Back to the Seventies.

Goldfinch60



Here I am

In my seventies,

But I am expected to go back,

Back to the seventies,

The nineteen seventies

When long hair was the fashion.

Yes I was there,

Long hair,

Moustache,

Flares,

Platform shoes,

Kipper tie

A dedicated follower of fashion.

So I will go back

But the clothes don’t fit,

The ties have departed,

But the hair will be back,

Not the moustache though,

Not this time.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 10th, 2020 01:28
  • Comment from author about the poem: The picture is of my daughter and I in 1973, the year she was born, when my son was born two years later I had a beard as well, he did not see me without a beard for the first five years of his life. The way things are going the hair may well be that long once more.
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 23
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  • orchidee

    A fine write and pic Gold.

  • Neville

    • Neville

      Thanks for the trip down memory lane GF60 and a great narrative throughout....

      Neville

      • Goldfinch60

        Thanks Neville, those memories are still there.

        Andy

        • Neville

          I have a photo of me with my son and for a moment, I thought you may have borrowed him.... and yes, good days indeed....

          Neville

        • dusk arising

          Blimey, look at you back then. During the 70's i was in several bands/groups and looking back on the stuff i wore on stage is making me smile. Perhaps my hey-day was early 70's when i fronted a soul band wearing a n-gg-r brown pinstripe 3 piece suit which made me feel quite the 'dogs b-ll-cks'.
          There were 'loon pants' budgie jackets, ox-blood zip-up boots and later that same era came those stacked soles and baggy trousers. Thank goodness we were youngsters. I have no idea what is fashionable now but an awful lot of people do just seem to look a mess.
          My current look is shaven head and a goatee beard which i am allowing to grow as long as it will throughout this isolation period.

          Thanks for giving me a good humourous read and taking me back to those formative years. Stay safe.

          • Goldfinch60

            One of my memories was at my brothers wedding long hair, beard, moustache, very pale grey suit with bell-bottom trousers, button down shirt, kipper tie and white platform shoes. Great times though.
            I even remember the sixties so according to folklore I wasn't there!

            Andy

          • ANGELA & BRIAN

            BRIAN HERE - Good Friday Uncle Andy ! Thanks for a fab pic and a Great Video & Song DFOF ! Love hearing Seniors rabbiting on about The Excesses of Male Fashion in the 50s 60s & 70s and looking @ photos of Gramps & My Dad ! I was born in *83 and Male Fashion has been quite dull. The same with the MUSIC. Thnaks GOD for digitalised CDs . Thanks for sharing - GREAT !

            Blessings & Peace to You & Yours
            Love BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🤍💙

            • Goldfinch60

              Thank you Brian, the change was the sixties when we came out of the depressive fifties following WW2. It was a great time to be involved in and fashion really came to the fore for ordinary people and that continued into the seventies.

              Andy

            • Jerricho

              Words bring back memories. Nostalgic.

              • Goldfinch60

                Very true Jerricho, very true.

                Andy



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