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| Art Bergmann & Joe Keithley |
Men for All Ages
They were men for all ages
Captain Kirk, Spock, Scotty and Bones
They were men for all ages
Somehow evil was overthrown
They always strove for honour
Never fought for gold
Live long and prosper
Never really got old
Live long and prosper
Never really got old
Joe Keithley, Falling Apart Songs, SOCAN
Joe Keithley, known by some of us as Joey Shithead and Art Bergmann are two punk singers from the past who did not stay as they were and have progressed to new stuff. I am inspired by them to keep going with my photography, scanning and writing at my age of 81.
I was driving to pick up my daughter Hilary a couple of months ago when I heard Joe Keithley (who also represents Hilary’s riding in Burnaby as a City Counsellor) being interviewed on CBC Radio. He then played a newly recorded version of Men for all Ages that simply had me parking my car to listen to it.
Art Bergmann is launching a new record and officially a biography on him on Friday September 29th at the Rickshaw Theatre.
Many people in this city have little memory for its past. Many of my favourite songs by Art Bergmann like Yellow Pages cannot be found on the net. But this early one Data Redux (as perfect as a punk song can be) can be heard here. And here is Keithley’s new version of Men for All Ages.
Then there are songs that have completely faded from the memory of many but not from mine. The Secret Vs were a punk band from the early 80s. Their song Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold is one of my favourite Vancouver songs ever. There are some who might think that the lyrics fit our Vancouver right now.
Waiting for the Drugs to Take Hold
Sometimes I feel proud to be living in Vancouver. I am right now thanks to these fine men.
And I must add that Rosemary and I when living in Mexico City, in the early 70s we were fans of La Odisea del Espacio. It was a dubbed version of Star Trek. Captain Kirk often said, "¿Chihuahua, donde está el señor Espok?
When we arrived to Vancouver in 1975 while watching TV I asked Rosemary, "Why is Shatner in a SuperValu ad?" We did not know he was Canadian.
