Travelin’ down ‘a long and winding road, that leads ….’
According to John Lennon, his bandmate Paul McCartney wrote this song “back in the Cavern days” in Liverpool, which would put McCartney at about 20 years of age.
Today, the 69-year-old McCartney is looking at 64 from the opposite end of the time scale, peering back at it instead of forward to it. When he performs it today, an already wistful little ditty no doubt takes on an even more sepia tone.
But why, you may ask, did I choose to post this now? Well, 33 years ago today, my bride and I said our “I do”s, and the passage of time does make you think a little differently about such things.
Happy Anniversary, Babe.
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?”
– Jay Bookman
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josef
February 24th, 2012
9:01 pm
Was feeling kinda Petty tonight myself…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqmFxgEGKH0
godless heathen
February 24th, 2012
9:02 pm
OK. Bruno. You want to go down the sad song road.
http://youtu.be/CKXhIMgTsrE
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
9:04 pm
Thanks Recon.
He was the man. And a great pilot.
Someone played this recently and it was a song that he said he used during 10 mile humps with full gear to keep going…pushing you past your limits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqUa_G1h3pw
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
9:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZbN_nmxAGk&ob=av3e
Don't Forget
February 24th, 2012
9:12 pm
Couple for Jay and the missus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1fCIegTuvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04cnUPDDh6o
Recon 0311 2533
February 24th, 2012
9:12 pm
M.B,
Aviators were outstanding warriors and risked their lives under the most difficult conditions for ground infantry. They still do for this generation. God keep you, who mourn and them.
Bruno
February 24th, 2012
9:14 pm
Nice Alison Krauss, heathen.
Another Petty favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e25p0Y3Vd38&feature=related
Good to see you, DF.
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
9:20 pm
Ok, time for some fun now.
I don’t know, I love this geetar duet for some reason
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nugXkgd_-84
Don't Forget
February 24th, 2012
9:22 pm
Hey Bruno, good Petty choice and good to see you too.
Bruno
February 24th, 2012
9:24 pm
it was a song that he said he used during 10 mile humps with full gear to keep going…pushing you past your limits:
Great pizza delivery song also, betty!!
A girl I worked with at Domino’s Pizza 27 years ago just got in touch. She works at one of the law offices in town now, 3 kids and 3 husbands later. Looking forward to having lunch with her next week.
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
9:24 pm
I’m a little late, but congrats Jay!! 33 years! Wow!! Some can’t make it for 33 months……………….
I don’t know the appropriate song to play for an anniversary, but I’ve decided just to do one about love….
Here ya go Jay — Congrats again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g13qTy-llok&feature=related
Bruno
February 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
Alright, DF going with the RatDog. LOL. Jay did throw up “Cold Rain and Snow” a while back when I was on hiatus from FNM.
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
About time some folks came on. Did someone mention sad songs? I can’t imagine any sadder than this……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlE2J9Yj7U4&feature=slpl
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
9:28 pm
“Great pizza delivery song also, betty!!”
different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayGQX-j6sg
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
9:30 pm
Did someone say Allison Krauss?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg
Bruno
February 24th, 2012
9:41 pm
Geez, Fred, nothing like throwing a bucket of cold water on the party like that at 9:27. Some of us have been there ourselves, and it isn’t much fun.
0311/1811
February 24th, 2012
9:44 pm
josef:
“Chutzpah is a Yiddish word meaning having gall…brazen nerve…effrontery…sheer guts…plus arrogance.
It’s Yiddish and, as Leo Rosten writes, no other word, and no other language, can do it justice. Example…
A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for a dollar each.
Every day a young man would leave his office building at lunch time
And as he passed the pretzel stand, he would leave her a dollar, but
Never take a pretzel.
This offering went on for more than three years. The two of them
Never spoke. One day as the young man passed the old lady’s stand
And left his dollar as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him for the first
Time in over three years. Without blinking an eye she said:
“They’re a dollar and a quarter now.”
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
9:46 pm
A avorite Of Mine
Another favorite
There’s nothing wrong with a little blue eyed soul….
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
9:46 pm
Sad songs or happy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXY0Q1Eqzc
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
9:46 pm
Sorry Bruno, I was feeling melancholy too. Maybe I should have stuck with this one……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ATj0DG-W4
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
9:50 pm
Mama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1LOWEufAH0
Don't Forget
February 24th, 2012
9:53 pm
Bruno
February 24th, 2012
9:27 pm
Alright, DF going with the RatDog. LOL. Jay did throw up “Cold Rain and Snow” a while back when I was on hiatus from FNM.
Sorry I missed the CR&S I’m here less that half the times these days. That Ratdog cd, “evening moods” is pretty damn good IMO. I had to listen to it a few times to get into it but pretty solid the whole way through.
Mick
February 24th, 2012
9:56 pm
Jay
Congratulations and very cool that your love endures!!!
Here is probably one of the greatest love songs ever and it makes so much more sense when you are with the one you love-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrW7dlDHH28
Bruno
February 24th, 2012
9:57 pm
Hot Sade, DDR.
Gotta run, guys. Going to see a band with PlatinumBlack.
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
9:57 pm
here’s another great love song……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-idDbIfGvw
Mick
February 24th, 2012
10:07 pm
bruno
This song is always great-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlNhD0oS5pk&ob=av3n
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
10:12 pm
Anyone else having problems with the blog loading? Time outs and such? I occasionally have problems here yet the rest of the AJC loads as do other sites……..
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
10:16 pm
“Anyone else having problems with the blog loading? ”
Yes, Fred. That’s when Kamchak wants you out. j/k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0JFiMEFW7Q
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
10:17 pm
DDR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpgYBYD-8gM
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
10:21 pm
Wow Betty, Jermaine Stewart!!??!! You’re scaring me Betty — i might accidentally start liking you…..
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
10:22 pm
moonbat betty, have you ever heard of her or heard this song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DHWmPlGJ24&list=PLFEC2271481083DE8&index=16&feature=plpp_video
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
10:25 pm
DDR, “Home” rocks. Thank you.
Didn’t you play “Just a Swingin” one time?
Love it.
I’ll go dig it up now.
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
10:32 pm
yep sure did play swinging. One of my favorite songs — i LOVE country music; don’t get to hear it much at home, (listen to a lot of opera at home); but when I’m at my sisters-in-laws i listen to a lot of rap and rock n roll. so it’s good to hear country music and share it with others.
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
10:35 pm
One more, real quick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a52tqUiFBns
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
10:36 pm
This is it DDR.
You make make me smile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07_rnlBezQg
Jam Man
February 24th, 2012
10:40 pm
You folks know great music and that is why Friday nights here are so fine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3RWqFlvJs
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
10:41 pm
I know a woman named Charlotte Johnson lol.
Jam Man
February 24th, 2012
10:51 pm
This Stevie Wonder song is truly representative of his great spirit and talent.
One of a kind and a hero to all of us…
Let God’s love shine within to save our evil souls
For those who don’t believe will never see the light
“Where is my God” – He lives inside of me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk9XBPE3Hwk
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
10:53 pm
This is for getalife, but I assume he is staggering around Bourbon St. right about now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu4emT6btH4
DebbieDoRight
February 24th, 2012
11:01 pm
Thanks Betty!! Here’s some Georgia Satellite for ya! Have a good night and we can bicker again tomorrow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdpAop7gp0w
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:01 pm
It’s all good Jam Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkWQTAU3JzI
Jam Man
February 24th, 2012
11:02 pm
Never was into thrash metal all that much, but I dig the energy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZNkLyQSZVg
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:05 pm
DDR, I gotta a little change in my pocket, goin’ jinga jinga ling. lol
Thanks.
Take care
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2012
11:06 pm
Am I unbanned or is the page just acting strange? If it’s the former, greetings Jay’s peeps and if it’s the latter none of you will see this anyway.
Congrats on 33 Jay B, that woman is a Saint…..or nuts
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2012
11:11 pm
Oh and as for those kind of year totals, in theme…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:14 pm
RW! Greetings.
This site is always acting strange.
and..Where have you been?
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVi0UvFu8Yo
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
11:26 pm
RW-(the original)
February 24th, 2012
11:11 pm
Oh and as for those kind of year totals, in theme…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Nice. I played that one last week or maybe this week on one of the threads. Great tune.
Were you banned? LOL me too. Then one day I came back to see if I could post and lo and behold…….. well here is to your return……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXjm8pZMws
Tom Middleton
February 24th, 2012
11:29 pm
If you’ve kept her this long, Jay, you’ve got her for life. At this point, it’d be waaaay too much trouble for her to have to break in another one in all the right places…lol. Congrats, Sir!
Mick
February 24th, 2012
11:32 pm
rw
Long time, no see…hope life is dealing you some aces-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPslBGjuRL0
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:34 pm
Fred, usually, you get a warning before you get banned.
I never do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsdWEEb2SjE
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
11:35 pm
Hey Mick. I ain’t said hi lol. Nice tune. I know it wasn’t for me but thanks anyway. I snagged it and added it to a playlist. I had forgotten about that one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqLh3OcwvyI&feature=related
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:36 pm
Mick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0v07InoFiU
Mick
February 24th, 2012
11:39 pm
Moonbat
Yes, the floyd is always welcome in my house….here’s one without roger-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGBM5vWiBLo&feature=related
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
11:43 pm
moonbat: Are you sure? I never go back to a thread once I’ve left it, so if I get a warning I don’t see it. Well if I try to post and find I’m banned I’ll go back to see ande sometimes I see something, sometimes I don’t. But most times (on any forum) I know I’m “crossing the line” when I post but just don’t give a damn. I’ve always been kind of a “damn the torpedo’s full speed ahead” kinda guy. It has always served me. Sometimes well, sometimes not so well………. Kinda like the last verse of the song I’m gonna play.
The old man had a vision, it was hard for me to follow
I do things my way, pay an awfully high price
When I think back on the old man and the bus ride
Now that I’m older I can see he was right
Another hot one out on highway eleven
This is my life, it’s what I’ve chosen to do
There’s no free rides and no one said it’d be easy
The old man told me this my son I’m telling it to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN-jaqezWBU
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:44 pm
Mick, wasn’t sure if you liked the non-roger. I prefer the old stuff, but still…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iAt1eQagPA
Mick
February 24th, 2012
11:50 pm
moonbat
It’s all good-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7_Qrc6sAJA&feature=related
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
11:51 pm
Yo Mick: Here’s one of Roger Waters without that non founding member band name stealing because he couldn’t sell albums under his own name, rat bastich David Gilmour……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaGXVU2CbNs&feature=related
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:53 pm
Yes, Fred.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bOKsOveYD0
moonbat betty
February 24th, 2012
11:56 pm
Mick:
Floating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5_0iZQ-TuA
Mick
February 24th, 2012
11:56 pm
fred
Here you go-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJETHtCN-zk
Fred ™
February 24th, 2012
11:59 pm
LOL Moonbat Betty, you knew I had to go here after your awesome Highlander clip……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=748IjOdrjwg
Mick
February 25th, 2012
12:04 am
Here’s an 80’s tune-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLXnyY537c
bman
February 25th, 2012
12:04 am
33 years? Congrats to the Bookman duo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNquH7Eg9fo
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:05 am
Mick, nice one (added it to my classics playlist). Here is one similar back atcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wDHvmCVRxU&list=FLBFI9bcIcPzzTDjgPb0CnJA&index=25&feature=plpp_video
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:08 am
Oh, yeah, Fred.
ALL DA WAY TURNT UP
lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69CMT63nz-c
Mick
February 25th, 2012
12:10 am
fred
I was around when that song came out…loved it then, still think it is a unique classic even now-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLXnyY537c
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:11 am
You did it to me again dammit. I had forgotten that song too Mick. I can’t even remember the last time I heard it. Saved it too. Well I see your 80’s hair metal band and raise you another lol. Then I’m gonna see if I can find you a 90’s crazy band (just thought of another song, gotta see if it’s on youtube).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-LRLdrG-IM&list=PL4FBF8CCC8D975A45&index=13&feature=plpp_video
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:16 am
Ha ha, Tesla rocked. (Modern Day Cowboy too)
I gotta give some props to my man Ronnie James Dio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYlDltwm-JY
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:17 am
I’ve never heard that one MB. I like it though. My “rap experience” is spotty at best. I like what I like and don’t care so much for the rest. I liked that Dina Rae I linked earlier (that you never commented on lol) but other stuff of hers I don’t like. I was gonna played an earlier one but then I saw this one and I can never pass it up lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw&list=PLFEC2271481083DE8&index=10&feature=plpp_video
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:20 am
Super 90’s.
Don’t worry about it ma’am.
Just those damn Yankees.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_uh8XjgLTE
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:21 am
Nice Dio MB. I love that song. This one is for you and Mick both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQk9hbI9OLE&ob=av2e
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:25 am
Sorry, Fred, never heard Ms. Dina but she was pretty hot.
Holy Cow, “Bust A Move” is iconic and goes out to ANYONE who was in Athens, GA and went to O’Malley’s in the 90’s.
They’d know what I mean.
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:31 am
Geez, you can’t listen to a song without having some corporate bs shoved down your throat.
A little bass play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYDfwUJzYQg&ob=av2e
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:31 am
Here is the other 90’s I was gonna play. Love this tune:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_3CvrKWQe0
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:39 am
Holy crap Moonbat Betty. That Primus video was one scary video. Those plastic pants and chaps had me shivering lol.
Loved the bass though.
Here’s the other Jackyl song I really like. Well I say the other like there are only two, but there is one more. Gotta see if I can find it……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U0fRwAbrHI&feature=relmfu
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:41 am
Great Honey Suckle Blues, Fred.
Athens is like no other. Hell ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaF_-tirFeU
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
12:48 am
Always loved me some Crowes Moonbat. I’ll let you listen to this one while I listen to your Drive by truckers lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_5U0M9ErGA&feature=related
Bruno
February 25th, 2012
12:51 am
No need to be trashing David Gilmour, Fred. His solo albums were great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1N84wemDNk
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
12:51 am
She talks to angles is beautiful, Fred.
Mick
February 25th, 2012
12:53 am
OK kids, nice tunes going but I’m running out of gas, here’s a closer…nite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k838gLRT7tg
Bruno
February 25th, 2012
1:02 am
Mihalis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcve0ux5Rkk&feature=related
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:02 am
LOL Mick, you always get in some good ones.
Bruno: I beg to differ. His solo crap tanked. I remember having to play some on a radio station in college. It was really bad. There is a REASON he ditched his “solo” efforts and stole the name of the band he didn’t create away from Waters. He ain’t waters and couldn’t sell on his name. Waters had no problem.
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
1:06 am
Yes, Bruno, it’s all good.
Closing time.
Hopefully no ads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAS-pvQ06s4
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:11 am
Bruno@ 1:02: Really? That wasn’t a song that did much for me except re-enforce my opinion. The first two minutes of SIMPLE CHORD PROGRESSION FOLLOWED, (dammit cap lock, too lazy to retype. sorry), by a shift up? I skimmed the rest, sorry, didn’t hold my interest. Opinions vary I reckon.
Funny thing is though, I liked the stuff he did after he stole the Pink Floyd name from Waters. I liked this album and this song……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiN2MuAXF0g
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:12 am
Nice tune Betty. The ads only appear when you watch the song lol, not when you link it. night.
Bruno
February 25th, 2012
1:12 am
From Wiki, Fred:
“David has recorded four solo albums, all four of which charted in the US Top 40 (2006’s On an Island peaked at No. 6 in 2006, 2008’s Live in Gdansk peaked at #26, his 1978 self-titled solo debut peaked at No. 29 in 1978 and 1984’s About Face peaked at No. 32 in 1984).”
Sounds pretty good to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYv3GUey3×8&feature=related
Bruno
February 25th, 2012
1:14 am
after he stole the Pink Floyd name from Waters
He didn’t act alone. The other two founding members of the band stayed with Gilmour which gave it legitimacy. It was Waters who broke away, not the other way around.
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:15 am
I gotta split too. nice Bruno. We can disagree on the purity of Floyd another day lol.
Bruno
February 25th, 2012
1:18 am
Good night, guys.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RamanGcTew&feature=related
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:19 am
Bruno: IF you have a copy of that album, look and see how it’s set up. Gilmour is the only “pink floyd” member listed. The other two are after thoughts. Richard Wright was paid as a studio musician and is listed as such.
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:20 am
G’night Bruno:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD5HCgDCPZU
moonbat betty
February 25th, 2012
1:22 am
I hate it when I see someone trashing a piece of music. Just because you don’t appreciate it, doesn’t mean someone else can not find beauty in it.
Music, to me, is something that can capture a moment in time and bring that moment in time back to all of your senses.
I think everyone has a song that sticks out in their past that reminded of them of a particular situation, that they would have not liked other wise. Right?
So, music, like art, is in the eye of the beholder.
Good night.
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:28 am
Say what you will Bruno, this IS the Final Cut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK_08CgXZQ8&feature=related
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:28 am
Oh hell better yet. I just found this “final cut’ lol.
Fred ™
February 25th, 2012
1:29 am
And I didn’t link the damn video. Where’s my sign?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPpJCZb-L8&feature=related
Bud Wiser
February 25th, 2012
6:42 am
It is nice to hear of marriages that endure the most difficult test of all – time.
Congratulations Jay to you and your bride.
Cloudodust
February 25th, 2012
7:40 am
No matter ones political affiliation, a successful marriage is the best true test of a time honored commitment, patience and understanding. God bless your wife for having these traits…
Normal
February 25th, 2012
8:22 am
Good morning all,
Whenever I think of the Beatles, this song comes to mind…if it’s been played already, my apologizes…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo
St Simons - we're on Island time
February 25th, 2012
8:31 am
the universal beach wish for all newlyweds, and anniversary couples alike
good advice for both – “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy”
by our local heroes – that’s their sons in the vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdIZsOzGLF8&feature=related