Posted on 03/08/2008 5:08:14 PM PST by gondramB
A gunman in Thailand shot-dead eight neighbours, including his brother-in-law, after tiring of their karaoke versions of popular songs, including John Denver’s Country Roads.
Weenus Chumkamnerd, 52, put his gun to the head of a respected female doctor and seven of her guests as they partied at her home in Songkhla Province, South Thailand.
"When I began shooting nobody pleaded for his life because they were all drunk," he said after his arrest.
He said he was so furious with their awful singing that he did not notice he had murdered his own brother-in-law.
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Country Roads is a hugely popular song in south east Asia and the neighbor said the revelers had been singing it over and over again.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I sympathize with Weenus! Quality needs defending!
Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains
Shenandoah river -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gathered round her
Miners lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice
In the mornin hour she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
And drivin down the road I get a feelin
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, now country roads
Take me home, now country roads
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-eaaR1Ay5P0
Can we get Weenus to replace that weenie from the Jackson 5, I think his name is Randy, on the judges panel of Americans Idle?
Yeah, just listened to that song again ... yeah, murdering this song could make me really wanna kill people.
Barely Man Enough, or, he’s Barely A Man, You Know...
Including but not the last straw...
I suspect it was Manilow’s “Copacabana”(with the mandatory conga)...
...”Rockie Mountain High..............”
Now that might be justifiable homicide.
Almost heaven...
Barry is the anti christ. I am certain.
Can you blame John Denver changing his name from Henry John Deutschendorf.
Many years ago my husband was in Taipei and on TV there was a karaoke channel that played Country Roads over and over again. No one ever got tired of singing it or listening to it, apparently.
NO!
The killer. Was he a muzzie, I wonder?
Duke from Doonsbury
>>Duke vs. John Denver
Duke acquired a dislike for folksinger John Denver when Denver moved in next door to Duke’s estate in Colorado and serenaded the neighborhood daily. Duke made a habit of shooting icicles off of Denver’s porch roof with a high powered rifle. To this day the song “Rocky Mountain High” sends him into a violent frenzy. Despite theories by many of Duke’s fans, Trudeau has refused to confirm or deny any complicity on Duke’s part in the death of Denver in an ultralight flying accident. The closest he has come to commenting on the matter comes from the FAQ pages on the official Doonesbury Website. Although the original entry was more caustic towards readers demanding that Trudeau make light of a tragic event, the current FAQ entry regarding Duke’s reaction to Denver’s death now reads as follows:
Q: Will Duke react to John Denver’s death? —E. Zuckerman
A: Fortunately, Duke is not in charge of his own storylines. Readers will be spared his grotesque, loathsome reaction.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Duke
He sung like a bird. I’ll give him that. I’ll read the rest later.
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