August 26, 2008
Déjà Vu
Yesterday was a déjà vu moment of momentous proportions. It was after 9 pm, and I was resting on my bunk looking at my calendar for the next day when a few students and I began a conversation. We talked briefly about many topics ranging from the Beatles, the up-coming election, the world situation, and the benefits of international travel.
I learned last night from a bright freshman at Concord University how the Beatles got their name. They took their cue from Buddy Holly and the Crickets. Not sure how to explain that someone from the 60’s didn’t know that bit of trivia about the Beatles. However, I did know that Bob Dylan claimed that Smokey Robinson was the greatest contemporary poet in America at that time.
(Flash: I wonder how the world would have been if Buddy Holly had liked ships and had called his band “Buddy Holly and the Steamboats”? The Beatles may have taken the name Tugboats. Oh! Well, that’s for another discussion.)
My déjà vu moment occurred when I realized it was 44 years, almost to the day, that I was sitting in a dorm room having a discussion about the Beatles latest song, the election between Johnson and Goldwater, world events—such as the growing conflict in Vietnam and the free-speech movement at Berkley.
A curious thought then stuck me; how would I have felt as an 18 year old freshman in 1964 talking to someone who would have graduated in 1920 and would have, in turn, been discussing the beginning of the Roaring 20’s, the 1918 world-wide influenza pandemic, the Palmer Raids and the impact of WWI? Wow! Complete déjà vu.
Another great evening with the “Woodell Seven Plus One”!
cu4me said,
August 26, 2008 at 11:35 pm
This is a great idea! The blog entries are quite interesting. Have you considered inviting the bunkmates to blog?