The opening song to the TV show "All in the Family" used to drive me batty when I was a kid. The song expressing a yearning when culture/life was more defined & seemingly easier. But just look at these photos now - the 50's colliding with the 70's. Is there such a thing as funny or self aware dystalgia?
"Those Were The Days"
by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
Boy, the way Glenn Miller played. Songs that made the Hit Parade.
Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days.
Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days.
And you know who you were then. Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
People seemed to be content. Fifty dollars paid the rent.
Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days.
Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin.
Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song.
I don't know just what went wrong. Those Were The Days.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
"Those Were the Days..."
Posted by dystalgia at 6:09 PM
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YES!! good call...i think thats the beauty of over-arching , vague terms like these..they can be funny, or dark..depending on the delivery/context..all in the family parodied nostalgia (as well as everything else..), which is why it was so funny..especially archie's racist comments...couldnt get away with that nowadays.....
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