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Jerry Lee Lewis Is 'Last Man Standing'
AP/Newsday ^
| 9/14/06
| WOODY BAIRD
Posted on 09/14/2006 2:13:45 PM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:15:13 PM PDT
by
hnj_00
To: kiriath_jearim
Goodness gracious.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:16:06 PM PDT
by
tallhappy
(Juntos Podemos!)
To: kiriath_jearim
"But he set off one of the great rock 'n' roll scandals by marrying his 13-year-old cousin in 1957, while still married to someone else."
Yikes!
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:18:52 PM PDT
by
linear
(Taxonomy is a willing and pliant mistress but Reality waits at home, sharpening her knife.)
To: kiriath_jearim
You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain!
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:19:57 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: kiriath_jearim
He was great in his time,but the thought of a 70 year old playing rock and roll saddens me greatly.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:26:10 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
To: kiriath_jearim
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:27:07 PM PDT
by
gaijin
To: hnj_00
To: gaijin
Reminds me of the Blues Brothers
To: kiriath_jearim
This genius still breathes...
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:31:52 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: Gay State Conservative
He was great in his time,but the thought of a 70 year old playing rock and roll saddens me greatly."
Why? I sincerely hope that I'm still rockin' when I'm 70. 23 years to go and I have found no reason to stop so far.
To: gaijin
He could sit on the piano and play it backwards. He could stand on his head and play. He could not just sit and play.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:35:50 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: kiriath_jearim
I have no idea how Jerry Lee Lewis is sounding these days and don't care a whole lot, but he was a real rock pioneer back in the '50's. Jerry Lee sang (and lived) like most teenagers thought they would, when they grew up: wild and uninhibited. Few of us really did.
In retrospect, Jerry Lee Lewis' mess of a personal life seems ridiculous but he did make some great rock and roll back in the day and I hope he stll has a bit of fire left in him. However, the NewsDay article paints a portrait that strongly infers 'The Killer', at 71, is definitely showing the effects of his somewhat dissipated life, even if he can still sing rock and roll. Mortality does this to all of us, sooner or later, and Jerry Lee Lewis seems to be learning, if not fully accepting, that harsh reality of life. I don't see 'The Killer' going gently into that good night if he can help it (he can't).
I wish Jerry Lee Lewis the best and hope he is around for awhile longer. He may have lived foolishly but he certainly did it 'his way' and his contribution to 'early rock' is undeniable.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:43:05 PM PDT
by
Jim Scott
(These ARE the good old days)
To: kiriath_jearim
There is a story, true or not, that Jerry Lee and Chuck Berry were touring together. Jerry Lee insisted that Chuck open every night. Chuck finally convinced Jerry to open one night. Jerry had his coke bottle of bourbon on the piano but did not drink any. When he finished his set, he waited til Chuck came on the stage and poured the bottle, which was gasoline, and lit it with his lighter. As he walked off he said to Chuck "It is all yours"
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:43:21 PM PDT
by
oldtimer2
(You don' t defeat terrorism with temperance)
To: onyx
"I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs!"
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:44:58 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(Islam is more dangerous to the world now that Naziism was in 1937.)
To: RobRoy
LOL -- stop that right now!
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:48:28 PM PDT
by
onyx
(1 Billion Muslims -- IF only 10% are radical, that's still 100 Million who want to kill us.)
To: weegee; GB
They call me the meat man,
You oughta see me eat, man!
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:50:37 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: kiriath_jearim
Jerry Lee Lewis was a great talent , and he knew it, he was an arrogant prick, and the biggest asshole I ever heard perform. All of that aside he made great music.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:51:43 PM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
To: kiriath_jearim
Lewis is joined on the 21-song album by 21 guests that include Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, B.B. King, George Jones and Kid Rock. Bad news. Guests have a way of spoiling the party.
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posted on
09/14/2006 2:54:05 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: visualops
This is the story I was laughing at.
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