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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:

".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." I can just
imagine Harry singing it.
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On Oct 7, 8:30 pm, Boater wrote:
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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:


".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." I can just
imagine Harry singing it.


We only "socialize" corporate millionaires in this country. Everyone
else takes it up the butt.

Besides, I always preferred John Lennon's "Imagine":

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace


I am really disappointed. Can anybody provide the lines that really
make it appropriate for Harry? Wow, that sone did John Lennon a lot
of good in a world filled with whack jobs.
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On Oct 7, 8:44 pm, Boater wrote:
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On Oct 7, 8:30 pm, Boater wrote:
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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:
".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." I can just
imagine Harry singing it.
We only "socialize" corporate millionaires in this country. Everyone
else takes it up the butt.


Besides, I always preferred John Lennon's "Imagine":


Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace


I am really disappointed. Can anybody provide the lines that really
make it appropriate for Harry? Wow, that sone did John Lennon a lot
of good in a world filled with whack jobs.


Speaking of whack jobs, your gal Sarah Palin seems to attract quite a
number of them to her "base" rallies, and just like Sarah, they "shout out."


No, NO, NO, Not "LolA, L-O-L-A, Lola" A different Kinks song. I dont
know if Harry is THAT kind of guy.


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wrote:
Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:


".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." *I can just
imagine Harry singing it.


We only "socialize" corporate millionaires in this country. Everyone
else takes it up the butt.


Besides, I always preferred John Lennon's "Imagine":


Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace


I am really disappointed. *Can anybody provide the lines that really
make it appropriate for Harry? *Wow, that sone did John Lennon a lot
of good in a world filled with whack jobs.- Hide quoted text -

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That' is from the Kink's touring rock musical "Preservation: A Play in
Two Acts" Davies was quite into political plight.

From: http://www.freecolorado.com/1999/01/kinks.html



"In the mid-70s the Kinks toured to perform their rock musical
Preservation: A Play in Two Acts. Davies's premise for this ambitious
work was to forecast a society in which a corrupt government
approaching anarchy allows a crime boss and land developer named Mr.
Flash to flourish at the expense of the citizenry:

The people were scared
They didn't know where to turn
They couldn't see any salvation
From the hoods and the spivs
And the crooked politicians
Who were cheating and lying to the nation
The people cry out against a system where the free market is ruined by
political and criminal corruption. Unfortunately, the people in this
society aren't very smart (too much state-controlled "education,"
perhaps?); they yearn for yet another politician to solve their
problems for them:

Show us a man who'll be our Saviour and will lead us
Show us a man who'll understand us, guide us and lead us
Enter Mr. Black, leader of what should today be referred to as the
Religious Left (unlike the US media, Davies knows pro-State religious
movements can be socialist as well as fascist). Mr. Black's religious
movement has little to do with spirituality and much to do with
concentrating worldly power into his scheming hands:

I am your man
I'll work out a five year plan
So vote for me brothers
And I will save this land
And we will nationalize the wealthy companies
And all the directors will be answerable to me
There'll be no shirking of responsibilities
So people of the nation unite.
Mr. Black uses a moralizing crusade to mask his intentions of becoming
dictator. Like any authoritarian with no ideology other than raw
personal ambition, Mr. Black will use any group's concerns to advance
his own political career:

When a solution comes
It won't take sides with anyone
Regardless of race or creed,
The whole wide world is gonna feel the squeeze
I have waited a long, long time
Biding my time and waiting on the sidelines
Watching it all go wrong.
Witnessing the disintegration,
Everybody's searching desperately,
They've got to run to someone
And that someone's going to be me.
In short, a civil war breaks out between the forces of Mr. Flash and
Mr. Black while a confused populace stands in between. A last minute
repentance on Mr. Flash's part is too late to stop the ascendancy of
Mr. Black's party to power. In a refreshing departure from saccharine
endings, Davies concludes the album with the nation in Mr. Black's
iron grip, curfews and price controls clamping down on the citizens
who elected him. Their desire for security and freedom from rampant
crime led the nation into a socialist dictatorship.

I doubt that Davies is a member of any political movement. But some of
his lyrical themes and the fact that his band owns their own
recordings, thus providing them equality in dealing with record
companies (whose abuse of artists is infamous), indicate a man of
strong independence and reluctance to trust institutions. Great music
and great themes --what more could a Kinks fan want?"


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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:

".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." I can just
imagine Harry singing it.



This Kinks song might be more appropriate for some of the dandies in here...

"I met her in a club down in old soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version:
Coca-cola]
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola
L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well Im not the worlds most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well thats the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man

Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola"


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On Oct 7, 10:07*pm, "Don White" wrote:
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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:


".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." *I can just
imagine Harry singing it.


This Kinks song might be more appropriate for some of the dandies in here....

"I met her in a club down in old soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version:
Coca-cola]
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola
L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well Im not the worlds most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well thats the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man

Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola"


Pfffttt. a day late and a braincell short...
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On Oct 7, 10:36 pm, wrote:
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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:


".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." I can just
imagine Harry singing it.


This Kinks song might be more appropriate for some of the dandies in here...


"I met her in a club down in old soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version:
Coca-cola]
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola
L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola


Well Im not the worlds most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola


Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola


I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me


Well thats the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola


Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man


Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola"


Pfffttt. a day late and a braincell short...


Correct lyrics, just for Harry:

"....Union man
I work for your 5 year plan
Cuz we're all buddies to
our union man"

I think the song is "Flash" about a politician (Obama)
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On Oct 7, 10:07 pm, "Don White" wrote:


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Anybody else remember the Kinks song with the words:


".............and we will nationalize the wealthy companies, and all
the directors will be answerable to me, no class dinstiction, no slums
or poverty, so workers of the nation unite..............." *I can just
imagine Harry singing it.


This Kinks song might be more appropriate for some of the dandies in here...


"I met her in a club down in old soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version:
Coca-cola]
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola
L-o-l-a lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola


Well Im not the worlds most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola


Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola


I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me


Well thats the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola


Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man


Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola"


Pfffttt. a day late and a braincell short...


Correct lyrics, just for Harry:

"....Union man
I work for your 5 year plan
Cuz we're all buddies to
our union man"

I think the song is "Flash" about a politician (Obama)


I went down Virginia seeking shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable I watched the tower grow
Five-year plans and new deals
Wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain

But since we are talking music again, here is my current "learn" list
that I am working on...

Funny, I have one of the wildest electric guitars many of you have
ever seen, but I only pluck out rythym on it.
Anyway, here is the short list for tonight:

Bad Moon Rising
Southern Cross
Friend of the Devil
Mr. Bojangles
Five Hundred Miles
Signs
Wish you were here
Fire on the Mountain
Tangled up in Blue
Mr. Tamborine Man
The Ballad of Curtis Loew
City of New Orleans
Coming in to Los Angles
Looking out my Backdoor
Turn the Page
Positively 4th Street
Fire and Rain

I usually put these up on the board and play through the list as far
as I can go.. Sometimes I even sing...




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