Posted on 06/26/2022 4:00:07 PM PDT by FLNittany
My dad loved that song. He had a spray bottle with alcohol in it and would use that with a lighter to light up wasps.
While he was torching wasps, he would holler, “Hello. My name is Sue, how do you do, now you are gonna die”.
Wonder that he never set fire to his garage.
But this was the late 60’s. And yes, beer was involved.
My father died in 2017 and since I live 300 miles away, it took about six weeks spread over a year to go through all of his stuff and get the house ready to sell. I am an only child and did all of the work by myself. Coming into St. Louis one night, I came across a great classic country station there and had it on all the time when I did my tasks. It brought back good memories and helped me get through some very long days and emotionally-taxing times. I used to listen to it online until it went off the air a couple of years ago.
I’d rather stab my ears with ice picks than listen to “Pet Sounds” again.
Brian Wilson’s “music” was utter scheisse. Ich es HASSE!
I’ve heard modern music.
It doesn’t even compare to generations past when real talent was needed.
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You have misappropriated the word ‘music’.
Otherwise, agree 100%
How about A Boy Named Hugh? I listened to that one a lot during the 1976 presidential campaign.
LOL!
Look up Red Dirt Radio on I-Heart. Good mix of old an new.
Yes. And especially - you had to actually be able to SING! no autotune!
Different genre than we’ve been discussing, but Keely Smith was a fabulous singer, and almost forgotten, now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPJ-J3NUUyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbeMHS6mhhQ
Hmmmm...
I was surprised to learn that Thorn Tree in the Garden by Derek and the Dominos is about a dog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrofkmicrRM
LOL! I had never heard that.
Panch is on my A list. So is don’t give up and the rose.
I have come around to Dylan’s body of work and ability to shun the media with a lot of respect for the guy. Such variety and some sixty years of holding the flag for my generation. I love the point I one of his biographies where he says that when everyone was thinking he was some great Vietnam protestor he has actually been thinking that Goldwater was the more interesting candidate than Lyndon but he really didn’t think about politics all that much.
Don't forget "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer".
My dad loved that song. He had a spray bottle with alcohol in it and would use that with a lighter to light up wasps.
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Too funny! Better than tormenting an 18 yr old waitress!
Thanks for the tip!
Wichita Lineman is exactly the kind of saccharine-y 70’s pap that I have always found absolutely intolerable.
I fell asleep. How many paragraphs in before he names the song he’s talking about?
“I liked that song, but I liked “Galveston” better.
Have you heard Webb’s original version of Galveston? It’s quite a different song - it’s very good.
I always felt that was exactly what made the song work so well. The A/B structure of the key signatures and the lyrics match, the way one’s mind might wander between two topics.
I don’t think that I’ve heard that exact chord progression on any other piece of pop music either. But it works.
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