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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jbe who wrote (86589)	8/27/2000 7:35:24 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 108807

I think you're justified in taking a drink this morning. Hope you feel better. edit: Why not take several drinks and do a few posts?

To: jbe who wrote (86589)	8/27/2000 10:28:40 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I am sorry the snippets disappointed you. Afternoons and Coffee Spoons is a good one. I never thought about where it came from, though. I don't think the Dummies music is quite as simple as most pop music. It has some intriguing bits- at least that is so for me. I am also very sorry about your jaw. Chronic pain is almost unbearable. I had a year and a half of that when I ripped both my ankles up- I wish there was something I could do to make it better.

To: jbe who wrote (86589)	8/27/2000 12:14:43 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Oh, jbe, I am feeling so bad for you!! I think tooth pain is the WORST. And drooling is adding insult to injury. Can you call your dentist's emergency line and get him to prescribe something stronger until you see him. Which I hope is tomorrow? I was up all night- but couldn't get on line, or we could have commiserated and gotten high together. I could even have called you, except you might have electrocuted yourself drooling on the phone. Please notice my empathy and concern, which however, is still based on a certain degree of selfishness as I I I would have liked your company in those dark hours of the soul. I believe that may be developmental level 5

To: jbe who wrote (86589)	8/27/2000 12:58:22 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Joan, I hope you feel better really, really soon. It has been a great treat to read you these last couple of days. Drooling is bad. Just no way to cover when that starts. I've been trying to come up with some specific examples in modern music that are good poetry, and also harken back to the past and history of poetry. They are there, as you noticed in the Dummies song. If you only listen to the radio, they can be hard to find, but there are some writer's who are very well versed in poetry from classical through to today, and keep the thread going. That is one of the most exciting things to me. Some people talk of worn themes and this and that, but part of poetry is alluding back to others, and keeping the story going. That I find very exciting. Poets keep the story of our world, beings, and hearts going, renewing it over and over. And there are those poets out there, and some are in rock bands. I love it when I hear a song and I know that the writer has gone back to an earlier song, or even further back in time to an historical poet and drawn out the line.

To: jbe who wrote (86589)	8/27/2000 1:54:27 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"So Long, You Old Tooth" I'm gonna tie a string to the door I just can't take it no more. Gonna get out my pliers, that's the truth, and I'll say "So long, you old tooth!" So long- goodbye-and I'll get a dollar bye and bye. I'm gonna bite an apple in two- I just don't know what to do- gonna get out my dynamite, and that's the truth- and I'll say "So long, you old tooth!" So long- goodbye- and I'll get a dollar bye and bye. That's an early song by one of my favorites, Greg Brown. Not the best song he ever wrote, but it seems to fit the occasion.

To: jbe who wrote (86589)	8/27/2000 1:56:41 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I'm very sorry to read about your mandibular problems, Joan. To cheer you up, in a manner of speaking, the lyrics from a very old favorite song of mine. I think our tastes in black humor differ a bit, but I thought I'd give it a shot. Some of the bite in this one went away with the cold war, but it's still got its moments. From the album "Sail Away". POLITICAL SCIENCE Randy Newman No one likes us-I don't know why We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try But all around even our old friends put us down Let's drop the big one and see what happens We give them money-But are they grateful? No they're spiteful and they're hateful They don't respect us-so let's surprise them We'll drop the big one and pulverize them Asia's crowded and Europe's too old Africa is far too hot And Canada's too cold And South America stole our name Let's drop the big one There'll be no one left to blame us We'll save Australia Don't wanna hurt no kangaroo We'll built an All American amusement park there They got surfin too Boom goes London and boom Paree More room for you and more room for me And every city the whole world round Will just be another American town Oh how peaceful it will be We'll set everybody free You'll wear a Japanese kimono And there'll be Italian shoes for me They'll hate us anyhow So let's drop the big one now Let's drop the big one now I got this from zmag.org , which has a bunch of vintage antiwar songs, along with a dead audio link for the above. They seem to have stripped the lyrics out of randynewman.com, the copyright police are out and about these days, I think. Cheers, Dan.