Gentle on My Mind

“Gentle on My Mind” is the second song I’m asking you to listen to today. One line has a theme in common with “More than Words,” today’s other song. I’ll be exploring that theme in my next post on July 4.

Although most people associate “Gentle on My Mind” with Glen Campbell – it made him famous – the song was written by John Hartford, who won a Grammy for his version.

I used to play this song for my literature classes as an example of one of the best love poems ever written – and for my writing classes as an example of vivid language.

“Gentle on My Mind” is also a good starting point for a discussion of the differences between art and life. I have been married to the same man for 43 years – and no, he doesn’t keep a sleeping bag here: Ours is a permanent and stable arrangement. (How dreary that sounds! It isn’t.) And yet my soul is stirred by this song about a man walking along the train tracks and thinking about that special woman….

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2 thoughts on “Gentle on My Mind

  1. Vic Vreeland

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I didn’t see the “peddle” mistake until you pointed it out. I think I might have spotted it if I had typed it.
    I write letters to the editor occasionally and think “I bet Jean would go nuts if she read them.” Haaaaaaaa Vic

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