Thanks, edgar. I never heard The Ronnettes and still haven't. I think most of us here know why. My One and Only Love was beautifully done, Texas, and thanks once again from your comments.
My, my, folks. It's Franz Lehar's birthday.
His place of birth is now divided into two separate parts, one belonging to Slovakia, called Komarno, and another called Komárom, belonging to Hungary. The historical part of the town is still on the right side of the Danube, i.e. in Hungary. The composer was really born in the now Slovakian part of the town, but he was, has been and is considered Hungarian and he was born in Hungary, not in Slovakia, which country did not exist at that time.
this song was originally included as a 45 single in the sleeve of Steve Forbert's album JackRabbit Slim
even though it was written in the late 70's given recent events the last verses could have been written yesterday
The Oil Song
Steve Forbert
"Oh the engine's gone dead," cried the men who were there
And she passed up the dock on the wide Delaware
Then the ship ran aground and the oil got away
And they penned that report, "The Big Spill" on that day
It was hundreds of thousands of gallons galore
Stretching thirty-two miles down the Delaware shore
There were geese in the marshes out looking for food
They got stuck where they stood in the oncoming crude
And it's oil, oil
Ah, drifting to the sea
Oil, oil
Don't buy it at the station, you can have it now for free
Just come on down to the shoreline where the water used to be
In the well-charted waters of the Nantucket shoals
There's a ship run aground full of oil, we were told
In a week's worth of rough winter weather and waves
The boat started cracking and it could not be saved
It was seven-point-six million gallons this time
Consider the danger and think of the crime
As it poured out a slick stretching into the tide
Over hundred-miles and yes, it came deep, it came wide
And it's oil, oil
Oil pouring in the sea
Oil, oil
Oh, don't buy it at the station, you can have it now for free
Just come on down to the shoreline where the water used to be
There's talk of some writing found in the ship's log
Saying one of the helmsmen's unfit for his job
And the ship's gyro compass was six degrees shy
Their charts were outdated but they, they tried to get by
And you know it's oil, oil
Yeah, pouring in the sea
Oil, oil
Don't buy it at the station, you can have it now for free
Just come on down to the shoreline where the water used to be
Yeahhh
Now both of these ships, like a great many more
Got registered in through Liberian doors
Inspections are quick and regulations are few
Just sign on the line and go find you a crew, yes
One of these ships was the Olympic Games
The Argo Merchant was the other one's name
Well it's sad, but it's true, things got worse for the seas
'Cause I ain't even mentioned Amoco Cadiz
Amoco Cadiz, between England and France
The big super tanker out there taking it's chance
With its one-hundred-thousand black tons of the slime
Amoco Cadiz spilled the most of all time
Yes, ya' know it's oil, oil
Man, it's creepin' in the sea
Oil, oil
Oh, don't buy it at the station, you can have it now for free
Just come on down to the shoreline where the water used to be
Now down in the Gulf east of Mexico Way
There's something gone wrong, so the papers all say
A Mexican oil well is leaking it's goo
They say it's the worse that things have ever come to
Yes it's gallons of sludge, sixty-million and more
It's cruising and oozing towards many a shore
Yes, things have got bad but they will probably get worse
If you can't drink the oil, oh, you might, you might die of thirst
Because it's oil, it's oil
And it's creeping in the sea
Oil, oil
Don't buy it at the station, you can have it now for free
Just come on down to the shoreline where the water used to be
Steve Forbert made a cameo as Cyndi Laupers boyfriend in her video for Girls Just Want To Have Fun, he comes on screen at 3:44 with the bouquet of flowers
her father in the video was played by wrestler Lou Albanao
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Fri 30 Apr, 2010 05:01 pm
@djjd62,
Only difference, it's not a Mexican oil well that blew up. British Petroleum.
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Fri 30 Apr, 2010 05:13 pm
Loved Linda's I Will Never Marry, edgar. Never heard that one, and Joan Baez's Silver Dagger was a good one as well.
dj, Welcome back. Your ballad about the oil is tragic, buddy, and Loved Cyndi's Girls Just want to Have Fun.
So, edgar. It was petrol? whatever, the results remain the same.
Today is Percy Heath's birthday. Let's listen to some great jazz by the his brother. Couldn't find a good one by Percy on bass. Love the flute.
Time for me to say goodnight, and it has been wonderful having Canada and France with us this evening. Perhaps tomorrow we can coax Urs and her Swede back with us.
Pitch dark here, y'all, so Let's let Nat tell us just how dark.
The oil spill is a true tragedy that will sully our water and shore for many years to come. After all this talk about getting the government out of business's way, I believe it's time for everybody to take some responsibility.
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Sat 1 May, 2010 07:52 am
Didn't know about a new production of My Friend Flicka. Wonder if it was a TV production?
Didn't understand Jane's Addiction, either, edgar, but it seems that Tim's song was a remake of the early version of the movie My Friend Flicka. Another remake is scheduled this year.
Song by Ray Charles that has been stuck in my head, y'all.
