I occasionally wondered how the band Ten Years After got its name, but never enough to look it up - until now. Wikipedia says it was coined in 1966 in honor of Elvis Presley, an idol of a key band member and whose momentous year in rock was 1956.
So, are we showing our age when the phrase "Ten Years After" immediately conjures the Woodstock era band? I wonder who else got that reference.
And so many of the rest of the lyrics to that song are not PC in today's overly-sensitive world.
Elvis is still the king, and he always will be. He defined cool for a generation trying desperately to be cool. Ignore the fat, downer-ridden version of the seventies, and he was truly an idol. The King is dead. Long live the King.
We're definitely showing our age. I thought the same thing about the lyrics when I saw them all in print. Ditto on the King, though I am fascinated by the humanity of his 60's lethargy and 70's decline and fall.
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Lit a candle in memory of all those lost on 9/11/01. Saying a prayer for those still fighting for our country
I'd love to change the world
But don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you.
Cool lyrical reference!
I occasionally wondered how the band Ten Years After got its name, but never enough to look it up - until now. Wikipedia says it was coined in 1966 in honor of Elvis Presley, an idol of a key band member and whose momentous year in rock was 1956.
There you have it.
So, are we showing our age when the phrase "Ten Years After" immediately conjures the Woodstock era band? I wonder who else got that reference.
And so many of the rest of the lyrics to that song are not PC in today's overly-sensitive world.
Elvis is still the king, and he always will be. He defined cool for a generation trying desperately to be cool. Ignore the fat, downer-ridden version of the seventies, and he was truly an idol. The King is dead. Long live the King.
We're definitely showing our age. I thought the same thing about the lyrics when I saw them all in print. Ditto on the King, though I am fascinated by the humanity of his 60's lethargy and 70's decline and fall.
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