A song that may have been written about the Reagan Era.

[coloradodem2005]

Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence." There was a line about "This tired old man could be elected king." In the video, I thought that he showed Ronald Reagan.

[RoyGBiv]

1. Actually, it was "that we elected king" ...

From that particular part of the song:

O’ beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They’re beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie
But I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We’ll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

[physioex]

2. Hi Roy...

Remember I posted this first.... :hi:

Also Bon Jovi wrote Living on a Prayer because of Reganomics. I can get a link to prove this....

[RoyGBiv]

4. I do indeed remember...

It ran through my head all last week.

That and The Call's "Let the Day Begin." Only reason for the latter is the phrase in the song, "Here's to the closing of the age..." which I chose to interpret at the time it was popular as the closing of the Reagan age.

I have no doubt about the Bon Jovi song. But a link would be cool. I like sending these things to certain people.

[coloradodem2005]

6. Makes sense.

When you listen to the lyrics of that song it definitely gives off that vibe. I also know that Jon Bon Jovi supports Dems. Now, I feel like pulling out my copy of "Slippery When Wet".

[coloradodem2005]

3. thank you for the heads up.

That verse makes things clearer. The Bon Jovi thing is also an interesting factoid too.

[physioex]

5. Here is the proof I promised...

http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/102900/gen_churches.shtml

:toast:
<snip>
Bon Jovi said he wrote his song ``Living on a Prayer'' during the Reagan-Bush era of ``trickle-down economics'' and didn't want to go back.
<snip>

[physioex]

7. Genius just pure genius..

Back in 2000:

Rolling through the Midwest with Gore, Jon Bon Jovi is pure partisan as he volunteers his time and guitar to warm up crowds with his 1980s rock hits, "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "Living on a Prayer," and warns that Bush would throw the country back into a trickle-down economy.

http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/103100/gen_1031006503.shtml

[RoyGBiv]

9. This song brings back lots of memories...

Driving down a dirt road to my girlfriend's house, helping her with her chores around the dairy farm, figuring out how to fix a carburetor in the middle of the night so my car would start and let me make curfew...

Anyway...lyrics:

Once upon a time
Not so long ago

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union’s been on strike
He’s down on his luck...it’s tough, so tough
Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings home her pay
For love - for love

She says we’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got
’cause it doesn’t make a difference
If we make it or not
We’ve got each other and that’s a lot
For love - we’ll give it a shot

Chorus:
Whooah, we’re half way there
Livin’ on a prayer
Take my hand and we’ll make it - I swear
Livin’ on a prayer

Tommy’s got his six string in hock
Now he’s holding in what he used
To make it talk - so tough, it’s tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers baby it’s okay, someday

We’ve got to hold on to what we’ve got
’cause it doesn’t make a difference
If we make it or not
We’ve got each other and that’s a lot
For love - we’ll give it a shot

Chorus

We’ve got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it’s all that you’ve got

Chorus

[physioex]

11. Same here.......

I miss hair metal....The chicks were always good looking in the videos...Just in the hair bands RATT and Bon Jovi are my favorites..

[RoyGBiv]

12. RATT

Funny you mention RATT. For my 17th birthday, my mom bought me a new car stereo, complete with equalizer and a good speaker system. When I got the car back from the shop that was installing the thing, the first tape I put into the player was RATT. I nearly made my ears bleed with "Round and Round." :-)

[Momof1]

8. DAMN wasn't there a lot more balls back then n/t

[physioex]

10. I do concur.......EOM

:hi:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

13. "may have????" of course it was... Don Henley said so many

times.
It was a great song... still is, I guess, I have not heard it for a while.