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[T. R. Oglodyte Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close T. R. Oglodyte]

Well then, you must be a high school graduate and from Minnesota.

Miss Larson taught us well.

That was 1968. The Doors were really big in my crowd - they had just released the "Strange Days" album,



We passed along some of the lyrics to Miss Larson because we figured she would be cool with that.

She was.

*****

People are strange when youre a stranger
Faces look ugly when youre alone
Women seem wicked when youre unwanted
Streets are uneven when youre down
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
When youre strange
No one remembers your name
When youre strange x3
People are strange when youre a stranger
Faces look ugly when youre alone
Women seem wicked when youre unwanted
Streets are uneven when youre down
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
When youre strange
No one remembers your name
When youre strange x3
When youre strange
Faces come out of the rain
When youre strange
No one remembers your name
When youre strange x3

[Beaglemom3 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beaglemom3]

All well and good, however, no one (MHO) ever wrote better lyrics than.....

Steely Dan ! Michael Franks is very interesting as well.

What 5 CDs/Albums would you select if you only could select 5 ?

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Take It Easy, Jackson Browne

Jackson Brown wrote this song when he was hitchhiking across the United States.

When he was standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona he was talking about himself. Not the truck or the girl it was all about Jackson Brown and how he felt about himself.

Well, I'm running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on
my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine
Take It easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy
Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy
Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen
my load, got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover who won't blow my
cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
don't let the sound of your own
wheels make you crazy
come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me, oh oh oh
Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

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Perhaps my favorite song has the following tidbit in it: "the beauty parlor is full of sailors..."

[BocaBum99 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close BocaBum99]

Jackson Brown wrote this song when he was hitchhiking across the United States.

When he was standing on the corner in Winslow, Arizona he was talking about himself. Not the truck or the girl it was all about Jackson Brown and how he felt about himself.

And you would know that how? Seems kinda conceited, doesn't it? I had this argument with my wife and it's still unresolved in our family.

I, too, believe he was talking about himself. But, my wife says that he was talking about the girl.

As a side note, we went to that corner in Winslow, AZ. It was really cool. The Eagles are one of my all time favorite groups. They really epitomize growing up in the West Coast in the 70's for me.

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Ah, Jackson Browne

One of my favorite Jackson Browne songs is "Somebody's Baby" from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." One of the all time best movies to see when you are single in college.

Somebody's Baby.

Well, just - a look at that girl with the lights comin' up in her eyes.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
All the guys on the corner stand back and let her walk on by.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She must be somebody's baby.
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so fine.
She's probably somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's probably somebody's baby, all right.

I heard her talkin' with her friend when she thought nobody else was around.
She said she's got to be somebody's baby; she must be somebody's baby.
'Cause when the cars and the signs and the street lights light up the town,
She's got to be somebody's baby;
She must be somebody's baby;
She's got to be somebody's baby.
She's so....
She's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.

I try to shut eyes, but I can't get here outta my sight.
I know I'm gonna know her, but I gotta get over my fright.
We'll, I'm just gonna walk up to her.
I'm gonna talk to her tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's only light.
Gonna shine tonight.
Yeah, she's gonna be somebody's baby tonight.
Gonna shine tonight, make her mine tonight.

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And you would know that how?

Where I work we share the same parking lot with Studio Instrument Rentals (S.I.R.). This company has a rehearsing studio. Some famous musicians come to rehearse here. About a year ago, Steely Dan was rehearsing and I was their only audience besides the people working there. I was talking to some of the musicians about Jackson Browne and I asked their opinion about this song. They told me that it was a well known fact, that Jackson Browne wrote this song in his early years while hitchhiking across the United States. They swear up and down this song is all about him. The girl in the flatbed Ford who was checking him out. The song was not was not about her.

I’ve met Jackson Browne and I never thought to ask, but the next time I have the opportunity to ask, I will get it directly from the horse’s mouth…
But as it stands right now I believe it is all about him.



It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy

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Almost anytime I hear anyone mention Jackson Browne I free associate to Weird Al Yankovich singing "Buy Me a Condo". The line about selling his Marley and buying Jackson Browne totally cracked me up, and has stuck with me since:

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music sample: Buy Me a Condo

Gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Wo, used to live in Jamaica But I don't live dere no more
Had to change me lifestyle
Do t'ings I never done before
So now I'm just a lonely Rastaman
Living in dis American town
Gonna sell me Bob Marley records
Gonna get me some Jackson Browne

I gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
and get a wallet full 'o credit cards, eh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Wo, gonna cut off me dreadlocks
T'row away all me ganja
I'll have a tupperware party
Maybe join me a health spa
I'll get a bowl of plastic fruits
And a microwave oven, too
Then I'll have the neighbors over for a weenie barbeque

Gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards, oh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I get a funny little T-shirt wit' de alligator on

Ain't gonna work in de field no more
Gonna be Amway distributor
Ain't gonna work in de field no more (no, no)
Gonna be Amway distributor

(Ja) Ja, ja, ja, life is so very hard
I need a (ja) ja, ja, ja jacuzi in me back yard

Oh, I gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards, eh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

What'd you say?

I gonna buy me a condo
I gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
Get a wallet full 'o credit cards, oh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

What'd you say?

I gonna buy me a condo
Gonna buy me a Cuisinart
Get a wall-to-wall carpeting
And get a wallet full 'o credit cards, oh
I gonna buy me a condo, never have to mow de lawn
I gonna get me da T-shirt wit' de alligator on

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It never even occurred to me that it isn't Jackson Browne doing the talking. People think it's the GIRL who's saying "We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again"? He's asking HER to open up the door of the flatbed Ford because he's climbing in. (In, uh, several ways.) Does it make sense the other way around?

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Made me smile reading this.

One particularly hard day at work, nothing went right, code blues x 3, little old ladies pulling out catheters (balloon intact) and climbing over siderails whilst I wrestled them back as they clutched sensative upper parts of my anatomy................ I had just had it. Period. Then, while going down the entrance stairs of the subway station, I read the graffiti, "Hendrix Lives".
Life is good.

So tell us the truth...after such a hard days night were you headed down the subway for some "pakalolo"????




Pakalolo, Pakalolo man
You come to my house
With your money in hand
You tell me that you want the best
I say, I do the best I can

Pakalolo, Pakalolo man
I went to see the [gooda]
He said, man didn't you know?
He had just come in from the islands
He brought the pakalolo

'Cause I'm the pakalolo man
I'm the pakalolo man
When in need, you call on me
'Cause I'm the pakalolo man
Pakalolo man

Now it is the good earth
It is the kind
It is the good earth
The good kind

Pakalolo, Pakalolo man
Pakalolo, Pakalolo man
Pakalolo, Pakalolo man
Pakalolo, Pakalolo man

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Where I work we share the same parking lot with Studio Instrument Rentals (S.I.R.). This company has a rehearsing studio. Some famous musicians come to rehearse here. About a year ago, Steely Dan was rehearsing and I was his only audience besides the people working there. I was talking to some of the musicians about Jackson Browne and I asked their opinion about this song. They told me that it was a well known fact, that Jackson Browne wrote this song in his early years while hitchhiking across the United States. They swear up and down this song is all about him. The girl in the flatbed Ford who was checking him out. The song was not was not about her.

I’ve met Jackson Browne and I never thought to ask, but the next time I have the opportunity to ask, I will get it directly from the horse’s mouth…
But as it stands right now I believe it is all about him.



It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy

Ken,

That's a great story. I need to clarify the debate I am having with my wife. We both know and agree that the song is about Jackson Browne. Our debate is related to this line:

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

Who is the fine sight to see? Is it the girl or it is Jackson Browne?

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BB

Who is the fine sight to see? Is it the girl or it is Jackson Browne?

You would think at first, that he was referring to the girl. However, the way that it's written....not a new sentence. It would lead you to believe that he was referring to himself. He looked so good, standing there, that the girl slowed down to look at him.

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see

It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

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Would you do the same for me as I would for you? Or take me for a ride

If you see something that looks like a star,
And it's shooting up out of the ground,
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar,
And you just can't escape from the sound,
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you,
We were children once, playing with toys.
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high-heeled boys...

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced,
While you're living beyond all your means.
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
>From the profit he's made on your dreams,
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise.
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest,
Was the low spark of high-heeled boys...

If you had just a minute to breath,
And they granted you one final wish,
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something similar as this,
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you,
As sure as your sorrows or joys.
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound
Of the low spark of high-heeled boys...

The percentage you're paying is too high-priced,
While you're living beyond all your means.
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
>From the profit he's made on your dreams,
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise.
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest,
T'was the low spark of high-heeled boys...

If I gave you everything that I owned,
And asked for nothing in return,
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride,
And strip me of everything, including my pride?
But spirit is something that no one destroys.
And the sound that you're hearing is only the sound
Of the low spark of high-heeled boys...

The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
from the Traffic LP of the same name

So tell me....are you in the camp of the high-heeled boys? Do you know who they are?

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I always interpreted in context...the whole scene, the opportunity and the both of them at that point in time...that is the 'such a fine sight to see'

You would think at first, that he was referring to the girl. However, the way that it's written....not a new sentence. It would lead you to believe that he was referring to himself. He looked so good, standing there, that the girl slowed down to look at him.

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see

It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

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I always interpreted in context...the whole scene, the opportunity and the both of them at that point in time...that is the 'such a fine sight to see'

Ok - put some context on this old Ethel Waters song

****

My Handy Man

Whoever said a good man was hard to find,
Positively, absolutely sure was blind;
I found the best that ever was,
Here's just some of the things he does:

He shakes my ashes, greases my griddle,
Churns my butter, strokes my fiddle;
My man is such a handy man!

He threads my needle, creams my wheat,
Heats my heater, chops my meat;
My man is such a handy man!

Don't care if you believe or not,
He sure is good to have around;
Why, when my furnace gets too hot,
He's right there to turn my damper down!

For everything he's got a scheme;
You ought to see his new starter that he uses on my machine;
My man is such a handy man!

He flaps my flapjacks, cleans off the table, He feeds the horses in my stable; My man is such a handy man!

He's God's gift!

Sometimes he's up long before dawn,
Busy trimming the rough edges off my lawn;
Oooh, you can't get away from it! He's such a handy man!

Never has a single thing to say,
While he's working hard;
I wish that you could see the way
He handles my front yard!

My ice don't get a chance to melt away,
He sees that I get a fresh piece every day;
Lord, that man sure is such a handy man!