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really real
May 22, 2012, 12:28:58 PM5/22/12
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great rumour in rmd that the new Dylan album will feature a 14 minute
song about the Titanic:
http://michaelgrayouttakes.blogspot.ca
Seeing as the lines in Desolation Row about the Titanic are as fine as
anything Dylan has written, a new Titanic song would have something to
live up to.
And naturally this would call for a Titanic comp,but this is all I have:
Roy Acuff - The Great Titanic
Harry Chapin - Dance Band On The Titanic
Leadbelly- Titanic (also Ray And Glover)
Kirsty Maccoll . Titanic Days
Frank Hutchison -The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Pete Seeger - The Titanic Disaster
song about the Titanic:
http://michaelgrayouttakes.blogspot.ca
Seeing as the lines in Desolation Row about the Titanic are as fine as
anything Dylan has written, a new Titanic song would have something to
live up to.
And naturally this would call for a Titanic comp,but this is all I have:
Roy Acuff - The Great Titanic
Harry Chapin - Dance Band On The Titanic
Leadbelly- Titanic (also Ray And Glover)
Kirsty Maccoll . Titanic Days
Frank Hutchison -The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Pete Seeger - The Titanic Disaster
khematite
May 22, 2012, 1:15:26 PM5/22/12
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MylKZba4wa4
Jaime Brockett's Legend of the USS Titanic is based on Leadbelly's
song, but varies sufficiently from the original that it might be
considered a different song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jliLONDAc
Gemini Jackson
May 22, 2012, 1:50:43 PM5/22/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 09:28:58 -0700, really real <reall...@shaw.ca>
wrote:
Ship of Fools
I'm Going Down
Ice Ice Baby
High Water
Floater
-gj
wrote:
I'm Going Down
Ice Ice Baby
High Water
Floater
-gj
Janice
May 22, 2012, 2:11:07 PM5/22/12
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On May 22, 9:28 am, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca> wrote:
.
> http://michaelgrayouttakes.blogspot.ca
.
the sinking as a good thing, “The clutch of such songs reflected
African-American delight at the sinking of the Titanic, because it
signified whitey’s come-uppance, pride coming before a fall and so on.
This feeling, however, was not restricted to black Americans. The
Russian symbolist poet Alexander Blok wrote: ‘The sinking of the
Titanic has made me indescribably happy; there is, after all, an
ocean.' "
This makes perfect sense when the "passengers included some of the
wealthiest people in the world... [and] The ship was designed to be
the last word in comfort and luxury." ... altho, it also included over
a thousand immigrants coming to America from Britain, Ireland,
Scandinavia, etc (wiki).
The story of the Titanic has always been dramatic and shocking, and
Cameron's movie added melodrama and romance (now in 3D). I have a
hard time imagining Bob sitting through scenes with Jack and Rose
poised like figureheads on the prow of the Titanic while Celine Dion
sings... it's just too much.
So, what would Bob's song about the Titanic have to say? A message
about pride coming before a fall? Metaphors for bail-outs and the
failure of greed? That sounds like something Bob could definitely
sink his teeth into.
~`~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.
> great rumour in rmd that the new Dylan album will feature a 14 minute
> song about the Titanic:
.
> song about the Titanic:
> http://michaelgrayouttakes.blogspot.ca
.
> Seeing as the lines in Desolation Row about the Titanic are as fine as
> anything Dylan has written, a new Titanic song would have something to
> live up to.
I wasn't aware that so many blues songs about the Titanic celebrate
> anything Dylan has written, a new Titanic song would have something to
> live up to.
the sinking as a good thing, “The clutch of such songs reflected
African-American delight at the sinking of the Titanic, because it
signified whitey’s come-uppance, pride coming before a fall and so on.
This feeling, however, was not restricted to black Americans. The
Russian symbolist poet Alexander Blok wrote: ‘The sinking of the
Titanic has made me indescribably happy; there is, after all, an
ocean.' "
This makes perfect sense when the "passengers included some of the
wealthiest people in the world... [and] The ship was designed to be
the last word in comfort and luxury." ... altho, it also included over
a thousand immigrants coming to America from Britain, Ireland,
Scandinavia, etc (wiki).
The story of the Titanic has always been dramatic and shocking, and
Cameron's movie added melodrama and romance (now in 3D). I have a
hard time imagining Bob sitting through scenes with Jack and Rose
poised like figureheads on the prow of the Titanic while Celine Dion
sings... it's just too much.
So, what would Bob's song about the Titanic have to say? A message
about pride coming before a fall? Metaphors for bail-outs and the
failure of greed? That sounds like something Bob could definitely
sink his teeth into.
~`~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gemini Jackson
May 22, 2012, 3:10:59 PM5/22/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 11:11:07 -0700 (PDT), Janice
<janice_...@dixoncreekstudio.com> wrote:
>The story of the Titanic has always been dramatic and shocking, and
>Cameron's movie added melodrama and romance (now in 3D). I have a
>hard time imagining Bob sitting through scenes with Jack and Rose
>poised like figureheads on the prow of the Titanic while Celine Dion
>sings... it's just too much.
<shudder>
<janice_...@dixoncreekstudio.com> wrote:
>The story of the Titanic has always been dramatic and shocking, and
>Cameron's movie added melodrama and romance (now in 3D). I have a
>hard time imagining Bob sitting through scenes with Jack and Rose
>poised like figureheads on the prow of the Titanic while Celine Dion
>sings... it's just too much.
>So, what would Bob's song about the Titanic have to say? A message
>about pride coming before a fall? Metaphors for bail-outs and the
>failure of greed? That sounds like something Bob could definitely
>sink his teeth into.
Reminds me, I saw a blog one day with the theory that the elite
bankers of the world planned the whole sinking to strengthen their
chances at another US central bank.
Three of the richest people in the world opposed the Federal Reserve
in the United States because they knew the repercussions of a private
institution dictating the monetary trends within the country. These
people were Benjamin Guggenheim, Isa Strauss, and Jacob Astor; all of
which were aboard the Titanic when it sank.
They celebrate the sinking each year, on April 15th, the day of the
sinking (barely) and the day we pay our fees to the newly established
central bank (Federal Reserve).
I ain't saying I believe this to be so, I'm just saying to say.
-gj
Janice
May 22, 2012, 3:44:57 PM5/22/12
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On May 22, 12:10 pm, Gemini Jackson <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
.
> Reminds me, I saw a blog one day with the theory that the elite
> bankers of the world planned the whole sinking to strengthen their
> chances at another US central bank.
The picture that immediately popped into my head was a bunch of
.
> Reminds me, I saw a blog one day with the theory that the elite
> bankers of the world planned the whole sinking to strengthen their
> chances at another US central bank.
bankers in suits swimming underwater pushing this gynormous iceberg
across the Atlantic...
~`~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rwalker
May 22, 2012, 3:49:31 PM5/22/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 10:15:26 -0700 (PDT), khematite
<khem...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Jaime Brockett's Legend of the USS Titanic is based on Leadbelly's
>song, but varies sufficiently from the original that it might be
>considered a different song.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jliLONDAc
This used to be a regular feature on the great Clyde Clifford's Beaker
<khem...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Jaime Brockett's Legend of the USS Titanic is based on Leadbelly's
>song, but varies sufficiently from the original that it might be
>considered a different song.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4jliLONDAc
Street program (KAAY, 50,000 watts back then). Anyone from the U.S.
midwest in the 60s and early 70s may well remember.
Just Walkin'
May 22, 2012, 4:15:59 PM5/22/12
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On May 22, 1:11 pm, Janice <janice_geran...@dixoncreekstudio.com>
wrote:
Arrogance.
The arrogance of exceptionalism.
wrote:
The arrogance of exceptionalism.
really real
May 22, 2012, 9:56:04 PM5/22/12
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> The story of the Titanic has always been dramatic and shocking, and
> Cameron's movie added melodrama and romance (now in 3D). I have a
> hard time imagining Bob sitting through scenes with Jack and Rose
> poised like figureheads on the prow of the Titanic while Celine Dion
> sings... it's just too much.
scenes below deck. As for the Celine moment, I never listened or noticed
as I watched the movie. I had gone to the cinema, quite prepared to walk
out after an hour, and I stayed and stayed.
Call me Canadian if you must, but I think the Titanic backlash is way
overdone.
BobbyM
May 22, 2012, 10:05:45 PM5/22/12
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> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/22/washington-man-accused-hitting-noisy-kid-at-theater-charged/?test=latestnews
Brother Jumbo
May 23, 2012, 4:31:05 AM5/23/12
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ago. I and the other teachers sometimes struggled to find cultural
reference points - TV shows, films, music and so forth. One film they
had ALL seen was Titanic, which was puzzling. Why was this film out of
so many the one shown over and over in the countries they had come
from? Then we worked it out: the film was shown as an allegory of
Western technological hubris. Hollywood turned into anti-US propaganda
- genius!
Gemini Jackson
May 23, 2012, 7:54:13 AM5/23/12
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On Tue, 22 May 2012 18:56:04 -0700, really real <reall...@shaw.ca>
wrote:
>
Oh I dunno. I took my lady to see this when it came out. RIGHT when
it came out. We had no idea we were in for a marathon of a movie when
we walked in. The movie just went on and on and on and on. When we
finally staggered out after what felt like an all day movie we
realized it was too late for the rest of our plans that evening. I
think the movie should have been trimmed quite a bit with the
remainder saved for the dvd.
And yes, there was certainly room for two people on that floating
plank at the end. That bitch killed Leo. She wanted that diamond all
to herself.
-gj
wrote:
>
it came out. We had no idea we were in for a marathon of a movie when
we walked in. The movie just went on and on and on and on. When we
finally staggered out after what felt like an all day movie we
realized it was too late for the rest of our plans that evening. I
think the movie should have been trimmed quite a bit with the
remainder saved for the dvd.
And yes, there was certainly room for two people on that floating
plank at the end. That bitch killed Leo. She wanted that diamond all
to herself.
-gj
Will Dockery
May 23, 2012, 9:21:44 AM5/23/12
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On May 22, 2:11 pm, Janice <janice_geran...@dixoncreekstudio.com>
wrote:
I could imagine a Dylan narrative like "Black Diamond Bay", which was
about an earthquake... with plenty of Cameron-style melodrama between
Jack and Rose (characters from "Lilly, Rosemary & The Jack of Hearts"
anyhow?) & the assorted shipdwellers...
--
Music & poetry from Will Dockery & Friends:
http://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery
wrote:
about an earthquake... with plenty of Cameron-style melodrama between
Jack and Rose (characters from "Lilly, Rosemary & The Jack of Hearts"
anyhow?) & the assorted shipdwellers...
--
Music & poetry from Will Dockery & Friends:
http://www.reverbnation.com/willdockery
marcus
May 23, 2012, 9:48:32 AM5/23/12
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Brother Jumbo
May 23, 2012, 11:12:01 AM5/23/12
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On May 23, 2:48 pm, marcus <marcus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The original "King Kong" used to be the most viewed among all nations.
Hmm...
>
> The original "King Kong" used to be the most viewed among all nations.
really real
May 23, 2012, 7:54:09 PM5/23/12
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>>
>> Call me Canadian if you must, but I think the Titanic backlash is way
>> overdone.
>>
>>
>
> Here's a little Titanic backlash:
>
>> http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/22/washington-man-accused-hitting-noisy-kid-at-theater-charged/?test=latestnews
kind of sank like a stone, didn't it?
But I am impressed that James Cameron filmed the bottom of the Marianas
Trench, after learning the yoga necessary to be confined for nine hours.
It may not be much of a movie, but it is an remarkable feat. He just
might be the king of the world.
Gemini Jackson
May 24, 2012, 7:48:20 AM5/24/12
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that built the Titanic, was a British company? Or was it Hollywood
that they were rallying against?
That said, Jurassic Park would have been a better choice for western
hubris.
-gj
Brother Jumbo
May 24, 2012, 8:42:33 AM5/24/12
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governments are concerned. Celine and Dicaprio set the tone, the film
comes over as American (even if Celine is Canadian...) Please note,
though, that *they* (the students) weren't "rallying against"
anything, their governments were, and that's why (our theory went) the
governments let this film be shown, and a lot. But the people I taught
seemed to relate to it as a love story. That is the counter-counter-
propaganda element, if you like.
> That said, Jurassic Park would have been a better choice for western
> hubris
lasting cultural significance than JP. The students were also very
aware of Jurassic Park, though, so I think you're right to mention it.
Maybe Muslim censors thought people watching Jurassic Park would be
encouraged to think that dinosaurs couldn't be as old as evolutionists
claim...
Gemini Jackson
May 24, 2012, 9:15:01 AM5/24/12
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On Thu, 24 May 2012 05:42:33 -0700 (PDT), Brother Jumbo
Yes, love is the universal language of the equality of man. Brings to
mind Helen of Troy, how she abandoned her set lot in life to be with
her own true love. And they lived happily ever after except for when
they didn't. Ok, bad example.
>
>> That said, Jurassic Park would have been a better choice for western
>> hubris
>
>I don't agree. The Titanic was a massive symbol from history, of more
>lasting cultural significance than JP. The students were also very
>aware of Jurassic Park, though, so I think you're right to mention it.
>Maybe Muslim censors thought people watching Jurassic Park would be
>encouraged to think that dinosaurs couldn't be as old as evolutionists
>claim...
Wow, I was kidding. So Muslims also believe the 6000 year thing?
-gj
mind Helen of Troy, how she abandoned her set lot in life to be with
her own true love. And they lived happily ever after except for when
they didn't. Ok, bad example.
>
>> That said, Jurassic Park would have been a better choice for western
>> hubris
>
>I don't agree. The Titanic was a massive symbol from history, of more
>lasting cultural significance than JP. The students were also very
>aware of Jurassic Park, though, so I think you're right to mention it.
>Maybe Muslim censors thought people watching Jurassic Park would be
>encouraged to think that dinosaurs couldn't be as old as evolutionists
>claim...
-gj
RichL
May 24, 2012, 9:19:59 AM5/24/12
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"Gemini Jackson" <geminij...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:nocsr79ot58thj3mg...@4ax.com...
I'm no expert in Muslim theology, but AFAIK much of the Old Testament is
incorporated into the faith.
news:nocsr79ot58thj3mg...@4ax.com...
incorporated into the faith.
Brother Jumbo
May 24, 2012, 10:54:29 AM5/24/12
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On May 24, 2:15 pm, Gemini Jackson <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So Muslims also believe the 6000 year thing?
> -gj
Fundamentalist ones, I assume, would have to.
> So Muslims also believe the 6000 year thing?
> -gj
khematite
May 24, 2012, 4:27:01 PM5/24/12
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On May 23, 4:31 am, Brother Jumbo <ch...@cupolagallery.com> wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_(1943_film)
nate
May 24, 2012, 6:24:17 PM5/24/12
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On May 22, 1:50 pm, Gemini Jackson <geminijackso...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 May 2012 09:28:58 -0700, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca>
Nate here...you cannot leave this one out (I heard this a few times on
a low power AM radio station out of Central Square, Cambridge,
Massachuetts, WCAS in the 70's - but they soon quit playing it cuz it
was perhaps too derogatory to Jews and even to blacks. But the way
Jaime sang it and backed it up with his guitar, it was so
hilarious...and the reefer reference was welcome.):
JAIME BROCKETT's BALLAD OF THE SS TITANIC LYRICS
"It was back around the turn of the centuries, back around nineteen
hundred & thirteen there was a negro pugilist his name was Jack
Johnson. Now old Jack Johnson he was the toughest man in the whole
wide world he used walk around whoppin' people up side the head 'n
makin' all sorts of money.
Like I say ol' Jack Johnson he was a pugilist, he was a pugilist by
preference and by profession and one day ol' Jack came walkin' on down
by the pierside. He's just walkin on down. His manager come walkin' on
down by the pierside.
He says "uh, hi, Jack"
He says "hi manager"
He says "whatcha doin'?"
He says "I'm just walkin' on down by the pierside."
He says "what's up?"
He says "I gotta gig for ya"
He says "ya gotta gig for me?"
He says "that's right"
He says "where abouts?"
He says "over in England"
He says "hmm... what'm I gonna do over there?"
He says "well you goin' up n' whop this guy up side the head n' make
all sorts of money."
Ol' Jack says "That's groovy baby. That's really groovy you give me a
ticket on the next flight out"
He said "ticket on the next flight out?!? This is nineteen hundred n'
thirteen. Why the Wright brothers haven't even started foolin' around
with Kitty Hawk yet"
He said "uhh.. who's she?"
It was midnight on the sea, the band was playing "Nearer My God To
Thee". Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
Ol' Jack says "Well how'm I gonna get there baby?"
n'
He says "ohhh I'm gonna show ya" and he whips open a newspaper n'
shows him a picture of the USS Titanic.
Folks, she's the world's biggest ship she's made outta good wood and
good iron they said she'd never go down.
He says "you mean I'm goin' over on the boat" n'
he says "that's right baby you're goin on the boat" n'
he says "well, let's go get some tickets so they head on down to the
ticket taker's place."
He walks on up to the ticket taker he walks on in n' he says "hey man
I wanna buy me some tickets"
He said "gotta red ticket green ticket yellow ticket blue ticket what
kinda ticket you want?"
He says "I wanna red one"
He gave him some loot n' he laid it on him.
So here's ol' Jack he's got his ticket now he takes everything he owns
he wraps it on up in a diaper n' he hangs it on a stick over his back
n' goes headin' on down by the pierside.
He gettin' on down by the pierside his manager's down there by the
pierside n' here she is folks - the USS Titanic! She's lined up beside
two hundred n' fifty parkin' meters n' the Captain's gettin' done
ready to split 'cause he run outta dimes.
Now around this time there was an Italian senator n' the state house
n' all Italian senators done got brothers own construction companies
n' this one had a brother he owned a construction company n' the
Titanic she was made outta good Italian wood, good Italian iron they
said she'd never go down.
So there's ol' Jack standin' on the bottom got everything he owns
wrapped on up in that diaper hangin' on a stick over his back. He
shakes hands with his manager goes walkin' on up the gangplank. The
Captain standin' on the top. He get up onto the top n' the Captain he
look at the ticket…
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
lookita
He says "sorry baby wrong color."
He says "me or the ticket?"
n' he says "you."
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
So Jack say's "It's all right baby it's all right I'm gonna sit right
here on the pier and watch you go right on down."
So the Titanic she sails on out into the North sea she's out there
floatin' around in and out between the icebergs n' ol' Jack's standin'
on the pier. I'm gonna tell ya 'bout the people on the Titanic now.
First of all there's a whole bunch of Jewish people from Miami.
They're jumpin' up n' down
They're laughin'.
They're drinkin' booze.
They're tradin' wives
n' Cadillacs
n' diamonds
n' havin' all sorts of good clean party fun.
Then there was the people that run the boat. Now the people that run
the boat they know all about runnin' boats.
They know all about hoistin' up land lubbers
n' battenin' down hatches
n' doin' all sorts of other good things
like... all good sailors do in the far away sea.
Then there was the Captain.
Now the Captain he knows how to walk like a captain,
write like a captain,
walk like a captain,
talk like a captain,
smell like a captain,
eat like a captain,
do all sorts of captain things.
Then there was the first mate. Now I gotta tell ya bout the first
mate. Now the first mate,
he don't know nothin' about Jewish parties.
He don't know nothing about hoistin' up land lubbers.
He don't know nothin' about captains.
He uh he wants to go on over to England he wants to play his guitar.
He wanna run around n' chase women n' have all sorts of good... times.
Anyways this fella', his sideburns they're just a little too long. He
giving way, see. He… he been down in Mexico he been down in Mexico. He
been workin' in this rope factory down in Mexico now. Down in Mexico
they make rope outta this funny little hemp plant that grows wild in
the ground. Some of you people... grow it in flower pots under your
bed… ehh Anyways, he's down there and he's… he's makin' rope outta
this funny marijuana plant... One day the rope factory she catch fire
n' he runs back on in to save his lunch - he's got two sardine
sandwiches - runnin' back on in to save his lunch he gets inside n'
there's all this funny smoke floatin' around up inside n'.. he gets
some of this funny smoke up inside his head n'.. he sit down in the
middle o' de' fire n' he say, "shhhhhhhhhhhit baby, I ain't gonna make
rope no more!"
So he takes everything he owns he wraps it up on into a diaper and a
knapsack too n' he… he headin' on to the Titanic he gets to the
Titanic he standin' on the bottom walkin' on up the gang plank n' the
Captain's standin' on the top n' the Captain says "What you got boy?"
He says "I'm comin' on"
He says "WHAT YOU GOT!"
He says "well I got me two changes of BVD's. I got me my guitar. I got
me my address book, a... pair of socks, 4 masked marvel comic books, a
tennis racquet and four hundred n' ninety-seven n' a half feet o'
rope."
He says "four hundred n' ninety seven n' a half feet o' rope! whadaya
got that for?"
He says.. "I just carry it."
So he says "it's all right. Go on board, go on board" and he did.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
That brings us up to what's happenin' now - the Titanic she's floatin'
around in and out between the icebergs, the Jewish people they
partyin' they tradin' wives n' Cadillacs n' diamonds they drinkin'
booze n' havin' all sorts of party fun, everybody else is hoistin' up
land lubbers n' battenin' down hatches, the First Mate he's hangin'
over the rail, he's havin' himself a little smoke... he's diggin' the
icebergs. havin' himself a little smoke n' it's the Captain's time to
do his thing. The Captain comes on out (remember I told you about the
captain - he knows how to walk like captain write like captain talk
like... all sorts of captain things). He comes on out n' he's standin'
now. His thing right now is that he's gotta go out n' test the wind.
So he casts his nose up into the north wind n' he goes...... ......
He walks on over to the First Mate.
He says "hey first mate what's that you smokin'?"
He says.. "that ain't nothin' but a little ol' cigarette captain"
n' he says "I don't believe it. Gimme a puff"
n' he says "alright."
So the captain takes himself a little puff. Nothin' happened right
away.
He says "it's alright, it's alright. It's just a cigarette. I'm goin'
for a walk" And that's what he did, folks. He went for a walk. He
went.. he went out walkin' around the boat he went walkin' toward the
wheelhouse he.. he walked around.
He walked around the wheelhouse once....... He walked around the
wheelhouse twice....... On the third time around the wheelhouse.......
The First Mate he looked on over at the Captain n'....... N' he
say....... You wanna 'nother toke, Captain?...... And the Captain, he
say....... RIGHT!!!!!!!!
So this time he's gonna tell the captain a little bit about this smoke
that he's smokin'. He says "now the idea, Captain, the idea is to get
this smoke way down deep inside your tummy n' hold it there just as
long as you can it'll make you head feel good all inside. So the
Captain says alright he takes himself three big tokes off that funny
little brown weed n'
He says "I am commencing to hold it in!"
He walked around the wheelhouse.
He went downstairs
he laid down.
He get up he ran in the other room.
He sent a radiogram.
He came on back in.
He took a shower.
He come out.
He shaved.
He laid down.
He got up again.
He turned on the television.
He turned off the radio.
He played a game of cribbage.
He read his masked marvel comic book.
He walked thru the kitchen,
made a cup of tea,
made a cup of coffee,
sat down,
ate a piece of pie,
went upstairs,
played another game of cribbage,
went back in,
finished his other masked marvel comic book,
laid down,
he had the television, the radio, the egg beater, the air conditioner
n'everything's all goin' at once. He walks up on deck and this is
fifty two minutes later n' this cat ain't breathed yet!
So the First Mate see him standin' up there on the rail he's all
puffed up like a balloon!
He says "ya gotta let it out, Captain!
So the Captain he let it all out at once.
Fallin' right down on the wheelhouse floor. He's out cold.
O-h-h-h, this just brings us up to what's happenin' again folks. The
Titanic she's sailin' around in between the icebergs. Every body else
is havin parties. The Jewish people they jumpin' up n' down they
tradin' wives n' Cadillacs n' diamonds n' drinkin' booze. Everybody
else is hoistin' up land lubbers, battenin' down hatches n' doin' sail
things. The First Mate's hangin' over there on the rail havin' himself
a little smoke n' diggin' icebergs. And the Captain's out cold on the
wheelhouse floor.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
All of a sudden.... the Captain's eyes popped wide open. He stood
right up straight..... Grabs a hold o' de wheel.... Looks on out at
the bow o' dat boat n' he say "I'M GONNA MOVE YOU BABY!"
And he did right on into an iceberg n' she went right on down.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
That's the true story of the Titanic, folks. She went right to the
bottom. She took with her all the Jewish people, all the first mates.
She took with him the Captain. She took with him the land lubbers. She
took with him the masked marvel comic books, the tennis racquet and
four hundred n' ninety-seven n' a half feet o' rope.
Meanwhile back on the stateside, ol' Jack Johnson… why he's standin'
up on the pier he's fishin' away he's got himself a little stick n' a
line n' he gets a tug he pulls it on up n' it's a big wet blue soggy
mess n' on the inside on the lining written in big gold letters it
says "USS Titanic" and stuck right above it was a wet roach.
That boy was so happy he started doin' the eagle rock up n' down that
pier like it's goin' outta style he go... He gonna do the eagle rock
now everybody in for the eagle rock. Oh rock!
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Fare thee well Titanic goin down!"
> On Tue, 22 May 2012 09:28:58 -0700, really real <reallyr...@shaw.ca>
a low power AM radio station out of Central Square, Cambridge,
Massachuetts, WCAS in the 70's - but they soon quit playing it cuz it
was perhaps too derogatory to Jews and even to blacks. But the way
Jaime sang it and backed it up with his guitar, it was so
hilarious...and the reefer reference was welcome.):
JAIME BROCKETT's BALLAD OF THE SS TITANIC LYRICS
"It was back around the turn of the centuries, back around nineteen
hundred & thirteen there was a negro pugilist his name was Jack
Johnson. Now old Jack Johnson he was the toughest man in the whole
wide world he used walk around whoppin' people up side the head 'n
makin' all sorts of money.
Like I say ol' Jack Johnson he was a pugilist, he was a pugilist by
preference and by profession and one day ol' Jack came walkin' on down
by the pierside. He's just walkin on down. His manager come walkin' on
down by the pierside.
He says "uh, hi, Jack"
He says "hi manager"
He says "whatcha doin'?"
He says "I'm just walkin' on down by the pierside."
He says "what's up?"
He says "I gotta gig for ya"
He says "ya gotta gig for me?"
He says "that's right"
He says "where abouts?"
He says "over in England"
He says "hmm... what'm I gonna do over there?"
He says "well you goin' up n' whop this guy up side the head n' make
all sorts of money."
Ol' Jack says "That's groovy baby. That's really groovy you give me a
ticket on the next flight out"
He said "ticket on the next flight out?!? This is nineteen hundred n'
thirteen. Why the Wright brothers haven't even started foolin' around
with Kitty Hawk yet"
He said "uhh.. who's she?"
It was midnight on the sea, the band was playing "Nearer My God To
Thee". Fare thee well Titanic, fare thee well.
Ol' Jack says "Well how'm I gonna get there baby?"
n'
He says "ohhh I'm gonna show ya" and he whips open a newspaper n'
shows him a picture of the USS Titanic.
Folks, she's the world's biggest ship she's made outta good wood and
good iron they said she'd never go down.
He says "you mean I'm goin' over on the boat" n'
he says "that's right baby you're goin on the boat" n'
he says "well, let's go get some tickets so they head on down to the
ticket taker's place."
He walks on up to the ticket taker he walks on in n' he says "hey man
I wanna buy me some tickets"
He said "gotta red ticket green ticket yellow ticket blue ticket what
kinda ticket you want?"
He says "I wanna red one"
He gave him some loot n' he laid it on him.
So here's ol' Jack he's got his ticket now he takes everything he owns
he wraps it on up in a diaper n' he hangs it on a stick over his back
n' goes headin' on down by the pierside.
He gettin' on down by the pierside his manager's down there by the
pierside n' here she is folks - the USS Titanic! She's lined up beside
two hundred n' fifty parkin' meters n' the Captain's gettin' done
ready to split 'cause he run outta dimes.
Now around this time there was an Italian senator n' the state house
n' all Italian senators done got brothers own construction companies
n' this one had a brother he owned a construction company n' the
Titanic she was made outta good Italian wood, good Italian iron they
said she'd never go down.
So there's ol' Jack standin' on the bottom got everything he owns
wrapped on up in that diaper hangin' on a stick over his back. He
shakes hands with his manager goes walkin' on up the gangplank. The
Captain standin' on the top. He get up onto the top n' the Captain he
look at the ticket…
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
he look at the ticket
he look at Jack,
lookita
He says "sorry baby wrong color."
He says "me or the ticket?"
n' he says "you."
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
So Jack say's "It's all right baby it's all right I'm gonna sit right
here on the pier and watch you go right on down."
So the Titanic she sails on out into the North sea she's out there
floatin' around in and out between the icebergs n' ol' Jack's standin'
on the pier. I'm gonna tell ya 'bout the people on the Titanic now.
First of all there's a whole bunch of Jewish people from Miami.
They're jumpin' up n' down
They're laughin'.
They're drinkin' booze.
They're tradin' wives
n' Cadillacs
n' diamonds
n' havin' all sorts of good clean party fun.
Then there was the people that run the boat. Now the people that run
the boat they know all about runnin' boats.
They know all about hoistin' up land lubbers
n' battenin' down hatches
n' doin' all sorts of other good things
like... all good sailors do in the far away sea.
Then there was the Captain.
Now the Captain he knows how to walk like a captain,
write like a captain,
walk like a captain,
talk like a captain,
smell like a captain,
eat like a captain,
do all sorts of captain things.
Then there was the first mate. Now I gotta tell ya bout the first
mate. Now the first mate,
he don't know nothin' about Jewish parties.
He don't know nothing about hoistin' up land lubbers.
He don't know nothin' about captains.
He uh he wants to go on over to England he wants to play his guitar.
He wanna run around n' chase women n' have all sorts of good... times.
Anyways this fella', his sideburns they're just a little too long. He
giving way, see. He… he been down in Mexico he been down in Mexico. He
been workin' in this rope factory down in Mexico now. Down in Mexico
they make rope outta this funny little hemp plant that grows wild in
the ground. Some of you people... grow it in flower pots under your
bed… ehh Anyways, he's down there and he's… he's makin' rope outta
this funny marijuana plant... One day the rope factory she catch fire
n' he runs back on in to save his lunch - he's got two sardine
sandwiches - runnin' back on in to save his lunch he gets inside n'
there's all this funny smoke floatin' around up inside n'.. he gets
some of this funny smoke up inside his head n'.. he sit down in the
middle o' de' fire n' he say, "shhhhhhhhhhhit baby, I ain't gonna make
rope no more!"
So he takes everything he owns he wraps it up on into a diaper and a
knapsack too n' he… he headin' on to the Titanic he gets to the
Titanic he standin' on the bottom walkin' on up the gang plank n' the
Captain's standin' on the top n' the Captain says "What you got boy?"
He says "I'm comin' on"
He says "WHAT YOU GOT!"
He says "well I got me two changes of BVD's. I got me my guitar. I got
me my address book, a... pair of socks, 4 masked marvel comic books, a
tennis racquet and four hundred n' ninety-seven n' a half feet o'
rope."
He says "four hundred n' ninety seven n' a half feet o' rope! whadaya
got that for?"
He says.. "I just carry it."
So he says "it's all right. Go on board, go on board" and he did.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
That brings us up to what's happenin' now - the Titanic she's floatin'
around in and out between the icebergs, the Jewish people they
partyin' they tradin' wives n' Cadillacs n' diamonds they drinkin'
booze n' havin' all sorts of party fun, everybody else is hoistin' up
land lubbers n' battenin' down hatches, the First Mate he's hangin'
over the rail, he's havin' himself a little smoke... he's diggin' the
icebergs. havin' himself a little smoke n' it's the Captain's time to
do his thing. The Captain comes on out (remember I told you about the
captain - he knows how to walk like captain write like captain talk
like... all sorts of captain things). He comes on out n' he's standin'
now. His thing right now is that he's gotta go out n' test the wind.
So he casts his nose up into the north wind n' he goes...... ......
He walks on over to the First Mate.
He says "hey first mate what's that you smokin'?"
He says.. "that ain't nothin' but a little ol' cigarette captain"
n' he says "I don't believe it. Gimme a puff"
n' he says "alright."
So the captain takes himself a little puff. Nothin' happened right
away.
He says "it's alright, it's alright. It's just a cigarette. I'm goin'
for a walk" And that's what he did, folks. He went for a walk. He
went.. he went out walkin' around the boat he went walkin' toward the
wheelhouse he.. he walked around.
He walked around the wheelhouse once....... He walked around the
wheelhouse twice....... On the third time around the wheelhouse.......
The First Mate he looked on over at the Captain n'....... N' he
say....... You wanna 'nother toke, Captain?...... And the Captain, he
say....... RIGHT!!!!!!!!
So this time he's gonna tell the captain a little bit about this smoke
that he's smokin'. He says "now the idea, Captain, the idea is to get
this smoke way down deep inside your tummy n' hold it there just as
long as you can it'll make you head feel good all inside. So the
Captain says alright he takes himself three big tokes off that funny
little brown weed n'
He says "I am commencing to hold it in!"
He walked around the wheelhouse.
He went downstairs
he laid down.
He get up he ran in the other room.
He sent a radiogram.
He came on back in.
He took a shower.
He come out.
He shaved.
He laid down.
He got up again.
He turned on the television.
He turned off the radio.
He played a game of cribbage.
He read his masked marvel comic book.
He walked thru the kitchen,
made a cup of tea,
made a cup of coffee,
sat down,
ate a piece of pie,
went upstairs,
played another game of cribbage,
went back in,
finished his other masked marvel comic book,
laid down,
he had the television, the radio, the egg beater, the air conditioner
n'everything's all goin' at once. He walks up on deck and this is
fifty two minutes later n' this cat ain't breathed yet!
So the First Mate see him standin' up there on the rail he's all
puffed up like a balloon!
He says "ya gotta let it out, Captain!
So the Captain he let it all out at once.
Fallin' right down on the wheelhouse floor. He's out cold.
O-h-h-h, this just brings us up to what's happenin' again folks. The
Titanic she's sailin' around in between the icebergs. Every body else
is havin parties. The Jewish people they jumpin' up n' down they
tradin' wives n' Cadillacs n' diamonds n' drinkin' booze. Everybody
else is hoistin' up land lubbers, battenin' down hatches n' doin' sail
things. The First Mate's hangin' over there on the rail havin' himself
a little smoke n' diggin' icebergs. And the Captain's out cold on the
wheelhouse floor.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
All of a sudden.... the Captain's eyes popped wide open. He stood
right up straight..... Grabs a hold o' de wheel.... Looks on out at
the bow o' dat boat n' he say "I'M GONNA MOVE YOU BABY!"
And he did right on into an iceberg n' she went right on down.
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
That's the true story of the Titanic, folks. She went right to the
bottom. She took with her all the Jewish people, all the first mates.
She took with him the Captain. She took with him the land lubbers. She
took with him the masked marvel comic books, the tennis racquet and
four hundred n' ninety-seven n' a half feet o' rope.
Meanwhile back on the stateside, ol' Jack Johnson… why he's standin'
up on the pier he's fishin' away he's got himself a little stick n' a
line n' he gets a tug he pulls it on up n' it's a big wet blue soggy
mess n' on the inside on the lining written in big gold letters it
says "USS Titanic" and stuck right above it was a wet roach.
That boy was so happy he started doin' the eagle rock up n' down that
pier like it's goin' outta style he go... He gonna do the eagle rock
now everybody in for the eagle rock. Oh rock!
It was midnight on the sea,
the band was playin' "Nearer My God To Thee"
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Now he wouldn't let Jack Johnson on board
they said this ship don't haul no coal
Fare thee well Titanic,
fare thee well.
Fare thee well Titanic goin down!"
Janice
May 24, 2012, 7:48:50 PM5/24/12
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On May 24, 3:24 pm, nate <greyst...@net1plus.com> wrote:
.
> Nate here...you cannot leave this one out (I heard this a few times on
> a low power AM radio station out of Central Square, Cambridge,
> Massachuetts, WCAS in the 70's - but they soon quit playing it cuz it
> was perhaps too derogatory to Jews and even to blacks. But the way
> Jaime sang it and backed it up with his guitar, it was so
> hilarious...and the reefer reference was welcome.):
.
Wonderful and funny, Nate, thank you. Wiki says this is derivative of
Leadbelly's "The Titanic," and an excellent example of the
celebratory attitude toward the sinking of the Titanic by the un-
empowered.
Jaime Brokett - Legend of the USS Titanic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFYMjkFYPg
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.
> Nate here...you cannot leave this one out (I heard this a few times on
> a low power AM radio station out of Central Square, Cambridge,
> Massachuetts, WCAS in the 70's - but they soon quit playing it cuz it
> was perhaps too derogatory to Jews and even to blacks. But the way
> Jaime sang it and backed it up with his guitar, it was so
> hilarious...and the reefer reference was welcome.):
> JAIME BROCKETT's BALLAD OF THE SS TITANIC LYRICS
> . . .
Wonderful and funny, Nate, thank you. Wiki says this is derivative of
Leadbelly's "The Titanic," and an excellent example of the
celebratory attitude toward the sinking of the Titanic by the un-
empowered.
Jaime Brokett - Legend of the USS Titanic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFYMjkFYPg
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