Today’s song emerges from the country-rock genre (crock?) and the mists of 1973. 1973 was a good year and a bad year, a memorable year and a forgettable year, a year of tests and trials and learning, and a year of growing, wondering, coping with hormones, and passing days doin’ nothin’. I was seventeen for ’bout half of the year, and sixteen for the other half.
“Amie”, by Pure Prairie League, is a light melody with folkish overtones. The lyrics are easy to hear, learn, and remember. It’s a good song to sing to your floofs, should you feel a need to sing to them.
As always, the lyrics catch me. When hearing the song, you might think, this is about the singer trying to woe Amie. It’s not. This is about the man’s ambivalence about his relationship with Amie, and her decision to move on. Meanwhile, he laments that she’s taking so long to decide. The decision’s been made, dude.
Don’t you think the time is right for us to find
All the things we thought weren’t proper could be right in time?
And can you see which way we should turn, together or alone?
I can never see what’s right or what is wrong
Oh, you take too long
Read more: Pure Prairie League – Amie Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Most telling is at the end, as he sings, “I keep falling in and out of love with you.” Amie knows this, and she’s tired of it. That’s why he’s asking, “Aime, what you wanna do?” He’s in full denial and full of hope.
She is not.
NOTE: This analysis is my own. As with anything I say or write, it could be complete bullshit. Just think of it as Schrödinger’s bullshit.
This song keeps coming up in my Accuradio profile, and I like it and I too listen to the lyrics. His hopes and dreams are futile, for this said Amie (which I think is spelled wrong, but that’s me and my grammar OCD). I personally think Amie is a figment of his imagination. Good song, good pick for today’s theme music. And so what would you call Southern Rock? Sock? lol….
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Yes, it would be sock, and pop rock is pock or prock.
I think the same about spelling Amie. I had to correct it in the post!
Having her as a figment of his imagination is an interesting take. That appeals to me.
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I think Prock would be Progressive Rock, no? Lol
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Quite right. Hadn’t thought of that. So pock for pop-rock, and prock for progressive-rock. Retro-rock would be reck, right? And classic rock would be clock. Or should it be clack?
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I think classic rock should stay clock, just saying. So what would alternative rock be Alrock? Hey what about Yacht rock be? Yock?
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Now you’re getting silly, but… Alock? Yock is good. Adult contemporary rock is acock…hmm…
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Acock? Now whose getting silly? Lmao
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Perhaps I’ve become a little silly. There’s also hard rock, which is hock. It’s a fun game. I don’t know what to call heavy metal rock.
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Well of course it’s obvious that heavy metal would be hemock. What would psychedelic rock be? Psock? Glam rock? Glock? Funk rock? Fock? I mean this could go on and on….lol
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LOL – well done. Psyock? Yes, we could go on for every rock variation known, and then start new ones, like movie rock – you know the rock soundtracks to movies. Moock.
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Movie rock? lol
What about Instrumental rock? Insock? And there is a genre known as Viking rock (I can’t even imagine what that sounds like) but would that be Vock? Chicano rock, Chock? British Rock, Brock? Power rock, Powock? Death Rock, Dock? Arena Rock, Arock? The possibilities are literally endless here. LMAO 🙂
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I think you’re getting the hang of this.
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This could be a blog of it’s own if you ask me.
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Go for it, kiddo. What would you name your hypothetical blog?
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I think it could be “The GenRock Blog” then I’d have to explain the name and how I (or we) come up with the shortened names of rock genres……it could be exhausting 🤨
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