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| An irregularly updated journal of my Fair and Balanced thoughts, reactions, opinions, biases, outrages, strategies, victories, and commentary. Whatever it is, it's much too subtle to be considered a parody... |
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February 08, 2005
| Music |
So my friend Jay was reminiscing about BlarneyFest, the Celtic Music festival that he thought up and drove in 1995 in Houston, back when it was a risky proposition. Props to him for that. He had some pictures of his band in grass skirts singing "King of the Cannibal Islands", and it inspired me to rewrite a reminiscing song for him.
Boy the way Joe Linbeck plays,
Songs released on cassette tapes.
Guys in skirts, we had it made
Those were the days
Everyone remembers Those Were the Days by Adams and Strouse, which was the theme song to All in the Family, right?
It's darker than you think. And there are some lyrics that were too offensive for Archie Bunker...
Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade
Guys like us, we had it made
Those were the days
Didn't need no welfare state
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee, our old La Salle ran great
Those were the days
And you knew where you were then
Girls were girls, and men were men
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
People seemed to be content
Fifty dollars paid the rent
Freaks were in a circus tent
Those were the days
Take a little Sunday spin
Go to watch the Dodgers win
Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin
Hair was short and skirts were long
Kate Smith really sold a song
I just don't know what went wrong
Those were the days
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| .:Posted by Michael on February 8, 2005 4:21 PM:.
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