during the late 70's marty basso and i ate a lot of chow mein buns, bought a lot of beer out of bars with off-sales who didn't ask for our i.d. and listened to music in his brother's bedroom when he, dan, was away. we'd listen to neil young - the decade album mainly (i've noted this before here), some ELO and Running on Empty, and album by jackson browne. i loved that album. it was one of the first albums i could remember that we didn't lift the needle and skip the songs we didn't like. it all flowed together perfectly. we'd sit there weekend nights and turn up the stereo to ungodly levels all the while thinking this was exactly how it was suppose to be. every once in a while marty's mom, evelyn - a prince rupert alderwoman then, would come down and take the beer away and tell us to turn it down but, we'd just get more beer and slowly turn it back up. back then it was all Marantz and ESS and such, the 70's most elite stereo shit, good stuff. we loved it.
i, today, downloaded, Running on Empty and still see the greatness in it. sure, its dated and even corny in a way but it's still great. david lindley's voice on 'stay' in worth the price of admission alone. i think it reminds me of a simpler time. all that mattered then were my grades and maybe catching a girl in math class' eye. i played a lot of pool and foosball back then, wasted a lot of quarters on pinball and spent a great deal of time playing hockey and basketball at the civic centre in prince rupert, and in the summer months, baseball. easy. i fought a lot of my friends before they were to become my friends.
the stories that could be told that came between 1974 and 1979 would be many and not pretty. in a way i reflect back on it romantically but really, i was trouble just looking for more. fighting, smoking, drinking, more fighting, girls...trouble.
running on empty reminds me of all this. the good times.
g. xo
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