YOUR FUTURE IS SO BRIGHT... - SUMMER SERIES
What would summer be without a cool pair of sunglasses? BUT… they have to be C-O-O-L sunglasses. Right?
Need some trivia about the influence of sunglasses on pop culture? I thought you’d never ask.
Throwing Shadows. © 2021 SuZan Alexander. Digital Photography
SONGS
Five Songs that mention sunglasses (plus a bonus):
Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top (1979)
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart (1983)
Boy’s of Summer - Don Henley (1984)
The Future’s So Bright - Timbuk 3 (1986)
Dark Sunglasses - Chrissie Hynde (2014) (video filmed in Austin, Texas)
BONUS: Shades - Dean Martin (1966)
MOVIES
Five Movies where sunglasses were more than props (plus a bonus):
Rebel Without A Cause, James Dean (1955)
Breakfast a Tiffany’s, Audrey Hepburn (1961)
The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroid, and John Belushi (1980)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Matthew Broderick (1986)
The Big Lebowski, Jeff Bridges (1998)
BONUS: Giant, James Dean (1956)
ICONS FAMOUS FOR THEIR SUNGLASSES
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Steve McQueen
Bono
Elton John
Marcello Mastroianni
BONUS: Miles Davis because cool is COOL.
Your Turn
What was/is your shade of choice?
Do you have a favorite song or movie that features sunglasses?
Don’t you just love things that are cloaked in the patina of time and use? All the scrapes and dents, bruises, and bumps tell a story. They tell their story. But, sometimes they become the catalyst that leads you down another memory lane… to remember your story - like this garden trowel that belonged to my grandmother.