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Harrison Hill
Feb 13, 2017, 1:12:07 PM2/13/17
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Every day I find myself reciting lyrics from the past. Often
I have no idea what they mean:
"Here comes Johnny...with the...flesh machine".
"since I bought the gimmick about something called love".
"I'm worth a million in prizes".
"...drive a G.T.O"
The morse code opening to the American Forces Network News
in Berlin, somehow gets involved. Headphones on, volume up,
back to the late 70s :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw
I have no idea what they mean:
"Here comes Johnny...with the...flesh machine".
"since I bought the gimmick about something called love".
"I'm worth a million in prizes".
"...drive a G.T.O"
The morse code opening to the American Forces Network News
in Berlin, somehow gets involved. Headphones on, volume up,
back to the late 70s :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw
Harrison Hill
Feb 13, 2017, 1:19:37 PM2/13/17
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Peter T. Daniels
Feb 13, 2017, 1:33:55 PM2/13/17
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On Monday, February 13, 2017 at 1:12:07 PM UTC-5, Harrison Hill wrote:
> Every day I find myself reciting lyrics from the past. Often
> I have no idea what they mean:
>
> "Here comes Johnny...with the...flesh machine".
> "since I bought the gimmick about something called love".
> "I'm worth a million in prizes".
> "...drive a G.T.O"
GTO was a sporty model of Pontiac.
> Every day I find myself reciting lyrics from the past. Often
> I have no idea what they mean:
>
> "Here comes Johnny...with the...flesh machine".
> "since I bought the gimmick about something called love".
> "I'm worth a million in prizes".
> "...drive a G.T.O"
David Kleinecke
Feb 13, 2017, 1:59:40 PM2/13/17
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Most people don't recognize:
Once more into the breach, dear friends
Horace LaBadie
Feb 13, 2017, 2:11:20 PM2/13/17
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In article <f6ff7049-1373-4b45...@googlegroups.com>,
That's what it means there, no doubt.
Ferrari first used GTO in marketing, i think.
Ferrari 250 GTO.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO>
Ferrari first used GTO in marketing, i think.
Ferrari 250 GTO.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO>
Don Phillipson
Feb 13, 2017, 5:03:17 PM2/13/17
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"Horace LaBadie" <hlab...@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:hlabadie-3CCEB6...@aioe.org...
> Ferrari first used GTO in marketing, i think. . . .
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO>
This usage in 1962 seems by no means the first.
"Touring car" appears to date from the period 1919-39
to describe a car suitable for long distance travel in
comfort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_3_(racing)
cites " a set of regulations for Grand Touring Cars competing
in . . . events regulated by the FIA" = International Automobile
Federation, founded 1904.
(GTO = Gran Turismo Omologato, meaning a car conforming
to FIA regulations for a certain class of competition, revised
in 1966.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
news:hlabadie-3CCEB6...@aioe.org...
> Ferrari first used GTO in marketing, i think. . . .
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO>
This usage in 1962 seems by no means the first.
"Touring car" appears to date from the period 1919-39
to describe a car suitable for long distance travel in
comfort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_3_(racing)
cites " a set of regulations for Grand Touring Cars competing
in . . . events regulated by the FIA" = International Automobile
Federation, founded 1904.
(GTO = Gran Turismo Omologato, meaning a car conforming
to FIA regulations for a certain class of competition, revised
in 1966.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
Peter T. Daniels
Feb 13, 2017, 11:15:49 PM2/13/17
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On Monday, February 13, 2017 at 5:03:17 PM UTC-5, Don Phillipson wrote:
> "Horace LaBadie" <hlab...@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:hlabadie-3CCEB6...@aioe.org...
> > Ferrari first used GTO in marketing, i think. . . .
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO>
>
> This usage in 1962 seems by no means the first.
The US car model was obviously based on the European abbreviation, but
> "Horace LaBadie" <hlab...@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:hlabadie-3CCEB6...@aioe.org...
> > Ferrari first used GTO in marketing, i think. . . .
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO>
>
> This usage in 1962 seems by no means the first.
its appearance in a 1962 pop song reflects the US usage, not that history.
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