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Hope Dawns for a Manilow-Rotten-Guthrie Supergroup
Woody Guthrie's kid endorses the libertarian:
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul's campaign has been endorsed by legendary folk singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie.
Guthrie, known for a series of hits including "Alice’s Restaurant," issued the following endorsement of Dr. Paul:
"I love this guy. Dr. Paul is the only candidate I know of who would have signed the Constitution of The United States had he been there. I'm with him, because he seems to be the only candidate who actually believes it has as much relevance today as it did a couple of hundred years ago. I look forward to the day when we can work out the differences we have with the same revolutionary vision and enthusiasm that is our American legacy."
Here's Arlo condemning trade barriers:
Click \'n\' Learn|1.29.08 @ 3:54PM|#
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he only have two hits, both of them horrific and none within the past thirty years? Also, wasn't one of them about a train to New Orleans, and who that we know is from Louisiana?
|1.29.08 @ 4:01PM|#
I'm holding out 'til I see who Jimmy Buffett supports. Now there's a man who knows how to make a string of chart toppers.
|1.29.08 @ 4:02PM|#
That was horrible. If you want to end war and stuff you got
to sing loud.
Sing it loud. Amen brother.
Tom Walls|1.29.08 @ 4:03PM|#
Once someone asked Ron who his favorite artists were. He said he liked the Kingston Trio (square!) and Arlo Guthrie (kinda cool).
BakedPenguin|1.29.08 @ 4:04PM|#
Coming in to Los Angeles was also his best song, IMO. I
once saw a Japanese copy of the Woodstock album that had the lyrics
as:
"Coming in to Los Angeles - Bringing in a couple of geese"
|1.29.08 @ 4:07PM|#
Also, wasn't one of them about a train to New Orleans, and
who that we know is from Louisiana?
As a Chicagoan and Cubs fan, it is my duty to point out that "City
of New Orleans," while made famous by Arlo Guthrie, was actually
penned by Steve Goodman.
|1.29.08 @ 4:09PM|#
Oh, and technically it should be a Manilow-Rotten-Guthrie-Mayer supergroup, at least if John Mayer's drunken ramblings are to be believed.
JL|1.29.08 @ 4:15PM|#
Krist Novoselic has also endorsed Ron Paul and would make an excellent addition to the supergroup.
Tom Walls|1.29.08 @ 4:15PM|#
I once saw this old hippie husband/wife team serve up a grating
version of Guthrie's "Good marnin' America, how are ya?", and oh
how I have disliked that song ever since.
Buffet is horrible (sorry Eric Dondero, I know you're a big fan).
He's nothing but a dirty saltwater hippie redneck cheeseball.
JL|1.29.08 @ 4:16PM|#
Kurt Cobain was asked if he'd also endorse him, but he said he didn't want to jump the gun.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 4:22PM|#
Kingston Trio (square!)
Now don't be dissin' the Trio man, the Kingston Trio had
THE ORIGINAL anti-war folk song......
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 4:24PM|#
Doubt Buffet will go for RP......
Buffet is horrible
You ain't lived 'til you've been to a Parrothead Parking Lot Party.
It's like a Deadhead event only for Parrotheads.
Joe Allen|1.29.08 @ 4:24PM|#
Now don't be dissin' the Trio man, the Kingston Trio had THE
ORIGINAL anti-war folk song......
I actually agree with Winey! This must surely portend the
apocolypse.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 4:25PM|#
Well, JL, as my buddy the Col says, Kurt, you shot the wrong Cobain.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 4:26PM|#
I actually agree with Winey! This must surely portend the
apocolypse.
Drink!
I'm buying.
Kurt Cobain|1.29.08 @ 4:28PM|#
Kurt Cobain was asked if he'd also endorse him, but he said
he didn't want to jump the gun.
I swear that I don't have a gun
No I don't have a gun...
|1.29.08 @ 4:30PM|#
I'll confess, I've loved "Alice's Restaurant" since the first time I heard it. I try to catch it every year on Thanksgiving. My continuing love of the song may be due to that being the only time I listen to it. And some years I miss it.
Tom Walls|1.29.08 @ 4:32PM|#
Yeah, I have softened my position on the Trio a little bit. It's
just that when I used to rifle through record bins in thrift
stores, there were soooo many Kingston Trio records.
The best part of that was finding whacked-out religious records
from the late '60s/early '70s. I inadvertently found the one where
the Negativland got the "Christianity is stupid! Communism is
good!" soundbite.
|1.29.08 @ 4:33PM|#
You ain't lived 'til you've been to a Parrothead Parking Lot
Party. It's like a Deadhead event only for Parrotheads.
Parrotheads = people who are too big of wusses to go all the way
and be Deadheads.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 4:36PM|#
Parrotheads = people who are too big of wusses to go all the
way and be Deadheads.
I went all the way with a Deadhead once. She was hot. Wait....
Tom Walls|1.29.08 @ 4:37PM|#
I live in Fla., so there is a Parrothead Parking Lot Party at
every bar adjacent to a marina.
> You ain't lived 'til you've been to a Parrothead Parking Lot
Party. It's like a Deadhead event only for Parrotheads.
|1.29.08 @ 4:42PM|#
Buffet is horrible [. . .]. He's nothing but a dirty
saltwater hippie redneck cheeseball.
Not to mention a thief for ripping off his biggest hit from "Piña
Coladaburg" which was written seven and a half fucking years before
"Margaritaville" was even on the map!
|1.29.08 @ 4:45PM|#
I'm not some huge Buffet fan, but I do like him well enough. Of course, as a Floridian, I've been more than a little overexposed to his music. Also, I suppose I have a soft spot for dirty saltwater hippie rednecks. Not sure about cheeseballs.
|1.29.08 @ 4:52PM|#
Buffet touched on some of the more controversial issues of our time, such as cheeseburgers that exist in paradise. This should not be overlooked.
|1.29.08 @ 4:55PM|#
You ain't lived 'til you've been to a Parrothead Parking Lot
Party. It's like a Deadhead event only for Parrotheads.
Ahhh yeah. A pathetic middle-aged pot n' tequila version of a Dead
event. I was fortunate enough to make it to a few actual Dead
shows. The 'event' doesn't start in the parking lot. It doesn't
start in the arena. It starts in your head about half an hour after
you drop the acid.
For the record, the only crowd of people I could ever be
comfortable around while tripping on 250ugs was Deadheads.
Brandybuck|1.29.08 @ 4:56PM|#
OMG! Dondero has to support Ron Paul now, with an endorsement like this! Everyone knows that Arlo is TEH True Libertee® Man!
DavidS|1.29.08 @ 4:57PM|#
Coming in to Los Angeles was also his best song, IMO. I once
saw a Japanese copy of the Woodstock album that had the lyrics
as:
"Coming in to Los Angeles - Bringing in a couple of
geese"
Class.
Russ 2000|1.29.08 @ 4:58PM|#
Arlo supports Ron Paul, ergo Arlo is a racist.
The Significance Of The Sickle.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:07PM|#
Not to mention a thief for ripping off his biggest hit from
"Piña Coladaburg" which was written seven and a half fucking years
before "Margaritaville" was even on the map!
such as cheeseburgers that exist in paradise
Interestingly, Jimmy sued those chicks in Maui for naming the
restaurant Cheeseburger in Paradise.
Should have sued them for serving crappy cheeseburgers. I mean they
are bad.
BTW, they settled and the chicks get to keep the name on the
Lahaina place but no more.
|1.29.08 @ 5:10PM|#
TWC -
Any insight on the Honolulu Cheeseburger in Paradise location? It's
not listed as one of Jimmy Buffet's franchises...
Colin|1.29.08 @ 5:10PM|#
Russ is correct -- that's modus ponens, if I remember my logic
correctly.
Are you sure Ron didn't confuse Arlo with Woody?
|1.29.08 @ 5:19PM|#
Oh, I don't know. Who here thinks Johnny Rotten could pull off a
"Coming into Los Angeles" cover with no trouble?
(raises hand)
BakedPenguin|1.29.08 @ 5:24PM|#
My brother once knew a guy who could have stepped out of a
Buffet song - he lived as a commercial lobster fisherman in Key
West.
He told me once while out partying, he came across a wrecked
Porsche. Inside was Jimmy Buffet, wasted out of his mind. He and
his friend drove Buffett back to his house.
Ottawa Reader - If Sid could do "My Way"...
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:24PM|#
RM, The Lahaina place and the Honolulu restaurant as well is
what I should have said but didn't. Sorry. :-)
Those women are making bank and although the food isn't too great,
the drinks are good and the service is usually good.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:26PM|#
Baked, so Buffet is being a bit disingenuous when he talks about how he's never had to go to rehab like the other rock stars?
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:28PM|#
Oh, for the record, I haven't eaten at CB in Paradise Waikiki.
But the Maui CB in P and their sister restaurant in Wialea are not
good.
Go for the drinks, enjoy a morning cup of coffee on the water, but
skip the food. Espc the cheeseburgers.
|1.29.08 @ 5:30PM|#
Well, considering that his biggest hit is about being blasted in the Keys, I think he simply doesn't consider mass alcohol consumption to be an issue.
|1.29.08 @ 5:30PM|#
Donna worry TWC, I no eat Cheesebergers
I've been to the Waikiki one before, which is why I asked. I don't
plan on going on my next trip, however, for numerous reasons.
BakedPenguin|1.29.08 @ 5:31PM|#
TWC - I can't really say. I've known people who've driven (as drunk as they described him) who didn't usually have a problem with booze. Could'a been a one-off.
trigger-happy|1.29.08 @ 5:32PM|#
Literally the only thing Reason ever does is slander Ron Paul. Its incredible since the MSM stopped a long time ago but Reason keeps going. You would think Ron Paul were a piñata full of candy instead of the only candidate who stands a chance at upholding the constitution/restoring freedom/ending the drug war. I'm cancelling my subscription and my level 11 elf is cancelling his subscription too. You are a very inappropriately named magazine!
|1.29.08 @ 5:37PM|#
Wait! Don't go! This Hit & Run commenter actually voted for Ron Paul! He could win Florida if my vote is counted a million times extra!
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:42PM|#
I'm cancelling my subscription and my level 11 elf is
cancelling his subscription too.
TWO DRINKS EACH!
That's the rules, man. Two cancellations = two drinks.
Russ 2000|1.29.08 @ 5:45PM|#
I'm gonna subscribe to reason just so I can cancel and give everyone another excuse to drink.
|1.29.08 @ 5:45PM|#
Two drinks? Well, I'm having a haggis smoothie--one part haggis, two parts Scotch, one part low-fat yogurt. One would think that one drink of that would be adequate for all drinking contests.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:49PM|#
Found Piña Coladaburg on YouTube. I can see where Jimmy may have
gotten the inspiration for Margaritaville from it, but to my ears,
it doesn't sound enough like Margaritaville to be a direct
rip-off.
On a slightly related note, I like a Buffet tune now and again, but
the all-time best drinking song to come out of South Fla was Five
O'Clock Somewhere. Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffet.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 5:52PM|#
Forgot the link to Five O'Clock Somewhere, which apparently it is in Pro's part of the world.
Benedict XVI|1.29.08 @ 5:58PM|#
I like Ron Paul because he believes the Bible should have the same relevance today that it has a couple of thousand years ago. Fuck the Constitution.
T|1.29.08 @ 6:00PM|#
PL,
I'll take one of those sans the haggis and yogurt. And sub in Irish
for the Scotch.
On that note, I'm going home to have a few drinks and forget about
ignuts that tear up expensive equipment in the middle of a
production run.
|1.29.08 @ 6:01PM|#
I remember a bunch of LPers going to some all-weekend event in
Florida that featured Arlo Guthrie. they got to talk to him at some
length and one of them said something to the effect that "he has
great politics and lousy economics".
My brother once knew a guy who could have stepped out of a Buffet song - he lived as a commercial lobster fisherman in Key West.
I lived in the Keys for nearly two years and, yeah, it was kind of
like living in a Buffet song some days. But not every day.
And it was expensive then, now it's just fucking insane.
Kolohe|1.29.08 @ 6:11PM|#
The honolulu place is now called "Cheeseburger Waikiki," but still has the same sign design and menu. And it moved around the corner to where the sizzler used to be ; the old place is now a Cheescake factory (there must have been an ancient Hawaiian dairy farm on the land that requires all tenants to use curdled milk products)
|1.29.08 @ 6:13PM|#
TWC,
Very likely. My brother, stepsons, and I were hip deep in the bay
fishing for snook and redfish just a couple of weeks ago. In
shorts--it was warmish.
No keepers that day (caught a small snook), but it's a nice way to
spend the winter, nevertheless.
T,
I was just kidding. It was bourbon, not Scotch. I may have lots of
Scottish blood, but I can't abide that filthy drink. Besides, I'm
from the South. Tequila is an acceptable substitute for Floridians,
Mexicans, and people from states bordering Mexico.
|1.29.08 @ 6:35PM|#
Found Piña Coladaburg on YouTube. I can see where Jimmy may
have gotten the inspiration for Margaritaville from it, but to my
ears, it doesn't sound enough like Margaritaville to be a direct
rip-off.
Heh, sorry TWC for not making it clear, my post was a joke. The
reference is to the movie Club Dread.
From a synopsis / review:
The host of the festivities is none other than Coconut Pete, played by a hilarious, show stealing Bill Paxton. Pete is a rock n' roll burnout who has hopes of igniting a future concert tour alongside Billy Squire and Eddie Money. His music style is in the vein of Jimmy Buffet. There's even a riotous stab at the song "Margaritaville", when Pete tries to point out that a song of his, the similarly themed "Pina Colada-burg", was in fact written seven years prior. He blames Buffet's song for destroying his brief, one hit wonder career.
The scene my comment was referring to goes something like
this:
Play "Margaritaville."
[Applause Stops]
Pete: Excuse me?
Play "Margaritaville." I "love" that song.
Pete: Darlin', I think you're referrin' to my song "Pina Coladaburg."
No, "Margaritaville. ' [chuckles]
Pete: I think you mean "Pina Coladaburg." A little song I wrote seven and a half fucking years... before "Margaritaville" was even on the map!
Apparently, according to wiki,
Buffet was given a screening of the movie and liked the songs
enough play some of them live on his tour.
|1.29.08 @ 7:13PM|#
I saw Jimmy Buffet at the Gorge Amphitheater overlooking the
Columbia river. He puts on a good show, has excellent musicians as
side men, and the girls flashing their ta-tahs like it was
mardi-gras made for a fantastic afternoon/evening.
(@)(@) (.)(.) (`)(`) (*)(*) (^)(^)
Mister DNA|1.29.08 @ 7:40PM|#
Will Penn Jillette be eligible for membership in this
supergroup? He played bass in Bongos Bass & Bob...
I'm holding out to see who The Shaggs endorse.
Russell|1.29.08 @ 7:59PM|#
For a brief and glorious moment on reading the title, I thought Reason had a scoop on the Clay Prize in mathematics
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 8:26PM|#
Heh, sorry TWC for not making it clear, my post was a joke.
The reference is to the movie Club Dread.
So, you were having us on then? :-)
Don't I feel red in the face about now. Wait, that's just the
alcohol.
I noticed the Club Dread connection on the video. I also thought
that it had to be a parody song. But didn't want to look bad in
front of you guys. :-)
Two cents waitin' for change regards, TWC
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 8:28PM|#
Will Penn Jillette be eligible for membership in this
supergroup? He played bass in Bongos Bass & Bob...
I could swear when we saw P&T in Lost Wages that Penn was
playing jazz piano off behind a palm tree on the other side of the
stage. The piano went on until almost showtime.
The Wine Commonsewer|1.29.08 @ 8:31PM|#
NoStar, you got the naked tah tahs? I got the pee pees.
Last Buffet concert I went to had a shortage of bathrooms. I got
the chick pulling her pants down and peeing next to me in the
bushes. Actually, she was pretty hot and it isn't every day that
some chick pulls her pants down five feet away from you. She did
have a friend standing guard. It's awkward to smile at a woman who
is taking a leak while you're standing there with your schlong in
your hand.
|1.29.08 @ 8:45PM|#
Ever heard Frank Black's cover of this song; he used to do it
live, with dueling pedal steel guitars, before someone lifted them
between DC and Philly from his van. Sadly, never made it to
disc.
Speaking of, always envisioned Sarah Silverman in her oh so hip
early 90's boho 70s vintage ensemble in this sketch:
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/93/93pbuhbye.phtml
...when I hear this refrain:
Hip woman walking on a moving floor
Tripping on the escalator
There's a man in the line
And she's blowing his mind
|1.29.08 @ 8:56PM|#
I saw Jimmy Buffet at the Gorge Amphitheater overlooking the
Columbia river.
NoStar, the Gorge Amphitheater in amazing. Has to be simply the
best concert venue in the country.
Robert|1.29.08 @ 10:11PM|#
"Coming in to Los Angeles - Bringing in a couple of geese"
Not being familiar with the song (and not being good at hearing
lyrics anyway), I'll try to imagine what the lyrics were in
English, and you can continue a subthread from there,
telephone-style.
"Coming in to Los Angeles -- drinking in a couple of weeks"
Then someone can post the real lyrics for comparison.
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