kootzy wrote:  I still do.  I buy most of my music at a local independent music store that has both used and new CDs and vinyl, and frequent in-store performances, sometimes with free beer.  :)  I find things there I can't find on iTunes, sometimes even cheaper.  Those stores are still out there, and are worth patronizing.  They may not be as convenient as buying music online, but they sure are more fun.

 kootzy wrote: 
Vancouver WA?  Or Vancouver Canada?  If it's Washington, what year was that?  I was up there, working on a microwave site in 1985 (my name is immortalized in concrete on one of the footings) and ninety feet up, looking down at the city lights at dusk - total magic. I love Vancouver.   Cool that you got to see this band playing live there...

 kootzy wrote: 
There used to be 3 record/cd stores there and they're all gone now. Would have been cool to see them in the store though.

Remember when you used to go to the store to buy cd's? I was in Vancouver many years ago and walked into 'Sam the Record Man' on Seymour St. and there was Spirit of The West doing a jam session- playing this song! I liked them before, but became a fan that day and bought the cd (their scheme worked).

My wife and I were fortunate to travel to Venice, Italy this spring and the 2+ days we were there, this song was constantly playing in my head, couldn't get it out if I tried. 

 Grammarcop wrote: 
Perhaps it's deliberately ambiguous word-play.  Literal explanation would also throw off the meter of the song.  Anyhow, the logical interpretation seems rather obvious.

 Grammarcop wrote: 

Yes, Marini's little man has an erection, and he is on a horse. I don't know how SOTW could have made it more clear to you. 

This is a great tune, goes on lots of my mix CDs. The best of Spirit of the West IMO (they're from Vancouver right?)

 wrangler wrote: 
And you thought only young girls on horses had fun.  

Bill, your selections this morning are really making "hump" day go by quickly.  Keep up the great work!

 sarahbean26 wrote: 
Its not so much horrible as unnecessary. 

He was writing about this sculpture.

Lyrics:

In a room that had a postcard on the door
Of Marini's Little Man
With an erection on a horse

I've always wondered about this: Does Marini's Little Man have an erection while he is on a horse? Or is Marini's Little Man with an erection on a horse?

Either way, it's sloppy writing.  

 yofitofu wrote: 

Sounds good to me. Any chance to hear Jump is fine in my book.

 yofitofu wrote: 
I'm for it!

 nevar23 wrote: 

I suggest you check out Home For a Rest by these guys.  A great piece of hard rock played on Celtic instruments, and a Canadian dancehall standard.

This song just always seems to evoke good memories.

Love hearing it.

Could "Cathedrals" by Jump Little Children be far behind?

I like the mood of this one. It would be fun to have a tavern singalong to it.

From Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice

Some recent studies have suggested that the city is no longer sinking, but this is not yet certain; therefore, a state of alert has not been revoked. In May 2003 the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi inaugurated the MOSE project (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico), an experimental model for evaluating the performance of inflatable gates; the idea is to lay a series of 79 inflatable pontoons across the sea bed at the three entrances to the lagoon. When tides are predicted to rise above 110 centimetres, the pontoons will be filled with air and block the incoming water from the Adriatic sea. This engineering work is due to be completed by 2011.

Some experts say that the best way to protect Venice is to physically lift the City to a greater height above sea level, by pumping water into the soil underneath the city. This way, some hope, it could rise above sea levels, protecting it for hundreds of years, and eventually the MOSE project may not be necessary (it will, controversially, alter the tidal patterns in the lagoon, damaging some wildlife). A further point about the "lifting" system would be that it would be permanent; the MOSE Project is, by its very nature, a temporary system: it is expected to protect Venice for only 100 years.

In 1604, to defray the cost of flood relief Venice introduced what could be considered the first example of what became elsewhere a 'stamp tax'. When the revenue fell short of expectations in 1608 Venice introduced paper with the superscription 'AQ' and imprinted instructions which was to be used for 'letters to officials'. Initially this was to be a temporary tax but in fact remained in effect to the fall of the Republic in 1797. Shortly after the introduction of the tax Spain produced similar paper for more general taxation purposes and the practice spread to other countries.

"an erection on a horse"???  WTF? 

God this is horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you for playing the great SOTW!!

Great song seen them live many many times

BTW- time for RP to play some Paperboys!!!

(imoh) What a fun bouncy tune!!

 ndad47 wrote: 

Oof. That is really rude. But I feel it, too.

 macadavy wrote: 
I'd give THAT song a 10.  Can someone upload it?

You'll have to excuse me
I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month
I've been drunk since I left

 ndad47 wrote: 

venice floods like you wouldn't believe! you better go soon before it's gone.

yay ! picnic time again !