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Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Thanks to both dj and edgar for the great songs. I really got a kick out of the sunscreen song. Funny, Canada, that really gave all of us a smile.

I was noticing in the news that the ratio of boy babies being born to that of girl babies is shifting. Evidently, fewer boys are coming into this world. There are those who are attributing that to harmful chemicals in the environment, but that doesn't make a lot of sense to me. What has that to do with gender?

Made me think of this morning song, folks.

Morning Dew
Lyrics: Bonnie Dobson
Music: Bonnie Dobson

One of the songs the Dead played almost every year from the 60s to the 90s.

Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Can't walk you out in the morning dew, my honey
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today

I thought I heard a baby cry this morning
I thought I heard a baby cry today
You didn't hear no baby cry this morning
You didn't hear no baby cry today

Where have all the people gone, my honey?
Where have all the people gone today?
There's no need for you to be worrying about all those people
You never see those people anyway

I thought I heard a young man mourn this morning (note 1)
I thought I heard a young man mourn today
I thought I heard a young man mourn this morning
I can't walk you out in the morning dew today

Walk me out in the morning dew, my honey
Walk me out in the morning dew today
Can't walk you out in the morning dew, my honey
I guess it doesn't matter anyway
Well I guess it doesn't matter anyway

Good mornng WA2K.

I remember "Morning Dew" being sung in a TV movie or series, but I'll be darned if I can remember the show. I can see the woman standing at her door, a child playing in the fields, and a man walking down the road away from them carrying a rifle, etc. I think it was the Civil War. For some reason I associate that song with Harry Belafonte. Maybe, Edgar will know if Harry performed it. Anyway, I see in my music Encyclopedia:

"words/music by Bonnie Dobson and Tim Rose, 1968. Based on the folk song and recorded by The Grateful Dead. Chart single by Lulu, 1968."

Now, I wonder if "based on the folk" song means the song written by Bonnie Dobson, or if Bonnie based Morning Dew on a folk song. That song is haunting me.

Good morning to you, Raggedy. I wish I could answer your questions about that song. I always thought that the lyrics reflected the Nam war, but now I cannot be certain.

Often, just as Dylan and Cohen, there is no particular meaning but rather like an abstract in art--ambiguous.

Thanks, PA, for inspiring our curiousity.

Hey, Raggedy and all. I found this song which is unusual and supposedly a reference to Transcendental Aesthetics.

Kreutzmann, Lesh, McKernan, and Weir
Dark Star

Dark star crashes
pouring its light
into ashes

Reason tatters
the forces tear loose
from the axis


Searchlight casting
for faults in the
clouds of delusion


shall we go,
you and I
While we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall
of diamonds


Mirror shatters
in formless reflections
of matter


Glass hand dissolving
to ice petal flowers
revolving


Lady in velvet
recedes
in the nights of goodbye


Shall we go,
you and I
While we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall
of diamonds


spinning a set the stars through which the tattered tales of axis roll about the waxen wind of never set to motion in the unbecoming round about the reason hardly matters nor the wise through which the stars were set in spin

good evening , funseekers
here is a good , old canadian fellow singing for you .
i like his signature : "sincerely , l cohen" - that's class :wink:
hbg

hbg, there's nothing we like better than good old funseeking singing Canadians. Thanks for the cryptic song by Leonard. I have learned to love that man.

Another thanks for pouring oil on troubled waters, buddy.

Don't ask, folks, 'cause I don't know. It's another Aha moment for me tonight.

Poem for the evening.

Aaron Stark


Withal a meagre man was Aaron Stark, --
Cursed and unkempt, shrewd, shrivelled, and morose.
A miser was he, with a miser's nose,
And eyes like little dollars in the dark.
His thin, pinched mouth was nothing but a mark;
And when he spoke there came like sullen blows
Through scattered fangs a few snarled words and close,
As if a cur were chary of its bark.

Glad for the murmur of his hard renown,
Year after year he shambled through the town, --
A loveless exile moving with a staff;
And oftentimes there crept into his ears
A sound of alien pity, touched with tears, --
And then (and only then) did Aaron laugh.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

"Going clear," as in the l cohen song, refers to a process one strives to go through in Scientology. If there is any other reference to the line, I don't know what it is.

Queen victoria,
My father and all his tobacco loved you,
I love you too in all your forms,
The slim and lovely virgin floating among german beer,
The mean governess of the huge pink maps,
The solitary mourner of a prince.

Queen victoria,
I am cold and rainy,
I am dirty as a glass roof in a train station,
I feel like an empty cast iron exhibition,
I want ornaments on everything,
Because my love, she gone with other boys.

Queen victoria,
Do you have a punishment under the white lace,
Will you be short with her, will you make her read those little bibles,
Will you spank her with a mechanical corset.
I want her pure as power, I want her skin slightly musty with petticoats
Will you wash the easy bidet out of her head?

Queen victoria,
Im not much nourished by modern love,
Will you come into my life
With your sorrow and your black carriages,
And your perfect
Memories.

Queen victoria,
The twentieth century belongs to you and me.
Let us be two severe giants not less lonely for our partnership,
Who discolour test tubes in the halls of science,
Who turn up unwelcome at every worlds fair,
Heavy with proverbs and corrections,
Confusing the star-dazed tourists
With our incomparable sense of loss.


sincerely, l cohen

Well, folks, once again your PD has been sent in search of, thanks to edgar.

Found out some astounding things about L.Ron.

The "Church" of Scientology has a new album entitled
"The Joy of Creating," with songs performed by
musicians such as Isaac Hayes, Chick Corea, Doug E. Fresh
and Edgar Winter and written by Scientology founder/
adventurer/philosopher/writer/singer/humanitarian/artist/
educator/horticulturist/blahblahblah L. Ron Hubbard.

And.....

an astonishing discovery has been made that is sure to shake up the whole music industry. A rare a cappella recording by Bob Dylan, apparently made during the Basement Tapes session when The Band had knocked off for the night, reveals that Dylan and not L. Ron Hubbard wrote the hit single "Thank You for Listening."
not only did Hubbard plagiarize the lyrics, but he even stole Dylan's promotional notes for this fabulous pre-posthumously discovered song. Dylan wrote to his publicist about this eloquent statement of his work, "Given what these lyrics express, "Thank You For Listening" would seem to serve as a fitting L'Envoi for all I presented as a poet and lyricist."

Back in a bit with a parody of the Queen

and now, the parody by dj's favorite, Allan Sherman.

(sung to the tune of Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey)

Wont You Come Home Disraeli lyrics


When Benjamin Disraeli was Prime Minister of England,
And good old Queen Victoria was the Queen,
Whenever she would need him for official palace business,
Disraeli, he was nowhere to be seen.
She went down to 10 Downing Street,
The doorbell there she rang,
And when there was no answer,
This is what the good Queen sang:

Won't you come home, Disraeli. Won't you come home.
Come home to Queen Victoria.
Don't leave that House of Commons, and that House of Lords.
Just sittin' waitin' for ya.
I'm gettin' awful lomesome, 'cause all I do
Is sit here reading Ethan Frome.
Now don't leave me flat,
The key to the palace is under the mat.
Disraeli, won't you please come home.

Won't you come home, Disraeli. Won't you come home.
Come home to Queen Victoria.
Don't leave that House of Commons, and that House of Lords.
Just sittin' waitin' for ya.
You claim official business took you away
To Egypt, and Bombay, and Rome.
Well, I ain't so certain,
'Cause you're the Nineteenth Century Richard Burton,
Disraeli, won't you please (I miss you, Dizzy)
Disraeli, won't you please,
Disraeli, won't you please,
Disraeli, won't you please come home.

Goodnight, with a heart that is light, because our Reyn is having a birthday.

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2618319#2618319

From Letty with love.

Now when I get the blues I get me a rockin' chair
When I get the blues I get me a rockin' chair
Well the blues don't get me gonna rock on away from here
Give me one more kiss hold it a long long time
Now love me baby till a feelin' hits my head like wine
Oh flip flop and fly I don't care if I die
Now flip flop and fly I don't care if I die
Don't ever leave me don't you ever say goodbye
[ piano ]
Oh when I get lonesome I jump on the telephone
When I get lonesome I jump on the telephone
I call my baby tell her I'm gonna come back home
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump
I'm like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump
I got so many women Lord I don't know which way to jump
Jump jump let's go now
Flip flop and fly I don't care if I die...

Go Away From My Window
Harry Belafonte


Go away from my window
Go away from my door
Go away way from my bedside
And bother me no more
And bother me no more

Ill give you back your presents
You give me back my ring
And I wont forget my own true love
As long as song birds sing
As long as song birds sing

Ill tell all of my brothers
Ill tell my shipmates too
The reason that my heart is broke
Is all because of you
Is all because of you

Pleasures of the Harbor
By Phil Ochs


E - A B7
And the ship sets the sail
G#m
They've lived the tale
C#m F#m
To carry to the shore
A6 E
Straining at the oars
G#7 C#m
Or staring from the rail
E -A B7
And the sea bids farewell
G#m
She waves in swells
C#m F#m
And sends them on their way
A6 E
Time has been her pay
G#7 C#m
And time will have to tell
A G#m
Soon your sailing will be over
D E B C#m
Come and take the pleasures of the har - bor

And the anchor hits the sand
The hungry hands
Have tied them to the port
The hour will be short
For leisure on the land
And the girls scent the air
They seem so fair
With paint on their face
Soft is their embrace
to lead them up the stairs
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

In the room dark and dim
Touch of skin
He asks her of her name
She answers with no shame
And not a sense of sin
Until the fingers draw the blinds
Sip of wine
The cigarette of doubt
The candle is blown out
The darkness is so kind
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

And the shadows frame the light
Same old sight
Thrill has blown away
Now all alone they lay
Two strangers in the night
Till his heart skips a beat
He's on his feet
To shipmates he must join
She's counting up the coins
He's swallowed by the street
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

In the bar hangs a cloud
The whiskey's loud
There's laughter in their eyes
The lonely in disguse
Are clinging to the crowd
And the bottle fills the glass
The haze is fast
He's trembling for the taste
Of passion gone to waste
In memories of the past
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

In the alley, red with rain
Cry of pain
For love was but a smile
Teasing all the while
Now dancing down the drain
'Till the boys reach the dock
They gently mock
Lift him on their backs
Lay him on his rack
And leave beneath the light
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

And the ship sets the sail
They've lived the tale
To carry from the shore
Straining at the oars
Or staring from the rail
And the sea bids farewell
She waves in swells
And sends them on their way
Time has been her pay
And time will have to tell
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

Good morning, WA2K, listeners and contributors.

edgar, Great music, Texas. Thanks, once again, for your marvelous discography talents.

How about a little Leon Russell for this morning.

Are we really happy with
This lonely game we play
Looking for the right words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anyway
We're lost in this masquerade

Both afraid to say we're just too far away
From being close together from the start
We tried to talk it over
But the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play

Thoughts of leaving disappear
Each time I see your eyes
And no matter how hard I try
To understand the reason
Why we carry on this way
And we're lost in this masquerade

We tried to talk it over
But the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play

throughts of leaving disappear
Each time I see your eyes
And no matter how hard I try
To understand the reason
Why we carry on this way
And we're lost in this masquerade

We're lost in a masquerade

Hugh O'Brian
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hugh O'BrianHugh O'Brian (born April 19, 1925) is an American actor.

Born Hugh Charles Krampe in Rochester, New York, he is best known for his starring role as Wyatt Earp in the television series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp that ran from 1955 to 1961.

O'Brian also appeared regularly on other television programs in the 1960s. For example, he was a guest panelist on the popular Sunday Night CBS-TV program, What's My Line? and later served as a mystery guest three times.

He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a drill instructor during World War II. At age 17, he was the youngest drill instructor in the corps.

For his contribution to the television industry, Hugh O'Brian has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6613-1/2 Hollywood Blvd. In 1992, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. O'Brian had a cameo appearance in the movie Twins.

Hugh O'Brian has dedicated much of his life to the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY). HOBY is a non-profit youth leadership development program that empowers 10,000 sophomores annually through its over 70 leadership programs in all 50 states and 8 countries. Since its inception in 1958, over 355,000 young people have been inspired by HOBY.

One high school sophomore from every high school in the United States, referred to as an "ambassador," is welcome to attend a state or regional HOBY seminar. From each of those seminars, one boy and one girl are selected to attend the World Leadership Congress.

The concept for HOBY was inspired in 1958 by a nine-day visit Hugh O'Brian had with famed humanitarian Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Africa. Dr. Schweitzer believed "the most important thing in education is to teach young people to think for themselves."

On June 25, 2006, at 81, he married for the first time, to Virginia Barber, 54, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The Rev. Robert Schuller, pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, officiated, and the couple was serenaded by close friend Debbie Reynolds. [1]

Hugh O'Brian's message to young people is "Freedom to Choose" Here is his brief speech on this topic: "I do NOT believe we are all born equal. Created equal in the eyes of God, yes, but physical and emotional differences, parental guidelines, varying environments, being in the right place at the right time, all play a role in enhancing or limiting an individual's development. But I DO believe every man and woman, if given the opportunity and encouragement to recognize their potential, regardless of background, has the freedom to choose in our world. Will an individual be a taker or a giver in life? Will that person be satisfied merely to exist or seek a meaningful purpose? Will he or she dare to dream the impossible dream?

I believe every person is created as the steward of his or her own destiny with great power for a specific purpose, to share with others, through service, a reverence for life in a spirit of love."

Dick Sargent
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Richard Cox
Born April 19, 1930
Carmel, California, United States
Died July 8, 1994 (age 64)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Other name(s) Richard Sargent
Years active ca. 1953-1993
Spouse(s) Albert Williams (1986-1994)
Fannie Flagg
Notable roles Darrin Stephens #2 in Bewitched

Dick Sargent (April 19, 1930 - July 8, 1994) was born Richard Cox in Carmel, California.

He was an American actor probably best remembered as "the second Darrin Stephens" on the hit television series Bewitched, although Sargent had been appearing in films since his debut in 1956. When Dick York was forced to leave Bewitched series due to health problems, Sargent stepped into the role. He had first been offered the role in 1964 but was under contract to Universal Studios and unable to accept it. By 1969, however, he was free and played Darrin until the show ended in 1972.

Sargent continued to work regularly in film and made numerous guest appearances on various TV shows. In the mid-eighties, he played the role of Richard Preston, the widowed father, in the syndicated sitcom Down to Earth.

Later in life, he came out as gay, and supported gay rights issues. Previously he covered his orientation to men by marrying lesbian actor Fannie Flagg. He lived with his life partner, Albert Williams until his death. Sargent and his former co-star Elizabeth Montgomery, with whom he remained good friends, were Grand Marshals of the Los Angeles Gay Pride parade in June 1992. He was one of three known gay actors on the series, which includes Paul Lynde and Diane Murphy.

Sargent died shortly thereafter from prostate cancer in Los Angeles in 1994. He was close friends with Dobie Gillis actress Sheila James, MacMillian and Wife actress Nancy Walker and painter Atkins Barone.

Tim Curry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Birth name Timothy James Curry
Born April 19, 1946 (1946-04-19) (age 61)
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England
Notable roles Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Pennywise in It

Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an English actor, singer and composer perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) or as Pennywise in It (1990).

He also had an earlier career as a rock musician. His list of roles is extensive, in both TV and movies, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. He currently resides in Los Angeles, though for the past year or so has been in Chicago, New York City, and most recently London, with the current Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot.





Early life

Tim Curry's father, James, was a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain though Curry himself says he was always a "cheerful agnostic," and remains so to this day. Curry was born and raised in Warrington until upon his father's death in 1958, Curry relocated to South London. He attended Kingswood School and though he didn't enjoy the religious aspect of the Methodist school especially he did enjoy the vast number of hymns available. There, he developed into a talented boy soprano. When his voice broke, his music teacher encouraged him to develop a mature singing voice.

When he was 19, he began his studies at the University of Birmingham, where he also acted with the renowned Guild Theatre Group, completing a joint honours in English and Drama before moving on to study at the University of Cambridge.

He cites Billie Holiday as his major musical influence, saying that he "listened to nothing but her records for two years" during a period of teenage depression as he contemplated on "which gloomy Sunday afternoon I was going to throw myself under a car."


Musical career

Aside from his performances on various soundtrack records, Curry has had some success as a solo musical artist. In 1978, A&M Records released Curry's debut solo album, Read My Lips. The album featured an eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genre. Highlights of the album are a reggae version of the Beatles song "I Will," a rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" with full bagpipe backing, and an original bar-room ballad, "Alan."

The following year, Curry released his second and most successful album, Fearless. The LP was more rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. The record included Curry's only US charting songs: "I Do the Rock" and "Paradise Garage."

Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, again by A&M Records. This record, which did not sell as well as the previous offerings, combined both original songs and cover versions, and is commonly held to be the weakest of his three albums.

In 1989, A&M released The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously unreleased song, a live cover version of "Simple Twist of Fate."

Curry toured America with his band through the late 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. He also performed in Roger Waters's (of Pink Floyd fame) 1990 production of The Wall in Berlin, as the prosecutor.


Acting career

Rocky Horror

Curry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968. Here he first met Richard O'Brien, who went on to create his next full-time and perhaps still most famous role, that of Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show.

Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blonde hair, but the character evolved into the sly, very upper-class English mad scientist and transvestite that carried over to the movie version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and made Curry both a star and a cult figure. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles and New York until 1975.

For many years, Curry was reluctant to talk about Rocky Horror, feeling that it was a trend that had gone too far and had distracted attention away from his later roles. A VH1 Pop-Up Video Halloween special even quoted Curry as saying he grew so unnerved by all the fan attention after this role that he became "chubby and plain" in order to escape it. However, in recent years he has been much more open about discussing the show and now recognises it as a "rite of passage" for many young people.


Theatre

Shortly after the failure of Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, Curry was back on Broadway with Tom Stoppard's "Travesties", which ran in London and New York in 1975-1976. "Travesties" was a huge Broadway hit which won two Tony Awards (Best Performance by an Actor for John Wood and Best Comedy), the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play) and Curry's performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received spectacular reviews.

In 1979, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in a London stage version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole. The role is one of his favourites even now.

In 1981, he formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show Amadeus, playing the title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was nominated for his first Tony Award (Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) for this role, but lost out to his co-star Sir Ian McKellen, who played Antonio Salieri.

Back in England, in the mid 1980-ies, Curry performed in "The Rivals" (Bob Acres 1983) and in several plays with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, including the "Threepenny Opera" (MacHeath 1986), "Dalliance" (Theodore 1986) and "Love For Love" (Tattle 1985).

In 1993, he played Alan Swann in the Broadway musical My Favorite Year, earning him his second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.

In late 2004, he began his role of King Arthur in Spamalot in Chicago. The show successfully moved to Broadway in February 2005. His part in the show got him his third and most recent Tony Award nomination, again for Best Actor in a Musical. Curry then starred as King Arthur in London's West End at the Palace Theatre, where Spamalot opened on October 16, 2006. On January 18, 2007, Curry was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award as the Best Actor in a Musical; this was one of seven nominations earned by the London production of Spamalot, including a nomination for the Best New Musical. On January 24, 2007, Curry was replaced by Simon Russell Beale, who also took over the role of King Arthur on Broadway. On February 9, 2007 it was announced that Curry also won the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 39% of the votes cast by over 12,000 theatregoers) as Best Actor in a Musical for his King Arthur at the Palace Theatre.