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I chose the title of this blog to go with a Beatles song from 1969. The title made sense in October of 2009 because fighting cancer might be a drawn out challenge. I take inspiration where I can, and hope to motivate with my musings about music, my status and anything else related to life. Anyone can post comments; no sign in or account is needed, just click on the comments section towards the bottom of the post and write me a note. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Live Happy- Greg


"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain



Thursday, January 28, 2010

The Zoot "Eleanor Rigby"

I hope everyone survived the State of the Union hype. I am about 6 hours into my first 24 hour Methatrexate chemo infusion here at St. Josephs Hospital. I should be in the hospital until at least Sunday, so far so good. Room 10A9 for now, session 6 of 8. Today's song was covered by The Zoot, an Australian Band active from 1968 to 1971 and features a young guitarist named Rick Springfield. Rick went on in the 70's and 80's to be an Actor on General Hospital and a productive single act singing Jesse's Girl. The Zoot looks a bit like The Who meets the Sex Pistols. The Classic becomes their own for sure. Have a good Thinking Thursday!  Love- Greg

5 comments:

Alice Lor said...

Good morning Greg, Yes, I will try to have a good Thinking Thursday!! Hope you will have a smooth sailing kind of day/week too! :-) Take care!

Cathy Curths said...

I hope this session goes smoothly. Rick Springfield was on General Hospital, too. I used to watch it, but stopped years ago. Yes I remember Jesse's girl! Fun song. Alot of guys can relate to the words!
Love, Cathy

Anonymous said...

Greg, hope you are doing well. We got our flight worked out.We will fly to Portland and then drive up with Cathy on the 23 Feb. or the next day, and leave on the 26 or 27. Love Dad

Anonymous said...

Hope the chemo is going smoothly and you are feeling okay. Only 2 more after this--you are almost there!
Okay, I have to beg to differ on Rick Springfield being a one hit wonder (and it was the 1980s, another fabulous music decade!)...what about "Affair of the Heart," and "Love Somebody" and "I've Done Everything for You." He just kept the hits coming. Not to mention he was way cute.
http://80music.about.com/od/artistsqu/tp/springfieldsong.htm
I bet JD hasn't seen him in concert. I wish I had!
Loved the Zoot video--thanks for digging that one up.
If this is Thurs. that means tomorrow is Friday. Yahoo!
Thinking of you guys.

Greg Dymerski said...

Mary, you are correct and I fixed the post to correctly list Rick as the true star he was/is. Thanks forkeeping me honest. :)