These tunes go out to my elementary school classmates in anticipation of our 50th reunion this September.
Beatles, When I'm 64
Beatles, In My Life
Beatles, With a Little Help from My Friends
For Boomer nostalgia, nothing beats The Moody Blues, Your Wildest Dreams
Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Mirrored in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you
Think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams
In your wildest dreams.
And as we approach The End of the Line, the Traveling Wilburys have some words of wisdom:
Maybe somewhere down the road a ways
You'll think of me and wonder where I am these days
Maybe somewhere down the road when someone plays
Purple Haze
[. . .]
Well it's all right, even if you're old and gray
Well it's all right, you still have something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, best you can do is forgive.
And now some personal dedications:
For Desmond C., Tom Waits, Shiver Me Timbers. Rest in peace, Desi.
For the formidable Sister Augustine, 'Gus,' Joan Baez sings Dylan's I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine.
For some reason, The Monkees's Daydream Believer always puts me in mind of Jean H. who captured my fancy back in the first and second grades. I don't know why it should except for the line, "wake up sleepy Jean . . . ."
I remember my old pal Joe O. who I've known since kindergarten riffing on the "roovi do" line in the Randy and the Rainbows 1963 hit Denise, so I'll dedicate this one to him. Great video, by the way, from a time when America stood tall in the world.
Unfortunately, one of our classmates, Vincent R., fought the law and the law won.
To end on a more sober note, these go out to those of our classmates who have passed on and to the rest of us who will pass on . . .
George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet
"Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear/It's not dark yet, but it's getting there."
Finally a tribute to Sr. Mary Stella of the third grade: Ave Maris Stella.
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