"My Friend The Sea" by Rod McKuen

"I don't believe a man can write about the sea and not include himself. Much of me is here and I have used the sea as a platform to speak about the times and the seasons and people's relationships to one another. Most of all, I've used the sea to write about loving."
"Psychologists equate Man's love for the sea with mother-love........"




Rod Mckuen; referring to his LP "The Sea" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To purchase "The Sea" & his many other works, please visit.........
http://www.mckuen.com

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[MrMaldoror666]

The French get Valery, we get Rod McKuen. PLANETARY BIAS

[urdivine]

@rodmckuenfan

Yes. I never read his book but I do remember him going on talk shows, in the 80s, in an effort to find his father. I was working for a private investigation company at that time and I remember thinking, I really wanted to help him.

I've thought the same thing, about the idea of making a movie about his life. I hope it's done and done right.

[rodmckuenfan]

@urdivine Wow, I'm 1 in 652,035! Well, he's a pretty rare performer. It's amazing how much work he has produced over his lifetime and how little of it is seems to be remembered. Have you ever read Rod's autobiography called, "Finding My Father"? It's a real page-turner- Rod's like a detective trying to piece together his own past, and find his father. I really enjoyed reading it- It makes me want to make a film or documentary about him, because he's had such an interesting life.

[urdivine]

@rodmckuenfan

OK. I did some calculations for the odds of becoming a McKuen fan;

[using a special calculator]

Female - age 55 - 65 = 1 out of 9 people

Female - less than 55 = 1 out of 23

Male - age 55 - 65 = 1 out of 7,023

Female - age 21 [influenced by older McKuen fan] = 1 out of 9,172

Female - age 21 [Discovered McKuen on their own] = 1 out of 76,754

Male - age 21 [Discovered McKuen on their own] = 1 out of 652,035 people

Quite rare, indeed

[tcnewell]

@urdivine I always liked the song "The Importance of a Rose" and there is a poem from "The Sea" I can't remember the name of. The narrator talks about "crawling down your throat and seeing the world through your eyes." The music is so hauntingly beautiful. I particularly remember the trumpet solo. I remember attending a poetry seminar back in the early 80's. One of the speakers read some of Rod's poetry with an air of sarcasm and referred to his poetry as greeting card fluff. Jerk!

[rodmckuenfan]

@urdivine I'm actually not the person who uploaded that song. It probably showed up on my channel because I 'favorited' the video. Anyway, I noticed that that person misspelled that song name too. You should give them a heads up!

[rodmckuenfan]

@urdivine I'm not sure why anything was marked as SPAM. Strange! And I actually found out about Rod McKuen completely by myself. My parents were born in the 60s, and surprisingly they didn't really know about Rod McKuen at all. My Grandma knew about him though. I actually came across 'The Sea' in a Goodwill a few years ago and I've been a huge fan since.

[Kellyolson]

This really takes me back in time. How great! Wish I could put this music on my Web site, outofavila , which is all about the sea!

[urdivine]

@rodmckuenfan

Thanks for that old video of Rod singing "Jean". You may want to correct your title. You have "Gene." He wrote that title song of the movie "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie".

Dennis

[urdivine]

@rodmckuenfan

Thanks for that old video of Rod singing "Jean". You may want to correct your title. You have "Gene." He wrote that title song of the movie "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie".

Dennis