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  • BobLoblaw
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    Rich and Holly, your collective briving skills are unmatched! Trade that dus in for a tradder luck and you both get a steering wheel. Pie? Reese's Oreos? Cake???? Reluctantly crouched at the starting line Engines pumping and thumping in time The green light flashes, the flags go up Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank Fuel burning fast on an empty tank Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns Their prowess is potent and secretly stern
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    Greg....I got 36 hours til go til retirement and I get Ellie Mae schooling me....ok girl....here it comes..... Hey Beyoncé ....come over here and have a seat while your man delivers the goods....Hey Barack? You like? If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one [Verse One] I got the rap patrol on the gat patrol Foes that wanna make sure my casket's closed Rap critics that say he's "Money Cash Hoes" I'm from the hood stupid what type of facts are those If you grew up with holes in your zapatos You'd celebrate the minute you was having dough I'm like fuck critics you can kiss my whole asshole If you don't like my lyrics you can press fast forward Got beef with radio if I don't play they show They don't play my hits well I don't give a shit SO Rap mags try and use my black ass So advertisers can give em more cash for ads...fuckers I don't know what you take me as or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has I'm from rags to riches nigga I ain't dumb I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one Hit me [Chorus] 99 Problems but a bitch ain't one If you having girl problems I feel bad for you son I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one Hit me [Verse Two] The year is '94 and in my trunk is raw In my rear view mirror is the mother fucking law I got two choices yall pull over the car or bounce on the double put the pedal to the floor Now I ain't trying to see no highway chase with jake Plus I got a few dollars I can fight the case So I...pull over to the side of the road And I heard "Son do you know why I'm stopping you for?" Cause I'm young and I'm black and my hat's real low Do I look like a mind reader sir, I don't know Am I under arrest or should I guess some mo? "Well you was doing fifty five in a fifty four" "License and registration and step out of the car" "Are you carrying a weapon on you I know a lot of you are" I ain't stepping out of shit all my papers legit "Do you mind if I look round the car a little bit?" Well my glove compartment is locked so is the trunk and the back And I know my rights so you gon' need a warrant for that "Aren't you sharp as a tack are some type of lawyer or something?" "Or somebody important or something?" Nah I ain't passed the bar but I know a little bit Enough that you won't illegally search my shit "Well see how smart you are when the K-9's come" I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one Hit me [Chorus X2] [Verse Three] Now once upon a time not too long ago A nigga like myself had to strong arm a hoe This is not a hoe in the sense of having a pussy But a pussy having no God Damn sense, try and push me I tried to ignore him and talk to the Lord Pray for him, cause some fools just love to perform You know the type loud as a motor bike But wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight The only thing that's gonna happen is i'mma get to clapping He and his boys gon' be yapping to the captain And there I go trapped in the kit kat again Back through the system with the riff raff again Fiends on the floor scratching again Paparazzi's with they cameras snapping them D.A. tried to give the nigga the shaft again Half-a-mil for bail cause I'm African All because this fool was harrassin' them Trying to play the boy like hes saccarin But ain't nothing sweet 'bout how I hold my gun I got 99 problems but being a bitch ain't one Hit me!
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    We're keepin it live here on da dus...goin all over the map today. Well on that note... Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide Gonna Find You and Make you want me. [CLEF:] Now that I escape, sleepwalker awake Those who could relate know the world ain't cake Jail bars ain't golden gates Those who fake, they break, When they meet their 400 pound mate If I could rule the world Everyone would have a gun in the ghetto of course When giddyupin' on their horse I Kick a rhyme drinkin' moonshine I pour a sip on the concrete, for the deceased But no don't weep, Wyclef's in a state of sleep Thinkin' 'bout the robbery that I did last week. Money in the bag, banker looked like a drag I want to play with pelicans from here to Baghdad Gun blast, think fast, I think I'm hit My girl pinched my hips to see if I still exist. I think not, I'll send a letter to my friends, A born again hooligan only to be king again. [LAURYN:] I play my enemies like a game of chess, where I rest, No stress If you don't smoke sess, lest. I must confess, my destiny's manifest In some Goretex and sweats I make treks like I'm homeless Rap orgies with Porgy and Bess, Capture your bounty like Elliot Ness, YES Bless you if you represent the Fu But I'll hex you with some witch's brew if you're Doo Doo Voo Doo, I can do what you do, easy, BELIEVE ME Frontin' niggas give me hee-bee-gee-bees So while you're imitating Al Capone I'll be Nina Simone And defacating on your microphone. [Chorus:] Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly [LAURYN'S INTERLUDE] You can't run away From these styles I got, oh baby, hey baby Cause I got a lot, oh yeah And anywhere you go My whole crew's gonna know You can't hide from the block, oh no. [PRAZ:] Ready or not, refugees takin' over The Buffalo soldier, dread-lock rhasta On the twelfth hour, fly by in my bomber Crews run for cover, now they're under pushin' up flowers Superfly true lies, do or die, Toss me high - only puff la, With my crew from lock high I refugee from Guantanamo Bay Dance around the border like I'm Cassius Clay [Chorus (Lauryn) REPEAT 3X:] Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide Gonna Find You and Take it Slowly Ready Or Not, Here I Come, You Can't Hide Gonna Find You and Make You Want Me
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    Thought I heard you was a rapper back in the day....As good as Dre? SargesnoopdogPupper....hit it.... [Intro: Dre] [man pissing] Heah hah hah! I'm serious nigga one of y'all niggaz got this ass motherfuckin up Aiy baby, aiy baby... aiy baby get some bubblegum in this motherfucker Steady long, steady long nigga [Verse One: Snoop] With so much drama in the L-B-C It's kinda hard bein Snoop D-O-double-G But I, somehow, some way Keep comin up with funky ass shit like every single day May I, kick a little something for the G's (yeah) and, make a few ends as (yeah!) I breeze, through Two in the mornin and the party's still jumpin cause my momma ain't home I got bitches in the living room gettin it on and, they ain't leavin til six in the mornin (six in the mornin) So what you wanna do, sheeeit I got a pocket full of rubbers and my homeboys do too So turn off the lights and close the doors But (but what) we don't love them hoes, yeah! So we gonna smoke a ounce to this G's up, hoes down, while you motherfuckers bounce to this [Chorus: repeat 2X] Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind) [Verse Two:] Now, that, I got me some Seagram's gin Everybody got they cups, but they ain't chipped in Now this types of shit, happens all the time You got to get yours but fool I gotta get mine Everything is fine when you listenin to the D-O-G I got the cultivating music that be captivating he who listens, to the words that I speak As I take me a drink to the middle of the street and get to mackin to this bitch named Sadie (Sadie?) She used to be the homeboy's lady (Oh, that bitch) Eighty degrees, when I tell that bitch please Raise up off these N-U-T's, cause you gets none of these At ease, as I mob with the Dogg Pound, feel the breeze beeeitch, I'm just [Chorus] [Verse Three:] Later on that day My homey Dr. Dre came through with a gang of Tanqueray And a fat ass J, of some bubonic chronic that made me choke Shit, this ain't no joke I had to back up off of it and sit my cup down Tanqueray and chronic, yeah I'm fucked up now But it ain't no stoppin, I'm still poppin Dre got some bitches from the city of Compton To serve me, not with a cherry on top Cause when I bust my nut, I'm raisin up off the cot Don't get upset girl, that's just how it goes I don't love you hoes, I'm out the do' And I'll be [Chorus] Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice (beeotch!!) Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind) Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice (beeotch!!) Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind) I feel better already.... hilarious, just got a ticketbastard email reminding me that the Dead are in Chicago this weekend... No shit Sherlock....
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    I know I miss Jerry too. But this is a dance party.... Hello baby yeah this is the Big Bopper speaking ha ha you sweet thing Do I what will I what oh baby you know what I like Chaintily lace and a pretty face and a pony tail hangin' down A wiggle and a walk and a giggle and a talk made the world go round There ain't nothing in the world Like a big eyed girl to make me act so funny make me spend my money Make me fool real loose like a long necked goose Like a girl oh baby that's what I like What's that honey pick you up at eight and don't be late But baby I ain't got no money honey ha ha oh alright honey you know what I like (Hello you good lookin' thing you yeah huh now this is the Killer speaking Do I like what I sure do like it baby) Chantilly lace pretty face pony tail hangin' down A wiggle in her walk giggle in her talk it gonna make that world go around Ain't nothing in the world like a big- eyed girl Make me act so funny spend my doggone money I feel real loose like a long neck goose like a whoa baby that's what I like (Hello) huh (hello) can I what (hello) do I what (hello) will I what (hello) Can't never tell baby ha ha ha ha I might But honey you knows what I like Chantilly lace (chantilly lace) pretty face (chantilly lace) Pony tail hanging down (chantilly lace) A wiggle in her walk (chantilly lace) giggle in her talk (chantilly lace) It gonna make that world go around (chantilly lace) Ain't nothin' in the world like a big eyed girl Make me act so funny spend my doggone money I feel real loose like a long neck goose like a whoa baby that's what I like Huh ha ha ha ha huh what you say pick you up at eight And don't be late you gotta be joking woman I thought you might pick me up at eight don't be late It don't make no difference baby you know what Jerry Lee likes Chantilly lace (chantilly lace) pretty face (chantilly lace) Pony tail hanging down (chantilly lace) A wiggle in her walk (chantilly lace) giggle in her talk (chantilly lace) Oh it makes the world go around (chantilly lace) Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl Make me act so funny spend my doggone money I feel real loose like a long neck goose like a whoa baby that's what I like Ooh ha ha ha ha honey you tearin' me up on this telephone I swear I don't know what in the world I'm gonna do with you You yap and yap and yap and yap and yap But when you break it all down you know what I like Chantilly lace (chantilly lace) pretty face (chantilly lace) Pony tail hanging down (chantilly lace) A wiggle in her walk (chantilly lace) giggle in her talk (chantilly lace) It gonna make that world go around (chantilly lace) Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl Make me act so funny spend my doggone money I feel real loose like a long neck goose like a whoa baby that's what I like
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    Remember kids during halftime at each of the three Chicago smorgasbords..... We all need to sing, sing so loud that we wake up Ron n Keith n Brent n Vince and Jerry.... I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your love to me I wanna love you night and day You know my love a-not fade away A-well, you know my love a-not fade away My love a-bigger than a cadillac I try to show it and you drive a-me back Your love for me a-got to be real For you to know just how I feel A love for real not fade away I'm a-gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your love to me A love to last a-more than one day A love that's love - not fade away A well, a-love that's love - not fade away mmmmmbop bop, bop bop x infinity and beyond.... Our love will NOT FADE AWAY Jerry.... but I sure do miss you..... and Oh girl.....we are all beautiful, stoned, immaculate....
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    Oh yeah lets dance! Crank it! If you wanna be happy For the rest of your life, Never make a pretty woman your wife, So from my personal point of view, Get an ugly girl to marry you. A pretty woman makes her husband look small And very often causes his downfall. As soon as he marries her Then she starts to do The things that will break his heart. But if you make an ugly woman your wife, You'll be happy for the rest of your life, An ugly woman cooks her meals on time, She'll always give you peace of mind. Don't let your friends say You have no taste, Go ahead and marry anyway, Though her face is ugly, Her eyes don't match, Take it from me she's a better catch. Say man. Hey baby. Saw your wife the other day. Yeah? Yeah, she's ugly. Yeah, she's ugly but she sure can cook. Yeah?. Okay.
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    that was sweet.... Let's kick out the jams....old school.... Pupper put them shades on, Holly let's cut a rug..... All of my love All of my kissin' You don't know what you've been a-missin' Oh boy, when you're with me Oh boy, the world can see That you, were meant, for me All of my life I've been a-waitin' Tonight there'll be no...hesitatin' Oh boy, when you're with me Oh boy, the world can see That you, were meant, for me Stars appear and shadows are falling You can hear my heart a-calling A little bit a-lovin' makes everything right I'm gonna see my baby tonight All of my love All of my kissin' You don't know what you've been a-missin' Oh boy, when you're with me Oh boy, the world can see That you, were meant, for me Dum-dee-dum-dum Oh boy Dum-dee-dum-dum Oh boy [Guitar Solo] (ooh-ooh-ooh-oooooh) All of my life I've been a-waitin' Tonight there'll be no...hesitatin' Oh boy, when you're with me Oh boy, the world can see That you, were meant, for me Stars appear and shadows are falling You can hear my heart a-calling A little bit a-lovin' makes everything right I'm gonna see my baby tonight All of my love All of my kissin' You don't know what you've been a-missin' Oh boy, when you're with me Oh boy, the world can see That you, were meant, for me
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    Well it is approaching noon however I had to get some work accomplished early so my morning post came late morning. So had a chance to listen to Savannah and the Kings and rrrgrrr is right she has a lovely voice. They also have a nice folky/bluesy sound going.... All the temptaion is right! Much luck to them in the future and cant wait to meet junior. You can take all the tea in China Put it in a big brown bag for me Sail right around the seven oceans Drop it straight into the deep blue sea She's as sweet as tupelo honey She's an angel of the first degree She's as sweet as tupelo honey Just like honey from the bee You can't stop us on the road to freedom You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see Men with insight, men in granite Knights in armor bent on chivalry She's as sweet as tupelo honey She's an angel of the first degree She's as sweet as tupelo honey Just like honey from the bee You can't stop us on the road to freedom You can't stop us 'cause our eyes can see Men with insight, men in granite Knights in armor intent on chivalry She's as sweet as tupelo honey She's an angel of the first degree She's as sweet as tupelo honey Just like honey from the bee You know she's alright You know she's alright with me She's alright, she's alright (she's an angel) You can take all the tea in China Put it in a big brown bag for me Sail it right around the seven oceans Drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea Because she's as sweet as tupelo honey She's an angel of the first degree She's as sweet as tupelo honey Just like honey from the bee She's as sweet as tupelo honey She's an angel of the first degree She's as sweet as tupelo honey Just like the honey, baby, from the bee She's my baby, you know she's alright.....
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    Oh brother...double Kleenix's on that one bro....back-to-back (chicken shack) two of my all time favs there :-)
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Our son Scott was addicted to Barbara Ann...any long car ride we would put in Beach Boys Greatest Hits....he'd sing BaBaBa....BaBaBaBaBa.....didn't get the Rannnnnnnnn part...put it on repeat and drove from Buffalo to West Virginia on that song..... Don't get old Katniss....
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the more tortured rock 'n roll personality? Brian Wilson? Micheal Jackon? Elvis Presley? Johnny? Hank, Jr.? Jerry?
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and now he plays th ba ba ba ba bass
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for anything played on a cello. String bass, just as good. I was in love with a boy who played the string bass in junior high school. Come to think of it, I was in love with a boy that played an electric bass in high school (when I bothered to attend high school. Ah, misspent youth... Did I mention that silver?)
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Boo...,,,It's a perfect circle.....he didn't miss a beat..... And Katniss...maybe we should pose a new question aka quien es mas macho? Señor Michael Jackson o señor John Mayer? we are all tortured...just in different ways.... Just cuz you got a recording contract don't make you special...... But we know that..... And you got the silver.....
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Silver threads and golden needlesCannot mend this heart of mine And I dare not drown my sorrows In the warm glow of your mind Have a lovely time at the lake. I am officially on holiday. Happy Labor Day one & all. Hug your closest union member!!
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And start dying little by little, piece by piece,Some guys come home from work and wash up, And go racin' in the street. And btw its a 69 Chevy with a 396, fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor..... But I digress..... God, I last saw Bruce in Cleveland in 2012 at Quicken Loans, he played that song and it made the 3 hour road trip worth while.... For me a good Boss show rivals the Dead, but for different reasons..... Saw the last Clarence show in 2009, over 4 hours long ....no set break and a 45 minute 7 song encore....
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67, 69..eh. agree a Bruce show is right up there with the Dead but nothing similar at all other than being the best. last time i saw Bruce was at an Obama rally in 2008...walking from a Browns game back to the parking lot, we came across an Obama rally in downtown Cleveland. Bruce did a few acoustic solo songs. Don't recall much about it other than it was a spectacle. Clarence wailing on the sax to jungleland, live, is worth the price of admission, tho you always get/got so much more. I miss Clarence.
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once Clarence became a Bay Area local, more or less, he would turn up in the darndest places. I recall a particularly epic tech company Christmas party that included Clarence with a band, Chris Isaak and his band, and another band whose name eludes me but they were equally good. Those were the days!
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I'd love to hear your five desert island LPs?
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Sitting on the shores of Lake Ontario listening to replay of 7/3/15.... Gets better with age....would take that to an island in a second.... and Katniss I second that emotion, we need marye to chime in on her top 5..... summer's done come and gone.... My oh my, oh my, oh my!
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I.e., vinyl? Off the top of my head, and I might say something different tomorrow. They're all old because almost all my vinyl is old: Last Waltz (The Band and various) East/West (Butterfield) Layla (Derek and the Dominos) Born to Run (Bruce; I think Agora 1978, while now legal, is not on vinyl. I have it in pretty much every other format known to man, starting with an off-air recording from KSAN. Best Bruce show ever, though I have no complaints about the ones I actually saw.) Blood on the Tracks (Dylan)
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Thanks marye, think I have to get the Agora 78 show, although the December 15' 1978 Winterland is no slouch either.....and you are correct I have never seen a bad Springsteen show.... Forgot all about East/West..will have to dig it out.... Blood on the Tracks is a fan favorite..... Never thought Bruce would have such universal appeal, always figured he was more of an east coast phenomenon....
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KSAN also broadcast the Winterland show, or at least one local show that year.
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and it indeed does marye...back in the day bought a 3 LP bootleg Live at Winterland December 78 Christmas show recorded off of KSAN....from an old time record store called the Music Box in Queens NY, only guy who had the stones to sell bootlegs..if I'm not mistaken he was the bassist for a NYC punk band called Tuff Darts...their big hit was Your Love Is Like Nuclear Waste.....bad boy cost me like $50 at the time...blind pig records if I recall...played it til I wore it out....now it's on a torrent website free and without pops n clicks...technology....and thanks, got Agora 8/78 and it is a smoking show....never heard it before... I so do miss the 70's..
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the thing that blew the top of my head off in real time, listening to the scratchy radio broadcast, and every time I've heard it in the ensuing getting-on-40 years, is Fourth of July, in a version that as far as I know was made up on the spot and never repeated--"Sandy, the angels have lost their desire for us," and extended riffing on the fireworks being Angels on Harleys coming down from heaven, etc. I admit it, I'm a lyrics freak, but I'm still agog at that one. It's just brilliant. It is also, in a number of ways, Dover Beach in a different idiom.
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Glad to see da dus is rolling along smoothly...gotta pick up all the children to take em back to school or the mines...Man I miss summer vacation as a youth. Just not the same as an adult.
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wow....got to the encore.....and you are right.....seen many a Bruce show, ain't never seen that...nor heard it.... I also am a lyric person, and and lyric subtlety aficionado..... ....marye, I want a mulligan, I will swap out anything but Layla and other assorted love songs for Bruce 8/9/78 at the Agora.....on my island....amazing show.... And that's why I play this game....!!!!
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What could I trade for some Feat? Hmm... There are songs I listen to for the sheer sound of them, I couldn't care less about the lyrics (Obla Di Obla Da!) But, then there are the songs that I love. That's a different story.
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Waiting for Columbus....?????Trade anything but Dylan.... Keep those choices.... Blah blah blah....... Boom Chaka laka!! Lyrics matter!!!!!
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Of course, they do! But, sometimes the melody is enough for me. *HaHa* Sir Paul is singing "We Can Work it Out" in the background. I'm peeling my eyes off the monitor for the evening. Good night! p.s. Never had the privilege of seeing Springstein. On his way to being the Woody Guthrie of our generation? A discussion for another day.
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Grate recollections here of late. Thanks to all Sunshine Daydreamers and friends for sharing your amazing memories. Please keep ‘em coming! Maybe we should consider a gathering where we could swap more stories and trade digital files of musical treasures. Our Pic-A-Nic in Chicago was a trip to be sure, but there wasn’t much time for subtleties – we were preoccupied with a more pressing mission over at Soldier Field. . . The Desert Fives have been perfect palette-cleansing diversions as we await the 30 Trips Box. One of my favorite tales was Rich's paean to Elaine a la Neil Young. Neil had a way of helping you ease past the many disappointments of teenage. I’ll never forget watching the sun rise over the Arkansas River to the strains of “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” after my “this-is-the-one” girlfriend broke up with me following our high school graduation and prom the night before (also my birthday). Neil understood! I've been blown away by the breadth and sophistication of y'all's lists and posts. Having come of age in somewhat of a musical backwater, I’m impressed and more than a little envious of the killer 60’s and 70’s music many of you witnessed firsthand. Even though there was less musical diversity to choose from, my Desert Five all came from those days when I was a wide-eyed, hormone-drenched teenager in the Arkansas Delta. Those are still the tunes that strike the deepest chords. Thank goodness for KAAY FM's midnight Bleecker Street out of Little Rock which was my sole alternative to AM bubblegum. Don't get me wrong, cruising cotton fields and levees on the way to bonfires on river sandbars with a little smoke and PBRs and the Woodstock soundtrack or the White Album or Sly or ___ on the 8-track provided many a fine memory (many of which I'm sure I can't recall) . . . and every now and then events like SDS meetings in Little Rock would punctuate the mundane with wisps of "exotic" music from the great beyond . . . In that world, we bought LP’s at places like JC Penney and Sears. Record shops were still a few years away in Pine Bluff. I discovered Disraeli Gears and Ars Nova at a head shop during a Latin/French Club field trip to New Orleans in '68. We thought things like an unknown Elton John opening for Chicago in Memphis were real discoveries. That's why I'm fascinated when I read posts from those who grew up in/near the City with cutting-edge radio programming and hip record stores not to mention vibrant club scenes and free concerts and FM streams of yet-to-be-mainstreamed artists. Once I got to college, I began a round of musical "catch up" that I'm still enjoying today. And back to the Desert Fives – Surely I’m not the only one that keeps remembering LP’s that got left off of my Short List. Ummagumma, Caravanserai, Hejira, Band of Gypsys, Burgers, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, All Things Must Pass, New Morning, Darkness and Scattered Light, Live at Leeds, Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine, Tarkus, Blows Against the Empire, Roll Over, Wake of Poseidon . . . And back to the Grateful Dead – This forum, especially the Desert Five Diversion, has been just exactly perfect for preparing for 30 Trips to rumble into town. I’ll be ready with fresh ears. Even managed to score a few Dogfish Head American Beauties last week “out in the west Texas town of El Paso.” Onward y’all!
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Jeff glad you chimed in....this is indeed what I hoped we would become, a family united by Jerry, but much more diverse than that alone.....I as well ordered Boxzilla....but will keep it under wraps....since the desert island selection began, I know it's blasphemy but I tuned away from SXM 23, first time in like a year and am enjoying EVERYTHING else.... like a kid in a candy store..... Been listening to Springsteen for the first time since 2012 and just re registered with a Bruce live torrent site....soooo many SBDs out there.....so little time....if you'd like some live music, just ask it's an email away..... Say hi to Pam..... and yes everybody knows THIS is nowhere.....
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Ok, so after much thought and consideration here are my "deserted island 5": 1. Pink Floyd- Meddle. Floyd is my all-time favorite band and this album reminds me of "tuning in and dropping out" early in my high school days. I also am reminded of the house we lived in during high school with the windows ipen and the cool spring breeze blowing in while rolling bones with my mom and step dad. 2. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing. This album is electronic "trip hop" and was my first and best taste of what a DJ and two turntables can produce. This album also takes me back to my rave days from the ages of 16-25 and all the crazyness that encompasses 3. M.I.A.- Arular-young adulthood memories, discovering new music and genres. Great beats and fun rhythms to keep things light and interesting. She puts on an amazing show, I saw her in Chicago at Lollapalooza and she was climbing on the scaffolding to the dismay of her managers. She also had laryngitis from touring so much but she still put her whole heart in the peformance. 4. Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antartica- reminds me of travelling between home and hometown between the big city and the rual prarieland...flat, flat, flat. Also, one of my favorite live acts discovered in my early twenties..saw them once on my bday and they signed this canvas bag I bought after the show with "Happy Birthday Holly!" I was so HAPPY! 5. The Squirrel Nut Zippers- Perennial Favorites. Big Band Swing, what can I say? Discovered in my teens love at first hearing. Katherine Whalen does amazing things with her voice and sounds straight out of 1930. A good album to keep around and would add variety to my "island 5" This is good exercise in choice. There is a lot of music and or songs that I may enjoy more than these but they are not included on one album. Some of my top 5 songs are all on different albums and the rest of each album I could take or leave. Since this was about whole albums for the rest of my life on the island these are my picks. 10 years from now these choices could be totally different. Thanks rrrgrrr for challenging us to "make up our minds"...did you ever have to finally decide?
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wow....Huh? Wow..... Whaaaaaa? Wooooowwwww..... thanks for playing...... Ok, time to pay my AARP dues..... Carry on my wayward dus briver....... ;-) Feel like Marty McFly from Back To The Future...... I keep on searching for a Heart of Gold, and it's getting old.... I want to hear some Benny Goodman.....
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See...Heart of Gold is one of my top 5 fav songs but it didn't make the final cut...Stevie Knicks Stop Dragging My Heart Around, Tom Petty Breakdown and You Got Lucky and Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd. Done and done
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Traffic John Barleycorn and David Bromberg..."Dead or Alive" or "Demon in Disguise" might make it there today, but not sure which other album would get voted off the island? I need an atoll, not just AN island. Jeff...I agree Ummagumma might make it some days. I gotta check out some of the newer stuff listed here.
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check out One O'Clock Jump in the Carnegie Hall concert.
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Marye, now you're talking....love your musical suggestions.....btw, have you heard the final Springsteen Clarence show from November 2009? Played on Miami Steve's birthday....it was special in many ways...Initially billed as the final E St show, and unfortunately foreshadowing proved correct, as it was the last time Clarence would perform with anyone, his health was failing, but the mugging he and Bruce did onstage especially during Growin Up is etched in my brain .....35 songs and over 4 hours of magic, played the Greetings from Asbury Park recording in its entirety....half of the show was dedicated to suggestions from the crowd.....if interested, pm me your email and I can send it your way in digital format....It's an audience recording from the floor but well worth a listen and the smile that the listen will bring.....
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to that Benny Goodman track. Back when I was en route to Red Rocks 1987, I bought a bunch of cassettes at a truck stop in, as I recall, Rock Springs, Wyoming, including a Benny Goodman anthology. It was a mixed bag of generally horribly re-re-rerecorded material from some foreign bootlegger, as I recall, but this one track, with NO PROVENANCE WHATEVER, was just stunning, even if it did sound like it was recorded in a bathtub. It took me decades to find the actual source, which was a good deal better recorded.
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Marye, I know that track and it rocks.....Amazing what our mutual connection to the good ol Grateful Dead has allowed us to experience in our lives....
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Great suggestion Marye. I just listened to One O'Clock Jump and was transported. The entire recording from Carnegie Hall in 1938 with its impressive supporting cast looks tempting. What an amazing time capsule from an era that I only glimpsed hazily a la parent's and grandparent's record players in the 50's. In the meantime I'm queuing up the soundtrack from Ken Burn's "War" with jazz, big band, swing, etc. from the WWII era. It's from early 60's, but maybe some Preservation Hall Jazz Band is next. . . Oh yeah. It may be a reach, but there's a Grateful Dead connection here too: Ken Burn's "War" is followed in my iTunes list by "The Warlocks: 10/8/89". I told you it was a reach.
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getting the entire Carnegie Hall concert. There appears to be debate as to which is the best recording (I suspect Gary Lambert would know a lot about this) but it's a great show, and also great road-trip music. That said, since I had about 20 years of playing the song without knowing where it came from, I tended to see it through Grateful Dead filters, imagining the dancers going crazy and condensation dripping off the walls as solo piled on solo and the band hit escape velocity. It was a real shock to learn that the actual performance was in this really formal setting!
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It is over and Scotty n Mcfall survived, I paid for the stream and got to watch much after hours as VOD.... If you have a chance, check out Moonalice, Doobie Incident, SCI, Jefferson Airplane tribute, Hot Tuna, Phil n Friends x 2, Billy and the Kids with Bobby, Trombone Shorty, the Mule, Robert Plant and WSP......but especially TTB tribute to Joe Cocker on 9/11...2 hours of mesmerizing music with Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Chris Robinson, John Bell, Rita Coolidge, Doyle Bramhall II and Dave Mason..... theTTB set with Bobby on 9/12 was good but the night before stole the thunder IMO....I hope they release that performance commercially.... Hope Geeky, Chuck and Tom Hanlon enjoyed it.....
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Roll them dice. Two times!!!
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Whatchu talking bout Willis?I mean BooBoo..... Got $99 tix for $99 each.....
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Got tickets for Greensboro and Atlanta this morning!Life's good! Dead to the CORE!! Have a Grate weekend everyone!
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Hey now, everybody! I've been too long at sea, but the shoreline beckoned so I thought I'd pop by and say hello. Hope everyone is doing well after the wild rumpus in July. Everything is great here in Reno and my best wishes go out to all of the wonderful Daydreamers! Peace.
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Hey there, nice to hear from you! Things are great here. Are you planning to see the Company in Vegas later this year?
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I hope you and Matt are well. I have a ticket to the Colorado and Vegas shows. I'm probably gonna have to pick one, and right now I'm leaning toward Vegas just because it is on the weekend. Are you going to any of the shows other than St. Louis (I'm assuming you guys will hit the hometown show)?
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Aloha Sunshine Daydreamers- Hope all of you are well.I scored for both LA and Las Vegas shows. I have 2 extras for the 11/27 Vegas show if anybody is in need. Please let me know if you will be attending the LA or Vegas shows. I know James will be in Las Vegas. I hope to see more of you there! Peace, GOB
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Hey now Greg and George....gearing up for fall here, got tix to da Buff, enjoy the shows.... streamed and recorded VOD LOCKN' ....PhilTana was mind blowing......certainly hope Mr. Mayer proves worthy of the legacy....
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Hey now, rrrrgrrrr! Sounds like you are well and still humming the Encyclopedia Britannica of tunes along with Holly! Enjoy the show and you can give us an advance review.... Looks like I am going to Vegas. Just sent a shout to James and hopefully can meet up with Gob as well. Anyone else? Here we go.... All the best, Daydreamers.
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For sure we will hit the hometown show...maybe travel to Tennessee...cause there ain't no place I'd rather be! Time to refuel dis Dus!!!!