I heard that title in my head and for some reason (now unbeknownst to me) it reminded me of the theme song from Bonanza. That led me down a rabbit hole – I had to find the song, and then the song with the lyrics. Which are so bad and reflect the patriarchy and manifest destiny at its finest. But it made me laugh. We used to watch it when we were kids, with my Mom, who loved it. I realize now that Lorne Greene was pretty hot for an old guy, and my sister had a huge crush on Little Joe. I think I might have been drawn to Adam, who was a bit of a bad boy maybe, or as bad as those guys got.
Anyhow. That led me to a bunch of other equally bad songs, which I will spare you.
My day has slipped by like water through my fingers. I did get some stuff done, and saw a few clients, so it wasn’t wasted time. It just goes too fast. And I still need to get the house ready for our cleaning person tomorrow, and I have not gotten any movement in. But –
I ordered a screen for my office – a standing 3-panel screen that I can use to block my space off. I can’t tell you how excited I am about that. It won’t be here til the 27th, but at least I know it’s coming. We’ll see how that goes…
So I’ll leave you with another song from my misspent youth – Me and Bobby McGee. It’s the Janis Joplin version, although I love Kris Kristopherson doing it too. It always makes me think that Janis really had country roots. And it always makes me want to leave town. Yep, still does…
Bonus: here’s my guy Kris, who actually wrote it (I think.) Either way, makes me wanna leave town. Just feels different…
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to do…”
Olivia 
Both versions are great but I’m a fan of anything Janice sang she sounded like she was giving everything she had ..yes he wrote it. You can’t go wrong with either one .good call a classic.
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Yes, Janice is in a category of her own. And yes!! They are very different, and both great!! Thanks!! 💜
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Hard to choose between the two.
Doesn’t make me want to leave town, tho’. (Unless Kris wanted to take me with him…)
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Isn’t it? Hard to choose that is… And omg, yeah, if Kris wanted to take me… whew.
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“Movin’ Movin’ Movin” were the open words to the Rawhide theme song. I always preferred Rawhide to Bonanza. The theme to Bonanza had those surfer dude guitar riffs which were cool too. They did a parody of Bonanza on The Flintstones with the Paleolithic cowpunchers riding in on dinosaurs. Lorne Greene was Canadian and Jewish, but he nailed WASP patriarch.
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Oh, yes – you are so right!! I realized that too, and was going to edit my post to add that it was Rawhide. But then I listened to their theme song and it was ROLLING, not moving. Argh. https://youtu.be/AKC8pSFg1Vw
Interesting that you liked Rawhide more than Bonanza. I didn’t care for Rawhide. And yes, Greene was the quintessential WASP patriarch!! Ha, thanks for the comment!!
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I liked the minor characters, like the cook, on Rawhide. It was the 50-60s with Westerns and cigarettes. I think all the Westerns had tobacco company sponsors. I remember one had Camels for a Sponsor “Lawman”. Steve McQueen on “Wanted Dead Or Alive” sold Viceroy. Rawhide, I think was Marlboro, and their famous “Richmon recipe”. I wonder what you could get out of my brain with a little sodium pentathol.
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Oh, interesting! A quick google search suggested Bonanza was sponsored by Chevrolet, but I certainly remember plenty of cigarette smoking by the characters and in the commercials too!
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Bonanza was Chevrolet. I remember Chevy also sponsored My Three Sons, with Fred MacMurray, Bill Frawley, (replaced by William Demarest). Like Bonanza three sons and patriarch. Bonanza had a Chinese House servant, instead of Frawley/Demarest, if I’m not mistaken. Sponsors, back in the day, totally controlled the shows.
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Yep, I remember My Three Sons, and the accordion. And yep, the two Uncle Charlies. Bonanza did have a Chinese cook or house servant. Sheesh, that was a long time ago…
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Oh yeah. Frank DeVol did the music for MTS. I can still see that Chevy Corvair cruising down the highway in the closing credits.
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Hmpf, I remember the music (for sure – now it’s stuck in my head, taking turns with Rolling, rolling, rolling.) I don’t remember the car. But that’s ok.
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That’s OK. Cars might have been more of a guy thing, back then. Meaning we were more likely to notice stuff. For example Corvair had a air-cooled rear engine, like the first VW.
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Oh, definitely. I’ve never been a fan of cars – whether that’s because I’m not a guy might be open to debate, but definitely not my cup of tea.
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I know I’m speaking in generalities. There are some women out there from that time who probably had encyclopedic knowledge of cars.
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Oh, true. But I was totally not one of them!
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Yeah. My younger brother’s first job was a mechanic. Cars were it. He collects antique cars now.
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Yeah, I’ve learned a lot from MP about cars – even just retaining about a fourth of it, it’s still a lot. I can tell you about the Corvette museum, for example… but I wouldn’t want to.
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It’s OK. I personally would rather go to the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, North Carolina.
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Lol, ok then! That was a surprise, but not a bad one…
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Really? These stars, more or less manufactured by Hollywood, are compelling and tragic figures. Gardner was a poor white girl who grew to fit her screen persona, but not completely. Like Marilyn and Rita Hayworth.
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Hmmm, I guess I’m not big on movie stars either. Although I’m sure you’re right!
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Oh yeah. My mother liked movie and TV stars, from back in the day. I grew up in a world where Liz Taylor and Richard Burton were considered important people, along with Eddie Fisher, Pat Boone, Red Skelton. My mother had the host for Pat Boone, in a 50’s boy crush way.
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Oh, cool!!
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That should be “h-o-t-s” not host.
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Lol, I knew that!
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Figured you did. Just wanted to keep the conversation going. (This is powerful stuff, this sharing.)
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Cool. I am about to go to bed though. Just FYI.
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Nighty Nite be good.
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Thanks! 💫
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Hi Olivia,
Wow, blasts from the past lol. I don’t recall very much of Bonanza, but definitely recall the song and yes, I believe Kris did write Bobby Mcgee.
Sounds like you did make some good progress today and yay on the screen 🙂
Hugs
Roz
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Yeah, the Bonanza song is memorable but apparently so was Rawhide”s song – which was actually in my head. Lol.
Thanks for the support and sharing the joy! 💜
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