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CG/KPOO/'LNG/Xmas Week of 12/19
« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2005, 03:05:50 PM »
I switched to 'LNG in hopes of some Lawn Guyland Xmas cheer -- and got the Cowsills' summer anthem, "Indian Lake".
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« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2005, 10:02:25 PM »
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I switched to 'LNG in hopes of some Lawn Guyland Xmas cheer -- and got the Cowsills' summer anthem, "Indian Lake".


Now that's a record sleeve you couldn't do today:
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« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2005, 07:11:56 AM »
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I switched to 'LNG in hopes of some Lawn Guyland Xmas cheer -- and got the Cowsills' summer anthem, "Indian Lake".


Now that's a record sleeve you couldn't do today:


"at Indian Lake/you'll be able to make/the way the Indians do..."

which my 13-year-old's ears heard as "...you'll be able to MATE..."  and I thought "Do Indians do it differently than the rest of us?"

hmmm... b/w "Newspaper Blanket"?  an early song about homelessness?
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« Reply #18 on: December 22, 2005, 09:42:09 AM »
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hmmm... b/w "Newspaper Blanket"?  an early song about homelessness?


'Zactly.  A horribly maudlin and amusingly ill-thought-out essay.  The lyrics, for your cringing pleasure:

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Newspaper Blanket
(Cowsill / Cowsill)

Sad old man nobody loves him

Every morning I would see him sleeping in the dew
He never noticed me as I passed by
I'd walk by slowly staring at the holes worn through his shoes
Wondering how he managed to get by

Sad old man nobody loves him
Sad old man has no place to stay
And nothing to claim but a broken down park bench
And a newspaper blanket on a cold winter's day

The afternoon would come; I'd see him begging by the square
While I was in the crowd without a mind
And had I been alone, I would have told him someone cared
But it never bothered him for he was blind

Sad old man nobody loves him
Sad old man has no place to stay
And nothing to claim but a broken down park bench
And a newspaper blanket on a cold winter's day

Sad old man how long will you be here
Sad old man how long can you stay
For if you should leave who'll take care of the park bench
And the newspaper blanket would be left by the way


LSD's a helluva drug.
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« Reply #19 on: December 22, 2005, 10:49:32 AM »
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hmmm... b/w "Newspaper Blanket"?  an early song about homelessness?


'Zactly.  A horribly maudlin and amusingly ill-thought-out essay.  The lyrics, for your cringing pleasure:

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Newspaper Blanket
(Cowsill / Cowsill)

Sad old man nobody loves him

Every morning I would see him sleeping in the dew
He never noticed me as I passed by...


LSD's a helluva drug.


"I saw him sleeping in the rain
Raindrops falling on him..."
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« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2005, 10:50:48 AM »
CG-ing for the time being.  First hearing this season of the Bowie/Crosby "Drummer Boy".  Still one of the most bizarre pairings ever.
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« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2005, 11:27:18 AM »
back to "Xmas in Frisko" in time for Freberg's brilliant "Xmas Dragnet"

"Some folks call 'em green onions but they're really scallions..."
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« Reply #22 on: December 22, 2005, 02:34:05 PM »
ah, sweet Lou (Rawls) doing an ulltra-smooth version of "Merry Xmas Baby".

preceded by one of my new faves of the season, a woman named Eva Moon (?) doing a punk Hannukah song called "Light the Fucking Candles!" LOL!
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« Reply #23 on: December 22, 2005, 03:44:48 PM »
My last Xmas song o' the week: Cher's disco cover of Darlene Love, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".  Talk about your War on Xmas...

BTW, It appears to be a duet, but Cher's partner isn't identified.  Appropriately, they're gonna follow it with Pansy Division's "Homo Xmas".

AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT...
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« Reply #24 on: December 22, 2005, 04:31:42 PM »
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My last Xmas song o' the week: Cher's disco cover of Darlene Love, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".  Talk about your War on Xmas...

BTW, It appears to be a duet, but Cher's partner isn't identified.  Appropriately, they're gonna follow it with Pansy Division's "Homo Xmas".

AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT...

Yeah, I heard that, and also wondered who else was singing.  Peace, out soon for me too.  UPS will be here soon to pick up the last desperate packages, and I'll go home and take a nap and eat some stollen.

mmmm....fresh stollen!
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« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2005, 07:48:54 PM »
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My last Xmas song o' the week: Cher's disco cover of Darlene Love, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".  Talk about your War on Xmas...

BTW, It appears to be a duet, but Cher's partner isn't identified.  


It's Rosie O'Donnell, believe it or not.  (It's on Rosie's CD, which I reviewed during my stay at RadioSpy in Orange County -- flashback!)
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« Reply #26 on: December 23, 2005, 11:12:52 AM »
Everybody dance. Clap your hands.
Disco rules.
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« Reply #27 on: December 23, 2005, 12:05:45 PM »
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Everybody dance. Clap your hands.
Disco rules.

I was never much of a fan of this kind of music, but hearing young'uns like Harry Connick and Michael Buble (sp?) do this kind of music make me appreciate Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra a lot more.
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