What made Harodim, so much more frighteningly real is because just recently, last July, my HS classmate and one of my BFFs, who lives in Warrenton, VA with his Mexican wife, gave us a quick tour of (West) Virginia, especially, places which John Denver celebrates in his song, Take me Home, Country Roads, such as Shenandoah (river and mountain), forests, country roads which were magnificent but also gave me the creeps after being given quick glimpses of soldiers communities that resided there, and also, a big parcel of land, of course, forbidden to anyone, where the IMF-World Bank and other VIPs hold their retreats and conferences. Strange that I would imagine my beloved HS friend and his son (who is employed with Pentagon) in the image of the father-and-son characters (Peter Fonda played father), engaged in an angst-filled dialogue in Harodim. Was I horrified. John Denver who died, at age 53, in 1997 when the plane that he himself flew crashed, recorded his song in 1971. Listening to it now and thinking of the hidden forests and rivers of Shenandoah and Virginia, that I saw, I thought, at first, that Denver and the composer with whom he co-wrote the song were being ironic when they wrote the first line, Almost heaven, West Virginia.... I dont know what West VA was like in 1971, but the impression I got when we drove around there with my friend last July was that it was almost something else, too quiet, almost (pardon the word) sinister, with a lot of real property advertised for sale, I felt like many were trying to leave? Well, heres John Denvers song to go with Harodim: youtube/watch?v=1vrEljMfXYo
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 01:22:20 +0000
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