Oldies But Goodies

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So I thought it would be cool to read some poetry about where you were when some of the best music from the 70ties Era  was on the Top 100 billboards list and how it made you feel or feels if you're not from that Era.....
I have chosen 14 songs that were popular then...
Please listen and choose one or two of the musics links listed here
to write about/ with...






Suggestion:
For example, if you were around then, write about what you were doing
when the song/songs you picked came on the radio, how old you were and so on....

OR

To those of you that weren't even born yet, here is a chance to listen to some though provoking music to get your creative juices flowing!

Listen, feel and write
The poem/poems can be of any topic,
love, hate, happy, sad, anxious, angry,
really any emotion that comes to you, while you listen...


This is a free range competition just listen and write...
please Title the poem/poems
mention the song you chose.


8 line Minimum!
No word Max cap
No colabs!
One or two poems per writer



*MUSIC LINKS*  
LOL The song list keeps growing!!



Fox On the Run (by Sweet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGu6v2OjW8s

Beth (By Kiss)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHkojuUSDO8

Seasons of Wither  ( By Aerosmith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MJoKJXHbY&index=7&list=PL03EC9AA60D38AB9F


Jackie Blue   (By Ozark Mountain Daredevils )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARKNTDuNmk8

Do It Again  (By Steely Dan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYuLsudaJQ

Blinded By The Light (By Manfred Mann)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlBifX0H3yg


Dream On  (By Aerosmith)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyfNHlqymP8

Stairway to Heaven  (By Led Zeppelin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHFxncb1gRY

Play that funky Music White Boy (By Wild Cherry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRr2kf84V2M

Ventura Highway (By America)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjgCqbPGq2A

Sky High  (By Jigsaw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mudlXF3MA8Q

More Than a Feeling (By Boston)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94


Get Down tonight  (By Kc and the sunshine band )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEsE9yN2CY


Feels like the first time(By Foreigner )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tl-kOcnn1U



As always first place winner gets a personalized tag from me and the Dup first place trophy and first place Blue Ribbon.
Runner ups with get  Red and or White Ribbons

Good Luck!!
2 weeks in one week intervals.....

I was around when this song came out.  I think I was 7 years old then and was busy
being a kid but was aware of my surroundings...


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYuLsudaJQ
Steely Dan (Do It again)

inspiration Poem For this comp ")

The 70ties

War is on the table        
and not just in the fields overseas,        
but in the hands        
of our neighbor man,        
and their offspring.    
We're all fucking damned!        
       
Still,        
we believed in the dream        
back then,        
demonstrating        
our rights
in our land,        
we all had a plan...        
       
Racism in full swing        
and the freedom to love and express freely        
is fastly becoming a non-thing....        
       
Bibles burning        
mothers killing,        
high heel sneakers        
and bell bottom pants,        
feathered hair,        
unlimited Sex....        
       
       
Johnny Bag of Donuts        
wants the pay off        
crooked cops and citizens        
pedophiles creep out from their        
closet....
       
       
Politicians are fucking your sisters,        
and your sister is fucking        
Their fathers...        
                       All for a nice slice of the American Pie.        

Punch-Buggy

We slept out under the stars in the days
when it was safe to run
in our pajamas, up the middle
of the road for a midnight
towel fight.

Punch-buggy, punch-buggy,
VW Beetle Bug;
Get your points for punching first—
It’s the game that we all love!

We rode in backs of pick-up trucks,
flying
up the highway to the beach—
hot wind, flailing our hair, in the days
when it was safe not to wear seat belts.

Punch-buggy red and green,
orange, yellow, too;
Punch-buggy bruises
all over me and you!

We fed the catfish in Mirror Lake, while
swans glided on the surface, and
Wild Cherry’s “Play That Funky Music”
crackled from the bullhorn, mounted
on the Roach-Coach hotdog truck,
a precursor to when
Donnie Iris would soon scream “Ah, Leah!”

Punch-buggy, whack-a-mole:
Which one is the best?
Skee ball, skip-a-rope—
Volkswagon treasure chest!

We always won the free wristbands from
WEIM, then chased the boys at Whalom
On the Flying Comet Coaster, and
Peter Cetera was right—
Everyday was the Fourth of July
and Saturday in the Park.

Punch-buggy, punch-buggy,
ours was baby blue;
There’s hardly any of them left,
my childhood’s gone, now, too.




Inspired by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe1ScoePqVA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRTMWzVoT_U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLiMy4NaSKc

Madame, to which song did you write this from?  Please add the link
thank you..  I want to listen to the song you chose  as I read what you wrote .

Btw, thanks for the jump off!!!

Omg! I love this!!!  I want to hear the song so I can listen while I read this feel good piece!
hit me up,  hurry up woman!  Post it!!
Good Luck!

Zazzles said:Omg! I love this!!!  I want to hear the song so I can listen while I read this feel good piece!
hit me up,  hurry up woman!  Post it!!

Ah crap!! Forgot the link but I mentioned the song in the poem --Wild cherry. Will add link in morning, was doing it from work & had to hurry and I can't link on mobile right now. Sorry bout that! Will fix it tomorrow

I used the Wild Cherry song, but was also thinking of Chicago's "Old Days" and "Saturday In The Park", as inspiration too--will link all 3 tomorrow!

The vain to which you stick your arm, a feather in your cap
Am I just that?
On this Jet your fame and vanity was let
to rule the love of yourself, not I
tears in a cup to clouds in the sky
Oh Taylor what have you done
an object a sport, some trophy you won
put on a shelf for only yourself
and these girls; empty, shiny and new
teenage lust you consume, devour and spew
Just another vain Junkie
and unlike the Aura, northern lights
You into infinity will never take flight
You are a man who feeds on himself
You've broken a heart, one that will mend
I have taken away your only true friend
so raise a cup, to yourself make a toast that will last
your last gift to me was this inspiration
to say goodbye, to our past.

okkies!   ty...   Madame ")

Zazzles said:okkies!   ty...   Madame ")


Ok--I edited my post and put links on the bottom !

That's funny, i was listening  to Saturday all nigh last night, however that's not one of the song choices though lol
i get it though,  and thank you for mention your song choices :)

Genacherib11 said:The vain to which you stick your arm, a feather in your cap
Am I just that?
On this Jet your fame and vanity was let
to rule the love of yourself, not I
tears in a cup to clouds in the sky
Oh Taylor what have you done
an object a sport, some trophy you won
put on a shelf for only yourself
and these girls; empty, shiny and new
teenage lust you consume, devour and spew
Just another vain Junkie
and unlike the Aura, northern lights
You into infinity will never take flight
You are a man who feeds on himself
You've broken a heart, one that will mend
I have taken away your only true friend
so raise a cup, to yourself make a toast that will last
your last gift to me was this inspiration
to say goodbye, to our past.



Genacherib, can u please copy and paste the music  link that inspired this poem ")

The Wonder Years

A transformation is taking place
The mammas boy is starting to
Take his first steps into the world
The self is waking up and
Beginning to discover his wondrous realm
Of music, dance, his peers, social construction and his place in it,
Better still he’s starting to discover those
Amazing young creatures, girls.....
The awkwardness of being a middle schooler
Is trying to be discarded as
The façade of coolness is being constructed
At his first party he dresses to kill
Silk printed shirt with
Polyester matching colored bell bottomed pants and
Platform shoes is the attire for slow dancing
He and his companions awkwardly strut through the door
And behold the altar where their youth
Will be sacrificed and they will become men
In a lowly lit living room music plays
KC and the Sunshine Band
Belts out “Get down Tonight” as
Young girls huddle together whispering in each other’s ear
Staring at the young men come to take a chance
They giggle and point trying to hint and choose
Hoping one of them will muster the courage
To ask them to dance and possibly more
He wastes no time and struts forward
As “Beth” begins to play
They lock eyes as he advances and he
Asks her to dance and holds out his hand
She nods in agreement, takes his hand and smiles at her friends
As she is lead away to the dance floor
Others take his lead and cross the threshold into manhood
In this lowly dim lit room
Two young bodies come together
Holding each other lightly at first
Timid in their attempts
They sway to the rhythms of “Beth”
Feeling each other’s warmth they press closer
In relief and self-assurance
She lays her head on his shoulder and
He smiles to his friends dancing next to them
They are on their way to becoming men and women
Just as fast as it started it ends and a fast song comes on
He panics and she stares at him unsure what they are supposed to do
He wants to run but plays it cool and begins to dance to
“Play that Funky Music White Boy”
She is elated and they remain
On the dance floor for the time being
They dance and enjoy the moment
This beginning they'll never forget
Both have taken the leap and are happy for it
They Revel in their choice and are
Both eager and excited to meet the future

Get Down tonight  (By Kc and the sunshine band )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEsE9yN2CY

Beth (By Kiss)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHkojuUSDO8
Play that funky Music White Boy (By Wild Cherry)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRr2kf84V2M

OMG Xmar!!  U mad me cry, laugh and think deeply..You captured this era with such flair and honesty bravo my friend I love it!
Gabe you have set the bar !
Good luck!!!