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Sat Feb-07-04 09:57 PM
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I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger I'd hammer out a warning I'd hammer 'bout the love between my brothers and my sisters All all all over this land.
If I had a bell I'd ring Cheney, Rove, & Delay's heads so hard they could never hear, think, or speak again.
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:00 PM
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I love that song, especially Peter, Paul and Mary's version (and if you've ever seen them in concert, as I have three times now, you'll know they do a helluva version of it in concert), and that's just PERFECT! I'm sure the songwriter would agree as well.
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:18 PM
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2. Recently listened to the Trini Lopez version |
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and couldn't get it out of my head.
But yeah, PP&M did alot of great stuff back in the day - even radical considering the era (late '60's). Most people who weren't around then think PP&M were wusses - hah!
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:19 PM
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3. If I had a hammer, there'd be no folk music! |
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:25 PM
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:27 PM
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There'd be no
Eminem Yani Benny Hinn Ahhnulld Halliburton Bob Dornan Robert Novak Pat Boone Coalition For Family Values Pat Robertson Rupert Murdock Ted Nugent
Hold me back
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:33 PM
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6. No, I won't hold you back |
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at all, you're doing just great and keep it up!!!!
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:48 PM
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11. OK - DON'T hold me back...If I had a hammer |
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I'd use the claw end on
Fred Phelps Richard Perle Henry Kissinger Anita Bryant Clarence Thomas Dennis Hastert Ken Lay Charlton Heston Bill Bennett Ann Coulter Katherine Harris
THEN I'd hammer 'bout the love between my brother and sisters all all all over this land.
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:34 PM
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Ha! And just see if you get any on March 19, pal!!:evilgrin: :bounce:
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:38 PM
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8. But I don't want to get any folk music. On March 19th or ever! |
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:40 PM
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Oh, don't worry, on March 19, 20, and 21, I will make sure you are definitely occupied with, ahem, other activities!:evilgrin:
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Sat Feb-07-04 10:39 PM
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9. OMG - I'm getting caught in the |
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NightTrain/liberalhistorian Triangle!
Hey - you guys have a blast on March 19. Soooo romantic!
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Sun Feb-08-04 12:53 AM
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14. you, sir, are culturally deprived . . . |
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without the Guthries and Seegers and Carter Families of the world, the music you value would be much diminished . . .
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Sun Feb-08-04 01:36 AM
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17. Actually, I was just being my usual smart-assed self |
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My original remark was directed at all that watered-down quasi-folk music that has plagued us since the 1950s: the Kingston Trio, Peter Paul & Mary, the Chad Mitchell Trio...you know, that kind of phony, white-bread bullshit masquerading as folk.
I like folk music that has teeth and sounds *real*. And the artists you cited are perfect examples of that!
Incidentally, I feel the same way about many other genres, like blues, gospel, jazz, and country. Give me the genuine article and save the watered-down bullshit for the clueless masses!
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Sat Feb-07-04 11:41 PM
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Sat Feb-07-04 11:48 PM
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13. Oh...and if I had a hammer |
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There'd be no Hammertime.
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Sun Feb-08-04 01:00 AM
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15. time to revive some of the old Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger . . . |
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and Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs songs of 30 years ago, dust 'em off, and start singin' 'em . . . the best music is not the music you listen to . . . the best music is the music you make yourself, and with others . . . when folks sing/make music together, they get motivated to do other things together . . . like making change happen . . .
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Sun Feb-08-04 01:13 AM
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16. Folk Music - Almost everything else is a fad |
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it endures over decades and even centuries.
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Sun Feb-08-04 03:31 AM
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19. Watched "Bound For Glory" |
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(Woody Guthrie bio) last nite. I love the Pete Seeger song about the boxes.
See the boxes on the hillside Pretty boxes made of ticky-tacky, and so on . . . .
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Sun Feb-08-04 11:20 AM
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23. actually, that's a Malvena Reynolds song . . . |
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that Pete also loves, and sings frequently . . .
Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds
Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of tickytacky Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same There's a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses all went to the university Where they were put in boxes and they came out all the same, And there's doctors and there's lawyers, and business executives And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course and drink their martinis dry, And they all have pretty children and the children go to school And the children go to summer camp and then to the university Where they are put in boxes and they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business and marry and raise a family In boxes made of ticky tacky and they all look just the same.
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Sun Feb-08-04 03:18 AM
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I really liked Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Tom Rush, Joni Mitchell, Jesse Colin Young, Dion, Pete Seeger.
Yes, there was some real co-opted pablum too, but the better stuff is still good listenin'.
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Sun Feb-08-04 03:52 AM
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Is there a heaven for balloons, my friend? Is there a place to which they go? Or do they simply fade away into the sky? I think that I shall never know.
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Sun Feb-08-04 04:03 AM
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21. I turned my 111 year old son on to Peter, Paul and Mary |
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I hear If I had a hammer" quite a bit now.
They have a kickass CD out called "Songs of Conscience and Concern". It is filled with some of their less-known songs.
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Sun Feb-08-04 04:10 AM
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22. Hmmm...if your son is 111, that would make you.... |
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(Kidding - it's 2 a.m., the witching hour)
Do the younguns here realize that the '40's, '50's, and '60's folk singers (Guthrie, Seeger, Ochs, Van Ronk, etc.) were the Liberals of their time? Some of them were brought up on Commie charges, fer Chrissakes!
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