| Donovan – Mellow Yellow Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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The Hollywood Hippie Donavan (first concert I hitched interstate to Madison Square Garden at `14 years old) was a deceptive production meant to legitimize the counterculture od sex, drugs, music, and mysticism of the late 60. HE WAS AS FAKE AS SMOKING BANANA PEELS, How AM radio ate his message (produced by corporate big wigs) of peace, love, and mystic values were meant to ease the minds of mainstream America's fears that our generation were drug and sex crazed Commie dupes with no respect for the past or tradition. . songs of love (ie Jenifer),[peace (ie Atlantis), universal harmony( ie Happiness runs, and spirituality (ie First there is a mountain) were meant to end "The Establishment's" worries. In reality my generation faced the war, nuclear bombs, sexism, racism, the draft, draconian drug laws, and a belief that the Greatest Generation had all the answers and God said so. Though, to be honest, they gave use the vote in 67 and Yippie actions in Chicago the following year sent Nixon by a landslide to the White House to prolong the war, make drug laws harsher, reduce civil rights, increase the draft. Guese we didn't want the dream world Donavan portrayed. Electrical banana, is going to be a sudden craze... |
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| Frank Zappa & the Mothers – Montana Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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Many interpolations: 1. Dental floss = marijuana 2. Back to nature independence 3. Bees = women or separating sweet stuff from wax =sinsemilla 4. Pigmy horse- pot pipe or heroin 5. Zircon encrusted tweezers---See Dinah Moe Humm. Male sex organ? 6. Frank just being Frank, insane talented genius |
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| Frank Zappa & the Mothers – Montana Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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Many interpolations: 1. Dental floss = marijuana 2. Back to nature independence 3. Bees = women or separating sweet stuff from wax =sinsemilla 4. Pigmy horse- pot pipe or heroin 5. Zircon encrusted tweezers---See Dinah Moe Humm. Male sex organ? 6. Frank just being Frank, insane talented genius |
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| The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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@[junkbondtrader7:44701] Those words are modern English (post Chaucer). Old or Middle English would have pronounced the ending vowel ruining the rhythm. The Dulcimer Jones plays is medieval, but the harpsicord is Elizabethan .and Keith's guitar would have only been played in chords until the 18th century. Rhythm is Chaucer and rhyme scheme (AABCCA) is post Elizabeth. I have no idea when the six-note scale was popular. Great song to dance to imaging the man wears a wig and the lady is wearing 16 petticoats and a corset. Don't forget to bow to each ither often. "Pray me, My Lady, would you honor me with a position on your dance card?" |
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| The Rolling Stones – Lady Jane Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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Henry VIII only legitimate son, Edward had Mary and Elizabeth removed from succession and chose Lady Jane Grey (1st Queen of England to rule for all of 9 days) as his successor. Mary (Bloody Mary), daughter of Henry and Catherine and wife of Philip 11, King of Spain had her imprisoned, the executed, then took the throne. Anne Boline's daughter Elisebeth I kept the kingdom away from Rome and defeated Spain. Henry's sister Mary was never in the running (AABCCA) is Elizabethan. I'd say Mic, Keith, and Brian didn't know what the others were thinking., .. . Some say Lady Jane was : 1 marijuana or speed, 2 Mic's belief it referred to female Gentelia, 3 Henery's third wife. Nothing medieval except Chaucer like meter and Brian Jones dulcimer. The rhyme |
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