“If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law."
- Henry David Thoreau
2164th: It is crazy that you cannot find music like this on a radio anymore. nuts.
Oh, you can find it, but it's on National People's Radio after the Enya piece dedicated to the elimation of the fur trade and just before Madonna's on-air Kabbalah class.
We are the most fortunate generation in the history of the world. Our prosperity and conspicuous consumption make us roundly hated and envied. As I polish off a bottle of very good French wine, in the air conditioned comfort of what would be in the rest of the world a castle, while enjoying great music, let me say, life is good!
Allen, when we were sixteen we had to listen to shit like this. So, what did we do? We got drunk, got laid, and joined the Marine Corps. What else would a good Missouri boy do? The Eve of Destruction.
Fucking lefty crocks of shit have been the same for twenty thousand years.
Oh, the love of my life wrote me daily. She was a dear girl, deserving much better than the likes of me. Things were what they were. There would be no baby.
After all these years, I have every letter she wrote.
Who was that goofy broad that sang the one about the "Tallahatchie Bridge?" We used to sit out on top of the guard bunker and smoke dope and play that (and the Nancy Sinatra one) all night long.
Our generation has engineered plant genetics, pharmacology, and IT, among a host of other things that have made life possible for billions of human beings, who otherwise would have perished in their ignorance. For our effort, we are daily accosted and assailed by ingrate savages. Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
Yes, we have our flaws; but apathy isn’t one of them. Why, we could have stayed Our room
Wow, that dude's got the chops.
ReplyDeleteHere ya go, Deuce. Let's forget the troubles of the world for a few minutes and go Wheeling with David Greer .
ReplyDeleteI think it's so good that the taliban would hate it...
ReplyDeleteThat's cool; does he ever like, uh, play music, or anything?
ReplyDeleteHow about Tony Rice?
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ReplyDeleteEarl Scruggs & The Chieftains - Sally Goodin'
ReplyDeleteCuz wuz cookin Doolin
ReplyDeleteAllen, I forgot how good earl scruggs was...
ReplyDeletePearl
ReplyDeleteDeuce,
ReplyDeleteHow's this for nuts? It's '04 and I'm driving south through the Alps, like a bat out of hell, cranking Bocephus full tilt. Haven't listened since.
Thanks!
The Best there ever was, Period
ReplyDeleteBob, that was a nice Spanish Guitar.
ReplyDeletemakes you wish you were in the mob
ReplyDeleteRufus, one of my uncles who served in the Royal Navy, insisted that recording( on a 78) be played at his funeral. Not a dry eye in the chapel.
ReplyDeleteClassical Gas
ReplyDeleteFountain head
ReplyDeleteMoscow Junior High Student takes first at Hampton Jazz Festival
ReplyDeleteWe raise em right here.
It is crazy that you cannot find music like this on a radio anymore. nuts.
ReplyDeleteJohnny Cash - Flower Child I Saw the Light.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever been to "America?" Love me Tender
ReplyDeleteThere was the Platters, and the Jordanaires, and allll them motown groups, but before them all there was The Ink Spots
ReplyDelete2164th: It is crazy that you cannot find music like this on a radio anymore. nuts.
ReplyDeleteOh, you can find it, but it's on National People's Radio after the Enya piece dedicated to the elimation of the fur trade and just before Madonna's on-air Kabbalah class.
Rodrigo
ReplyDeleteSatchmo, and Billie
ReplyDeleteclose your eyes and you can hear Patsy
highwayman
ReplyDeleteWillie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson
ReplyDeleteWe need Radio Free Elephant.
ReplyDeleteOf course, in America we've always been willing to do almost anything for a buck: Merle Haggard - Makin a buck
ReplyDeleteOrchestral Rodrigo #1
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Orchestral Rodrigo #3
Of course, some Americans really were "Real," Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
ReplyDeleteGeetars, at the Crossroads
ReplyDeleteDonna
ReplyDeletela Bamba
Did someone say, Geetars? Eric Clapton
ReplyDeleteRoll over, Beethoven
ReplyDeleteTina
ReplyDeleteChantilly Lace
ReplyDeleteBoy, this silly girl can sing. Whitney
ReplyDeleteallen said...
ReplyDeleteOrchestral Rodrigo #1
Orchestral Rodrigo #2
Orchestral Rodrigo #3
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Your killing me! I will never get to sleep.
at your request rufus. it has been demoted.
ReplyDeleteI can't keep up.
ReplyDeleteLook at how young Patsy Cline is
ReplyDeleteAmerican Pie
ReplyDeleteDon't mind me, Deuce; I'm getting really, really drunk.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, I'll share later. Probably not, though.
Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)
ReplyDeleteOnly You
ReplyDeleteEarth Angel
Close your eyes and think of Patsy Cline; I dare you. Billie - Summertime
ReplyDeleteDream Lover
ReplyDeleteRat, your link didn't take.
ReplyDeleteThe Platters: Tears to my eyes. Nat King Cole
ReplyDeleteLittle Darlin
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ReplyDeleteIt may not have been God, but I don't know what I would have done without them. Kitty Wells
ReplyDeleteCome See About Me
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ReplyDeleteYou're killing me, Allen. First the Platters, and then the Supremes.
ReplyDeleteJOSS STONE
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ReplyDeleterufus,
ReplyDeleteYou're doing pretty good yourself!
What? Away Game? I guess we'll just have to sing this for a couple of hours The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
ReplyDeletebobalharb,
ReplyDeleteThat girl wouldn't have to sing a lick; I'd pay just to watch her walk.
Tom Petty
ReplyDeleteLet's face it guys; if you couldn't get laid in the sixties you were probably going to die a virgin. Dusty
ReplyDeleteMy Girl
ReplyDeleteGet Ready
Baby, I Need Your Lovin
You know, it was this stuff that broke the walls.
Pickin up speed. Jumping Jack Flash
ReplyDeleteI Only Want to Be with You
ReplyDeleteWillie Nelson
ReplyDeleteAh, jumpin jack flash, that brings it back
And Then, Off to War. Remember this one, Laddies? Damn, Recon never had a song this good. Barry Sadler
ReplyDeleteJanis Joplin
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rufus, Allen, everyone, nite.
Charlie probably thought this was our national anthem Boots
ReplyDeleteOne more Long Tall Sally
ReplyDeleteWill put you to sleep.
rufus,
ReplyDeleteWe are the most fortunate generation in the history of the world. Our prosperity and conspicuous consumption make us roundly hated and envied. As I polish off a bottle of very good French wine, in the air conditioned comfort of what would be in the rest of the world a castle, while enjoying great music, let me say, life is good!
Allen, We earned it. Fuck the ones that say otherwise.
ReplyDeleteTWICE!
Allen, when we were sixteen we had to listen to shit like this. So, what did we do? We got drunk, got laid, and joined the Marine Corps. What else would a good Missouri boy do? The Eve of Destruction.
ReplyDeleteFucking lefty crocks of shit have been the same for twenty thousand years.
In ’67 while we babysat Con Thien, one of the guys had a battery powered 45 record player. This was one side of the single record he owned.
ReplyDeleteIf I Were A Carpenter
Oh, the love of my life wrote me daily. She was a dear girl, deserving much better than the likes of me. Things were what they were. There would be no baby.
After all these years, I have every letter she wrote.
Let the Muzzies grab ahold of this one and Growl
ReplyDeleteAllen, this desolate motherfucking Con Thien?
ReplyDeleteI had a cup of coffee there. Man, I was glad when they cranked up the iron butterfly and we said, bye bye.
Who was that goofy broad that sang the one about the "Tallahatchie Bridge?" We used to sit out on top of the guard bunker and smoke dope and play that (and the Nancy Sinatra one) all night long.
ReplyDeleteWe must have scared Charlie to death.
This was it.
ReplyDeleterufus,
ReplyDeletere: Con Thien
We operated outside the wire. It was Fun, Fun, Fun
You were Recon. Semper Fi.
ReplyDeleterufus,
ReplyDeletere: National Anthem
Look at those black girls. That’s what we are all about. Hoorah!
Good Night, all.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a great thread.
You did good, Deuce, and Whit.
BTW, does anyone else on the internet have these Jam sessions?
I think not.
hmmm
Our generation has engineered plant genetics, pharmacology, and IT, among a host of other things that have made life possible for billions of human beings, who otherwise would have perished in their ignorance. For our effort, we are daily accosted and assailed by ingrate savages. Makes you wonder doesn’t it?
ReplyDeleteYes, we have our flaws; but apathy isn’t one of them. Why, we could have stayed
Our room
rufus,
ReplyDeleteMy friend, there is truth in wine. What other sites may do gives them no soul. We have lived, loved, and lost. We have been in the ring.
Don’t Worry, Baby
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