This American still doesn't remember her, unfortunately
edgar, I even heard that Houdini was murdered because of his debunking the mediums and spiritualists. I think, if I recall, that his family wanted him exhumed, etc.
Loved that one by Arlo Guthrie, Texas. When a Soldier Makes it home brings back a memory or two.
Today is Steve McQueens' Birthday, so here is a tribute to him, y'all.
oh Urs... good to see you, I remember 99 balloons very well, it was played so much here ...
oh oh oh oh oh... I have a song in my head and I can't think what it is.... McT, you'll know it... Bazza, you'll know it too... it's got jeans in it and the man who wore all the make up - they were one hit wonders... heavy.... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... so frustrating not remembering what it is!!!!!.... kinda like Adam and the Ants but not, it was when I was at school... it's jeans... something jeans... I was about 16... so it was late 70's....
ack... gonna have to ring Bazza methinks else it's gonna drive me mad.
so, in the meantime, need a little Kate...
(yeah, I know, I played this not so long ago...ooooooooooooh... got another song on my mind now....oh oh oh.....)
I've been searching for the song and then found this one, gosh, this takes me back a few years too - remember singing this with the girls at boarding school - it was used in a TV advert too
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Letty
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Wed 24 Mar, 2010 04:18 pm
Ah, Izzie. Love Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights. I always think of our Raggedy when I hear that.
Don't know Ti Pau's China in your Hands, gal, but thanks for the introduction.
I always ask JPB when something gets stuck in my head. She usually comes up with the answer.
urs, Welcome back. I did more research and found Nena's 99 Red Balloons.
This American still doesn't remember her, unfortunately
here's the german version
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Wed 24 Mar, 2010 04:33 pm
some more 80's
In Europe and America,
there's a growing feeling of hysteria
Conditioned to respond to all the threats
In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets
Mr. Krushchev said we will bury you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
It would be such an ignorant thing to do
If the Russians love their children too
How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy
There is no monopoly of common sense
On either side of the political fence
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
There is no historical precedent
To put the words in the mouth of the president
There's no such thing as a winnable war
It's a lie we don't believe anymore
Mr. Reagan says we will protect you
I don't subscribe to this point of view
Believe me when I say to you
I hope the Russians love their children too
We share the same biology
Regardless of ideology
What might save us me and you
Is if the Russians love their children too
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Wed 24 Mar, 2010 04:37 pm
another take on the same theme by billy bragg, the song was written by eric bogle, the man who penned ...and the band played waltzing matilda
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Wed 24 Mar, 2010 04:41 pm
When I was a young man I carried my pack
And I lived the free life of a rover
From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback
I waltzed my Matilda all over
Then in nineteen fifteen my country said Son
It's time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done
So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun
And they sent me away to the war
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we sailed away from the quay
And amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers
We sailed off to Gallipoli
How well I remember that terrible day
How the blood stained the sand and the water
And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter
Johnny Turk he was ready, he primed himself well
He chased us with bullets, he rained us with shells
And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell
Nearly blew us right back to Australia
But the band played Waltzing Matilda
As we stopped to bury our slain
We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs
Then we started all over again
Now those that were left, well we tried to survive
In a mad world of blood, death and fire
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive
But around me the corpses piled higher
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit
And when I woke up in my hospital bed
And saw what it had done, I wished I was dead
Never knew there were worse things than dying
For no more I'll go waltzing Matilda
All around the green bush far and near
For to hump tent and pegs, a man needs two legs
No more waltzing Matilda for me
So they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed
And they shipped us back home to Australia
The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To grieve and to mourn and to pity
And the band played Waltzing Matilda
As they carried us down the gangway
But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared
Then turned all their faces away
And now every April I sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before me
And I watch my old comrades, how proudly they march
Reliving old dreams of past glory
And the old men march slowly, all bent, stiff and sore
The forgotten heroes from a forgotten war
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
And I ask myself the same question
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
And the old men answer to the call
But year after year their numbers get fewer
Some day no one will march there at all
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
And their ghosts may be heard as you pass the Billabong
Who'll come-a-waltzing Matilda with me?
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Izzie
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Wed 24 Mar, 2010 04:52 pm
@Letty,
Ha Letty - yep, like those hamsters last night.... and another one bit the dust...
the song I'm thinking of is coming to me..... it's nearly there...
meantime I've been looking through all the hit lists of late 70's and early 80's....
I GOT IT.... I found the song.......... ha - had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with jeans... NOTHING... not even the mention of a pair of trousers!!!!!!!!!!
Spirit In The Sky
oooooooh.... at least I think it's that one.... I'm sure it had something to do with jeans tho
<and no... I haven't been partaking in this.... tho possibly, at this point, a cuppa is required >
Thanks, dj and Izzie. You two are fabulous coming up with stuff.
I appreciate your having played the German version of those red balloons, dj,
And the band played Waltzing Matilda is one I know so well.
Wish I could recognize and comment on each song, but I am too beat tonight.
Do know that Stalin probably killed more people than Hitler.
dj, noticed that you announced the death of Robert Culp, and as I told edgar, I often remember the themes better than the show itself. Odd that he and Steve McQueen had a birthday on the same day.
Morning Ms Letty,Izzie,Ed,dj and all WA2K folks.
Izzie,you don't know how many memories Spirit In The Sky brought back! I used to work with the blond guitar player (Steve McGuire) when I was a Civil Servant in the Unemployment Benefit Office in good old Greenwich! Here's why they were one hit wonders.We went to a local Pub where they were playing a gig.After their third song,the Guvnor of the pub walked up to the stage and asked "OK,where's the camera?" What camera Guv? was their reply."The camera recording this,to be shown on Candid Camera later"
They were terrible! (but Steve was a really nice guy!)
From the ridiculous to the sublime.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U4x9mQ5K0s&fmt=22&annotation_id=annotation_132655&feature=iv
Rock And Roll Music (spot the faces in this Supergroup)
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tho possibly, at this point, a cuppa is required 