I don't think that John Fogarty is a great songwriter on par with Cale, nor a virtuosic performer on par with Sebastyen, but I think this was an important song when it was written, and that it is apropos today.
What an egotistical bastard, ay? Who am I to criticize? If I damn I only damn with faint praise. CCR was great, just not on that par. And my qualification is my lowly AFA in Music Theory and Comp. With Honors, ladeda.
But I am indeed an egotistical bastard, make no mistake. I picked some up from certain relative's sense of self-importance, I picked a lot up from James Joyce. Love the man, love the work. He said -There is no genius, only hard work. And he pointed out that the only way we can ever hope to write breathing characters of realistic flesh and blood is to understand how the human mind works. And the only mind we can examine under the microscope is our own. Which explains this part of my terrible buddhism. I drink, I smoke, I have entirely too much ego and pride. Still I seek lovingkindness.
O, but the dharma on me, the dharma on me. Still, I give as good as I get. I have been accused of saving a life now and again. And I strive for meaningful acts of charity when possible. I hope to go out even; I am certainly not prepared to step off this wheel.
Yet I am hurt and I am frightened and I feign would. But the intrigue is too hot, the suffering too sweet. Conflicted? I'm a quarter irish and a quarter british; conflicted enough in my blood regardless of my spiritual issues.
Enough philosophy? Cereal for breakfast, standard morning rituals, indian for luch with C.. The chapters missed. She was a blog pioneer. Shall we get back together? Her issues at least match my own. Eh, it was a nice lunch. Mustang (turkey, cheddar, onion and pepper sandwich), chips and a Bass for din-din. Looooong distance flirting with an aussie who sounds an utter knockout. No harm, no foul I've always said. No idea what it means, but I've always said it. I am grateful to the universe for the opportunity to have been involved in the growth of this network. I have changed the world. I can go now.