Moxie the Snowman
An adventurous old soul
Who was Frosty’s
More handsome
More intelligent
Older cousin
Knew how to
Travel from the
North to the South Pole
Without ever melting
He’d learned the secret
Many years ago, and swore
He’d never share when
He was taught but
Of course, he showed
Mother Combs one year
When they traveled
Together in their
Younger years
But everyone knows
Mother Combs
Can keep a secret.
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When Moxie
Was at rest,
He sat and
Slept on a bed
Lined with
Pine boughs and
Christmas baubles
Dressed in a scarf
He doesn’t need
With a top hat
Given him by Santa
He’d been known
To bust out juggling
His Christmas baubles
Singing to all who will
Listen to him that
Santa is coming to town
The elves loved him
More than they
Loved Frosty so
They made Moxie a
Gold-plated nose to
Wear instead of a carrot
That would need to be
Changed out as it rotted.
Moxie had been everywhere
He’d drawn so many friends
To him, in all his travels
But what Moxie liked to do
The best was to sit outside
With you and listen to the
Sound of old Mother Combs
Tell stories and tales of
Far away and long ago
While the snow gently
Falls in the still of the night
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (3)
OMG! This is so expletive adorable! I feel so charmed on this dark winter's eve. Love it!
I agree with Dharrsheena💖☃️⛄❄️
At this point I think we're all Moxie because we love listening to you tell stories! Loved your poem!