Monday, December 13, 2021

My Music Monday - Rocket That Grandpa Rode



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.  


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  1. Anonymous12/13/2021

    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.

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    1. It was a great time to be alive

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  2. I 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.

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    1. I was never the cool kid

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    2. I wasn’t really either. I just tried to be (or I played one on TV).

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  3. AND... I can understand why I never heard this Jimmy Buffet song.

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  4. I thought the moon landing was faked. I mean, wasn't OJ one of the men on the moon? =)

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    1. In my teens I met some of the people who pulled off this hoax, amazing people

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  5. Glad you saw it on colour TV, lol!

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    1. My home computer has a larger screen and better picture

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