An anthemic end to the week that was
Because sometimes, you know, you just have to go for it ….
… although I confess that everytime I hear this now, in my mind I see the hilarious head-bobbing scene in that AMC Pacer from Wayne’s World. Back in the day, I was a passenger in, or on occasion driver, of that car more often than I should admit, although for me it was a ‘68 Pontiac Bonneville with a 390-horse V-8 that could go w-aaaay too fast.
Anyway, here’s to rock n’ roll anthems.
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josef
February 17th, 2012
3:52 pm
Ooops…
josef
February 17th, 2012
3:59 pm
JAY
Good choice, good theme…
rock anthems….?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzy_BEzlHWI
ByteMe
February 17th, 2012
4:00 pm
Lighthearted version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGlTzt24Izw
Paul
February 17th, 2012
4:01 pm
Jay,
Sweet. And in high school I was bombing around in a ‘63 Pontiac Bonneville convertible with real walnut in the dash. Dad bought it from a young guy in north San Diego county whose dad had it shipped out from New Jersey on a rail car, then died, so the kid sold it to dad for $500.
Sucker got 10mpg on a good day.
ByteMe
February 17th, 2012
4:01 pm
Mama?? MAMA??? Mama??
Fred ™
February 17th, 2012
4:06 pm
Geez Jay, could you have POSSIBLY picked a crappier version? First It won’t open here, you have to go to youtube THEN it starts in the middle of the song. Boo Jay. No soup for you.
Here’s a GOOD version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI8HY
Paul
February 17th, 2012
4:06 pm
ByteMe
“Mama?? MAMA??? Mama??”
I wasn’t going to, but as you asked, ’tis my duty to oblige –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unfzfe8f9NI
ByteMe
February 17th, 2012
4:07 pm
A fitting anthem for this week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE&feature=related
godless heathen
February 17th, 2012
4:07 pm
Here’s a rock anthem to remind us that it’s almost for Chipper and the Boys of Summer.
http://youtu.be/1Se9cVOlft4
Peadawg
February 17th, 2012
4:07 pm
Um…doesn’t work when you press play. Says it’s blocked….
Granny Godzilla
February 17th, 2012
4:07 pm
josef
that earned you another piece of mine…..
josef
February 17th, 2012
4:08 pm
ByteMe…
ByteMe
February 17th, 2012
4:08 pm
Paul… My GOD, the outfits they wore… Oy!
Kamchak
February 17th, 2012
4:08 pm
“You can tell her there’s a hot sun beating on the black top
She keeps talkin’ she’ll be walkin’ that last block
She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight
Well I got some beer and the highway’s free
And I got you, and baby you’ve got me
Hey, hey, hey what you say Sherry Darlin’ “
– Thomas Jefferson
Peadawg
February 17th, 2012
4:09 pm
Rock & Roll anthems…I could spend all afternoon posting links. I don’t even know where to start.
Fred ™
February 17th, 2012
4:09 pm
Damn josef, nice Janis. Back atcha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXV_QjenbDw
godless heathen
February 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
time, heathen. You left out “time”.
Paul
February 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
As long as we’re on anthems, here’s one for watching Sinkwich, Scout and a few others screw themselves into the ceiling over.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVdVTVR-j0Q
godless heathen
February 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
Speaking of Whitney. Here’s one dedicated to her. (And Janis)
http://youtu.be/DJroVYBLpXw
Finn McCool (Class Warfare = Stopping Rich People from TAKING MORE of OUR MONEY)
February 17th, 2012
4:14 pm
‘69 Olds Cutlass with a factory-installed Hurst shifter.
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:14 pm
Disco sucks anthem. At about 1:10 when the duck suits start dancing is freaking hilarious. They must of had some damn good drugs back then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irgJPqkuakM
FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real)
February 17th, 2012
4:15 pm
Thanks for the the rush of memories Jay. We used to sing this song on the school bus during high school. One of my ol time FAVs! Plus, it’s when I learned to play air guitar
godless heathen
February 17th, 2012
4:17 pm
MB:They must of had some damn good drugs back then.
So I heard.
Fred ™
February 17th, 2012
4:17 pm
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:14 pm
Disco sucks anthem. At about 1:10 when the duck suits start dancing is freaking hilarious. They must of had some damn good drugs back then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irgJPqkuakM
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
We did. I thought you were our age lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn0ZJHVH17I
Jerome Horwitz
February 17th, 2012
4:19 pm
‘65 Olds Jetstar 88. 305 4 Barrell carb. Red convertible. Sucker would fly. When the four barrell kicked in it would knock you back in the seat! And gas was 37 cents/gallon and the minimum wage was 1.60.
Paul
February 17th, 2012
4:19 pm
ByteMe
Good 4 o’clock.
As far as the outfits, Agnetha was the talk of the tabloids for weeks -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoPiaWrTw-Y&feature=related
Patrick
February 17th, 2012
4:22 pm
God bless Whitney. Thank you for sharing her with us.
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:22 pm
Fred: Nope, wild child from the 80s, but I’ve always preferred music from the 70’s.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WEwxfdFraM
godless heathen
February 17th, 2012
4:23 pm
Fred: I believe JFK would have liked that song.
Paul
February 17th, 2012
4:25 pm
ByteMe 4:07
Wow. What a performance. That and The Bodyguard is how I prefer to remember her.
ByteMe
February 17th, 2012
4:25 pm
From High School….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ORkR9E8t78
Adam
February 17th, 2012
4:25 pm
Funny, when I hear this song I immediately think about karaoke bars and how anyone who is sane as a karaoke host BANS this one.
Fred ™
February 17th, 2012
4:31 pm
LOL Moonbat, I’ll be able to say I’m old enough to remember when MJ was a young black kid and you’ll be able to say you remember when John Bon Jovi played rock and roll………..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifm00JEjSeo&ob=av3e
Kamchak
February 17th, 2012
4:32 pm
Fred: Nope, wild child from the 80s, but I’ve always preferred music from the 70’s.
Well then betty, this should fit you just nicely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El6iQ2_dvlc
Paul
February 17th, 2012
4:33 pm
Finn
Not too many of those around, were there? ‘bet you wish it was still in your garage, eh?
Still like her – if she wasn’t the first female rocker, she was close –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPkTGm4RtVM&feature=related
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:33 pm
Ahhh, the Olds convertable. I would kill for one of these bad boys:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOW0G9U19Bo
Normal
February 17th, 2012
4:34 pm
My High School song…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4dHkSAciJs
We were taught loyalty!
josef
February 17th, 2012
4:34 pm
FRED
Bon…voici un “antheme” pour toi!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKtCVblxDRc&feature=related
Normal
February 17th, 2012
4:37 pm
…and my High School wheels…aptly named “Sugar Shack”
http://www.highperformancepontiac.com/features/hppp_1011_1963_pontiac_catalina_safari/viewall.html
ByteMe
February 17th, 2012
4:38 pm
Ah cars… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK63eUyk-iM
Some inappropriate lyrics if you listen closely, but it’s rated PG now.
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:40 pm
Foxy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHGyokI6fMU
Fred ™
February 17th, 2012
4:44 pm
Paul: I like her too. Have you seen this movie? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1017451/ If not I highly recommend it. Joan was an executive producer and Cherrie wrote the book that it was based on. In honor heres a tune from the runaways………. Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Cherrie Currie……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDn6V7ZLhE
godless heathen
February 17th, 2012
4:44 pm
Heathen is compelled to report that we had a fine time at the Elizabeth Cook and Willie Nelson show in Hiawassee last Saturday night. Too bad we can’t post pics here because I have some nice ones. Willie still getting it done at 78! Needless to say that the hillbillies were eating it up. Thought we’d see granny panties flying up onto the stage at any minute.
Fred ™
February 17th, 2012
4:46 pm
josef? What am I gonna do with you…………
Kamchak
February 17th, 2012
4:46 pm
“I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store”
– Thomas Jefferson
Normal
February 17th, 2012
4:47 pm
Everybody remember when you were…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNF2KNcRm-U
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:47 pm
I remember when the 78 Trans-Am was supposed to be bad ass…It had a 6.6 litre with 205 HP!? WTF?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZZPalUHlxc
jm
February 17th, 2012
4:50 pm
“That has led to speculation by some that high gasoline prices caused the economic woes that followed, but most economists dismiss that theory. ”
No they wouldn’t. Jay, have a source for that gem?
Most economists will readily admit that, after interest rates, oil prices play the biggest role in determining our GDP growth beyond all other factors.
pogo
February 17th, 2012
4:50 pm
This is what I was listening to riding around in my 60’s impala with a steering wheel with a 24 inch diameter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxBbmoUdEac
The question was, smoking what? I think we all know.
moonbat betty
February 17th, 2012
4:50 pm
Hey Fred,
Did you ever see the Dixie Chicks in the 80’s before they became the “Dixie Chicks”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XML7hvfH2hw