*sigh* I'm loosing my touch. (Warning: Hi-jacked by Em)

[oldrooster]

now i eat the lemon and the skin. and the skin grosses people out. I guess they don't know what lemon lime or orange zest is.....

 

[Bunnylady]

Am I the only one old enough to remember this song?

 

[Alaskan]

eh.... my parents only played classical music when I lived at home. ...

 

[Alaskan]

wait... my mom liked antique country

 

[Bunnylady]

eh.... my parents only played classical music when I lived at home. ...

My family's taste in music was pretty varied - anything from "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" to "The Sound of Music" to "Jesus Christ Superstar."

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

Lemon tree is still one of my fav songs. As a kid I would go to our neighbor's house and he would play this on his guitar and us kids would sing along

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

You know...it's rather amazing to me that this thread is still going after all these years but I have questions 1. Is Em still Hi-Jacking? and 2. Did the op get her "touch" back? I think I have missed you guys

 

[Bunnylady]

Howdy, Chooks! Made me do a double take there - hadn't seen you in donkeys' years! Welcome back!

We haven't seen Em in a while. Life (a whole lot of life - gads!) has happened to her, and she really doesn't have time to come play these days. I'm trying to remember how long it's been since 505 dropped in . . . . Most of the folks who played around on this thread have disappeared on us; we kind of keep it going to give them a place to drop in should they come by for a visit.

I've always loved the melody of Lemon Tree, but never been quite sure how I felt about the lyrics. If the father is saying, "women are fickle, they put on a seductive show in the beginning, but leave you sour and bitter in the end; don't trust them," I don't like that (for obvious reasons). If he's saying, "keep your wits about you and your eyes open, see the whole picture, not just the dazzling attract sequence," that I can get behind.

 

[pertnear09]

Am I the only one old enough to remember this song?

I remember it probably in my mid to late teens. I see Trini Lopez did a cover of it also.

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

Howdy, Chooks! Made me do a double take there - hadn't seen you in donkeys' years! Welcome back!

We haven't seen Em in a while. Life (a whole lot of life - gads!) has happened to her, and she really doesn't have time to come play these days. I'm trying to remember how long it's been since 505 dropped in . . . . Most of the folks who played around on this thread have disappeared on us; we kind of keep it going to give them a place to drop in should they come by for a visit.

I've always loved the melody of Lemon Tree, but never been quite sure how I felt about the lyrics. If the father is saying, "women are fickle, they put on a seductive show in the beginning, but leave you sour and bitter in the end; don't trust them," I don't like that (for obvious reasons). If he's saying, "keep your wits about you and your eyes open, see the whole picture, not just the dazzling attract sequence," that I can get behind.

Wow..I never really thought about Lemon Tree in that context before! How strange..to me was a simple song about lemons..but then I was an innocent child back then and didn't "see" very deeply. And yes..a whole huge bunch of life has passed by...some good, some awful. I choose to focus on the good and learning to draw / paint has really helped me in this past year.... this is one of my latest drawings..done in colored pencil only. I titled it "Dragonfly" It is actually a Chinese Water Dragon ..but he must have been drinking red bull cause "it gives you wings"