"Not even those of us who think
the inside side of matchbook covers
with a penciled number
is a kind of life insurance
can expect a proper settlement
when the accident
of being our own selves only
overtakes us in an alleyway
or a bedroom."
Rod McKuen, from "Encounters"
#poetry #poems #rodmckuen
#musicfromtheseventies
62/1971
#RodMcKuen stond in 1971 4 weken op 1 in Nederland met 'Soldiers who want to be heroes'. McKuen schreef de song in 1965 uit frustratie omdat jonge mensen moesten vechten in een zinloze oorlog. De versie van 1971 werd een hit.
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On the 29th of January 2015: #RodMcKuen, American poet, singer-songwriter and actor (Jean, Alone, Beatsville), died at 81.
#RIP ๐๏ธ
#TerryJacks covered this song!
#RodMcKuen - #SeasonsInTheSun (black white; early sixties)
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#Interestingly Dor? Rod McKuen was a poet/composer & singer who became a pop-culture juggernaut in the late โ60s & โ70sโฆ As a songwriter, he also penned โJean,โ the theme from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodieโฆ a 1969 smash for Oliver (an Oscar nominee for Best Original Song). #RodMckuen #OneHitWondered
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If there's a better movie to put on while doing some household chores in the heat of summer, I don't want to know about it. #peanuts #vinceguaraldi #rodmckuen
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#missjeanbrodie
#robertstephens #maggiesmith #uk
#london #movies
#rodmckuen #scotland
The sleeve of the Rod McKuen/Anita Kerr/San Sebastian Strings LP โThe Seaโ (1967) held over the record playing
โI put a seashell to my ear and it all comes backโฆโ Pleased to find this in the charity shopโs Vintage Vinyl Saturday #RodMcKuen #SpokenWord #EasyListening #NowListening
Today's morning earworm from Susan's Spotify brain.
#Music #MusicSky #Earworms #BlueskyMusic #RodMcKuen
Anyone else remember him? Amazing guy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_McK...
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Se cumplen 10 aรฑos de la muerte de Rod McKuen, el poeta de los solitarios y prolรญfico compositor. Amado por millones, odiado por la crรญtica, su legado sigue flotando entre la melancolรญa y el kitsch.En Operaciรณn Rescate le recordamos.
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#RodMcKuen #OperacionRescate #Atonal
Poet, songwriter, composer, singer, and human rights advocate #RodMcKuen (1933 โ 2015), photographed by Ralph Crane, 1967
Interesting reading: ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ: ๐๐ช๐ด๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ, by @gillianfrank.bsky.social (2015):
notchesblog.com/2015/02/19/n...
Hey, have you ever tried
Really reaching out for the other side? ๐
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#RodMcKuen
#NowPlaying
#albumsigrewupwith #rodmckuen #sansebastionstrings
Albums I grew up with
San Sebastion strings Rod McKuen
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