{"id":983,"date":"2026-09-28T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/?p=983"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:41:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:41:28","slug":"mm-1962-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/2026\/09\/28\/mm-1962-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MM &#8211; 1962"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/09\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-984\" srcset=\"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/09\/image-3.png 1024w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/09\/image-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/09\/image-3-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peter, Paul and Mary - 500 Miles Lyrics\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCwj1GMKB44?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7e4ac651328708ea719ac0894fa30934\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;500 Miles&#8221; (also known as &#8220;500 Miles Away from Home&#8221; or &#8220;Railroaders&#8217; Lament&#8221;) is a song made popular in the United States and Western Europe during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_folk_music_revival\">1960s folk revival<\/a>. The simple <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Repetition_(music)\">repetitive<\/a> lyrics offer a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lament\">lament<\/a> by a traveler who is far from home, out of money, and too ashamed to return. In a May 1963 interview on <em>Folk Music Worldwide<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Stookey\">Paul Stookey<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter,_Paul_and_Mary\">Peter, Paul and Mary<\/a> characterized the song, which appeared on the group&#8217;s 1962 debut album, as &#8220;a reflection of loneliness.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . &#8220;500 Miles&#8221; (also known as &#8220;500 Miles Away from Home&#8221; or &#8220;Railroaders&#8217; Lament&#8221;) is a song made popular in the United States and Western Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money, and too ashamed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civatar.com\/suziqsthoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}