I Tried unsuccessfully to reply to your last post, so here goes.
Maybe because your memory reflects my own memories of what Asbury Park
WAS, through the eyes of a (then) child, I can relate to your early
club days, the music, just about everything, because my kids reflect
the exact same things!
This being the weekend of change, I can't, not even once, remember
anything or anyone harboring or showing me any racial animosity, in
AP. I never heard from my kids that they were treated unfairly. I
heard after the fact, when I took my kids, sister and niece who were
visiting us in the late 70's, that Asbury Park's Beach was racially
segregated.
In that regard, I'm glad I didn't know this, although I don't dispute
what others have said in that regard. I have color photos of my kids
on the jetty and when I show them, others ask, "where is this"? When
I say Asbury Park, they look stunned! I say, "must have been my
winning smile"! Let's face it, after 5 kids, I was just beginning to
HAVE a body! Remember, I was a very LATE bloomer!
I have been known, more than once, to sing "Born in the USA", out loud
to my kids astonished looks that I actually KNOW the words! When I
began to repeat rap lyrics, they would feel my forehead! I'm talking
about Grand Master Flash, not the kind of rap where the "B" word is
used or other profanities. I even like Country Music and Country
Comedy or Red Neck Humor!
Jack and others born in the 60's, you're entitled to your memories
just as I loved the days of Howdy Doody, Lucy and the first series of
the Mickey Mouse Club and American Bandstand! Me? I was Gene Autry,
the singing cowboy, complete with black outfit, red leather boots and
2 shiny, silver cap pistols! I lived in a fantasy world! Sometimes I
still do, but it's OK, because back when I was young, I could always
go there. I just did. God Bless!
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