Burning Bridges
Our friend Tommy! sent us this customer review of The Best of The Mike Curb Congregation CD from Amazon.com. The fellow's talking about the slammin' theme from the movie Kelly's Heroes (1970). Mike Curb, as you all know, did lots of exploitaion movies in the late '60s—Teenage Rebellion, Mondo Hollywood, Wild In The Streets—before becoming Lieutenant Governor of California (he was even acting Governor for about a year when Jerry Brown went missing), a race car enthusiast, and a country music hitmaker. "Burning Bridges," co-written by Lalo Schifrin, went straight to the top thanks to its "youthful tone" and inspirational Congregation singalong style that made Curb's other records, like Mike Curb and The Waterfall Sing The Rolling Stones Songbook, so successful. And we had no idea, but Curb apparently is one of the ALL-TIME ASTROLOGICALLY TOP-RANKED CELEBRITIES!
Anyway, here's the review.
I saw this movie after coming home from nam the theme
song "Burning Bridges" just passed by most people but
to me it meant something . In My life time I have
burned many bridges turning my back on marriges, women
giving away houses cars everything I owned and just
walking away all to my regret in my later years not
the material things but the lives I left behind. When
I'm buried this is going to be played at my funeral.
I got home ok my body with a little wear and tear but
my but my soul changed. I hope this song helps anyone
who needs it at this point in their life. God speed
for my fellow vets.
—Bill Startt (Florida)
Right on man.
Comments
absolute story of my life.
song has most profound meaning to me of all I have ever heard.
Posted by: dirtrider | August 25, 2006 03:28 AM
It still haunts me. The only song on my desktop. Bill Startt is right. Too many friends dead, Four families, six homes, eight kids. All gone. What more can be said????
Let's play it again and have another brandy.
dirtrider
Posted by: dirtrider | October 19, 2006 02:30 AM
I came home from Vietnam in February, 1968. When Kelly's Heroes came out, the song also hit the charts, and stuck in my mind forever. I would love to know the words to that song. I now own the dvd, Kelly's Heroes. Greatest song I've ever heard. Thanks.
Posted by: Fred Dias | March 5, 2007 04:10 PM
59 and still burning bridges. Was with Cally & Medina. Shot twice and had a quick trip to the USS Sancuary for a mishap in a minefield. Am not asking for help anymore ... Well, except from Joey and Mary.
Posted by: Stephen Glimpse | July 23, 2007 10:27 AM