Bryan Adams' Summer of '69.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Poll question: Bryan Adams' Summer of '69.

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it till my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of '69

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of '69

[eyesroll]

1. AARRGH!

I now have this AND "Manchester England" stuck in my head.

You did this on purpose.
Fuckyouverymuch, SLB. :grr:

[dolo amber]

2. "Played until my fingers bled....." ??

I think we all know what that means...;)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

7. Me and some guys from school had a band and we tried real hard.

Aha. It's a sex band.

[Myrina]

3. Is just a really lame song.

n/t

[Lavender Brown]

4. It's about 2069.

He's just ahead of the game.

[EstimatedProphet]

5. It exists outside time and space

It represents "1969" as an archetype, for all of our "1969"s.
Or maybe not...

[HughBeaumont]

6. Man, if he got laid in 1969

THEN he'd have a reason to write that song.

My guess is that "Summer of '78" just didn't have that lyrical ring to it.

[ET Awful]

9. I agree. . .

the '69 just flowed better for a song, that's all.

[Aristus]

8. Adams atoned for 'So69' on his next album with 'Native Son'.

Incredible song.

[redqueen]

10. Completely overrated

I don't care what the song's about, because it sucks.

[northzax]

11. '69 was the summer of love, right?

it's kind of a metaphor for freedom and possibility, for doing your own thing. Then people one by one start moving on, entering the real world (Jimmy quit, Jody got married) anf the halcyon days of youth bleed into adult responsiblity.

oh christmas, I'm hungover and analyzing a Bryan Adams song while getting audited. what am I doing?

[SarahB]

12. Bryan Adams's date of birth is November 5, 1959.

I think we could safely say it's probably isn't literal unless he was a very studly 9 year old during the Summer of '69. :D

[boxster]

13. An explanation - from his co-writer Jim Vallance...

http://www.jimvallance.com/01-music-folder/songs-folder-may-27/pg-song-adams-summer-of-69.html

[Fenris]

14. As I am Bryan Adams, I feel qualified to answered this poll.

Cunnilingus and fellatio.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. Thank you, Mr. Adams.

My, your skin has cleared up.

[Fenris]

16. I attribute that to living in the underground city of Toth Freagard

It's what you surface dwellers would refer to as the "sewer system" under Toronto.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

19. Can I get back to you when I can think of a suitable Adams-related pun?

Thanks.

[terrya]

17. That song cuts like a knife for me.

What a brilliant observer of life, is Mr. Bryan Adams.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

18. Why, yes. Yes he is.