[sam6550a]

Yes, I do have one or two.

PM me or tell me what you need.

 

[Paladin79]

If you want to guess a song try this one. Just a small sample that some of the older folks here might recall.

In the room dark and dim
Touch of skin
He asks her of her name
She answers with no shame
And not a sense of sin
Until the fingers draw the blinds
Sip of wine
The cigarette of doubt
The candle is blown out
The darkness is so kind
Soon your sailing will be over
Come and take the pleasures of the harbor

 

[Jheal]

How about this:

They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the Virgin birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winters light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas Tree smell
AND EYES full of tinsel and fire

They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a Silent Night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked to the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise

I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave New Year
All anguish pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on Earth
Hallelujah Noel be it Heaven or Hell
The Christmas we get we deserve

 

[porchwizard]

This reminds me of a very long joke about a semi-truck (articulated lorry in the original, of course) that is pulled over by a cop. When asked what his load is the driver replies "Twenty tons of tinted toilet tissue for Timothy Whites and Taylor"
It only works for Brits, so I won't trouble you with the rest )

Not an exact match but https://aseannow.com/topic/92797-tuesday-pun/

...
" So " replies the copper. " Tell me why you are carrying ten tons of tinted toilet tissue to Timothy Whites & Taylors in Tenderton?"

"They're our sole agents"

I could make some guesses but I confess to not understanding the punch line. I'm always up for some cultural enlightenment

 

[Les Strat]

This is a real favourite:


They were hiding behind hay bales
They were planting in the full moon
They had given all they had for something new
But the light of day was on them
They could see the thrashers coming
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew
And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light
Trying to catch an hour on the sun
When I saw those thrashers rolling by
Looking more than two lanes wide
I was feelin' like my day had just begun
Where the eagle glides, descending
There's an ancient river bending
Through the timeless gorge of changes
Where sleeplessness awaits
I searched out my companions
Who were lost in crystal canyons
When the aimless blade of science
Slashed the pearly gates
It was then that I knew I'd had enough
Burned my credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
With a one way ticket to the land of truth
And my suitcase in my hand
How I lost my friends, I still don't understand
They had the best selection
They were poisoned with protection
There was nothing that they needed
Nothing left to find
They were lost in rock formations
Or became park bench mutations
On the sidewalks and in the stations
They were waiting, waiting
So I got bored and left them there
They were just dead weight to me
Better down the road without that load
Brings back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watchin' my mama's TV
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode
Where the vulture glides, descending
On an asphalt highway bending
Through libraries and museums, galaxies and stars
Down the windy halls of friendship
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip
The motel of lost companions
Waits with heated pool and bar
But me I'm not stopping there
Got my own row left to hoe
Just another line in the field of time
When the thrasher comes, I'll be stuck in the sun
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
But I'll know the time has come
To give what's mine

 

[golfbravobravo]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland​

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

First edition cover (1865)
Author	Lewis Carroll
Illustrator	John Tenniel
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy Literary nonsense
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	November 1865
Followed by	Through the Looking-Glass
Text	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at Wikisource

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood engraved illustrations for the book.
It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had widespread influence on popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.[1][2] It is credited as helping end an era of didacticism in children's literature, inaugurating a new era in which writing for children aimed to "delight or entertain".[3] The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children.[4] The titular character Alice shares her given name with Alice Liddell, a girl Carroll knew.
The book has never been out of print and has been translated into 174 languages. Its legacy covers adaptations for screen, radio, art, ballet, opera, musicals, theme parks, board games and video games.[5] Carroll published a sequel in 1871 entitled Through the Looking-Glass and a shortened version for young children, The Nursery "Alice", in 1890.

It is an early example of Fantasy. Note the phrase "falls through a rabbit hole." A phrase often used on here. More simply put, "down the rabbit hole."


For Slick, "White Rabbit" "is about following your curiosity. The White Rabbit is your curiosity."[14] For her and others in the 1960s, drugs were a part of mind expansion and social experimentation. With its enigmatic lyrics, "White Rabbit" became one of the first songs to sneak drug references past censors on the radio. Even Marty Balin, Slick's eventual rival in Jefferson Airplane, regarded the song as a "masterpiece". In interviews, Slick has related that Alice in Wonderland was often read to her as a child and remained a vivid memory well into her adulthood.[5]

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Slick mentioned that, in addition to Alice in Wonderland, her other inspiration for the song was Ravel's Boléro. Like Boléro, "White Rabbit" is essentially one long crescendo. The music combined with the song's lyrics strongly suggests the sensory distortions experienced with hallucinogens, and the song was later used in pop culture to imply or accompany just such a state.[15]

Another of those small world things. In 1991 I built a house in Guildford, Surrey on Castle hill above Charles Dodson's house. When I met Ms Jody I told her I used to live above Charles Dodson's home in Guildford - she being a literary type and all that - to impress her. She revealed years later that she thought I had a flat in his house

 

[golfbravobravo]

Not an exact match but https://aseannow.com/topic/92797-tuesday-pun/


I could make some guesses but I confess to not understanding the punch line. I'm always up for some cultural enlightenment

In the version I was told "are sole agents"
Now does it work for you?

 

[Paladin79]

Another of those small world things. In 1991 I built a house in Guildford, Surrey on Castle hill above Charles Dodson's house. When I met Ms Jody I told her I used to live above Charles Dodson's home in Guildford - she being a literary type and all that - to impress her. She revealed years later that she thought I had a flat in his house

LOL, now I get that, I assume others will as well.

I read Nick Harkaway who is really Nicholas Cornwell, his father was David John Moore Cornwell.....John le Carre.

 

[EricDH]

A question for y'all:

Has there ever been a musician more under-appreciated than Warren Zevon? Because I don't think there is. Outside the US and Canada, Zevon is only known to a really tiny group of listeners, and even over here he never really got the appreciation he deserved. If it weren't for Letterman, I doubt that anyone would still talk about him at all. Breaks my heart.

I had never heard of him.

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of Dental Floss Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
I can sell uptown
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss,
But I'd be raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
For somebody else...
but then, on the other hand
I'd Keep the wax N' melt it down
Pluck some Floss N' swish it aroun'
I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon
(yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune
I'm pluckin' the ol' Dennil Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss!
I plucked all day an' all night an' all Afternoon...
I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE)
He's a good hoss
Even though He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way I'm pluckin' the ol' Dennil Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line
With a Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand
By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely Dental Floss
Well I might Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night
And then I'd Get a cuppa cawfee
N' give my foot a push...
Just me 'n the pymgy pony
Over the Dennil Floss Bush
N' then I might just Jumb back on
An' ride Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon

 

[valiant66]

I still own reel to reel tapes and a few cassettes somewhere.

Sitting on my kitchen counter.
.

 

[porchwizard]

In the version I was told "are sole agents"
Now does it work for you?

DING DING DING! Thanks

 

[ScotchNeat]

Post #101,101

I love me a bit of binary symmetry.

Posted at 10:01 in my timezone. Well played.

 

[Roy G. Biv]

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon

I was wondering when someone was going to post some Zappa lyrics. Love it

 

[DougD]

Most of the new albums that I find are through internet radio stations or from personal recommendations. I will take your list and explore.

Perhaps I am just lazy when I stream and do not pay attention well.

Thank you for the suggestions

Like you, I don't find a lot of new stuff that I really like off internet radio etc. Especially during the day when I'm working.

What DOES work for me to is to gather "I like this" recommendations from these forums and others. I take notes on paper and in a spreadsheet. For example:
* somebody mentioned Johnny Winter's Step Back ... I found and listened to that on Qobuz. And then re-listened to Second Winter from my collection as well. Winners.
* somebody mentioned Moonshine Society - Sweet Thing ... WHO??? Turns out I'd already favorite'd it in Roon/Qobuz some time ago, and forgotten it. Listened again. Put it into my database with some notes.
* somebody mentioned Rory Graham aka Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (2017) - WHOOOO? Wow that's different. Like it, made database notes.
* and some folks of course name music that, when I try it, I don't like enough to want to listen to it again. But the hit:miss ratio is pretty good.

But since people here have a wide variety of preferences, this exposes me to a bunch of stuff I likely wouldn't otherwise know about. And there's a bias towards decently recorded music that sound good on headphones.

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footnotes:
* I like albums, playing from track 1 to track X. Don't much like playlists with 20 or 40 different artists. When I listen to 8 to 12 (or more) songs, I can get an impression of how much I like the artist, even if I'm not giving the music my full attention. (And when the album stops, I like the music to just stop. So I can make notes if warranted, and consciously choose what I'm going to try next.)
* One thing I dislike on Roon is that is doesn't support user-added free-text comments. At least, not that I have discovered. So my various notes (in Excel) aren't a part of "integrated experience." Tags are necessarily structured and limited ... useful, but different.

It really is all about enjoying the music. The gear just helps us get there.