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You have to love the Gonzaga fan. Not satisfied to be affronted merely by common hosings at the hands of ragtag referees, he plows all avenues of discontent. - John Blanchette
Gonzaga University...Home of the Zags...The Bulldogs. If you pronounce it "Gone Zaw Ga," they'll know you're not from here and they may charge you more for your coffee. - Garrison Keillor -
Almost cut my hair
Happened just the other day
It's gettin' kind of long
I could've said it was in my way
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my Gonzaga hair fly
And I feel like I owe it, yeah ... to someone, yeah
Well, must be because I had the final four this spring
Oh, yeah and I'm feeling up to par
Oh, I tell you baby this increases their paranoia
Like when I sink a 3 pointer and they see a police car
Well, well, I'm not, I'm not giving in an inch to fear
Well, you know I've promised myself this year
Well, I feel oh, like I owe it, I owe, I owe it to someone
Oh ... like I owe it to someone
Oh, yes I have got it together
Yeah, you can find me in that sunny Spokane weather, yeah
I'm goin' to find a space inside an basketball analyst’s laugh, yes
Separate the wheat from some chaff
Oh, and I feel ...
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My take on that CSNY classic led me to another thought........I completely forgot to post the tournament selection show theme song this season. Anyway, here it is. I'll make certain it gets posted on time next year:
Coaches gathered in their masses
Coaching teams that want free passes
Crazy minds fearing bubble destruction
From the sorcerers of bracket construction
On the court the bids are burning
As the bracketology keeps on turning
Firings threaten the coaching kind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh Lord Yeah!
Schedulers lock themselves away
They only started the bubble wars
Why should they go off to be fired
They leave that to the coaching poor
Time will tell their power minds
Making cupcake schedules just for fun
Treating their players just like pawns in chess
Wait until Selection Sunday comes, yeah!
Now in the darkness, the bracket world stops turning
As the tourney bids keep burning
No more BCS phonies of the power
Hand of committee has struck the hour
Day of judgment, AD is calling
On their knees the coaches keep crawling
Begging mercy for their team's sins
Committee chairman, laughing, spreads his wings
All right now!Comment
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Nice job CDC!Originally posted by CDC84 View Post
Here's a coincidence: "Almost Cut My Hair" is in my Final Four greatest songs of all time. I'm old too!
"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
—Kurt VonnegutComment
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ProVeeZag = in case you don't know, there is an extended version of "Almost Cut My Hair" on the CSN box set from 1991 that is absolutely incredible:
Lots of fiery guitar work. Supposedly when Crosby was in prison he used to regularly play this song with his prison band, and it used to drive the warden nuts.
I realize this is getting way off subject, but if anyone here is a CSNY fan, in 2014 they put out a box set based around their 1974 concert tour of giant football stadiums. It's called "CSNY 1974":
The set includes 3 CD's and 1 DVD with some footage that was shot in Largo, MD. In addition to being one of the best sounding live concert recordings I have ever heard, the package includes a number of rarely performed tracks - some of them solo, some of them group compositions. Some of the songs were never recorded in the studio - they were just performed live. One such song is called "Pushed It Over The End" which was penned by Neil Young. It was written around 1974, but never recorded for an album. Dumb move. In my opinion it's the greatest song that any member of the group wrote, either solo or within the band, in their entire recording careers. Most wouldn't agree, but I think it's Neil's finest piece as a songwriter. The song is worth the price of the "CSNY 1974" alone.Comment
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Here's video of Rem getting a haircut Tuesday. Some pretty serious hair:
Goin' for the Roger Federer look?
On a side note to tie in to a # of posts above:
1. I'm also old
2. I also had a ponytail
3. Loved CSNY
4. Thought "Almost cut my hair" was kinda' lame.But we don't play nobody.Comment
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Here's the song on you tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVen4f28ba0Originally posted by CDC84 View PostProVeeZag = in case you don't know, there is an extended version of "Almost Cut My Hair" on the CSN box set from 1991 that is absolutely incredible:
Lots of fiery guitar work. Supposedly when Crosby was in prison he used to regularly play this song with his prison band, and it used to drive the warden nuts.
I realize this is getting way off subject, but if anyone here is a CSNY fan, in 2014 they put out a box set based around their 1974 concert tour of giant football stadiums. It's called "CSNY 1974":
The set includes 3 CD's and 1 DVD with some footage that was shot in Largo, MD. In addition to being one of the best sounding live concert recordings I have ever heard, the package includes a number of rarely performed tracks - some of them solo, some of them group compositions. Some of the songs were never recorded in the studio - they were just performed live. One such song is called "Pushed It Over The End" which was penned by Neil Young. It was written around 1974, but never recorded for an album. Dumb move. In my opinion it's the greatest song that any member of the group wrote, either solo or within the band, in their entire recording careers. Most wouldn't agree, but I think it's Neil's finest piece as a songwriter. The song is worth the price of the "CSNY 1974" alone.
In my mind nothing beat's Neil's, Like a Hurricane. In later years Peace and Love recorded with Eddie Vedder blows my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QTO-W0AJJEComment
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This is my favorite haircut song, maybe Rem listened to it.
Birddog
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.Comment
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With or without a haircut, Rem will be getting a real job
I don't know how many songs Thorogood has sung about booze, but it's probably enough for a singer's liver to be on crutches even if he's sober.Comment
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Thx CDC, took a few days' hiatus since my last post here. Thx for YouTube link ... 8:52 of pure perfection! Shifting gears now to listen to James Gang' "Walk Away". Here's a link to that one:Originally posted by CDC84 View PostProVeeZag = in case you don't know, there is an extended version of "Almost Cut My Hair" on the CSN box set from 1991 that is absolutely incredible:
Lots of fiery guitar work. Supposedly when Crosby was in prison he used to regularly play this song with his prison band, and it used to drive the warden nuts.
I realize this is getting way off subject, but if anyone here is a CSNY fan, in 2014 they put out a box set based around their 1974 concert tour of giant football stadiums. It's called "CSNY 1974":
The set includes 3 CD's and 1 DVD with some footage that was shot in Largo, MD. In addition to being one of the best sounding live concert recordings I have ever heard, the package includes a number of rarely performed tracks - some of them solo, some of them group compositions. Some of the songs were never recorded in the studio - they were just performed live. One such song is called "Pushed It Over The End" which was penned by Neil Young. It was written around 1974, but never recorded for an album. Dumb move. In my opinion it's the greatest song that any member of the group wrote, either solo or within the band, in their entire recording careers. Most wouldn't agree, but I think it's Neil's finest piece as a songwriter. The song is worth the price of the "CSNY 1974" alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_4iQDYDVNo Check out the awesome drum riff at 1:10 and elsewhere!"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
—Kurt VonnegutComment
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Johno, had not ever heard Peace and Love until today; thanks for link. Followed that up with "Like a Hurricane" just now...incredible. Neil's cover of "All Along the Watchtower" (written by Bob Dylan) makes my Elite 8. Here's a good live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBewzgXgYkOriginally posted by johno View Post
Think we need our own Forum for this!"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand."
—Kurt VonnegutComment
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