Jackie
A late entry from me this month. I have been seriously challenged this month! At least 6 attempts binned and then this came in a flash yesterday. Firstly, apologies for poor piano and the poor video positioning, not to mentionthe squeaky piano stool!. No time, it was now or never. So, the song is called ‘Jackie’ and is almost a love song to the memory that teen magazine
Chours: Jackie, Jackie, I girst heard your name way back in 65. Jack, Jackie, you came to represent our lives.
To you we’d send our letters spilling out our hope and fears
Cathy and Claire we hoped would solve them all
We hung on every word they said, not knowing where to turn,
Gave us hope and strength to carry on.
Chorus
2. Each week a centrefold to take and hang upon the wall.
This shed light Where none had been before
The glamour in those pictures, smiling down on us
Made us think we could be so much more
Instrumental Chorus
3. We waited for the door click
As your mag dropped to the floor
Into your pages we would disappear
The paperboy was long gone, reading stories of the war
You gave the girls tge keys for life for sure
Chorus and outro
Jackie! OMG! My sister and her friends were so into that. Beautifully sung. Glad you made the deadline. It doesn’t feel long enough to me I need two months to develop things from a musical sketch. Mal
Thank you for your lovely comment! I really found this challenge tough, until I remembered Jackie!! All good fun. I could have done with another week for sure!
My sister was an avid reader – I used to read the ‘Cathy and Clair’ page! Great song and subject.
Lovely song👏
This is lovely – I remember Jackie too – my Mum used to buy me a copy when she did the weekly shopping – great memories.
Wow I absolutely love this song. It brought back such happy memories of my time reading that magazine – I agree it gave us the key to life – there was even a pull out booklet to collect each week called the A-Z of Love & Life – I think I still have it somewhere! I even wrote to Cathy & Claire once too! This is indeed a beautiful song, the melody was really pretty and feminine to suit the content. You sung & performed it with such tenderness and love – the keyboard did it justice too. Thanks for share about your six failed attempts before this one came in a flash as that will be helpful for me to remember not to give up as I usually do when I struggle in the same way.
So lovely Cath. I loved Jackie, I wasnt allowed to read it until I was a bit older but I’d steal a look at my friends copies. The melody is beautiful and I know it’s not the point but your voice in that upper register is really lovely on this. Thanks for the reminder of many a happy hour in my youth 😀.
As adults, I sometimes wonder if we really change that much? The seriousness of our priorities change, but we still spend a lifetime searching for someone or something to validate our deepest thoughts and concerns. Life is wonderfully interesting at every age. Good tune Cath.
Lovely Cath, sweet and gentle, really good!
Great take on the theme. Would love to hear this with a full orchestra!!
I really love the melody to this, Cath, and you really bring back that era when a simple magazine could mean so much.
That was a great blast from the past. I had forgotten about Jackie. It’s a beautiful melody and a really beautiful sensitive performance.
Good one Catherine.
I took me back to mum bringing home my Marvel comic books after she’d been to the hairdressers and grocery shopping on Fridays.
Thank you🙏😁
Glad you liked it @Julie. I very much appreciate your comments.
Thanks @Phil, all those comics flashed through my mind. My brother got Victor I think. God memories
See Facebook for comments. Lovely Cath.
I thought that was rather lovely Cath and the piano perfect for it. My brother isc 3 yearsw behind me and there is a 14 year gap between me and my sister so Jackie (the magazine) did not ever cross my path but the Jackie I married has just called down for her morning cuppa so here endeth the review!
That’s really great Cath. Love the opening refrains to each verse. As ever, your melody grips and tugs at the heartstrings!
I learnt more about sex education from the Cathy & Claire page than I did from biology lessons! Us boys used to have lots of fun reading the problem pages, though the girls weren’t happy about this situation. Great song, Cath, has brought back some happy memories. Cheers.