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Rock's Oldest Joke:
Yelling 'Freebird!'
In a Crowded Theater
Wall Street Journal ^
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Posted on 03/17/2005 6:25:05 AM PST by Rodney King
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To: Constitution Day
I wonder if they really shouted "FReepered!"
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posted on
03/17/2005 6:44:43 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Try to obtain username & password from bugmenot.com
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posted on
03/17/2005 6:45:18 AM PST
by
Fierce Allegiance
(“Every time a system is made foolproof - a new class of fool emerges.”)
To: Fierce Allegiance
My workplace has a block on that URL. Bummer.
I might have to actually do some work, instead.
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posted on
03/17/2005 6:47:16 AM PST
by
Skooz
(Overtaxed host organism for the parasitical State)
To: keithtoo
Saving your D's for a different application?? ;-P
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posted on
03/17/2005 6:49:00 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Man who run behind car get exhausted.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
no password found at bugmenot
To: LexBaird
The WSJ doesn't spam you. They do, however, charge you - even for online subscriptions. It's one of the few newspapers that I don't mind paying for.
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:06:04 AM PST
by
LouD
(Consensus is like blended scotch; You could drink it, but what's the damned point?)
To: Rodney King
Want my little rock 'n' roll anecdote? I was drummer for a band named "Rampage," a southern rock group aka the Allman Bros. or Lynard Skynnard, opening for Steppenwolf, Mother's Finest, Savoy Brown, and the James Gang. We had a single pressed and sent to managers and agents. One agent wanted to sign us . . . but wanted 50%. Way too high, we said.
It was Lynard Skynnard's agent, and a month later, Lynard went down in a plane crash and we would have been that guy's #1 band. See what greed gets you?
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:21:12 AM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: Rodney King
I read this morning on the way to work and immediately flipped over to Freebird on my iPod. I remember people shouting this at a Dead Milkmen concert at Cabaret Metro in Chicago back in the day... (1988ish) I can't remember what they shouted back. No bird-flipping, though.
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:25:48 AM PST
by
Rutles4Ever
(Warning: may eat own)
To: LS
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:29:02 AM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: Rodney King
And on that note, "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd" just slid in my CD player.
To: LS
Well, despite the loss of Ronnie Van Zant, they do still tour, so don't beat yourself up over it too much.
To: Publius Valerius
Yah, but they've never been the same. Like Styx without what'shisname.
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:32:30 AM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrak of news)
To: 1Old Pro
I know and in September we will have it on Saturday! I really enjoy their indepth articles on subjects unrelated to financial issues. And the editorial page is great.
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:36:36 AM PST
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: LS
That's true, and as much as I enjoy Lynyrd Skynyrd, southern rock had its day and more or less went out with the reminants of segregation and Jim Crow. I live in the South and I love Dixie and I love "Sweet Home Alabama," but would that song go over today like it did then? I doubt it. But who knows. Maybe if Duane Allman and Ronnie Van Zant didn't die, it might have been different, but alas...
To: Rodney King
Amazing article!
I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Spectrum in Philly in 1976 (about a year before the plane crash) and people were yelling "Freebird" from the time the band took the stage. Trust me, Ronnie Van Zant didn't think it was funny. At one point, he got disgusted and said something about it.
To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Brian Allen; cgk; ChadGore; Cutterjohnmhb; ...
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:42:10 AM PST
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: ElTianti
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:46:00 AM PST
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on.....)
To: green iguana
They messin' with my song? =P
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posted on
03/17/2005 7:46:33 AM PST
by
Zeppelin
(Keep on FReepin' on.....)
To: Rodney King
Then, from somewhere in the darkness came the cry, "Freebird!" What more needs to be said?
To: itsamelman
can't read the article...can anyone post it or a link w/o registration?
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