Paul Anka "The Times Of Your Life" 1975
Watch the video and see if the powerful lyrics don't make you a little sad. We are scrappers and artists trying to reclaim the past, capture the present, and make memories live on in our work. It's our creative way of keeping the tears of regret and sadness away and replace with joy, love, peace and fond memories.
Today, Kodak filed Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Why bring this up in a blog dedicated to scrapping? Because every scrapper owes a debt of gratitude to Kodak. Without Kodak's innovative, photographic history, none of us would be scrapping.
I live in Rochester, the hometown of Kodak. I'd make a bet that almost every family in Rochester has had some ties with employment at Kodak: a relative, a friend, a neighbor, maybe a business connection or a vendor, but certainly someone.
For me? Several relatives worked at Kodak: my grandma, some aunts, uncles, my husband. Our family still has a Kodak Brownie Camera- yeah it's old and it's got some images still on it, just frozen in time for the last 80 years.
This chapter in Kodak's life is sad indeed and I did have some teary thoughts on the drive to work today as our local radio station played the Kodak Theme song from many years ago, "The Times of Your Life". The song played. The memories flooded. Music can do that.
The song may be from another generation, but the words and meaning of the song remain timeless and appropriately directed toward my beloved hobby.
Oddly, this song will become pertinent and meaningful to everyone at some point in life, so let's scrap our little hearts out and capture our memories today.
There's also this Kodak inspired song:
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
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Lyrics to Times Of Your Life -Paul Anka 1975 :
Good morning, yesterday
You wake up and time has slipped away
And suddenly it's hard to find
The memories you left behind
Remember, do you remember?
The laughter and the tears
The shadows of misty yesteryears
The good times and the bad you've seen
And all the others in between
Remember, do you remember
The times of your life? (do you remember?)
Reach out for the joy and the sorrow
Put them away in your mind
The mem'ries are time that you borrow
To spend when you get to tomorrow
Here comes the setting sun (the setting sun)
The seasons are passing one by one
So gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life?
Gather moments while you may
Collect the dreams you dream today
Remember, will you remember
The times of your life?
Of your life
Of your life
Do you remember, baby
Do you remember the times of your life?
Do you remember, baby
Do you remember the times of your life?
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Simon & Garfunkel - Kodachrome
When I think back
On all the crap I learned in high school
It's a wonder
I can think at all
And though my lack of edu---cation
Hasn't hurt me none
I can read the writing on the wall
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single
And brought them all together for one night
I know they'd never match
my sweet imagination
everything looks WORSE in black and white
Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, Oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Leave your boy so far from home
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
Mama don't take my Kodachrome
Mama don't take my Kodachrome away
One of the best posts I have read all day! Thank you for taking me back to the good ol days with the music, beautiful lyrics and words of families impacted.
ReplyDeleteGreat tribute to Kodak Jen. Heard they were given until 2013 to come up with a plan...hope something good happens.
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