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My Gen X Playlist: Wild Thing – The Troggs

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Daily writing prompt
What’s the first book you ever finished and still remember to this day?
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The earliest book that I remember reading was Where the Wild Things Are. I remember the illustrations more than anything. What comes to mind is Max being crowned king and dancing with the wild things. It’s hard to believe the book is over 60 years old.

I was curious about the themes of the book. I found this interesting article: 7 Life Lessons of Where the Wild Things Are.

  1. Don’t judge someone by his or her appearance.
  2. There’s a wild thing in all of us – and that’s ok.
  3. There is immense power in imagination.
  4. There’s always time in life to let loose.
  5. Sometimes, there’s no place like home.
  6. Your parents will always have your back, even if they don’t seem like it.
  7. Love with everything you got.

That’s quite a few life lessons packed into a 40 page book, with many pages containing illustrations only without any words. After I read the article, I get it. Some life lessons don’t require a boatload of words.

The song choice wasn’t a difficult one. I looked at others, though. This one fit too well. Here is Wild Thing by the Troggs.

The style of music exemplified in this song became known as “Caveman Rock.” The Troggs is short for “troglodyte” (meaning “cave dweller”), which helped bolster this image.

Songfacts

If I’m being 100% honest, I never knew who sang this iconic song. I just always sang along. Don’t judge, please. As an added bonus, I even learned a new word, too. Let’s see if I can weasel in troglodyte into a conversation this weekend. Vegas odds are saying no. They might be right.

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Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
I love you

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
You move me

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Come on, come on, wild thing
Shake it, shake it, wild thing

14 thoughts on “My Gen X Playlist: Wild Thing – The Troggs”

  2. “Where the wild things are” is one of my old-time favorite children’s books! Not so much for the story, but because the illustrations are just out of this world!

    I took a children’s lit class in college, and it is stunning to learn how much subtext is going on: not just with the illustrations, but even with the actual wording the authors choose

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  6. This daily writing prompt made me stop and think. I know the book you are talking about but back in my childhood living quite a quiet existence with my parents and sister there wasn’t a focus on children’s reading books pre school. My first memory, therefore, definitely has to be Enid Blyton, probably The Magic Faraway Tree. I recently went to watch it at the cinema with my daughter.

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      1. When I was at primary school we used to have an annual presentation assembly and I always managed to win a book each year (not always for the same achievement). I kept all my books and when my daughter was growing up she read them, always placing them back on the bookshelf when complete.
        This was one of those books. Charlotte’s Web was her absolute favourite but this came a close second so it was definitely a reflection moment together in the cinema 😊

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