tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6202545709425231619..comments2024-03-28T13:36:05.167-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Forever Young."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36421731469841757642008-10-29T09:58:00.000-05:002008-10-29T09:58:00.000-05:00Seems like a LOT of people trying to see growing u...Seems like a LOT of people trying to see growing up as being entirely a positive thing, but the truth is that we carry around all kinds of bits of us including bits from the past, and understanding the 'inner child' is a pretty important thing in that context. It DOESN'T mean that you can't be grown up when you need to, but it DOES mean that you are able to enjoy yourself and be creative rather than being endlessly serious. And to be serious for one moment it will be getting a hearing at MY funeral ......inthealleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11598936977447139845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43661098502216527532008-10-28T21:35:00.000-05:002008-10-28T21:35:00.000-05:00I think that Peter Pan is a lot more ambiguous abo...I think that Peter Pan is a lot more ambiguous about the value of growing up than you remember. Peter's infinite adolescence is the source of his best traits as well as his worst.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18578663021280226722008-10-28T09:51:00.000-05:002008-10-28T09:51:00.000-05:00"... my favorite Dylan song ..."Heh. Now there's a..."... my favorite Dylan song ..."<BR/><BR/>Heh. Now there's a phrase that has never passed my lips.Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740963417992451373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53829098067506377532008-10-28T08:28:00.000-05:002008-10-28T08:28:00.000-05:00It's a song sung to all people of all ages implori...It's a song sung to all people of all ages imploring that they stay young at heart and blessing them in their endeavors.<BR/><BR/>Considering that the song refers to "a ladder to the stars" and knowing Dylan's Biblical scholarship, I hear Jacob using the song to calm Esau down, saying that in some way he'll have his share, too.<BR/><BR/>(They are twins, and Jacob has twice tricked Esau, both out of his birthright as first-born and his father's dying blessing. Jacob flees Esau and at night, during a vision of angels rising and descending on a ladder, perhaps symbolizing the up and downs of life, God tells him the land will be his. Jacob appeases Esau with gifts. They reconcile.)<BR/><BR/>Played the song at my wedding reception.<BR/><BR/>May your blog always be bloggy.<BR/>May your downloads be complete<BR/>When the internet is not so swift.George M. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818413936028778734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25369271719824653552008-10-28T08:26:00.000-05:002008-10-28T08:26:00.000-05:00What Bob is getting at is to keep pushing forward,...What Bob is getting at is to keep pushing forward, much like his earlier line "he not busy being born is busy dying".eharmonicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709279241103290062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1606655283709420482008-10-28T07:57:00.000-05:002008-10-28T07:57:00.000-05:00It takes a long time to become young.--Pablo Picas...It takes a long time to become young.<BR/>--Pablo Picassoricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8116289881879397982008-10-28T06:24:00.000-05:002008-10-28T06:24:00.000-05:00Best cover of Forever Young was from The Pretender...Best cover of Forever Young was from The Pretenders. The slow, low lyric is a perfect match to Chrissie Hynde's voice.Ken Pidcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236539087094493564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57205434633200763292008-10-27T22:46:00.000-05:002008-10-27T22:46:00.000-05:00I like Frank Sinatra singing "Young at Heart."I like Frank Sinatra <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsP17tin1tQ" REL="nofollow">singing "Young at Heart."</A>Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52395224847663797812008-10-27T22:45:00.000-05:002008-10-27T22:45:00.000-05:00Yes, edh, I know, but do we really want childish a...Yes, edh, I know, but do we really want childish adults?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38849568198647648202008-10-27T22:44:00.000-05:002008-10-27T22:44:00.000-05:00Thanks, Fred. The idea of staying forever young fe...Thanks, Fred. The idea of staying forever young feels very wrong when someone actually dies young. It's better to wish to grow old.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77537981857966307402008-10-27T22:41:00.000-05:002008-10-27T22:41:00.000-05:00I think it's supposed to be about remaining young ...I think it's supposed to be about remaining young "at heart and in spirit," no matter where you go in your adult life.<BR/><BR/>You know, that etherial substance, like change you can believe in.Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75492335914141420352008-10-27T22:32:00.000-05:002008-10-27T22:32:00.000-05:00Sorry to go off topic, but a sad day with the loss...Sorry to go off topic, but a sad day with the loss of Dean Barnett (maybe not so off topic given his young age and tragic loss). Keep him and his family in your prayers. Dean was a good egg. <A HREF="http://townhall.com/blog/g/6b7b7be7-f95f-4f1f-9723-63c7dbf0a1de" REL="nofollow">RIP Dean Barnett</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/c35c0920-308d-4338-92da-25911b838e09" REL="nofollow">Barnett Celebrating his 40th Birthday</A>Fred4Preshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01574159710712259945noreply@blogger.com