Side 2 of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album consists mostly of snippets of unfinished songs spliced together to comprise what’s known as the Abbey Road Medley. Here then is my Buzzy Medley of some things that I started but never really finished completely:
Wonder if the term “Pull a 370” will now become part of our vocabulary, as in “Think I’m gonna pull a 370 and make a major detour.” Bruce knows what I’m talking about. Every once in awhile when driving out Rt. 249 I’d hum along with his Hungry Heart song only amending the words to sing “Got a wife and kids in Piney Point, Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back.”)
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This Buzzy 2007 Christmas Party photo below is pretty bad technique-wise: the calendar is the center of focus, several backs of heads are showing, the depth of field is off, and the lighting is poor etc.. Not one of my better shots; but then I check out the smiles and great expressions on different folks faces and think “Hey, maybe I did know what I was doing after all.”
Talking about the Oscars, here’s a discussion critical of Forrest Gump beating out Pulp Fiction for best picture in 1995 (click here.) I liked them both but if I had to choose, I’d go with Fiction just because of this scene.
Every time I hear the Eagles’ “Lying Eyes” I think of my buddy Ronnie. In Little Rock, we were driving along the Arkansas River and he was pointing out for me where the Clinton Presidential Library would be built. We’d been talking about ex’s and old girl friends one of whom I asked Ron if he knew whatever became of her. Ron replied “My oh my but you sure know how to arrange things, you set it up so well so carefully. Ain’t it funny how your new life didn’t change things, you’re still the same old girl you used to be.” Found out later that the lady we were discussing married some flyboy off the Base, had gotten out of Dodge but no one knew anything more about her. And yet, I don’t think Brother Ronnie ever really got over her because, in the end……..