Comments on: Some Friday afternoon travelin’ music, in tune with the holiday http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/ An Atlanta blog with a little bit of opinion about a whole lot of things Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: catlady http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68982 catlady Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:13:03 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68982 This gave me chills. How about a thread on songs for politicians that quit/had to resign? This gave me chills.

How about a thread on songs for politicians that quit/had to resign?

]]> By: TnGelding http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68367 TnGelding Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:59:50 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68367 josef nix July 4th, 2009 9:54 am I like that term. josef nix

July 4th, 2009
9:54 am

I like that term.

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]]> By: josef nix http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68363 josef nix Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:54:32 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68363 Tn Gelding in relation to your @ 8:24, that same teacher reminded us at every turn that we were a "revolutionary republic." Tn Gelding in relation to your @ 8:24, that same teacher reminded us at every turn that we were a “revolutionary republic.”

]]> By: josef nix http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68361 josef nix Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:51:03 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68361 Kayaker--that was then, this is now. I have matured into a better understanding of what you bring up, no small part of that maturation due to the lessons taught by that teacher, may she rest in peace. She would probably have laid any of our patriotism and/or jingoism in the shade, but she understood what the country was built on and understood dissent and how to direct it. Kayaker–that was then, this is now. I have matured into a better understanding of what you bring up, no small part of that maturation due to the lessons taught by that teacher, may she rest in peace. She would probably have laid any of our patriotism and/or jingoism in the shade, but she understood what the country was built on and understood dissent and how to direct it.

]]> By: DB, Gwinnettian http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68349 DB, Gwinnettian Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:11:02 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68349 <i>Aren’t those the verses Pete Seeger sang with Bruce Sprinsteen at one of the Obama Inaugural functions?</i> Yes indeed. More to the point, when interviewed around that time (there was also a big birthday party celebration for Seger at Madison Square Garden earlier this year) Pete has talked at length about how important it is that people hear "ALL the verses." Aren’t those the verses Pete Seeger sang with Bruce Sprinsteen at one of the Obama Inaugural functions?

Yes indeed.

More to the point, when interviewed around that time (there was also a big birthday party celebration for Seger at Madison Square Garden earlier this year) Pete has talked at length about how important it is that people hear “ALL the verses.”

]]> By: @@ http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68345 @@ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:55:34 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68345 I know there's a new thread upstairs but this one? This was among my Dad's all-time favorites. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c6Btxs8r0A&feature=related" rel="nofollow">500 Miles</a> Makin' myself melancholy so "we're off like a herd of turtles" as my Dad used to say. The 4th of July was the only holiday he loved. I know there’s a new thread upstairs but this one?

This was among my Dad’s all-time favorites.

500 Miles

Makin’ myself melancholy so “we’re off like a herd of turtles” as my Dad used to say. The 4th of July was the only holiday he loved.

]]> By: @@ http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68341 @@ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:27:40 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68341 Nope, not olive juice, JayNot......bookman jay. Now Woody Guthrie I know but only because Dylan knew. Maybe it was Arlo I knew but only because... Lyle Lubbock I know but only because he sang a song about cheeseburgers that I liked, not cheeseburgers -- hate cheeseburgers -- but liked the song. Why no Hoyt Axton, Hillbilly? My Dad loved Hoyt Axton. Two old maids sittin' in the sun talkin' 'bout the lovin' that they never had done but they still had fun...just talkin' 'bout love, love, love She's my fiddle and I'm her beau We make music wherever we go that's for me.... sweet harmo....kneeeeeeee You get the knife I'll get the gun Come on boys We're gonna have a little fun Sump'n like ^^^ that. Catchy tune. "Evangelina" was Dad's favorite. Hoyt Axton has/had??? a very rich voice. Why no Hoyt Axton, Hillbilly? Nope, not olive juice, JayNot……bookman jay.

Now Woody Guthrie I know but only because Dylan knew. Maybe it was Arlo I knew but only because…

Lyle Lubbock I know but only because he sang a song about cheeseburgers that I liked, not cheeseburgers — hate cheeseburgers — but liked the song.

Why no Hoyt Axton, Hillbilly? My Dad loved Hoyt Axton.

Two old maids
sittin’ in the sun
talkin’ ’bout the lovin’ that
they never had done
but they still had fun…just
talkin’ ’bout love, love, love

She’s my fiddle and
I’m her beau
We make music
wherever we go
that’s for me….
sweet harmo….kneeeeeeee

You get the knife
I’ll get the gun
Come on boys
We’re gonna have a little fun

Sump’n like ^^^ that. Catchy tune.

“Evangelina” was Dad’s favorite. Hoyt Axton has/had??? a very rich voice.

Why no Hoyt Axton, Hillbilly?

]]> By: TnGelding http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68340 TnGelding Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:24:56 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68340 Bud Wiser July 4th, 2009 7:43 am Unfortunately, most of those sacrifices had nothing to do with America or keeping us free, but were due to misadventures by ill-advised presidents that didn't have a clue. I urge you to take off your blinders and look at what "Obowo" (great respect you have for your president) has been forced to do by the previous eight years of an incompetent, disengaged administration. Are Canadians, Mexicans and those living in Central and South America Americans? Maybe we should select another identifier. The world might see us as less arrogant. Yeah, all the unnecessary wars fought and blood spilled brought us to this moment in history. If our independence had been gained without war, maybe we'd be a less violent society. That said, Happy Independence Day! Bud Wiser

July 4th, 2009
7:43 am

Unfortunately, most of those sacrifices had nothing to do with America or keeping us free, but were due to misadventures by ill-advised presidents that didn’t have a clue.

I urge you to take off your blinders and look at what “Obowo” (great respect you have for your president) has been forced to do by the previous eight years of an incompetent, disengaged administration.

Are Canadians, Mexicans and those living in Central and South America Americans? Maybe we should select another identifier. The world might see us as less arrogant.

Yeah, all the unnecessary wars fought and blood spilled brought us to this moment in history. If our independence had been gained without war, maybe we’d be a less violent society.

That said,

Happy Independence Day!

]]> By: Kayaker 71 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2009/07/03/some-friday-afternoon-travelin-music-in-tune-with-the-holiday/comment-page-2/#comment-68339 Kayaker 71 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:20:03 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/?p=1425#comment-68339 Nix, Why would you object to singing the "militaristic" Star Spangled Banner? It is the story about the assault on Ft. McHenry where the British were trying to blow the whole place into next week and the survival of those brave enough keep the flag flying as a protest of surrender to the British. The land of the free, the home of the brave...... Woody Guthrie was a pretty good song writer but not in the caliber of those who established our freedom and created a nation like no other. Maybe Congress should adopt a different Anthem..... maybe Satisfaction by the Stones or Born in the USA by the Boss. That oughta do it. Nix,

Why would you object to singing the “militaristic” Star Spangled Banner? It is the story about the assault on Ft. McHenry where the British were trying to blow the whole place into next week and the survival of those brave enough keep the flag flying as a protest of surrender to the British. The land of the free, the home of the brave…… Woody Guthrie was a pretty good song writer but not in the caliber of those who established our freedom and created a nation like no other. Maybe Congress should adopt a different Anthem….. maybe Satisfaction by the Stones or Born in the USA by the Boss. That oughta do it.

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