T-clog Tackles Another
Box Elder- A great folk song! Maybe it is the forester in me that takes this song to heart? However, it buries it's roots deep into my ears and sings it's sweet lumbering tune through my mind whenever I see a box elder tree. I am impressed with Booth in choosing something as simple as a unfavorable tree to be the focus in his song. He turns this living thing into a celebrated treasure that has been overlooked by the pirates of time. His art in doing this is second to Jesus turning water into wine. How can this not be a theme song for all of us overshadowedt in society, and its demands that we all conform to it's mainstream? We are box elder trees, unless we are the most popular, richest, or powerful. Thank you Dan for adding this great song to your picks! As a huge J. Denver fan, folk music holds a special place on my list of treasures.
posted by C.F. Bear at 1:35 PM
5 Comments:
I echo your sentiments almost completely, though I don't know if I had extended the meaning through "all of us overshadowed in society." But it's your interpretation, so run with it, man!
I think Sharon would like folk a lot more if knew more of it. She likes that which she knows, anyway. As fond as she is of Mixdorf, I don't think she'd be too hot on the songs from Vol. 1. She just doesn't like hard rock. Pretty much period.
She likes your hard rock right? :)
T-Clog might stand for Throat Clog. Get out the plunger, boy; you need to clean up that potty mouth. Sharon might be looking in on this commentary from time to time.
Forgot! Sorry about that! I will keep it clean. HArd to know which blogs are wife free.
For some, it is all.
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