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| View from my socially distant perch at the north end of the beach today. |
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| Anemone Party |
I am incredibly grateful to be able to visit the beach during quarantine. Our mayor recently implemented a mask order for San Francisco city and county, so now I'm equipped with a mask (and gloves for good measure) when I go out. I'm trying to keep well away from all the other beach-goers as well. Of course, one can't count on the behavior of others to be what's currently correct, but I can move away from most folk before we come too close to each other. -toddlers and dogs not so much.
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It's sort of a trip to think that Gen-X, American teens would be digging so hard on the music created by the post-WW II generation in Great Britain, but we really were. If pressed, I bet that I can still recite all the lyrics to Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb. I remember one time back in '84, a few of us tripped on acid and watched the film The Wall in my friend's family room when her parents were asleep in their bedroom. I remember this same friend and I saw Floyd on one of their many 'farewell tours' that began taking place in the late 80s. I think we were even gifted with a performance by Roger Waters that year. The massive flying pig was there as well.
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| David Gilmour in all his young glory. |
Gen-X also took part in the Midnight Movie craze that was still gracing small cinemas across the country in the 80s. At my local movie house, the midnight film selections included: The Song Remains the Same, The Wall, Tommy, Nightmare on Elm Street (ca. 1984) and Heavy Metal. The pièce de ré·sis·tance, however, was the Rocky Horror Picture Show. We watched the heck out of that movie. I never brought toast or rice (or a bit of tarp for cover, for that matter), but I did get really into the partici---SAY IT!---pation. All of us got up to dance the Time Warp.
I remember when I first saw the actor Tim Curry NOT in drag. I was a bit shocked at how sort of dull he looked without all that make-up on. (Sorry, Tim!)
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You saw Pink Floyd? Colour me jealous.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, make-up applied with spackfilla generosity can give rise to a whole lot of looks - but none of them are dull.
Yeah, I did see them. It was very cool.
DeleteCurry as Frank N. Furter was anything but dull, to be sure!
I was bewildered by the amount of people who dressed up to participate in the film version of Rocky Horror, but I am naturally dull.
ReplyDeleteYes, I had friends who donned fishnets and the like for the show. I imagine that you are anything but dull, Tom.
DeleteOh, yes! When I was 16 or 17, my best friend at the time & I used to take the train into Town on a Friday night in op-shop frilly pyjamas to go to see the midnight screening of Rocky Horror, too! (Staying the night at her place meant my mum never really cottoned on to what we used to get up to ... that girl really used to lead me astray!) And we used to take our props as well. Wasn't there also water to throw about for the rain? It was very silly and good fun. It's two-degrees of separation, but Curry was a cousin of Mr P.'s ex-wife. Her family were all old-school Methodists or Baptists, whatever the Presby-branch is that doesn't allow drinking, singing or dancing, yet were inordinately proud of Tim Curry and always mentioned their association whenever "Rocky Horror" came up in conversation - which it did surprisingly often!
ReplyDeleteYes, people did bring water and newspaper, too! It was a fun time.
DeleteInteresting disconnect between the debacherous character Cousin Tim played in Rocky Horror with the fam's straight-laced lifestyle! It's good that they were proud, however. I really liked Curry in the film Clue as well. -work to be proud of. ;)
Did you dress up as one of the characters in Rocky Horror?
ReplyDeleteI just wore my street clothes to the festivities: tight jeans & top, loads of eyeliner and feathered hair! (Costume/fancy dress of the mid-80s. :D)
DeleteTeens today are aware of the music that we grew up on. And vintage band tees. I rarely go a day (when schools were open) that someone wasn't wearing a Beatles shirt. Although some of that might be more fashion than an appreciation for the music of the day.
ReplyDeleteThat's so interesting that kids are wearing Beatles tees. I can absolutely see that a lot of the music tees might be being worn as more of a fashion statement than not.
DeleteMy daughter was quite the frequenter of Rocky Horror.
ReplyDeleteLoads of us teens were really into it!
DeleteNever got into Pink Floyd or the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Probably because I was a dipshit and grew up in rural Idaho but mostly because I was a dork. I have shared photos from my teen years on my blog to prove it. Hard to believe we survived those years. I didn't drop acid until college and after I watched The Doors movie. Hope you get to continue to enjoy the beach.
ReplyDeleteI would imagine rural Idaho didn't have many movie theaters (or, I guess, psychedelic drugs for that matter).
DeleteThe beach has certainly been the gift that keeps on giving.
One of our favorite places to visit were the beaches in California. The kids were big fans of Monterrey.
DeleteHow fortunate you have beach access during these days. I was introduced to Floyd’s music by my son and became enamored with The Wall, some of the other tunes.
ReplyDeleteThe Wall is a remarkable album.
DeleteYes, the beach is a real boon. I'm grateful to have access.
May you be well! x