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In high school, we were asked once to do a writing
assignment about what out “theme song” would be. The audio options swept through my mind, all
my favorites of the time Madonna, Guns ‘n Roses, Metallica, Love and Rockets,
The Cure, Grateful dead, The Ramones, Bon Jovi, maybe something from Pink
Floyd…
Strangely, what summed it up best in my heart, the tune that tinkled through my days was a bunch of
older white guys that most folks hadn’t heard of: the Traveling Wilburys. Take a Beatle, some other rock legends, blend well…Wilburys. The music and lyrics are deceptively simple,
yet embody incredible talent, a wicked streak of humor, and the calm advice of
dudes who have been around a mighty long time (compared to me at any rate).
“It’s all right” is a simple tune that has seen me through
years of indignities and kept me smiling with its rather Buddhist-like
acceptance of the things that steamroll
through our lives.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewWyW6lT1HE
It’s a little tough to hear
Roy
’s beautiful voice and not see him &
his big dark glasses in the video. I
love his guitar in the rocking chair standing in. I wonder if the Wilburys know anything about
the Gestalt Therapy “empty chair” techniques. And by now ,sadly, George is also passed away.
Handle with Care is similarly inspiring/familiar for me. They sing about having been “I’ve been robbed and
ridiculed from day care centers to night school” and “been stuck in airports
terrorized, sent to meetings hypnotized- over-exposed, commercialized…”. Who can’t relate to such modern and
social travails?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLipHoBSbJY
There’s a smiling
recitation of such mediocre moments, but the song moves toward someone new and
adorable who makes all such nonsense fade back into part of the joking journey.
To sum up, “Well, it’s all right, even if you’re old and
gray, well it’s all right – You still got something to say!”
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