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Bzzzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 09:06 PM
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Anybody a Harry Chapin...
fan?????

One of my favorites...A Better Place To Be.
God, I love his music. He was taken from us way toooo soon.;(
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 09:11 PM
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1. Right here.
I have his double-CD set, The Gold Medal collection, I also have his live CD.

"Harry, it sucks." :D
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 09:12 PM
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2. I like that one song of his...
...it goes:

spats in the ladle and the grinning goon
little roy gnu and the badminton room...

...or something like that.;)
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Ironpost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 09:16 PM
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3. for years, hell, I remember when the accident happened.
very talented and gifted singer songwriter
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Bzzzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:24 AM
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6. Me too...
his wife and kids were left pretty much penniless. Had Harry known he'd have passed so early, he would never have left his family in a financial mess. He was such a good and kind person. His brother, Tom is still out touring from what I understand.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 11:29 PM
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4. I can only imagine Harry going after * with both barrels if he were here.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 12:02 AM
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5. Taxi
A big fuck you to a former sweetheart:hippie:
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Bzzzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:25 AM
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7. Mail Order Annie...
I think of that song when watching 'Deadwood' on Sunday evenings.
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:39 AM
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9. Ever hear the sequel?
Named "Sequel," of course.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:33 AM
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8. I LOVE the banana song :)
:)
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 09:44 AM
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10. Harry's saddest song.
"Mr Tanner."
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 10:11 AM
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11. that song's about my hometown of Watertown NY
he mentions it on a live album. says he spent a weekend there one day or something like that.
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