I saw some sad news a while back. Evidently the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans museum has closed and the owners recently auctioned off all of the memorabilia, including Roy’s (taxidermied) horse Trigger and dog Bullet (I’m glad they didn’t stuff Dale, too!).
Rogers wasn’t an icon of my generation, but with the advent of cable television and a lack of programming to fill the available time slots, suddenly the wild west was riding through the living room of my childhood. I loved The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, and Wanted Dead or Alive, as well as the great old…
I Hate Graveyards And Old Pawnshops
Mullets + Delorean = The Gospel Circa 1985
Cheesy? Yes. Dated? Yes. Aesthetically vacant? Maybe. Gospel-ish? Of course.
Awesome? Sweet fancy Moses, yes.
The video says it all (the actual song starts at the 2:10 mark):
Key line:
It’s strong and its sudden and it’s cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That’s the power of love
I don’t care who you are. You can’t not love this song.
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