Finally sat down and watched A Mighty Wind tonight. Although it's not a movie that you laugh all the way through, it's one that, especially (I think) for someone my age, just makes you grin and grin. There is one really "laugh out loud" moment at the end of the memorial concert...won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen the movie and Harry Shearer gets to throw the final curveball of the night right at the end.
If you watch it, pay careful attention to the lyrics of the songs, they're priceless. And the couple that worship color...Oh. My. God.
Anyone else born in the late 50's might have had some of the same experiences I had as a child. My parents were fairly young when they had me, Mom was 20, Dad 21, and maybe for them and their friends folk was cool. Although later as folk became more about protesting the war my Air Force sergeant father probably didn't listen to it anymore.
I remember them listening to The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary...could have been others. When I saw the New Main Street Singers in the movie I was reminded of the Christy Minstrels (and, yes, the New Christy Minstrels *grin*) as well as listenening to Sing Along With Mitch and the group I think of as Up With People but I'm not really sure if that was their name, it's been sooooo long. What worries me is that think I actually enjoyed it.
This could explain a lot about me. Even as a teen I could listen to folk music without cringing...when the family went to Disneyland and saw Up With People I didn't mind. The Boone Family (yeah, Pat Boone and Debbie "You Light Up My Life" Boone plus her sisters) at Magic Mountain, heck (you can't say *ell in the same sentence with the Boones) I liked that too. I also liked rock, pop, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Andy Williams (what an amazing range he had).
Well, I just have to remind myself that the answer, my friend, is blowin in the wind...
Posted by Dawno at October 17, 2003 10:31 PM