Having just listened to Blue Sky Mining & absorbing it quickly the following are fairly obvious, to me. I am the only one who views it just so. Like each prior post. Great comments & stories. The song does what it sets out to do. I love the imagery Mr Garret conjures out of his experience. Which just so happens to be all of our experience. Human activity is relatable, who knew?
I echo the paternal relationship with Great Britain. I have often remarked the same about the States. You don't need a masters degree to climb on board. There are no apologies & why would there be? These years were hard fought & won. Yes soldiers from Australia & New Zealand were tossed into the fray. This whole topic makes me ponder how many conflicts/ wars/ terrorist attacks never existed. Fighting in the Vietnam War proved two things: The enemy realizes the length you'll go to protect your interests & where would you prefer to fight? Over there or over here?
I love the symmetry. Has Australia or America ever been invaded? I don't count the 1812 drubbing but we not only survived we went on to surpass the father. War hero turns president model was strong but waning in these modern days. A sad day when a kid can beat dad at whatever. Yet we are all still on the same side. A terrible & awesome power our country's leaders weild. How devoid life would seem without other people to remind us that the best time . . is now. = )
I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition...
I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition of the realities of peace and how we appreciate it (or don't). This might be the end of the "best time" to which you refer, and so these must not become Forgotten Years.
One thing so obvious still puzzles me. When you learn about ancient history, you typically learn more about wars that start and end empires rather than any evidence of how populations were faring in terms of happiness or at least economic well-being. For example, few people could even make a decent guess at the first civilization. One example is Agade. What normal citizen recognizes that name? How much effort has gone into studying civilizations outside of war vs just the efforts gone into the agonizingly detailed studies of just one year of the battles of WWII. The obsession with battles misses the point of our existence. It is NOT helpful to maintaining peace to study only war. War victories are the culmination of violent conflict. Maintenance of peace is the thing we need even more. I hope we can keep it up, even if keeping the peace is boring and leads to "Forgotten Years".
I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition...
I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition of the realities of peace and how we appreciate it (or don't). This might be the end of the "best time" to which you refer, and so these must not become Forgotten Years.
One thing so obvious still puzzles me. When you learn about ancient history, you typically learn more about wars that start and end empires rather than any evidence of how populations were faring in terms of happiness or at least economic well-being. For example, few people could even make a decent guess at the first civilization. One example is Agade. What normal citizen recognizes that name? How much effort has gone into studying civilizations outside of war vs just the efforts gone into the agonizingly detailed studies of just one year of the battles of WWII. The obsession with battles misses the point of our existence. It is NOT helpful to maintaining peace to study only war. War victories are the culmination of violent conflict. Maintenance of peace is the thing we need even more. I hope we can keep it up, even if keeping the peace is boring and leads to "Forgotten Years".
Having just listened to Blue Sky Mining & absorbing it quickly the following are fairly obvious, to me. I am the only one who views it just so. Like each prior post. Great comments & stories. The song does what it sets out to do. I love the imagery Mr Garret conjures out of his experience. Which just so happens to be all of our experience. Human activity is relatable, who knew?
I echo the paternal relationship with Great Britain. I have often remarked the same about the States. You don't need a masters degree to climb on board. There are no apologies & why would there be? These years were hard fought & won. Yes soldiers from Australia & New Zealand were tossed into the fray. This whole topic makes me ponder how many conflicts/ wars/ terrorist attacks never existed. Fighting in the Vietnam War proved two things: The enemy realizes the length you'll go to protect your interests & where would you prefer to fight? Over there or over here?
I love the symmetry. Has Australia or America ever been invaded? I don't count the 1812 drubbing but we not only survived we went on to surpass the father. War hero turns president model was strong but waning in these modern days. A sad day when a kid can beat dad at whatever. Yet we are all still on the same side. A terrible & awesome power our country's leaders weild. How devoid life would seem without other people to remind us that the best time . . is now. = )
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I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition...
I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition of the realities of peace and how we appreciate it (or don't). This might be the end of the "best time" to which you refer, and so these must not become Forgotten Years.
One thing so obvious still puzzles me. When you learn about ancient history, you typically learn more about wars that start and end empires rather than any evidence of how populations were faring in terms of happiness or at least economic well-being. For example, few people could even make a decent guess at the first civilization. One example is Agade. What normal citizen recognizes that name? How much effort has gone into studying civilizations outside of war vs just the efforts gone into the agonizingly detailed studies of just one year of the battles of WWII. The obsession with battles misses the point of our existence. It is NOT helpful to maintaining peace to study only war. War victories are the culmination of violent conflict. Maintenance of peace is the thing we need even more. I hope we can keep it up, even if keeping the peace is boring and leads to "Forgotten Years".
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I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition...
I just saw the Oils in NYC on Father's Day 2022. They closed the show (before the encore) with this song. I was a bit disappointed to realize half or more of the attendees did not feel the poignant depth of this song. These peaceful times are not only the times to enjoy, but the times to painfully reflect on if we're doing a sufficiently good job of not ending up again in the memorable times of war and 24/7 news coverage of "shock and awe". Great song with great, wondrous, painful recognition of the realities of peace and how we appreciate it (or don't). This might be the end of the "best time" to which you refer, and so these must not become Forgotten Years.
One thing so obvious still puzzles me. When you learn about ancient history, you typically learn more about wars that start and end empires rather than any evidence of how populations were faring in terms of happiness or at least economic well-being. For example, few people could even make a decent guess at the first civilization. One example is Agade. What normal citizen recognizes that name? How much effort has gone into studying civilizations outside of war vs just the efforts gone into the agonizingly detailed studies of just one year of the battles of WWII. The obsession with battles misses the point of our existence. It is NOT helpful to maintaining peace to study only war. War victories are the culmination of violent conflict. Maintenance of peace is the thing we need even more. I hope we can keep it up, even if keeping the peace is boring and leads to "Forgotten Years".
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