tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8967211122996776623..comments2024-03-28T03:36:23.587-05:00Comments on Althouse: I'm playing "Canyons Of Your Mind" by the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26532918565979291052015-05-15T19:57:11.819-05:002015-05-15T19:57:11.819-05:00Jasmine... Windmills...
Oh, hell....Jasmine... Windmills...<br /><br />Oh, hell....Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18085515258238572722015-05-15T17:30:36.396-05:002015-05-15T17:30:36.396-05:00Nah. The wheatfields and the clotheslines and the ...Nah. The wheatfields and the clotheslines and the junkyards and the highways is no kind of sexual metaphor. John Hartford's own recording of his song is lovely and sentimental, cheerful and intelligent.Hazy Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205671948883857573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70053629737290126512015-05-15T14:47:44.277-05:002015-05-15T14:47:44.277-05:00Roughcoat said...
Oh crap, I can't believe I ...Roughcoat said...<br /><br /><i>Oh crap, I can't believe I got it wrong--"canyons" instead of "jasmine."</i><br /><br />Hey, you got a tag out of it. You can't complain about that.<br />Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27190899830868339902015-05-15T14:31:14.113-05:002015-05-15T14:31:14.113-05:00"Gentle on My Mind" is entirely an exten..."Gentle on My Mind" is entirely an extended sexual metaphor--beginning with "It's knowing that your door is always open/And your path is free to walk."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85622604532557230412015-05-15T13:26:50.564-05:002015-05-15T13:26:50.564-05:00Oh crap, I can't believe I got it wrong--"...Oh crap, I can't believe I got it wrong--"canyons" instead of "jasmine."<br /><br />The 70s was a confusing time for me. Still is, obviously.Roughcoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669030540648967376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33099848867718835832015-05-15T13:19:01.611-05:002015-05-15T13:19:01.611-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Roughcoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669030540648967376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4255469814247309642015-05-15T12:50:08.772-05:002015-05-15T12:50:08.772-05:00ADDED: In the comments to the earlier post — the o...<i>ADDED: In the comments to the earlier post — the one with the <b>Florence Henderson and the crabs</b></i><br /><br />Take a bow Althouse! You've probably just christened somebody's bar band.NorthOfTheOneOhOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365040649237648784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53921446153804061322015-05-15T12:36:06.635-05:002015-05-15T12:36:06.635-05:00Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through ...<i>Summer breeze, makes me feel fine<br />Blowing through the jasmine in my mind</i><br /><br />One of the songs that made disco necessary.Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35938038398954068562015-05-15T12:30:31.188-05:002015-05-15T12:30:31.188-05:00Back then all of us - even those of us who avoided...Back then all of us - even those of us who avoided the pharmacopeia - seem to have been into our mental topography. Windmills, canyons - but best to stay away from the smoke rings, which would lead to the foggy ruins of time.Steve in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02847536824200863493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39880363041251071242015-05-15T12:11:44.537-05:002015-05-15T12:11:44.537-05:00A couple friends of mine were big Noel Harrison fa...A couple friends of mine were big Noel Harrison fans for some reason, so I became familiar with "Windmills Of Your Mind" only a few decades after discovering the Bonzos' "Canyons". Not generally a big fan of Michel Legrand and that whole French popular song shtick, but the syrupy production and rambling hippie imagery work for me, somehow. What it all has to do with Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway and a million dollar caper, I can only guess.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXFh-mYh2dQ" rel="nofollow">Here.</a>Hazy Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205671948883857573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-766993459010605292015-05-15T12:03:56.779-05:002015-05-15T12:03:56.779-05:00As a test this morning when at the dry cleaners a...As a test this morning when at the dry cleaners and the bank I chatted with the 20-30 year old employees about Doctor Zhivago. Four out of four had never heard of Doctor Zhivago.<br /><br />I told one that was like saying he had never heard of Shakespeare. He took offense at that idea and asserted that he had heard of Shakespeare.<br /><br />Common Core curriculum replacing western Civilization has already happened. I guess the Stalinists never forgave Pasternak for making money in the West. And they are back in full mind control.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44242511918249168612015-05-15T11:40:30.964-05:002015-05-15T11:40:30.964-05:00Yeah, someone beat me to it but it's "jas...Yeah, someone beat me to it but it's "jasmine", not "canyons". For some reason I had that song in my head as "windmills of my mind" which I've now googled and seen that it's a different song that Sting covered.CStanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13467496850893922521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52181414757963984762015-05-15T11:36:28.803-05:002015-05-15T11:36:28.803-05:00IIRC, Rita Tushingham had a nice tush.IIRC, Rita Tushingham had a nice tush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13154331708740340512015-05-15T11:28:13.726-05:002015-05-15T11:28:13.726-05:00Summer breeze, makes me feel fine
Blowing through ...<i>Summer breeze, makes me feel fine<br />Blowing through the canyons of my miiiiiiiind.</i><br /><br />Maybe it was unreachable because that is not how it goes!<br /><br /><i>Summer breeze, makes me feel fine<br />Blowing through the <b>jasmine</b> in my mind</i>Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52124454989186415232015-05-15T10:49:36.049-05:002015-05-15T10:49:36.049-05:00Julie Christie? I'm still smitten.
The lyric...Julie Christie? I'm still smitten. <br /><br />The lyrics to "Elusive Butterfly" were just a warning about what was to come.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5mD_loFlfgMark Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884518441515988550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2219626655951790352015-05-15T10:43:36.875-05:002015-05-15T10:43:36.875-05:00Julie Christie as the woman who's prettier tha...Julie Christie as the woman who's prettier than the other woman.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-546491002981191462015-05-15T10:42:42.900-05:002015-05-15T10:42:42.900-05:00""Rita Tushingham...as the girl!"&q...""Rita Tushingham...as the girl!""<br /><br />Yeah, that's the one I imitated out loud.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87575516723469569652015-05-15T10:13:39.596-05:002015-05-15T10:13:39.596-05:00Betty White can't live forever. Florence Hend...Betty White can't live forever. Florence Henderson is auditioning to become America's next salty grandma.....I never associated John Lindsay with lice. You'd think that if he were a horn dog, more people would have come forward. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26631572619161198472015-05-15T09:59:10.569-05:002015-05-15T09:59:10.569-05:00but perhaps of interest Six year old girl defeats ...<i>but perhaps of interest Six year old girl defeats chess grandmaster after playing just a few months<br /><br /></i>In reality, it just seemed to observers that the game took that long.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16228121139045096202015-05-15T09:57:51.780-05:002015-05-15T09:57:51.780-05:00"Zhivago! A man in love...with life!"
..."Zhivago! A man in love...with life!"<br /><br />Who wrote that laughably bad trailer!<br /><br />"Rita Tushingham...as the girl!"MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91336830665299671862015-05-15T09:57:02.788-05:002015-05-15T09:57:02.788-05:00Am I the only one whom "Lara's Theme"...Am I the only one whom "Lara's Theme" makes want to smash things?<br /><br />Though Julie Christie was super hot.Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28527858558428498112015-05-15T09:39:18.011-05:002015-05-15T09:39:18.011-05:00We went to see Dr. Zhivago when I was 8 years old....We went to see Dr. Zhivago when I was 8 years old. At the time, my vocabulary didn't include the phrase "chick flick".madAsHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149940549262340795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27428036708814576222015-05-15T09:18:03.146-05:002015-05-15T09:18:03.146-05:00@MisterBuddwing
LOL.
I made a punctuation chang...@MisterBuddwing <br /><br />LOL.<br /><br />I made a punctuation change so you couldn't think about it that way, but it was funny to imagine that Meade calls me Elvis!<br /><br />If he did call me Elvis, I'd call him Janis.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62641643894909326142015-05-15T09:10:47.475-05:002015-05-15T09:10:47.475-05:00You would've thought that there would've b...<i>You would've thought that there would've been a sequel to Dr. Zhivago by now</i><br /><br />With the hero being a bare-chested leader on a horse with a crossbow?tim in vermonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547980465313241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54657520140415690392015-05-15T09:03:49.623-05:002015-05-15T09:03:49.623-05:00You would've thought that there would've b...You would've thought that there would've been a sequel to Dr. Zhivago by now.<br /><br />Missed opportunity.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.com