Please Comment: In The Summertime

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New blog post by Michael James Treacy

In The Summertime

In the early seventies,

I had a semi-Afro hairstyle

and a shaggy beard.

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I thought I looked like

the lead singer of Mungo Jerry

but aspired to be Che Guevara.

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These days, the beard is trimmed

and a semi-Afro hairstyle

would look silly

with the Sahara desert

running from north to south.

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At the unisex hairdresser,

a young lady with a lisp,

nose ring and jasmine fragrance

asks me if I want a number one.

.

I tell her to aim for

two point seven five.

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She chuckles and says

I remind her of her grandfather.

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Even though it’s summertime,

she’s never heard of Mungo Jerry

and she thinks Che Guevara

is a Spanish chipolata.​

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[Sedayne]

I'll have that song in my head all day now. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

My husband was in hospital recently and had taken a music biography to read. Plenty of staff asked about the big hardback on his bedside table. It had a striking image of the singer on the cover. Now, hospital staff represent a good cross-section of our society in terms of socio-economic mix and ethnicity, but not one of them had heard of Sammy Davis Jr.

 

[Rich.]

Brilliant poem, Mick! And, Rachel, I hope your husband is doing well.

I'm shocked at the things people don't know, but I suppose I shouldn't be. There's plenty I'm blind to. But I do play stuff to my kids: they know Björk and The Beatles, Primus and Portishead, Faithless and Fats Domino. You get the idea. Their mates think their music taste is weird.

 

[mickleinapickle]

I'll have that song in my head all day now. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

My husband was in hospital recently and had taken a music biography to read. Plenty of staff asked about the big hardback on his bedside table. It had a striking image of the singer on the cover. Now, hospital staff represent a good cross-section of our society in terms of socio-economic mix and ethnicity, but not one of them had heard of Sammy Davis Jr.

Ah yes... in the summertime when the weather is high, you can stretch right up and touch the sky.

I love Sammy Davis Jr. His version of 'Mr Bojangles' still blows my socks off after all these years. Thanks for the comment. Take care.

 

[mickleinapickle]

Brilliant poem, Mick! And, Rachel, I hope your husband is doing well.

I'm shocked at the things people don't know, but I suppose I shouldn't be. There's plenty I'm blind to. But I do play stuff to my kids: they know Björk and The Beatles, Primus and Portishead, Faithless and Fats Domino. You get the idea. Their mates think their music taste is weird.

There's a great musical heritage waiting for the kids of today (and tomorrow) to discover. My oldest grandchild is 21 and is into The Beatles, Jimmy Hendrix and David Bowie. Not too keen on Bob Dylan though. Thanks for the comment. Take care.