tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post4136603522909232603..comments2024-03-28T11:03:53.842+00:00Comments on My Top Ten: May #2: Laughing & Crying With BradRolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-87345813299333455652017-06-07T12:33:02.787+01:002017-06-07T12:33:02.787+01:00"Nostalgia's weird. It can make you laugh..."Nostalgia's weird. It can make you laugh and cry in the same song"<br /><br />What a line. And bang on the money.<br /><br />JCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-78889413329226949052017-05-26T21:15:40.171+01:002017-05-26T21:15:40.171+01:00I now realise I must have been one of the lucky on...I now realise I must have been one of the lucky ones as my teenage years were pretty good on the whole. So not like a John Hughes movie though - much more like Bill Forsyth's Gregory's Girl!Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-45791727324120788002017-05-26T18:49:32.471+01:002017-05-26T18:49:32.471+01:00Glad you enjoyed it, Swede.
I'm sure I'll...Glad you enjoyed it, Swede.<br /><br />I'm sure I'll get round to that Top Ten eventually, C. Of course, if The Swede did it first, I'd have more incentive...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-35907180808518593612017-05-26T18:48:12.922+01:002017-05-26T18:48:12.922+01:00We don't appreciate what we have when we have ...We don't appreciate what we have when we have it. A lot of the time, we only see it for how good it was once it's gone...<br /><br />As Joni Mitchell once remarked...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-31583264683861925132017-05-26T18:45:59.057+01:002017-05-26T18:45:59.057+01:00My actually teenage years were pretty dull and at ...My actually teenage years were pretty dull and at times pretty depressing... I choose rose-coloured nostalgia where I remember them as a John Hughes movie...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-12863705897059677962017-05-25T23:16:43.962+01:002017-05-25T23:16:43.962+01:00.. make that 'and'. You AND Rol!.. make that 'and'. You AND Rol!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-33214824116606056352017-05-25T23:15:36.122+01:002017-05-25T23:15:36.122+01:00Yes, the blubbering definitely gets worse as we ge...Yes, the blubbering definitely gets worse as we get older, I've decided. Glad it's not just me. I well up all the time now, even just at people's talent - not even sad stuff - ridiculous! However, I do like the idea of a Top Ten Songs That Make Me Bawl Every Time I Hear Them, from you or Rol!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-64490923239440964892017-05-25T22:06:12.728+01:002017-05-25T22:06:12.728+01:00I came to this with no preconceptions, to be hones...I came to this with no preconceptions, to be honest I'd never heard of Brad Paisley, but I thoroughly enjoyed the song and the video - very well written and observed. Both poignant and funny.<br />Yes I'm a blubber too - and it's getting worse. I could probably do my own Top Ten Songs That Make Me Bawl Every Time I Hear Them as well, but as you say, listening to them all back to back would probably finish me off for the day. The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-82105701652998260182017-05-25T17:12:41.129+01:002017-05-25T17:12:41.129+01:00Oh so great that it was a fluke about that celebri...Oh so great that it was a fluke about that celebrity's appearance - perfect.<br />I like how lyrics like these just show how we're all fundamentally on the same journey - our first (last) things are just individual variations on the same theme. I'd actually like to see everybody I know write their own take on this song and then compare them! Pretty sure they'd all go along similar lines but the differing (or same) cultural references would be a joy.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-546292886816649022017-05-25T14:51:53.091+01:002017-05-25T14:51:53.091+01:00Had to have a look at those lyrics and can see how...Had to have a look at those lyrics and can see how they really resonated for you - and Paisley indeed. The film is just great and perfect for someone your age what with all the '80s references. Somehow those teen memories evoke just so much nostalgia (and blubbing) and it's something I've noticed since starting my blog - In your twenties/thirties life has become that bit more serious and difficult sometimes to reminisce quite as fondly. Once kids come along you experience it all vicariously through them however so a new bank of fond memories emerges. <br /><br />I've got at least a decade head start on you so many more things I'll have experienced for the last time BUT am hoping that there will still be lots of new things to be experienced for the FIRST time. Cross-fingers. <br /><br />A lovely nostalgic post.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.com