The Timelessness of "I'm Still Here"- Page 3

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/16/11 at 8:06pm

"Bemused" is only one reaction stirred in her by the people and events she names. See my post in the Kennedy Center thread for some of the others.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 5/16/11 at 9:14pm

"You have to appreciate that some people hear "Mahler" and think cheesecake. "

The problem for me is that most people seem to pronounce it "Moller", whereas I tend to pronounce it "Maaahler" (and have never been taken up on it - I was a music student). As such, I always forget that it is referring the composer.

Am I wrong or are you all wrong?

[CurtainCall]

Posted: 5/17/11 at 3:31am

To Pal Joey - I know that being "bemused" is not the only reaction, my point, such as it is, is that the tour d'horizon is extremely personal and idiosyncratic and it's her reactions to the historical events that is important, not necessarily the audience's knowledge of some major moments of history and some of the more gossipy or arcane.
Updated On: 5/17/11 at 03:31 AM

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 5/17/11 at 10:47am

I seem to recall, once upon a time, that there were revised lyrics for men, so that this verse:
"First you're another sloe-eyed vamp
then someone's mother
then you're camp"

Was instead "someone's uncle" but for the life of me, I don't remember what replaced "sloe-eyed vamp"

Did I just make that up, or am I actually remembering something actual?

[Mamie]

Posted: 5/17/11 at 1:24pm

I don't know. Sometimes what passes today for 'education' just makes me shake my head. I used to think those people Jay Leno interviewed on the sidewalk (who didn't know who George Washington and Barack Obama were) were plants. Actually I didn't WANT to believe it, but I really do. And isn't anyone being born these days with that little itch we called 'curiosity'? When I heard a new word or a name on the television and didn't know what it was, I asked.

I was born long after all the people and events named in "I'm Still Here" (with the exception of J. Edgar Hoover). Despite this, the first time I heard it I knew who and what every item was (still with one exception - Brenda Frazer). That was a new one on me. So I came home and looked it up.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/17/11 at 9:36pm

Did I just make that up, or am I actually remembering something actual?

Maybe you dreamt it.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 5/17/11 at 11:13pm

I know I'm a bit late to the discussion at the beginning of the thread, but I think the song is timeless because it's just such a knockout. I don't think I've ever listened to it without being emotionally overwhelmed by the power of it.