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Timothy - The Buoys (1971)
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Posted on 04/10/2021 5:10:44 PM PDT by SamAdams76
This is my absolute all-time favorite song about cannibalism and it was climbing the Top 40 charts exactly 50 years ago at this time.
Written by Rupert Holmes, who would go on to become even more famous for the Yacht Rock classic "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
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To: SamAdams76
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:12:07 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: SamAdams76
Cannibalism? It all depends on the sauce and the sides.
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:16:16 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
To: SamAdams76
That is one of the creepiest songs ever. I remember it as a kid.
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:16:31 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: SamAdams76
Definitely one of canniblism’s greatest hits
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:17:06 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: Bullish
“Ewww, with a gammy leg?”
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:17:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: SamAdams76
Trapped in a mine what had caved in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Were Joe and me and Tim
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the tale
Was Joe and me
Timothy, Timothy
Where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy
God, why don’t I know?
Hungry as hell, no food to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his soul
For just a piece of meat
Water enough to drink for two
And Joe said to me, “I’ll take a swig
And then there’s some for you”
Timothy, Timothy
Joe was lookin’ at you
Timothy, Timothy
God, what did we do?
I must’ve blacked out just ‘bout then
‘Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of the day again
My stomach was full as it could be
And nobody ever got around
To findin’ Timothy
Timothy, Timothy
Where on earth did you go?
Timothy, Timothy
God, why don’t I know?
Timothy, yeah
Oh, Timothy
Timothy
Yeah, Timothy
Why this was ever popular is beyond me.
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:17:25 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: dfwgator
Here is a
remake of the song with original singer Bill Kelley and a young attractive woman named Jennifer Kane.
Not a bad remake at all!
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:20:58 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: SamAdams76
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:22:54 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: unixfox
Here is an amped-up version of the song as done by
The Wrong Dots.I believe this classic has been covered by a multitude of top-notch bands.
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:28:55 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: bigbob
This is a
jazzy version done by the great Rupert Holmes himself. Skip to the three minute mark to hear him start singing it but the banter beforehand is instructive if you are a historian of this particular song.
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:39:44 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: Bullish
This is another version of
Timothy as performed by the popular band Django.
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posted on
04/10/2021 5:42:55 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
To: SamAdams76
What’s up with 1971? Same year Bloodrock did DOA.
To: Tijeras_Slim
What’s up with 1971? Same year Bloodrock did DOA.There must be something seriously wrong with me .. I liked both songs immensely.
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posted on
04/10/2021 6:09:54 PM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
To: BlueLancer
We’ve known you’re different for over 20 years here.😉
To: Tijeras_Slim
All those drugs taken in the 60s were gonna show their effects sometime....
(Might explain a LOT of the ‘70s, actually.)
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posted on
04/10/2021 6:42:48 PM PDT
by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
To: SamAdams76
Why don’t cannibals eat clowns?
They taste funny.
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posted on
04/10/2021 6:55:46 PM PDT
by
Neverlift
(When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
To: BlueLancer
1971 was the year for me when I really started to discover music. One of the first album I got as a kid was McCartney’s “Ram” album, still one of my favorites today.
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posted on
04/10/2021 6:57:28 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
... did you remember to order it from Columbia Record House??? LOL! Columbia provided a majority of my 8-track collection back then...
“... but the kettle’s on the boil...”
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posted on
04/10/2021 7:38:26 PM PDT
by
AJ504
(The Constitution was NOT written on an Etch-A-Sketch!)
To: SamAdams76
How many favorite songs about cannibalism are on your list?(!)
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