High School Reunion
08-05-2007 | 04:18 PM
#11
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From: EstesPark/BocaRaton
This seems appropriate, somehow:
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
[Chorus]:
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Well there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by
And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing thinking about
[Chorus]
My old man worked 20 years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the legion hall
But I can tell what's on his mind
Glory days yeah goin' back
Glory days aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of, well time slips away
And leaves you with nothing mister but
Boring stories of glory days ...
(Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
[Chorus]:
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Well there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by
And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing thinking about
[Chorus]
My old man worked 20 years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the legion hall
But I can tell what's on his mind
Glory days yeah goin' back
Glory days aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of, well time slips away
And leaves you with nothing mister but
Boring stories of glory days ...
(Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
08-05-2007 | 04:33 PM
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From: Randolph, NJ
I don't know. I think there's probably a little bit of "Glory Days" involved in class reunions, but I think the real driving force is the desire to reconnect with the people you knew, not so much to reform friendships but rather to see what the years have done with them. And, to see where they are now in relation to yourself.
Funny, when I read Springstein's lyric (I heard it just yesterday) the first thing that popped into my mind was the movie "The Big Chill". You can go looking, you can even make a new special time, but you can't ever recapture the special time that was.
I've never been to a high school reunion, and I have no desire to go. For better or for worse, those times are too far away and really don't have any meaning to me.
Funny, when I read Springstein's lyric (I heard it just yesterday) the first thing that popped into my mind was the movie "The Big Chill". You can go looking, you can even make a new special time, but you can't ever recapture the special time that was.
I've never been to a high school reunion, and I have no desire to go. For better or for worse, those times are too far away and really don't have any meaning to me.
08-05-2007 | 04:43 PM
#13
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From: The (S)Low Country
Originally Posted by DrCloud,Aug 5 2007, 08:18 PM
This seems appropriate, somehow:
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
[Chorus]:
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Well there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by
And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing thinking about
[Chorus]
My old man worked 20 years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the legion hall
But I can tell what's on his mind
Glory days yeah goin' back
Glory days aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of, well time slips away
And leaves you with nothing mister but
Boring stories of glory days ...
(Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
I had a friend was a big baseball player
Back in high school
He could throw that speedball by you
Make you look like a fool boy
Saw him the other night at this roadside bar
I was walking in, he was walking out
We went back inside sat down had a few drinks
But all he kept talking about was
[Chorus]:
Glory days well they'll pass you by
Glory days in the wink of a young girl's eye
Glory days, glory days
Well there's a girl that lives up the block
Back in school she could turn all the boys' heads
Sometimes on a Friday I'll stop by
And have a few drinks after she put her kids to bed
Her and her husband Bobby well they split up
I guess it's two years gone by now
We just sit around talking about the old times,
She says when she feels like crying
She starts laughing thinking about
[Chorus]
My old man worked 20 years on the line
And they let him go
Now everywhere he goes out looking for work
They just tell him that he's too old
I was 9 nine years old and he was working at the
Metuchen Ford plant assembly line
Now he just sits on a stool down at the legion hall
But I can tell what's on his mind
Glory days yeah goin' back
Glory days aw he ain't never had
Glory days, glory days
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it
But I probably will
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture
A little of the glory of, well time slips away
And leaves you with nothing mister but
Boring stories of glory days ...
(Bruce Springsteen, 1984)
Funny you'd post that because I was sort of thinking about it when I read that one of the guys from my high school class bought and owns the bar/ice cream parlor where everyone used to hang out when we were in high school. I didn't even know it was still in business. Those people who've posted current pictures of themselves are totally unrecognizable to me. I must have skipped the last reunion since I didn't even know they had one several years ago. Oh well, their loss.
08-05-2007 | 05:07 PM
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From: The (S)Low Country
Oh, I almost forgot. One of the guys I graduated with was Randy Wallace, who wrote the movie, Braveheart and several others. Here's some info on him. He has not registered to attend the reunion: Randall Wallace
08-05-2007 | 05:17 PM
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From: Randolph, NJ
[QUOTE=Lainey8484,Aug 5 2007, 08:01 PM] Rob, I'll apologize in advance if I'm misunderstanding you, but your post gives me the impression that you think the whole reunion thing is to compare notes and decide who's come out on top.
08-05-2007 | 05:25 PM
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From: St-Redempteur,Qc.
Could not tell;never went to such reunions..
but my advice is the following;don't go...
All you will meet,is
bragging about what they did,when they were young,why it did not worked as expected.or lying on their situation...
Better keep the old "Souvenirs" in mind...
but my advice is the following;don't go...
All you will meet,is
bragging about what they did,when they were young,why it did not worked as expected.or lying on their situation...Better keep the old "Souvenirs" in mind...
08-05-2007 | 06:14 PM
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From: Arlington, VA
I went to my 20th, which was the first one our class had. I enjoyed that one because about a third of the class came. The numbers dwindled significantly in the years since. We are having another one this year, but I'm not going. My HS was kind of different, in that most of the students were from families who moved around for jobs, military, diplomatic service, etc. DC is a very transient area. So we lost touch, and many have moved far away and don't/can't come back for the reunions.
08-05-2007 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Lainey8484,Aug 5 2007, 06:01 PM
but your post gives me the impression that you think the whole reunion thing is to compare notes and decide who's come out on top. As I said in my post, I do think that may have been true at the 10th reunion. I did not get that feeling at all at the 20th. It was so much more relaxed. People mingled and truly seemed to want to know how you were and what you had been doing, and I didn't get the feeling it was to make any comparisons to their own lives. They just seemed to be more comfortable with themselves and not so concerned about what others might think of them.