BajaNomad - Just for the "YOUNG" Nomad

Just for the "YOUNG" Nomad

Skeet/Loreto - 10-21-2006 at 12:25 PM

The Cruise ship was crowded with people, off for three days of pleasure.
Ahead of me in the passageway walked a tiny woman in brown slacks,her shoulders hunched, her white hair cut in a bob.
From the shup"s intercom came a familiar tune "Begin The Beguine." Suddenly a wonderful thing happened. The woman, unaware anyone was behind her, did a quidk and graceful dance step:shuffle, slide.

As she reached the door to the dinning salon,she ressembled her dignity and stepped soberly through.

Younger people often think folks our age are beyond romance,dancing our dreams. They see us as age has shaped us; camoulaged by wrinkles, thick waists and gray hair. They don't see the people inside. To them we are the wise old codgers, the dignified matrons.
No one would ever know that we are still the shinny kid who grew up in Amarillo, Texas. Inside, we still think of ourselves as the youngest child in a vivacious family. And we are still the romantic teeager who longed for love, the young adult who aspired to siocial respectability; but whom shall we tell?

We are like the woman in the ship's passageway, in whom the music still echoes. We are the sum of all the lives we once lived. we show the grown-up part, but inside we are still the laughing children, the shy teens, the dream-filled youths.

There still exists, most real, the matrix or all we were or ever yearned to be.

In our hearts we still hear "Begin the Beguine"

Think about it!

Skeet/Loreto

Bruce R Leech - 10-21-2006 at 12:29 PM

thanks for sharing that Skeet

shari - 10-21-2006 at 12:32 PM

Gosh Skeet, I'm busted, I opened this thread thinking OK, I'm young (at heart) and then you had to go and mention Begin the Begine...which was a tune I danced our families signature choreography to many many times and remember so cleary my feet start tapping away....thanks for the memories and reminding me of my age....drat!

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE...

M - 10-21-2006 at 12:52 PM

Who felt that way! My husband, not to be fooled though, still calls me 'little girl' or most often, 'BRAT'. God knows how childish I can be sometimes.

Thanks for that Skeet, I loved your story and insight.
Hugs,
M

Don Alley - 10-21-2006 at 01:10 PM

Well, not "Begin the Beguine."

Maybe "Chinacat Sunflower."

BajaNomad - 10-21-2006 at 01:29 PM

Maybe our "young" nomad needs background on what exactly "Begin the Beguine" is (and possibly who Artie Shaw is):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begin_the_Beguine

vgabndo - 10-21-2006 at 01:57 PM

Up until about a decade ago, when I'd be doing something stupid and potentially deadly, and fun, in the back of my mind a little imaginary newspaper would have a story with my name in it and a line that said: A Mt. Shasta youth was tragically killed on Wednesday when.......

I was already old enough THEN for an AARP discount!

I hope it never changes.

Thanks Skeet

jimgrms - 10-21-2006 at 03:37 PM

There is another song that brings back memories , tequilla makes her clothes fall off :saint:

[Edited on 10-21-2006 by jimgrms]

Skeet

Baja Bernie - 10-21-2006 at 04:30 PM

Keep that up and you will lose your license to claim to be a Texan---So damn true it hurts!

Corky1 - 10-21-2006 at 04:49 PM

:saint:

I resemble that!!!!

Corky :lol:

chino - 10-21-2006 at 06:42 PM

Nice Skeet, I have been re-thinking my view of older folks, and this helps. There was a time when I was younger when I hardley gave older folks a thought, but guess what happened, I got older!

Al G - 10-21-2006 at 07:02 PM

A persons age has four categories:
1) How old you are.
2) How old you feel.
3) How old you act.
4) How well you treat your body.
There is a fifth that only applies to online...........
5) How well you slap down 30 somethings for being disrespectful. especially if they troll...all in fun....
:lol:

I love this forum.

Al G - 10-21-2006 at 07:06 PM

There is a sixth........
How well you remember...
I will not delete, but this last post was meant for Bernie's post....

longlegsinlapaz - 10-21-2006 at 07:21 PM

Excellent post Skeet! I must be at that difficult age!! I recognize "Begin the Beguine" when I hear it, but I gotta admit that it takes something more along the lines of "Louie Louie" or "Heard it Through the Grapevine" for me to feel the beat! :yes:

vgabndo - 10-21-2006 at 09:51 PM

Yeah Longlegz:

I was kinda thinkin' Booker T and the MG's and Green Onions.
You'll know it when you hear it. :lol:

BajaNomad - 10-21-2006 at 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vgabndo
I was kinda thinkin' Booker T and the MG's and Green Onions.
You'll know it when you hear it.

http://www.tall5.com/nomad/Booker%20T%20Washington%20&%2...

[Edited on 10-22-2006 by BajaNomad]

dean miller - 10-22-2006 at 09:16 AM

Great memories of days gone by...
...The music written by Cole Porter...
.....The song recorded by Artie Shaw...

Like yesterday! But so long ago..

Once again Thanks for the memories...

dm

capt. mike - 10-22-2006 at 09:32 AM

where can i download an mp3 file of it??

vgabndo - 10-22-2006 at 12:38 PM

Thanks Doug:

That tune and the flip side were the only two "round-eye" songs on the juke box at the Ace of Clubs in Henoko Kushisan, Okinawa when I was a teen-aged jar head.

If you found someone who REALLY knew "tha haps", they might mention some band called the Beatles. I didn't hear them for another year. I know Skeet...a bunch of long haired nekkid BABIES! :lol:

Cypress - 10-22-2006 at 12:53 PM

"Louie Louie" by the Kingsman. Early 60's.

longlegsinlapaz - 10-22-2006 at 01:24 PM

Cypress:

The Kingsman & I graduated from David Douglas HS in Portland....they 1-2 years before me! Yes it was the early 60's....which I'm NOT....YET....QUITE!! :lol:

Cypress - 10-22-2006 at 01:37 PM

longlegsinlapaz. Good times!

About those early sixties?

Wild times. :tumble:

Had some good music along the way. :bounce:

Martyman - 10-23-2006 at 11:50 AM

Hey Don Alley:
I'm still space dancing to China Cat!! You da man.

Cincodemayo - 10-23-2006 at 12:49 PM

The other day I heard Innagoddadavida on the radio...what an awesome song. Iron Butterfly....

Cypress - 10-23-2006 at 01:03 PM

Cincodemayo, Innagoddadavida! :yes:

windgrrl - 10-23-2006 at 06:00 PM

70s - Led Zepplin, David Bowie, Van Morrison and eternally :cool:

- Carlos Santana. Then the new millenium and all these guys are cool again!

Al G - 10-23-2006 at 06:30 PM

Don't forget IMHOThe very best of the best...Freddy Mercury.. :cool:

Also Sam Cook for your soul :cool:

Longlegzzzzzzz

bajaguy - 10-23-2006 at 08:57 PM

Did you know a Dan Harris (teacher/coach) at David Douglas???

BajaNomad - 10-23-2006 at 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by capt. mike
where can i download an mp3 file of it??

Mike,

Which?

http://www.lilesnet.com/music/mp3/Begin%20The%20Beguine.mp3

FARASHA - 10-24-2006 at 06:40 AM

:light:

OY wey; Begin the ... , reminds me of iceskating with my first boyfriend, along with "raindrops keep falling...",
OR "I'm dancing in the rain..."
AND then, also the BEATLES, LED Zeppelin, The WHO!!!!
The Rolling Stones. " I can get no...."
Mile Davis!!!! AHHHH !!
Later the QUEEN!!!! WHO mentioned Freddy Mercury??
I had the pleasure to see him LIVE on Stage 2 or3 times,have great PIC's of him.
Can't say which of his track was the BEST!!
PFUI

- makes me feel quite sentimental and OLD. :wow:

bajalera - 10-24-2006 at 02:47 PM

Skeet, I'm shocked--shocked! That Golden Oldie is about FOOLING AROUND: "And we suddenly know . . . the sweetness of sin . . . when they begin . . . the beguine."

Must be a couple of those irresponsible pot-smoking lazy young people you periodically complain about. And God only knows what a beguine is!

But you know how to spell it, and that's impressive.

bufeo - 10-24-2006 at 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bajalera... And God only knows what a beguine is!...

A dance originating in the Caribbean, similar to the rumba.

[Edited on 10-24-2006 by bufeo]

Neal Johns - 10-24-2006 at 03:48 PM

Ahhh, Skeet!
I have been exploring the Utah backcountry for ten days and what a nice post to come back to. :!:

longlegsinlapaz - 10-24-2006 at 04:59 PM

Gee thanks, Bajaguy!! I just moved into a rental while I build my LAST (so help me!) casa! All my books are packed & will remain packed until my final move. So I can't get to my yearbooks. The name doesn't SOUND familiar, what'd he teach....I think I can safely say I didn't have him for any classes, but it's still be interesting to see if I recognize him....if he was there '61-'65.

Quote:

Originally posted by bajaguy
Did you know a Dan Harris (teacher/coach) at David Douglas???

Crusoe - 10-24-2006 at 05:26 PM

Really good Skeet---The one I like is " Your only as old as the girl you feel"!!!!

Skeet/Loreto - 10-26-2006 at 04:32 AM

Very good Posts, All!

Sure does show my Age!

There I was in Hollywood and POP{ or to you Youngsters, Pacific Ocean Park} dancing the Night away to the Music of Laurence Welk, sweet You, youngs things, Waltzing, Jitterbugging, Swinging.

On to the "El Monte Stomp" on Saturday Night to the Music of Tennessee Ernie Ford , then South to El Cajon Barn to dance to the Music of Lefty Frezzell. and not to forget going North to the Fresno Barn{an old Chicken House} dancing and Stomping to Buck Owens and the Buckaroos!!!

Oh! the Ladies!!! Sweet Young Things, Middleaged Matrons, a few "Olders ones" who could put the Youngsters to Shame!!

Then along came those 60"s where they started dancing "Apart"!!
Nothing like a Beautifull Lady in your Arms with that sweet , Lithe,Body, giving you sensations, Challenging you Resolve!!

Yes Lera, we are All Sinners

Skeet