Rhinestone Cowboy - RIP (1 Viewer)
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The radio dedicated a song to the late Glen Campbell. I told my daughter, I thought he was still alive. Then I come home and see this on the Forum. I always liked him in True Grit.
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I was very sad earlier on in the year, to read that Glen had stopped touring and live performances due to the advancement of Altzheimers disease, which he had battled with for a number of years. I've always loved Glen's music - and am pleased to own many of his albums on CD.
The last track - of the last CD he released, ( amazingly, his 64th Album!) - has the song, "Adios" (click to hear below), which I believe he intended fans to take as his goodbye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQQoUx1oOU
Counting myself as one of his long-time fans, I just love this song - and the sentiment behind it.
I was, therefore, even sadder to hear of his death - today.
Rest in peace Cowboy - and thanks for all the memories and pleasure you have given me - for most of my life. I'm left, however, with a shelf full of your work, in my collection of CD's - so you're not entirely gone from my life at all.
Adios amigo - jb
The last track - of the last CD he released, ( amazingly, his 64th Album!) - has the song, "Adios" (click to hear below), which I believe he intended fans to take as his goodbye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQQoUx1oOU
Counting myself as one of his long-time fans, I just love this song - and the sentiment behind it.
I was, therefore, even sadder to hear of his death - today.
Rest in peace Cowboy - and thanks for all the memories and pleasure you have given me - for most of my life. I'm left, however, with a shelf full of your work, in my collection of CD's - so you're not entirely gone from my life at all.
Adios amigo - jb
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Galveston 1969
The song is considered as the official anthem of Galveston Island and the City of Galveston, Texas
Background and writing
Glenn Campbell's recording of the song, released in 1969, was perceived as being a Vietnam War protest song, but Campbell performed it up-tempo, conveying a more general message. The protagonist is a soldier, as shown in the original promo video with Campbell dressed up in a military outfit. Jimmy Webb described it as an anti-war song, and challenged Campbell's version of his song and the notion that it was in any way a "patriotic song". According to Jimmy Webb the song was about a soldier, during the Vietnam War, finding himself in a situation he didn't want to be in, rather than a protest song.
The song describes a soldier waiting to go into battle who thinks of the woman he loves and his hometown of Galveston, Texas, and the second verse was originally transcribed:
"Wonder if she could forget me
"I'd go home if they would let me
"Put down this gun
"And go to Galveston."
However, in Campbell's version, this was changed to read:
"I still hear your sea waves crashing
"While I watch the cannons flashing
"I clean my gun
"And dream of Galveston."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_(song)
The song is considered as the official anthem of Galveston Island and the City of Galveston, Texas
Background and writing
Glenn Campbell's recording of the song, released in 1969, was perceived as being a Vietnam War protest song, but Campbell performed it up-tempo, conveying a more general message. The protagonist is a soldier, as shown in the original promo video with Campbell dressed up in a military outfit. Jimmy Webb described it as an anti-war song, and challenged Campbell's version of his song and the notion that it was in any way a "patriotic song". According to Jimmy Webb the song was about a soldier, during the Vietnam War, finding himself in a situation he didn't want to be in, rather than a protest song.
The song describes a soldier waiting to go into battle who thinks of the woman he loves and his hometown of Galveston, Texas, and the second verse was originally transcribed:
"Wonder if she could forget me
"I'd go home if they would let me
"Put down this gun
"And go to Galveston."
However, in Campbell's version, this was changed to read:
"I still hear your sea waves crashing
"While I watch the cannons flashing
"I clean my gun
"And dream of Galveston."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_(song)
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