Brad & Lex
I actually went through several, but they came out on top again.. There is a Brit that I wanted to post, but he talks too darned much... interesting chap though. Looks about 12, although I think he is about 22, or so
Posted on 02/28/2026 5:02:21 AM PST by Bikkuri
Back again for another weekly Reaction vid..
Was going to do one on the reactions about "White Rabbit", but it was WAY over the listener's heads (the younger ones have NO idea about the draft and Vietnam)...
So.. replaced it with a song a little more upbeat.
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Another of Fogherty’s Anti-American anthems.
Have I done Ram Jam’s “Black Betty” yet?
That's why I didn't like it when it came out in 1970. Not long afterwards, I was dismayed that "American Woman," an anti-American anthem by the Guess Who, reached the top of the charts.
“Was going to do one on the reactions about “White Rabbit”, but it was WAY over the listener’s heads (the younger ones have NO idea about the draft and Vietnam)...”
Geez Louise, I’m too young to know about the draft or Vietnam (other than vague memories of weeds and helicopters on the nightly news when I was in single digits) and I was born in the late 60’s.
The ones I was watching. they had NO clue what the song (White Rabbit) was about, and started making their own assumptions, which was way off (The Matrix-red pill/blue pill), so I changed that one..
I thought that the majority on her (FR) would understand ‘Nam, and most would understand the movie The Matrix (red pill/blue pill), but it is frustrating that anyone born after about 1990 has no clue about the song.
They are clueless...
BTW, I am surprised they even got the red pill/blue pill, since most probably weren’t even in diapers when the movie came out (The Matrix).
BTW, my reaction to “White Rabbit” was “Is this Annie Lennox?”
MollyBoy channel?
Yeah, one of the Brits was MollyBoy..
He is interesting, says he is a ‘rapper’/Hip hop..
But, no clue about anything before 90s...
I was about 14 when White Rabbit was released.
I never connected the Vietnam War with this song in any way.
I always connected it to the psychedelic. drug taking culture that was prominent at that time. It was almost like a parent’s warning to their curious teenager put to music. to stay away from substances like LSD and Microdot.
The overall tone of the recording, with it’s Ravel like snare drum mantra was ‘ominous and pensive”.
He talks too much. But he seems to appreciate classic rock.
When the lights go down in the California town People are in for the evening I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar My heartbeat in time with my breathing Driving over Kanan, singing to my soul There's people out there turning music into gold Ah, my buddy Jim Bass, he's a-working pumping gas And he makes two-fifty for an hour He's got rhythm in his hands as he's tapping on the cans Sings rock and roll in the shower Driving over Kanan, singing to his soul There's people out there turning music into gold Ah, California girls are the greatest in the world Each one a song in the making Singing right to me, I can hear the melody Story is there for the taking Driving over Kanan, singing to my soul There's people out there turning music into gold (Ooh) Driving over Kanan, singing to my soul There's people out there turning music into gold
If you like CCR here is a bunch of live? performances. If not live, best lip sink I’ve ever seen. Too good, must be live, but sings them just like the recordings, just as good live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJOjM8-AHDY
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