciated it on a whole different level. Now after reading and writing about Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in AP Lit, now she wants to watch Apocalypse Now with me. I’ll have to warn her about some of the scenes in that. I suspect we'll have to watch that when her Mom is out so we can really crank the surround sound for the opening sequence with helicopter sounds that go around the room from speaker to speaker (with Jim Morrison singing "The End") and later that attack sequence when they play Ride of the Valkyries on the approach and finish up the attack with the bombing of the tree line (good test of the subwoofer) and 2 of the best lines in that film: “Charlie don’t surf!” and “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
I really re-visited the history of the 20th century through my daughters eyes this past year as we would discuss her AP History class and help her with research and proof read papers. One of the projects on the ‘60s was to interview someone who experienced that decade first hand. She did that with my BIL who was in high school and college thru that time. She couldn’t believe how tumultuous that time really was, not only about the war but about civil rights.
Another fun thing she did was burn a disc of protest music and discuss that in class. That was a chance for me to turn her on to the songs and lyrics of Phil Ochs (I Ain’t Marchin Anymore), Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction), CSN&Y (Ohio), and CCR (Fortunate Son).
Next in class they watched the film All The Presidents Men and wrote a paper on Watergate. I recall that she started off with the quote “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
About a month ago we watched Forrest Gump again and she really appreciated it on a whole different level. Now after reading and writing about Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness in AP Lit, now she wants to watch Apocalypse Now with me. I’ll have to warn her about some of the scenes in that. I suspect we'll have to watch that when her Mom is out so we can really crank the surround sound for the opening sequence with helicopter sounds that go around the room from speaker to speaker (with Jim Morrison singing "The End") and later that attack sequence when they play Ride of the Valkyries on the approach and finish up the attack with the bombing of the tree line (good test of the subwoofer) and 2 of the best lines in that film: “Charlie don’t surf!” and “I love the smell of napalm in the morning”
When we come to place where the sea and the sky collide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
Throw me over the edge and let my spirit glide
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Robin in NC
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Yes, a pre-warning about Apocalypse Now is definitely in order. I can still remember how strange I felt after that movie, it was one of the most disturbing films I've ever seen. And I didn't even serve in Vietnam.
Also "Ohio" by CSN...I was a freshman in college as Kent St. happened, and that song really affected me. I remember marching on the university president's house. I was such a comfortable rebel.
Also "Ohio" by CSN...I was a freshman in college as Kent St. happened, and that song really affected me. I remember marching on the university president's house. I was such a comfortable rebel.