Deja Vous Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 a huge feeling to me.. Just like em I guess.. Some songs do stir your heart, and mind. I love the wish I didn't know what I didn't know then.. such a cool verse.. Against the Wind........ It seems like yesterday But it was long ago Janey was lovely she was the queen of my nights There in the darkness with the radio playing low And the secrets that we shared The mountains that we moved Caught like a wildfire out of control 'Til there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove And I remember what she said to me How she swore that it never would end I remember how she held me oh so tight Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then Against the wind We were runnin' against the wind We were young and strong, we were runnin' Against the wind The years rolled slowly past And I found myself alone Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends I found myself further and further from my home And I guess I lost my way There were oh so many roads I was living to run and running to live Never worryied about paying or even how much I owed Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time Breaking all of the rules that would bend I began to find myself searching Searching for shelter again and again Against the wind A little something against the wind I found myself seeking shelter sgainst the wind Well those drifter's days are past me now I've got so much more to think about Deadlines and commitments What to leave in, what to leave out Against the wind I'm still runnin' against the wind I'm older now but still runnin' against the wind Well I'm older now and still runnin' Against the wind Against the wind Against the wind Still runnin' I'm still runnin' against the wind I'm still runnin' I'm still runnin' against the wind Still runnin' Runnin' against the wind Runnin' against the wind See the young man run Watch the young man run Watch the young man runnin' He'll be runnin' against the wind Let the cowboys ride Let the cowboys ride They'll be ridin' against the wind Against the wind ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Deja, there is somethin' to be said bout "Runnin' against the Wind." I have thought bout dat alot....seems I've been doin' dat my whole life. But.... I don't think I would have it any other way. Try to see it my way. It is an up hill fight. Every one says you can not do, be or take dis and dat. But you keep tryin, over and over again. In ones early years, all da school kids made fun of ya cuz you aint cool. No worries. Just keep plugin' on. Den comes da day, when ya see all yur school mates again and ya hear'em say how der lifes are just a failure. But you know....YOU KNOW, you made it through. You payed da price and ya made it through. So, when I hear good ole Bob singin' dat song, I just close my eyes and smile, thinkin' I payed da price...I made it through....I was "Runnin' Against the Wind !" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Deja, there is somethin' to be said bout "Runnin' against the Wind." I have thought bout dat alot....seems I've been doin' dat my whole life. But.... I don't think I would have it any other way. Try to see it my way. It is an up hill fight. Every one says you can not do, be or take dis and dat. But you keep tryin, over and over again. In ones early years, all da school kids made fun of ya cuz you aint cool. No worries. Just keep plugin' on. Den comes da day, when ya see all yur school mates again and ya hear'em say how der lifes are just a failure. But you know....YOU KNOW, you made it through. You payed da price and ya made it through. So, when I hear good ole Bob singin' dat song, I just close my eyes and smile, thinkin' I payed da price...I made it through....I was "Runnin' Against the Wind !" I get tired at times.. but hey you know no one said it would be easy huh? Being muliti cultural is hard, huh? wish my dad had more respect for his past, but he is a good man.. so bet it.. anyhow.. I was raised around swedes.. lol.. none of them wanted that little crazy dark tannned girl to hand out with their boys.. lol.. But, I found sun block and a hat.. lol. being part helps.. it really; does.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Da wifey said I'm damnest thing she has ever seen.... I git white in da winter... But in da Spring, I burn, never peel and stay red till bout da 1st snow !! Makes her so mad !!!! I just tell her "Dats wat happens when yur a mixed blood !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I've been bucking a headwind all my life. Lost some promotions and more that a few jobs over it, even lost some friends along the way. On the other hand I've been places and done things I wouldn't have if I'd been "conventional", and I've made many more friends than I ever lost...and jobs come and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Taft Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I've always been different to the point of almost losing it all. The thing about being different is that you can change, conform to fit the rest of the world..........SASS matches ain't the only place where I'm a cowboy.........I've studied western history all my life. I've worn the clothes and shot the guns and rode the horses and lived by my understanding of the code.... Conform to fit the world??????..........Ta HELL with that!! I'm still runnin' against the wind. Folks 'round our town can't believe what they see when they look at me, but it's me and I won't change to fit the world....or to suit them. I don't want to look like or act like the "average Joe". I want to be who I am. Everyone that has ever been kicked around for where they come from or where they are going are the ones that have been where I've been, and they are the ones that I choose to have as friends. When you meet me someday down the road you will know what a true friend means to me. ~EE Taft~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Good choice of songs, Deja. I've always thought Bob Seger is the true great American rock poet. "Against the Wind" is certainly one of my favorites, although I am also a fan of "Like a Rock." Especially in light of those darn Chevy truck commercials where the dad's see their little girls growing up... My oldest is sixteen, but I hear "Twenty years now, Where'd they go?" and I know exactly what he means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 One of my favorite songs. My band did it live for a while. I never thought my voice did the song justice, but folks that heard it say different. Bob Seger is one of my vocal heroes, along with Gregg Allman and Levon Helm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apache Hawk 60642 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I've always been different to the point of almost losing it all. The thing about being different is that you can change, conform to fit the rest of the world..........SASS matches ain't the only place where I'm a cowboy.........I've studied western history all my life. I've worn the clothes and shot the guns and rode the horses and lived by my understanding of the code.... Conform to fit the world??????..........Ta HELL with that!! I'm still runnin' against the wind. Folks 'round our town can't believe what they see when they look at me, but it's me and I won't change to fit the world....or to suit them. I don't want to look like or act like the "average Joe". I want to be who I am. Everyone that has ever been kicked around for where they come from or where they are going are the ones that have been where I've been, and they are the ones that I choose to have as friends. When you meet me someday down the road you will know what a true friend means to me. ~EE Taft~ Been there and still doin' dat, Bro !! Mr. EE Taft, it wood be my honor to buy ya a real "Takillya" on da day we meet. I wood even buy yur wife and kids somethin' too, ifin' dey be willin' to come along ! Heck, I love kids...alot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EE Taft Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I was gonna PM ya to invite ya to St. Jude's ta shoot with me........... If'n ya can make it, It would be my honor ta buy you a drink too. ~EE Taft~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Good choice of songs, Deja. I've always thought Bob Seger is the true great American rock poet. "Against the Wind" is certainly one of my favorites, although I am also a fan of "Like a Rock." Especially in light of those darn Chevy truck commercials where the dad's see their little girls growing up... My oldest is sixteen, but I hear "Twenty years now, Where'd they go?" and I know exactly what he means. Old time rock and roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Old time rock and roll. That kind of music just soothes the soul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 :lol: :lol: Yeeaaah,it duz!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Bob Seiger sings to my soul, nice to know I ain't the only one moved by his music. "All Chuck's childern are out there playin' the Sticks If you need a fix Come back baby Rock and Roll never forgets" Bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I been runnin against the wind all my life. Played in bands for years, had a music store, did lots of jobs in between gigs and have been self employed as a piano tuner since 1985. My own boss and I love it..............that with a nice little part time job at a gun shop/range, life is good and runnin against the wind has been fun. Now if I could only change the awful weather in this godforesaken place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Now if I could only change the awful weather in this godforesaken place! It's Ohio. Wait twenty minutes... It'll change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've been bucking a headwind all my life. Lost some promotions and more that a few jobs over it, even lost some friends along the way. On the other hand I've been places and done things I wouldn't have if I'd been "conventional", and I've made many more friends than I ever lost...and jobs come and go. Isn't it strange how some people seem to just breeze thru it all pretty much unscathed, well except for illness and stuff of course. And others seem to have a head wind most of their lives? It does teach you grace though, and acceptance, and passion for the good stuff, and understand for the bad stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've always been different to the point of almost losing it all. The thing about being different is that you can change, conform to fit the rest of the world..........SASS matches ain't the only place where I'm a cowboy.........I've studied western history all my life. I've worn the clothes and shot the guns and rode the horses and lived by my understanding of the code.... Conform to fit the world??????..........Ta HELL with that!! I'm still runnin' against the wind. Folks 'round our town can't believe what they see when they look at me, but it's me and I won't change to fit the world....or to suit them. I don't want to look like or act like the "average Joe". I want to be who I am. Everyone that has ever been kicked around for where they come from or where they are going are the ones that have been where I've been, and they are the ones that I choose to have as friends. When you meet me someday down the road you will know what a true friend means to me. ~EE Taft~ EE's we like you just the way you are.. Being average is not interesting at all.. That is one thing that I do see is that running against the wind you live closer to the edge and you have a zest for life. No amount of kicking will keep you down .. so its a cool thing really.. My Dad was honest to the point of brutal. I have some of him in me where I want to hear the facts, and when I ask for the facts I can tell if someone is lying to me... most of the time I let it go, maybe I don't want to deal with it.. But I still know they are lying to me, and that is much worse than simply telling me the truth.. Cuz now... I am wondering what it is that you are hiding from me.. lol.. So I have to deal with the fact that someone I care about can lie to me, and they can also keep something from me and not feel bad about doing it. I can read people at times, I just choose to not believe it, cuz I want to think every thing is perfect.... But doubt that is cast brings on mistrust and it can ruin a friendship or relationship so fast ... I don't judge people really, cuz gosh if I was judged by God I am afraid I would be on the losing side of the day... But none the less mistrust starts a downward spiral for me, they lose face to me. I guess I have held myself to a high standard, maybe too high. But if you ask, I am going to tell you, if it is something silly like your shoes or hair heck who cares. but on the real issues in life, I will tell you how it is... Gets me in trouble alot.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Good choice of songs, Deja. I've always thought Bob Seger is the true great American rock poet. "Against the Wind" is certainly one of my favorites, although I am also a fan of "Like a Rock." Especially in light of those darn Chevy truck commercials where the dad's see their little girls growing up... My oldest is sixteen, but I hear "Twenty years now, Where'd they go?" and I know exactly what he means. Songs have a amazing ability to touch my heart.. I have had several people say, oh, listen to this .. I love this song. .and it is a sad song.. and at times I can't listen.. cuz I don't want to see their hearts break before my eyes.. does that make sense? I love my friends, and family.. and the very thought that someone or something hurt them is more likely to almost make me cry than any amount of pain to myself. I can see sadness in their eyes when I hear a sad song that they like.. hard to explain.. But if you like Seger.. I think you get it... At 16 I wasn't allowed to date except go out with a group.. lol.. times have changed.. lol I know that has to be so hard ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 One of my favorite songs. My band did it live for a while. I never thought my voice did the song justice, but folks that heard it say different. Bob Seger is one of my vocal heroes, along with Gregg Allman and Levon Helm. Well, uh let us be the judge.. got a utube link? Please? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Bob Seiger sings to my soul, nice to know I ain't the only one moved by his music. "All Chuck's childern are out there playin' the Sticks If you need a fix Come back baby Rock and Roll never forgets" Bugs Against the wind does play to my soul in so many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I been runnin against the wind all my life. Played in bands for years, had a music store, did lots of jobs in between gigs and have been self employed as a piano tuner since 1985. My own boss and I love it..............that with a nice little part time job at a gun shop/range, life is good and runnin against the wind has been fun. Now if I could only change the awful weather in this godforesaken place! Ryes.. you need to move west.. lol... move in with your son and tune pianos here.. lol.. Running against the wind, is a way of life for some of us. We set our sights on what we want, but we have a soul so deep that along the way we are drown over and over gain... Ryes.. in the end, we can look in the mirror and know we lived our lives with passion, sweet true passion. I don't want to miss a thing in life.. not a thing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've always loved 'Against the Wind' takes me back to my high school days. So does this one, and it has a deeper message too: Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain And you are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter Never seem to find the time Plans that either come to nought Or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone The song is over Thought I'd something more to say..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've always loved 'Against the Wind' takes me back to my high school days. So does this one, and it has a deeper message too: Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain And you are young and life is long And there is time to kill today And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death Every year is getting shorter Never seem to find the time Plans that either come to nought Or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone The song is over Thought I'd something more to say..... A sort of end of it all song? I like this one too.. Desperado" Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? You been out ridin' fences for so long now Oh, you're a hard one I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin' you Can hurt you somehow Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy She'll beat you if she's able You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet Now it seems to me, some fine things Have been laid upon your table But you only want the ones that you can't get Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin' Your prison is walking through this world all alone Don't your feet get cold in the winter time? The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine It's hard to tell the night time from the day You're losin' all your highs and lows Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away? Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? Come down from your fences, open the gate It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you, before it's too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I don't know that I would call it an end of it all song so much as a song about how many of us live our lives. Waiting for a wake up call when we're young, but by the time it comes we're already growing old, so we hurry to make up time, but time is flying away from us faster and faster. The world hasn't changed, but we have, growing older faster every day, and when the end comes, we can't believe it, we thought our lives would mean more, but it's too late. the song is over. It's a sad song, but one that fits many people. It could mean many things to many people, but for me it says to act, to enjoy life and make the most of it while you can, cause it will be over far to soon and there are no second chances. I love the Eagles and have seen them in concert many times. Desparado is one of my favorite songs by them, but it doesn't speak to me at the same level as Time does. Just personal preference I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I don't know that I would call it an end of it all song so much as a song about how many of us live our lives. Waiting for a wake up call when we're young, but by the time it comes we're already growing old, so we hurry to make up time, but time is flying away from us faster and faster. The world hasn't changed, but we have, growing older faster every day, and when the end comes, we can't believe it, we thought our lives would mean more, but it's too late. the song is over. It's a sad song, but one that fits many people. It could mean many things to many people, but for me it says to act, to enjoy life and make the most of it while you can, cause it will be over far to soon and there are no second chances. thats a good way to live.. passion for life is life ... Sorry I missed the point... you know chicks.. lol.. just kidding.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'm not sure I do know chicks, that's part of what makes ya'll so interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'm not sure I do know chicks, that's part of what makes ya'll so interesting. Oh, you want to know the mystery??? Okay.. here goes.. shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh We dont know either.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Your posts are always fun Deja, and your name is well chosen. I do know that I'm on eastern time and my 90 plus students will expect me to teach the he!! out of them tomorrow...have a good evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Your posts are always fun Deja, and your name is well chosen. I do know that I'm on eastern time and my 90 plus students will expect me to teach the he!! out of them tomorrow...have a good evening. lol.. Thanks.. I love posting on here cuz ya'll are so funny and fun.. Have a night night... Hugs.. Deja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Bob Seiger and the Eagles? I think I'm in love with Deja. Rock lyrics have always been special to me, they so ofter express my feelings. Everytime I've gone a bit to far "against the wind" and lost a job I seem to start singing "All alone at the end of the evening, When the bright lights have faded to blue. I was thinking about a woman that loved me, and I never knew. You know I've always been a dreamer spend my life rinnin round and it's so hard to change can't seem to settle down, But the dreams I've seen lately Keep turnin' out and burnin' out and turnin out' the same So put me on a highway, and show me a sign and take it, to the limit, one more time" The day my daughter was born when I left the hospital, I gotr in the car turned it on and waht was palying on the radio? Tommy James "Chrimson and Clover" "I don't hardly know her, but I think I could love her" My daughter picked it for the Father Daughter dance at her wedding reception. Bugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 DV Old rock an roll can be expressive at times . In the long run I think Hank Williams SR and Merle Haggard seem to have wrote my life . I think folks hear a song differant than others do . Case in point , the song " He stopped lovin' her today" , most think of it as a love song ,it seems to be a pain song to some . I would assume it would be in line with your outlook on life and your experances in life . Most songs do have a double meening , if you listen close . Chickasaw Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The queen of diamonds let you down, She was just an empty fable, The queen of hearts you say you never met, Your twisted fate has found you out, And it's finally turned the tables, Stole your dreams and paid you with regret, Desperado, Is there gonna' be anything left,is there gonna' be Desperado, You sealed your fate up a long time ago, Desperado, Is there gonna' be anything, Only stardust, Desperado, Maybe tomorrow, DESPERADO: reprise Guess I'm feelin' a little down this mornin' I'll be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 How about the chorus from Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues" They got a name for the winners in the world, I wanna name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson tide, Call me Deacon Blues The words to that song are one of my all time favorites, I still get goose bumps when I hear that. Steely Dan is my all time favorite group, they took rock'n roll to the next level and used the best musicians they could find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Songs have a amazing ability to touch my heart.. I have had several people say, oh, listen to this .. I love this song. .and it is a sad song.. and at times I can't listen.. cuz I don't want to see their hearts break before my eyes.. does that make sense? I love my friends, and family.. and the very thought that someone or something hurt them is more likely to almost make me cry than any amount of pain to myself. I can see sadness in their eyes when I hear a sad song that they like.. hard to explain.. But if you like Seger.. I think you get it... At 16 I wasn't allowed to date except go out with a group.. lol.. times have changed.. lol I know that has to be so hard ... I understand completely. In high school I was in choir and ensemble (no Glee jokes please). My ensemble partner and I were incredibly close friends. More than a few people who would see us together thought we were dating, although we never did. She got a job working for a small college, and was murdered in her office one afternoon. Fast forward to the present, and my daughters for Christmas 2009 had a tape of our choir converted to CD for me. My oldest daughter and I were driving one day and she asked why I would skip certain songs. It was difficult to explain to her that they were the ones that her voice would ring clear in and they still hurt too much to listen to sometimes, nearly 25 years later. I can think of other examples, but trust me, I know what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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