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Seven years, damn. How does your Brokie experience effect your life these days?
Shakesthecoffecan:
A lot of times I will hear Jack or Ennis singing in the lyrics of songs from their time, like this one by Neil Young:
There is a town in north Ontario,
With dream comfort memory to spare,
And in my mind
I still need a place to go,
All my changes were there.
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us
Helpless, helpless, helpless
Baby can you hear me now?
The chains are locked
And tied across the door,
Baby, sing with me somehow.
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us
Helpless, helpless, helpless.
The experience of having Jack and Ennis in my life makes me aware of how many thwarted love affairs there have been, and probably always will be.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aoqVEYzsZk[/youtube]
Front-Ranger:
You're right, Truman. We see the songs, the movies, and indeed the whole world through the lens of Brokeback Mountain now. It is our baseline.
Katie77:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 26, 2013, 09:20:49 pm ---You're right, Truman. We see the songs, the movies, and indeed the whole world through the lens of Brokeback Mountain now. It is our baseline.
--- End quote ---
Thats an excellent way of describing where I am now, after all these years....just as a song or a photograph brings back memories of times with my family or friends, they also bring back memories of not only the Brokeback story, but about my feelings and emotions when I first saw the movie.
There is no doubt it is, and always will be a part of my life, it is part of my profile that my friends and family identify with me and accept with me, and I like that....it means it is part of me, its how others see me, and that is pretty unique and I am very proud of that association.
And talking of songs, when I hear this song, all I can think of is Jack and Ennis.....
"Different Drum"
You and I travel to the beat of a different drum
Oh can't you tell by the way I run
Every time you make eyes at me
Wo-oh
You cry and moan and say it will work out
But honey child I've got my doubts
You can't see the forest for the trees
Oh don't get me wrong
It's not that I knock it
It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me
Yes, and I ain't saying you ain't pretty
All I'm saying is I'm not ready
For any person place or thing
To try and pull the reins in on me
So good-bye I'll be leaving
I see no sense in this crying and grieving
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me
Oh don't get me wrong
It's not that I knock it
It's just that I am not in the market
For a boy who wants to love only me
Yes, and I ain't saying you ain't pretty
All I'm saying is I'm not ready
For any person place or thing
To try and pull the reins in on me
So good-bye I'll be leaving
I see no sense in this crying and grieving
We'll both live a lot longer
If you live without me
The song was written by Mike Nesmith of the Monkees, and most popular recording was by Linda Ronstadt......
serious crayons:
As long as we're talking Jack and Ennis songs, mine is Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here":
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in a war
For a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here
southendmd:
Surely, Katherine, you mean "affect". LOL
Brokeback remains a source of both joy and sadness for me.
While I have enough "stuff" around my house to remind me, I too: check in daily to BetterMost; cherish my Brokie friends; pepper my speech with Brokieisms; love being part of a "secret society"; and feel bad for people who don't have this kind of connection.
As for the sadness, Tru summed it up: we're helpless.
--- Quote from: Shakesthecoffecan on May 26, 2013, 02:34:18 pm ---The experience of having Jack and Ennis in my life makes me aware of how many thwarted love affairs there have been, and probably always will be.
--- End quote ---
I'm a pretty "out" Brokie. Some people think I'm crazy; others just accept it as a part of me. I'll never forget all the sympathy calls/emails I got when Heath died.
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