What's all this about The Old Man Down the Road?
For a long time I thought I might become a cantankerous old coot, sitting in my rocking chair on the front porch with a cane. I wouldn't need the cane, but it would be handy for whacking anyone who bugged me across the ankle. Seemed like it might be kind of cool being the neighborhood crank!
John Fogarty is a genius of sorts, no question, but he's better at lyrics than the business of being in a band, thus, no Creedence. Since Creedence however, he's still whipped out some classics, maybe most notably, "The Old Man Down the Road". You know, the weird guy in the neighborhood pretty much everyone warned us about. Maybe the Boo Radley of the end of the century. The only difference is, you probably DO want to stay away from this one!
John Fogarty is a genius of sorts, no question, but he's better at lyrics than the business of being in a band, thus, no Creedence. Since Creedence however, he's still whipped out some classics, maybe most notably, "The Old Man Down the Road". You know, the weird guy in the neighborhood pretty much everyone warned us about. Maybe the Boo Radley of the end of the century. The only difference is, you probably DO want to stay away from this one!
This Old Man is a far darker version of me rocking with my cane, waiting for someone to bug me. Anyway, The Old Man Down the Road seems like a good blog handle, and the cool kids will get it.
Beyond the eeriness of the words, the music could have come from Green River, way, way, way, back in the day.
The verses scare me!
He take the thunder from the mountain
He take the lightning from the sky
He bring the strong man to his bended knee
He make the young girls mama cry
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got the eye as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stand right in the road
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run away
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put the shadow across the window
When the old man comes around
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run again
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
The old man is down the road
The old man is down the road
What can be cooler than this? Maybe some Chris Rea or Dylan could evoke the same scariness, but maybe not too.
