This was not a major hit for Jimmy, easy to overlook, unless you are my age, and listen carefully to the words. I remember where I was when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, when Neil and Buzz descended the steps. I was just old enough to remember. My parents knew that, they let us all stay up past midnight to watch that first moon walk, in color, the moon landing had encouraged my parents to buy their first color TV that summer. Not knowing that the moon would be largely monotone.
The small school I attended gathered around an old black and white tv and in spite of such poor vision on the screen, it was very exciting.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great time to be alive
DeleteI was 15 at the time of the moon landing and, although I remember being excited, but I was associating with older (21) hippie friends who had nothing good to say about it. So, I kept quiet. Peer pressure.
ReplyDeleteI was never the cool kid
DeleteI wasn’t really either. I just tried to be (or I played one on TV).
DeleteAND... I can understand why I never heard this Jimmy Buffet song.
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DeleteI thought the moon landing was faked. I mean, wasn't OJ one of the men on the moon? =)
ReplyDeleteIn my teens I met some of the people who pulled off this hoax, amazing people
DeleteGlad you saw it on colour TV, lol!
ReplyDeleteMy home computer has a larger screen and better picture
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