Hippie at Heart

launched · July 15, 2009, 06:28:27 PM

Hey, Charlie - I haven't listened to the song yet because I want to digest what happened here. Then I will be ready to enjoy and comment.

While it is perfectly acceptable to comment on one's own song and how it was developed, it is not right for a listener to compare their personal world with yours.

I'm not defending you, but just telling you how I feel.

Anywho, I'm excited to crack into your song now....

God bless you, my friend.

Mark

launched · July 15, 2009, 07:43:39 PM

Yes - I love it!! I feel the vibe regarding how it would feel to just strike out somewhere and live...

It definitely fits the Woodstock theme!!!

Mark

Pine · July 16, 2009, 05:19:07 AM

Hi Mark....Thanks for listening. As i said, i wrote it in like 76 or something and the instrumentation in this recording is a bit out of sync with the lyrical content. It was originally intended to be a guitar by the campfire song...and after reading all the responses, i think i will take it back to a purely acoustic realm. Thanks for your support on all my songs Mark.
oh...and i gotta say...love that old truck in your avatar. Looks like a very early 60's econoline model..is it? I had a 66 Ford Econoline van that i spent a whole summer rambling across Canada in during the summer of '72 looking for my "dream land". Curtains, carpet, flowers...what a time. Hippies everywhere! These days, they'd have ya surrounded by a SWAT team...

launched · July 16, 2009, 05:46:54 AM

Quote from: Pinedog on July 16, 2009, 05:19:07 AMLooks like a very early 60's econoline model..is it? I had a 66 Ford Econoline van that i spent a whole summer rambling across Canada in during the summer of '72 looking for my "dream land". Curtains, carpet, flowers...what a time. Hippies everywhere! These days, they'd have ya surrounded by a SWAT team...

It's actually a '66 Dodge A100 pickup. I had the van version for a little while, but life/responsibility forced me to sell. A buddy of mine has the model pictured - It's not the actual vehicle as I don't have any pics, but I love the truck and think it's cool. You can just barely fit a Harley in the back, so that's even cooler!

I have always wanted to tour the country in a van - I'm not much of a hippie (Or maybe a short haired computer geek hippie

) so I probably wouldn't fit in, but I'm gonna do it someday. If not a van it will be a motorcycle trek.

An acoustic only version of this song would be great - bring it on!!

Mark

Wiley · July 17, 2009, 02:54:45 PM

Wow Pinedog I almost missed this one. But not thanks to 64's Jukebox! Caught up with it. I really enjoyed this and all the good reading along the way. Peace to you too!
P.J.

Pine · July 17, 2009, 05:56:41 PM

Thanks Wiley...kind of you to say so. The overwhelmng majority of folks here seem to like the song but point out the need for some musical surgery and i wholeheartedly agree. I never go back to a song (this one is out on my first CD and has been sold all over creation) but in this case i well may....with intention of an all acoustic version now that i can play the banjo a bit.

Bluesberry · July 18, 2009, 06:10:25 AM

Great song, I love the lyrics. I was born in 1965, so I was just a little kid when the whole hippy thing happened. But during high school (late 70s/early 80s) there was a whole scene in our neck of the woods where we thought we all were hippies, well, mixed up with Neil Young and the grunge scene. I wanted desperately to go off to the land at that time. Many things and years have passed since those days, and here I am today, middle aged, middle class, middle management, but no mid-life crisis because I discovered the sheer joy of playing and home-recording music 3 years ago, that saved me for sure. I think this song would sound wonderful re-done with all acoustic instruments, it is a good song.