ScottN
(An inch above the K/T boundary layer) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 10:30 | |
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kurtster
(Aurora, OH) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 10:29 | |
ThePoose wrote:
You said, ''Get off the cross, we need the wood.'' You should attribute quotes--paraphrased or not. In this case, it was Tom Waits in Come on up to the house, which is on the Mule Variations CD.
Much oblidged, not aware of the source, my wife has been saying that for years.
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ThePoose
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 10:13 | |
kurtster wrote:
Maybe you had to be subject to the draft then or not. Maybe its a another thing to be thankful for such as the first thanksgiving away from the tyranny of the... oops never mind.
Its fun for some, get over it. Get off the cross, we need the wood.
Thanks Bill, TG ain't complete without hearing this!
You said, ''Get off the cross, we need the wood.'' You should attribute quotes--paraphrased or not. In this case, it was Tom Waits in Come on up to the house, which is on the Mule Variations CD. |
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kurtster
(Aurora, OH) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 10:01 | |
Tony0600 wrote:What does anybody see in this crap and why is being played?
Maybe you had to be subject to the draft then or not. Maybe its a another thing to be thankful for such as the first thanksgiving away from the tyranny of the... oops never mind.
Its fun for some, get over it. Get off the cross, we need the wood.
Thanks Bill, TG ain't complete without hearing this! |
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angiekitty
(Alpharetta, Ga) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:57 | |
Thank you for the keeping the tradition alive! My mom and I have to try and hunt down Alice's Restaurant every year on our local radio stations. It's great to have it on m favorite online radio station with no static!
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neilro51
(boone, iowa) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:52 | |
born in 50, drafted in 69. I can relate! Love this song every thanksgiving!
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Tony0600
(Hampshire, UK) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:45 | |
Thanks for that. From yours another comment I can see that there is some kind of message in it and taht I'd respect. In any event, ny comments were fired off with a smile - but it still grates
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Prodigal_SOB
(Back Home Again in Indiana (a newly blue state)) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:42 | |
Tony0600 wrote:What does anybody see in this crap and why is being played?
A brief bit of history. According to his profile BillG was born in 1953. Due to the mechanics of the draft and the timing of its demise, this gives him about a one in four chance of having been compelled to undergo all of the inspections, detections, injections, neglections, but have the whole thing end just before the dreaded selection. That experience makes this song optimally funny. If not Bill a few of his friends I'm sure.
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katzendogs
(Houston) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:39 | |
JrzyTmata wrote: hillbillie from the deep south!! That's really funny. or is it funnie? Yeah! We here in the deep south are known as "shitkickers" or "goatropers". Someone must have pissed in his teapot. |
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Mari
(île de lesvos) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:37 | |
dctrpunda wrote:From some of the comments today, it would seem that this song has failed to resonate with some generations. For others it is as much a part of Thanksgiving as stuffing.
If you don't get it, it's perhpas because your feelings of Vietnam are of the same fleeting quality as seeing that 150 have died in Iraq this month. You read the headline and move quickly on to the next thing. Arlo was both entertaining and poignant at a time before we became numb to war. Well spoken and so true, we are numb to war and deaf to pommy whingers! 
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JrzyTmata
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:36 | |
Tony0600 wrote:It wasn't a song it was complete crap and I never want to endure it again. It's ruined my day couldn't have been much of a day if a song ruined it. I would suggest not listening in 6 hours when it plays again. wouldn't want to ruin your evening.
wait... you're in England. isn't it evening time there? was it a retroactive ruining of your day? |
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dctrpunda
(the thin line of here.) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:33 | |
From some of the comments today, it would seem that this song has failed to resonate with some generations. For others it is as much a part of Thanksgiving as stuffing.
If you don't get it, it's perhpas because your feelings of Vietnam are of the same fleeting quality as seeing that 150 have died in Iraq this month. You read the headline and move quickly on to the next thing. Arlo was both entertaining and poignant at a time before we became numb to war.
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JrzyTmata
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:31 | |
hillbillie from the deep south!! That's really funny. or is it funnie? |
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Tony0600
(Hampshire, UK) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:31 | |
Wherever it's set, we don't want it again
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rachlan
(nyc) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:31 | |
I'm alone here, but I sang along. It was fun.
Hey, my friend on IM says Alices resturant is "up in the mountains south of san francisco
in honda laguna / skyline highway
it's a favorite biker hangout."
- which isn't true.... wonder where he go that.... anyway,
Peace
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Mari
(île de lesvos) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:31 | |
peyotecoyote wrote:
Hey peyotecoyote, thanx for that, here's what I learned today:
"What some men dream of, some men do. Sometimes." 
- Arlo Guthrie (on Ramblin' Jack Elliott) |
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Professor_C
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:29 | |
soozbc wrote:Geesh - no need to shout! I enjoyed hearing this after so many years.
Chill or you'll blow a gasket - its only a song. You have free choice to not listen so it can hardly be compared to torture.
Hmmm. People get emotional around the holidays, clearly. |
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:29 | |
Arlo Guthrie is from Massachusetts. The song is set in Massachusetts. Not the deep south. Try again!
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Tony0600
(Hampshire, UK) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:27 | |
It wasn't a song it was complete crap and I never want to endure it again. It's ruined my day
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maryte
(Headed for the Library!) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:26 | |
Stingray wrote: I assume one needs to be an American HILLBILLIE from the deep south, in order to find this "speech" funny. I doubt anybody would call this music!
Abu-Ghraibish torture!
Hillbilly - singular
Funny to mention Abu Ghraib considering what this song is actually about and what's going on now.
Have a nice day! |
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kismet700
(over valleys of endless seas) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:26 | |
Stingray wrote: I assume one needs to be an American HILLBILLIE from the deep south, in order to find this "speech" funny. I doubt anybody would call this music!
Nightmarish!
First time I switched off RP trying some other alternative station now!
Abu-Ghraibish torture!
No wonder Guthrie is completely down the drain, since at leaswt 40 years - possibly due to this terrible piece of crap!
STINGRAY!
PS
I don´t care of this may be some kind of American music-history. Shit remains shit!
Whoa man! Calm down or you'll blow a fuse! |
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soozbc
(left coast) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:26 | |
Geesh - no need to shout! I enjoyed hearing this after so many years.
Chill or you'll blow a gasket - its only a song. You have free choice to not listen so it can hardly be compared to torture.
Stingray wrote: I assume one needs to be an American HILLBILLIE from the deep south, in order to find this "speech" funny. I doubt anybody would call this music!
Nightmarish!
First time I switched off RP trying some other alternative station now!
Abu-Ghraibish torture!
No wonder Guthrie is completely down the drain, since at leaswt 40 years - possibly due to this terrible piece of crap!
STINGRAY!
PS
I don´t care of this may be some kind of American music-history. Shit remains shit! |
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oldviolin
(Currenty Epiphed) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:24 | |
Stingray wrote: I assume one needs to be an American HILLBILLIE from the deep south, in order to find this "speech" funny. I doubt anybody would call this music!
Nightmarish!
First time I switched off RP trying some other alternative station now!
Abu-Ghraibish torture!
No wonder Guthrie is completely down the drain, since at leaswt 40 years - possibly due to this terrible piece of crap!
STINGRAY!
PS
I don´t care of this may be some kind of American music-history. Shit remains shit!
We love you too. Be sure to tune in at three! |
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Stingray
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:23 | |
I assume one needs to be an American HILLBILLIE from the deep south, in order to find this "speech" funny. I doubt anybody would call this music!
Nightmarish!
First time I switched off RP trying some other alternative station now!
Abu-Ghraibish torture!
No wonder Guthrie is completely down the drain, since at leaswt 40 years - possibly due to this terrible piece of crap!
STINGRAY!
PS
I don´t care of this may be some kind of American music-history. Shit remains shit!
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daddywoodland
(Leeds, UK) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:22 | |
Is this guy ever gonna shut up!?
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peyotecoyote
(London, Ontario) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:21 | |
Mari wrote:I love this and all Arlo songs, wish we could hear more here on RP? What ever became of him?
FYI Mari: (click here) |
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oldviolin
(Currenty Epiphed) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:21 | |
faramir wrote:I'm sorry, I know people like this this (obviously from the comments), but I am just failing to see the appeal, I was going to give it a 1, but then I realized it is more tolerable than most things I have called suck-barfo, so I bumped it up to a 2, but I don't really know where to put it because it is already no longer annoying me quite as much, maybe I'll bump it up to a 3 and just go about my day, except it just keeps going for a long time while I'm trying to get work done and this song walked up, sat down, and distracted me mightily with no real entertainment value.
Well, nothing personal mind you but judging from your RP name, it takes you awhile to see the light and then only just before it's too late. All seriousness aside have a turkey leg and join the toast in the spirit of fun.  |
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Alexandra
(The American Riviera) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:21 | |
driver8 wrote:
Nothing personal but you complainers "have a lot of damn gall". 
Yeah, Zevon's busy starting the TG dinner--but he says to "Lighten the FUCK up, GOT DAMN it."
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driver8
(At the Mountains of Madness) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:20 | |
Tony0600 wrote:What does anybody see in this crap and why is being played?
Nothing personal but you complainers "have a lot of damn gall". |
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dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2006 - 09:19 | |
Tony0600 wrote:What does anybody see in this crap and why is being played?
It's the Group W bench for you! |
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