Dylanisms
My son is soon to be 18.
When he was 4 he had an infatuation with the Pink Power Ranger, the original.
We were driving north on a 4 lane and come up on a 97 Fat Boy. My son from the Back seat says, “When I grow up I want a Motorcycle just like that one.”
{wait For it} {wait for it} “But I want a Pink one”
We broke into laughter and I said, “you’re gonna have to be tougher than the Boy Named Sue to ride a Pink Motorcycle”
(sullenly from the back seat) “well, I want a Pink One, …. Who was the Boy Named Sue?”
Years Later, we had went to My Old KY Home State Park. So on the Drive home, I try to start a rousing sing-along of Stephen Foster songs. But it quickly becomes apparent that my Children don’t know any. (What are they teaching kids in school today.) So, I start in to Sweet Home Alabama and then we sing Free Bird. (If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me….)
And from the back seat, Dylan asks, “Did he die before he wrote that song?”
Much love my friends.
Nice.
Who was the Boy named Sue? Sue is a girl’s name, right? Is that it? He doesn’t exist? I don’t always understand. 😉 Ah yes, our kids. My eldest will turn 17 in May.
I’m not sure why, but the “Did he die before…” comment makes a certain amount of sense to me.
I remember that song; A boy name sue. Great Song 😀
leaving a trite-ism… How quickly they grow. A wonderful memory. 😉
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1507284/my-morning-jacket-freebird-crowe.jhtml
The music is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Freebird…the video : Free Spirits
How many of these legends can you recognize?
Have a great one, Roscoe!
RC
Hey, Roscoe…As soon as I heard the words, “a boy named Sue” I immediately thought of the song. I had a nephew, that about the age of ten was fascinated with the color pink. I think people seem to forget that they are kids, and that to them, (most of the time) pink is nothing other than a color preference, just as blue, black, or red. It was just a phase, and he no longer considers pink his favorite color. As adults, we tend to use all we have been conditioned to believe, and forget that with the children, that conditioning and manner of thinking is non-existent.
As far as what they are teaching our children in school these days, I am honestly not sure. Several times, I have mentioned a certain story or book to high school age kids, and they had never heard of the stuff. Hey, your son knew the words to Free Bird. He must have been going in the right direction in life…
I read this last night and have been trying to get back to comment ever since…mild ice storm going on here and internet is all screwy. It was just this year that my 10 year old heard “a boy named sue” He loved it. For weeks all I heard in the house was Johnny Cash. Then one night he came to me and asked if we could go see him in concert. Broke my heart to tell him Johnny had died. It never even occurred to me that he didn’t know. Dylan made me smile, laugh and well feel old.haha Thank you Roscoe and thank Dylan for me too.