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Right you are, Gus

(posted by paul zarzeka on February 27, 2010 at 20:31:33)

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Hendrix left no indelible marking in me. Not his music nor the spelling of his name. I only knew he was drug induced, counter culture. At the age of 7 years old I was a kid without a song to sing. Too old for nursery rhymes and West Side Story, Elvis and Brando were for the older kids. It was the advent of the Beatles with their simple lyrics, chord changes and harmonies that touched a sense of the romantic with in. By the time I was 13,14,15 years old puppy love relationships that have gone sour were devastating because I didn't have a car or money or I should have done this or could have done that and why was I not more out going and not so shy. I formed a sort of self pity attitude. I tried to talk to adults about this but they would simply say, "You gotta pull yourself up from your boot straps"(whatever that means) or "You'll out grow this" and my favorite one, "It's only love sickness" only made me sicker. One can only feel self pity for so long. I was like a guy stuck in the mud on the middle of a bridge spinning my wheels, couldn't go backwards (too painful) nor forward (too scared). So MacArthur Park taught me to feel the pain and then the inspiration (I will take my life into my hands...etc.) to move forward with confidence.
Ah Gus, I know. The Doors "I'm gonna Love You" and "Light My Fire" are some of my favorite songs but Jim Morrison and most of his other songs were countered to the drug scene. I just didn't fit in there.

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