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Attribution: National Archief, Den Haag
Image: Sir Cliff Richard and the Shadows at Schipol Airport 1962.
Behind Cliff from left: Bruce Welch, Tony Meehan, Jet Harris and Hank Marvin
Source: Wikimedia Commons (here)
This has the makings of how pop stars were mobbed
Screaming teeny -boppers, wide eyed, shedding tears unashamedly
Reaching out, waving and grapping where possible their
idols
Hysterical and crying out loud sweating profusely
Swooning over the
very same people who cut their records
No YouTubes, DVDs to talk of but vinyl covers emblazoned
With colorful pictures and the tracks inside that they
could ill afford
Placed close to their heart or waved vigorously to catch
attention
There have been large noisy crowds at present day
concerts
But one never gets to hear of shirt-grabbing episodes that followed
Have teens these days matured beyond that the desire to
exert
Is no more there as cyber space and FB have made them
mellowed?
What a fun thing they had all missed!
Written for Sandy's hosting of One Single Impression #281 with prompt – swoon
J
Oh, I remember those days. Cliff Richard. Black and white news photos. And the wonderful music of that era.
ReplyDeleteI've just returned from my 50-year high school graduation reunion. It was just a dinner. Not even a juke box. That would have been fun.
You made my day, Hank
haha..
ReplyDeleteteens have other things up their sleeves :P
lovely read !!
This is interesting take on Swoon...I will go by what Jyoti said...
ReplyDeleteMy OSI contribution here..
http://rameshsood.blogspot.in/2013/07/butterflys-first-flirt.html
RS
huh interesting...i think that it has just changed a bit...and that there is still the swooning..perhaps in more insideous ways....
ReplyDeletesmiles..yeah i think times have changed - i was never the one to swoon and never went much to concerts - so i like the more relaxed approach - they're good at what they're doing and i respect them for this...just like i do everyone else...smiles
ReplyDeleteyeah changed quite a bit, now fans can stalk them more on social media haha
ReplyDeleteHi Hank, this is a nice poem. ~~ It does seem that the teen swooning has diminished. But thinking it over, Lady Gaga, Justin Beiber, and the Jonas Brothers come into mind real quickly. Lots of swooning for those.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia has them listed since the 60's (1926 actually with Judy Garland and a little later, Frank Sinatra) into the 2012's. Surprise, surprise for us older folk.
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nice interpretation of today's prompt, have a happy Sunday
ReplyDeletemuch love...
I remember when the Beatles came to Melbourne. I was very young, of course.
ReplyDeleteHi Hank, please delete this comment....but please, if you could, respond to Dave King being featured on Poets United. Dave needs some support, I think. We all do in the blogosphere, I think....but he is someone I think right now might need it. And again, PLEASE delete this comment.
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Oh I remember those screaming days. And yes agree, teens these days miss out a lot on the fun of yesteryears - I think we appreciated things more because they were so hard to get. My fav Cliff Richard song is "The Young Ones". The Shadows were awesome too. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteDropping by from OSI.
Suzy at http://ilasoulpoems.blogspot.co.nz/