THE VIDEO CLIP BELOW THIS POST WAS MEANT TO BE INCLUDED, "IN" THIS POST-- BUT IT STILL WORKS!
WHO IMMORTALIZED THESE WORDS IN VINYL NO LESS? 13 CHANNELS-- MY LORD WHAT A MESS-------OMG--AND "ABOUT" THE CHOICES!
I'VE GOT 13 CHANNELS OF _ HI T on the TV to chose from!
I'VE GOT 13 CHANNELS OF _ HI T on the TV to chose from!
Pink Floyd! (I bow down).
Calling
it like it was back then. Not only were there ONLY 13 channels, but 12
went off the air at Midnight O'clock! And what better way to prepare
yourself for another day and say good bye to the one just past than to
hear,
Marion Mitchell "Duke" Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name
Marion Mitchell "Duke" Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison; May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), better known by his stage name
John Wayne
(Which is my Given Name by the way! Yes--I heard all the jokes!
But there were many who read this in tribute to our Airmen & Women as station after station signed of for the night in the 60's!!! But what a comfort- to hear these words coming from someone who WAS the GI, Pilot, Rugged-EVERYMAN, and who would forever keep America Safe!recognizable voice to millions- instantly bringing trust, comfort and believability---there could be no agenda........... doing a phenomenal monologue to end the night's Shows. Pink even then warning of Big Big Brother's attempt, to keep us in line, Cookie Cutter cutouts all (with only slight differences, in features and personalities). BUT NONE IN INDEPENDANT THOUGHT OR BELIEF!!!!!!.....Yes, Yes, I do digress.
But there were many who read this in tribute to our Airmen & Women as station after station signed of for the night in the 60's!!! But what a comfort- to hear these words coming from someone who WAS the GI, Pilot, Rugged-EVERYMAN, and who would forever keep America Safe!recognizable voice to millions- instantly bringing trust, comfort and believability---there could be no agenda........... doing a phenomenal monologue to end the night's Shows. Pink even then warning of Big Big Brother's attempt, to keep us in line, Cookie Cutter cutouts all (with only slight differences, in features and personalities). BUT NONE IN INDEPENDANT THOUGHT OR BELIEF!!!!!!.....Yes, Yes, I do digress.
High Flight
by John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds...and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of...wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up, the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
And while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space...
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
I can't remember if he did the entire poem..a part of it and then finishedGod Bless America-- (Verbal- not sung)- to close the days' viewing. To be replaced with the Indian Logo, or the Channels Emblem, or my favorite-
The Alaskan Snowstorm Whiteout!
In
reading the poem (Which I never had in it's entirety until now---see
how educational Blogging can be? NO- if you want to know the
significance of the poem, from where it genesis sprang,
GoogleBingYahooWickiAltaPedia it JUROWNSELF! In rear-view 20/20- even
though objects oft appear closer than they are so how can it be 20...???
nevermind.: in hindsight we can see so much of almost Sciencefictionish
(word?), the allegory easily seen now, since we have slipped the surly
bonds, have danced on Silver Wings, and in some aspects, we have
indeed, touched the Face of God, if you care to use the magnificent
Hubble Pictures of others' Galaxies.
Look at the some of the wording...-
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew.
I TRESPASSED? Did I do something wrong by dreming to escape Surly
BONDS? To Fly on a Lark......to dare to be different, to wbnat to
explore and queation ALL, to see what was in store?
The high untrespassed sanctity of space...
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
what beautiful words......
...put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
what beautiful words......
-- trespassers will be shot--it's sacred, mine, hoy, keep off etc....
OK
LET'S GET TO IT--WE HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED CHANNELS- I HAVE A FAVORITES
LIST PARED DOWN TO 83! 83 CHANNELS THAT I MAY WATCH....AND I HAVE A
SUPER SECRET FAVORITE LIST- ONE, PAIRED DOWN TO TO A MERE 47 CHANNELS
OUT OF THE ADVERTISED
HUNDREDS!
PRETTY
COOL-- A MAJOR SELLING POINT AT ONE TIME, AND BLINDLY TAKING THE BAIT
WE SAY, MORE MUST BE BETTER- WE IN REALITY- WE WOULD BE MUCH BTTER OF
SLIPPING THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH AND TRESPASSING
ANYWHERE
WE WANTED TO GO WITH AN ELECTRONIC BOOK READER! AND YES, SINCE I HAVE
HAVE NEVER EVER RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM MY MASS AUDIENCE- I WOULD ACCEPT
ONE, HUMBLY, GRACIOUSY- AS LONG AS IT'S LOADED WITH GOOD BOOKS!~
SOUNDS TOO MUCH LIKE GROVELLING DOESN'T IT?
I have no idea what planets you were visiting there John but I absolutely love that poem. As did my Grandfather who had it printed on the bulletin for his funeral from which I printed it on a picture and framed it. (He was a pilot in WWI)
ReplyDeleteWhen stations signed off here, they played the national anthem.
Ours did to Jeannie--thanks for reminding me of that!
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo cool that your Grandad did that with the poem!
Thanks so much for sharing that!
John