i have angst!

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Originally posted by mary beth:
yes i do! and it is this…that many of us will not take a moment this Thanksgiving to give thanks to our diety of choice.

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Myself, I will be sacrificing a turkey to the gods.

You know what my favorite holiday album is? It’s Jethro Tull’s [i]Songs From The Wood[/i]. Sure, they’re too old to rock’n’roll and too young to die, but I love listening to that album when it’s cold outside and there’s a log on the fire. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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Originally posted by FX:
regards holiday music, i always decorate my tree to nico’s ‘all tomorrow’s parties’…and all the other little ditties on that velvet underground album [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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“All Tomorrow’s Parties” — [i]The Velvet Underground and Nico[/i]. Lyrics by Lou Reed.

[i][b]And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow’s parties
A hand-me-down dress from who knows where
To all tomorrow’s parties

And where will she go and what shall she do
When midnight comes around
She’ll turn once more to Sunday’s clown
And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow’s parties
Why silks and linens of yesterday’s gowns
To all tomorrow’s parties

And what will she do with Thursday’s rags
When Monday comes around
She’ll turn once more to Sunday’s clown
And cry behind the door

And what costume shall the poor girl wear
To all tomorrow’s parties
For Thursday’s child is Sunday’s clown
For whom none will go mourning

A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown
Of rags and silks, a costume
Fit for one who sits and cries
For all tomorrow’s parties[/b][/i]

One of the greatest songs from one of the greatest albums by one of the greatest bands of all time.

–Aleck (waxing lyrical)

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Originally posted by thefrey:

[b]God isn’t that a cheerful little ditty to decorate by. I know it would put me in the holiday spirit. :P[/b] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] and who said i was cheerful [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] you should hear what i listen to when i’m really down [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] thanx for the lyricks,aleck, it is one of my favorites , and lou and vu don’t get nearly enough recognition…now how about ‘venus in furs’? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] …but for some reason, the song i really can’t get out of my mind lately, ‘the gift’ [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

[ 22-11-2001: Message edited by: FX ]

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Originally posted by Aleck:
One of the greatest songs from one of the greatest albums by one of the greatest bands of all time.

–Aleck (waxing lyrical)

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Originally posted by FX:
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] and who said i was cheerful [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] you should hear what i listen to when i’m really down [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] thanx for the lyricks,aleck, it is one of my favorites , and lou and vu don’t get nearly enough recognition…now how about ‘venus in furs’? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] …but for some reason, the song i really can’t get out of my mind lately, ‘the gift’ [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]

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For another example of someone who went against the trend in popular music at the time, you might check out the Zappa/Mothers album “We’re Only In It For The Money” if you haven’t already done so. This is the one that came out directly after the “summer of love” and contained the photo that lampooned the cover of “Sgt. Pepper’s” (reverentially, of course). Anyway, the tune “Who Needs the Peace Corp” is certainly considered by some to be the true counter to the counter culture. If nothing else, it was a sarcastic, but apparently fairly accurate, accounting of what was going on in San Francisco in the late sixties.

“Who Needs the Peace Corp” – Zappa/Mothers of Invention
[b]What’s there to live for?
Who needs the peace corp?[/b]

[b]Think I’ll just drop out
I’ll go to Frisco buy a wig and sleep on Owsley’s floor[/b]

[b]Walked past the wig store
Danced at the Filmore[/b]

[b]I’m completely stoned
I’m hippy and I’m trippy, I’m a gypsy on my own
I’ll stay a week and get the crabs and take a bus back home
I’m really just a phony but forgive me ‘cause I’m stoned[/b]

[b]Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street
Go to San Francisco[/b]

[b]How I love you, how I love you, how I love you, how I love you Frisco
How I love you, how I love you, how I love you, how I love you
Oh my hair is getting good in the back[/b]

[b]Every town must have a place where phony hippies meet
Psychedelic dungeons popping up on every street
Go to San Francisco[/b]

(spoken)
[b]First I’ll buy some beads
And then, perhaps, a leather band to go around my head
Some feathers and bells
And a book of Indian lore[/b]

[b]I will ask the Chamber of Commerce how to get to Haight St.
And smoke an awful lot of dope
I will wander around barefoot
I will have a psychedelic gleam in my in my eye at all times
I will love everyone
I will love the police as they kick the sh*t out of me on the street
I will sleep, I will go to a house, that’s what I will do
I will go to a house where there’s a rock and roll band
‘Cause the groups all live together
And I will join a rock and roll band
I will be their road manager
And I will stay there with them
And I will get the crabs, but I won’t care[/b]

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