Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

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RE: Today in music history

BlackDog · Purveyor of Positive Attitudes

I remember that day as well. I also remember talking to a few folks at school that fall who were at that concert.

Troll · 500 - Internal Server Error

Singer-actor Sting is 57 today.

-- Edited by Troll at 20:36, 2008-10-02

YardSlug · Upgraded Condition

Troll wrote:

Singer-actor Sting is 57 today.

-- Edited by Troll at 20:36, 2008-10-02

I dig me some Sting. One of my favorite Sting tunes. Nice and mellow.

Buckethead · Professional Asshole

It was probably good when it was available...

Snippy · Force Majeure

Troll wrote:

Singer-actor Sting is 57 today.

Buckethead wrote:

It was probably good when it was available...

Buckethead · Professional Asshole

Ya know...When the video worked?

Snippy · Force Majeure

Buckethead wrote:

Ya know...When the video worked?

I thought you wanted to get Stung.

Troll · 500 - Internal Server Error

Oct 8 1957

Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire". It is uncertain exactly to what he was referring

Cy Valley · Upgraded Condition

Troll wrote:

Oct 8 1957
Jerry Lee Lewis records "Great Balls of Fire". It is uncertain exactly to what he was referring

Goodness, gracious! Let's review the lyrics and see if we can figure it out.

Lewis Jerry Lee
Miscellaneous
Great Balls Of Fire
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE Jerry Lee Lewis
{ voice/piano alone }

You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, oh what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

{ band joins }

I learned to love all of Hollywood money
You came along and you moved me honey
I changed my mind, looking fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

You kissed me baba, woo.....it feels good
Hold me baba, learn to let me love you like a lover should
Your fine, so kind
I'm a nervous world that your mine mine mine mine-ine

I cut my nails and I quiver my thumb
I'm really nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baba, you drive me crazy
[ Lewis Jerry Lee Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

{ piano solo }

Well kiss me baba, woo-oooooo....it feels good
Hold me baba
I want to love you like a lover should
Your fine, so kind
I got this world that your mine mine mine mine-ine

I cut my nails and I quiver my thumb
I'm real nervous 'cause it sure is fun
Come on baba, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

{ guitar solo }

{ piano solo }

{ guitar and piano jam }

I say goodness gracious great balls of fire...oooh...

Could it be? Jerry Lee might have been pretty slick.

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Oct 10 1962

The British Broadcasting Company bans "Monster Mash" -- the Halloween-themed novelty tune by Bobby "Boris" Pickett -- for being "offensive." The BBC never specifies precisely what it is about the song that's problematic.

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Troll wrote:

Oct 10 1962
The British Broadcasting Company bans "Monster Mash" -- the Halloween-themed novelty tune by Bobby "Boris" Pickett -- for being "offensive." The BBC never specifies precisely what it is about the song that's problematic.

That was probably what first sparked the idea in someone's mind to start the offshore "pirate" stations.

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Oct 12 1978

Former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious stabs girlfriend Nancy Spungen to death in room 100 of New York's Chelsea Hotel. Because Sid remembers nothing about the crime, theories include robbery and an abortive suicide pact. Vicious dies of an ugly heroin overdose shortly before his trial.

Oct 12 1997

Folk singer John Denver dies when his newest toy, a homebuilt Long-EZ single-seat airplane, crashes into the ocean near Monterey, California. Unfortunately, the person who constructed the plane opted to locate the fuel tank selector valve behind the pilot's left shoulder. In order for Denver to reach back and switch tanks, he had to let go of the flight controls. At which point, the aircraft plunged 500 feet into the Pacific Ocean. Divers later recover most of the body, but not the head. Denver is ultimately identified by his fingerprints.

Troll · 500 - Internal Server Error

Divers later recover most of the body, but not the head. Denver is ultimately identified by his fingerprints.

Sunshine on my shoulder

Troll · 500 - Internal Server Error

Oct 17 1967

The controversial play Hair, full of dancing naked people, unshaved armpits, and body odor, opens at the 299-seat Anspacher Theater on Broadway. (Hair is that play with all the fricking "Age of Aquarius" shit.)