Set- Read somewhere that there is a reference toBob Dylan. It was something about the coat that was worn when he saw the Queen.
Loved all of S&G's songs!
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Phoenix32890
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Wed 30 May, 2012 06:27 am
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Setanta
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Wed 30 May, 2012 06:28 am
Fascinatin' Boss . . . this is from "About-dot-com":
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The Jester is widely considered to be Bob Dylan, in part because he wears a red windbreaker on the cover of his 1963 album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" that is remarkably similar to James Dean's jacket in the 1955 film "Rebel Without A Cause" (both major cultural landmarks, each in their own time). This also leads some to believe that the King and Queen are none other than President John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Kennedy; Dylan performed at a Martin Luther King rally in August 28, 1963, which the couple watched on television.
It's rumored that Dylan sang at a British oub called "The King And Queen," and also that he sang for the Queen of England herself.
Some have also noted that the windbreaker Dean wears in the film is given to another teen, who dies while wearing it. Dylan was also badly injured in a motorcycle crash while Dean died young from a car wreck.
Set- To think that Dylan is still around, and just got the "Medal of Freedom". How many others from the "old days" could have such staying power???
And speaking of Dylan, this song was the anthem of that generation.
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Wed 30 May, 2012 11:38 am
Love your thread boss!
Phoenix.
Tying into JPB's choice: "A Change Is Gonna Come" Sam Cooke said he was floored when he heard Dylan's Blowing In The Wind. He couldn't imagine a white man writing such a powerful song about segregation and civil rights.
It spurred him to write "A Change"
Another song that blew me away was this by Janis Ian
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Setanta
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Wed 30 May, 2012 06:11 pm
People might find it trite and predictable, but i've always loved her biggest hit . . . this is a live performance . . .
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Setanta
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Wed 30 May, 2012 06:12 pm
Here's one of America's great singers . . . a beautiful voice. Robbie Robertson of the Band wrote this song in 1969, and Joan had a hit with it in 1971.
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edgarblythe
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Wed 30 May, 2012 06:31 pm
This fine artist never recorded a hit. But many artists made hits off the songs she wrote
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Setanta
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Wed 30 May, 2012 07:33 pm
Keeping with the folk music theme, here's a Broadway show tune which became a folk music standard, covered by a great many artists. In 1965, it hit the Billboard Hot One Hundred with three different artists/groups having covered it. Here's one of the beneficiaries.
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edgarblythe
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Wed 30 May, 2012 07:42 pm
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Phoenix32890
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Wed 30 May, 2012 08:22 pm
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Phoenix32890
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Wed 30 May, 2012 08:46 pm
This song was later a part of one of my favorite, "guilty pleasures" films..................Animal House!
I made a pilgrimage to Memphis in 2000 to see the Hammond organ Booker T played on this ferocious tune from 1962.
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Roberta
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Thu 31 May, 2012 01:46 am
Lots of shadowy musical references here, including the jester:
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Setanta
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Thu 31 May, 2012 04:46 am
Written in 1946 by Bill Monroe, i prefer to hear Patsy sing this song . . .
It's amazing how many diverse artists have covered this song.
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msolga
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Thu 31 May, 2012 05:14 am
Ah sometimes you've just gotta laugh.
This was pretty cool, way back when .... as a joint was passed from hand to hand, around some smoky room.
... but now they look so funny, so downright dorky!
Still enjoy the music though.
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Phoenix32890
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Thu 31 May, 2012 05:19 am
Now if we're talking COUNTRY..........................
