Archae
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:07 PM
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Cornball 70's tune just came on the radio. |
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I'm listening to WRIT out of Milwaukee, they're playing a tune I haven't heard in decades.
Remember this one?
"Cherokee Nation" :eyes:
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:08 PM
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1. Paul Revere and the Raiders? n/t |
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:14 PM
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I remember at that time, "That song is just so profound..."
"You said that about Horse With No Name too." :crazy:
Now the station played "Feelin' Groovy" and now "Eve Of Destruction" is on.
All the goofy oldies we laughed at then, and laugh our asses off at now! :D
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:18 PM
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about Cherokee Nation ..........
Eve of Destruction was a whole 'nother matter............
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:26 PM
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5. Amazing what a few decades can do.... |
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"I'm still part red man deep inside" was seen as "profound" 30 years ago. I cringe whenever I hear it now...
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Sun Sep-12-04 12:03 AM
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7. Maybe it's cringeworthy now, looking back |
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but it's almost unimaginable to think of a top 40 song now looking at things from a NA perspective.
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:20 PM
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4. That song is epic, fabulous cheese |
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Cherokee people!
shoodoodoobumbumbumbash
Cherokee tri-hibe!
So deliciously cheesy. :D
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Archae
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Sun Sep-12-04 12:31 AM
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11. I love cheesy 70's tunes. |
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Night Chicago Died
Ballroom Blitz
Saturday Night
And so on...
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Sat Sep-11-04 11:57 PM
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6. There is a story behind this song... |
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For those of you who weren't around or who don't remember, the early to mid seventies were a time of great activisim among Native Americans. There were several really nasty standoffs between certain tribes and the good ole US government. There was certainly quite a bit of hostilitiy toward white folks from the very understandably angry Native Americans.
According to a blurb I heard on (I believe it was Casey Kasem's show) the radio, John Loudermilk and a friend were snooping around a Cherokee Reservation in Oklahoma and got caught by some young angry Cherokee men.
Whether or not the young Cherokees would have harmed Loudermilk and his friend is a moot point. Loudermilk apparently believed they would and promised them that if they released him and his friend unharmed, he, being a published songwriter, would write a song describing the plight of the Cherokee.
Remember, that back in those days of the TOP 40, any song that went over three minutes usually didn't get much play time on most radio stations...
Indian Reservation
Artists: Paul Revere and the Raiders 1971 Words and Music by John D. Loudermilk
They took the whole Cherokee Nation Put us on this reservation Took away our ways of life The tomahawk and the bow and knife Took away our native tongue And taught their English to our young And all the beads we made by hand Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people, Cherokee Tribe So proud to live, So proud to die
They took the whole Indian Nation Locked us on this reservation Though I wear a shirt and tie I’m still part redman deep inside Cherokee people, Cherokee Tribe So proud to live, So proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn Cherokee nation will return, Will return, will return, will return, will return
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Sun Sep-12-04 12:21 AM
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8. Actually, the Paul Revere&the Raiders version was a cover of |
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the 1968(?) version by Don Fardon. The earlier version is simpler and less electronically enhanced.
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Sun Sep-12-04 12:31 AM
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10. There was a version that even predated Don Fardon's. |
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Its original title was "Pale-Faced Indian." It was recorded by the Native American singer Marvin Rainwater.
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Sun Sep-12-04 12:28 AM
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Edited on Sun Sep-12-04 12:32 AM by NightTrain
John D. Loudermilk made the story up to get back at Casey Kasem, whose producer called Loudermilk in the middle of his favorite TV show to ask about "Indian Reservation" (the correct song title). Annoyed at the interruption, Loudermilk made up the "kidnapping" story on the spot. The following week, Casey Kasem told the apocryphal story on "American Top 40," thus adding a brand new myth to rock and roll history. :eyes:
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Sun Sep-12-04 02:55 AM
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12. I included it on a compilation of really cringeworthy "social protest"... |
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songs along with: Signs One Tin Soldier In The Ghetto Things Get A little Easier (Once You Understand) Hey Mr Businessman What Is Truth? and the most ludicrous of the lot...American Woman (You can just take your imperialist backstage blowjobs somewhere else, Yankee pig!)
I titled it "Sucking In The Wind"
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Sun Sep-12-04 03:01 AM
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13. "In the Ghetto" is terrible! You can tell a white guy wrote it. |
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Sun Sep-12-04 03:25 AM
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14. Mac Davis...one of the whitest of the white guys |
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