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Hippie From Olema - Jessie Colin Young/Youngbloods
Well I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
We still take in strangers if they're ragged
We can't think of anyone to hate
We don't watch commercials in Olema
We don't buy the plastic crap they sell
We still wear our hair long like folks used to
And we bathe often, therefore we don't smell
Well I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the sttraights
We still take in strangers if they're ragged
We can't think of anyone to hate
We don't throw our beer cans on the highway
We don't slide a man because he's black
We don't spill our oil out in the ocean
'Cause we love birds and fish too much for that
And I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
We still take in strangers if they're Haggard
In Olema, California, Planet Earth
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)Lochloosa
(16,064 posts)Not technically a City...unincorporated area in Florida
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochloosa,_Florida
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Glen Cambell
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Faith Hill
lastlib
(23,224 posts)Mountain
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)...
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)John Denver
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)..
CurtEastPoint
(18,643 posts)fxw
(62 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)What a great film!
fxw
(62 posts)fxw
(62 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)(God, I feel so old)
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)jopacaco
(133 posts)Loudon Wainwright lll
unc70
(6,113 posts)Also
Carolina in the morning
Carolina moon
stage left
(2,962 posts)That's a nice song.
lastlib
(23,224 posts)fxw
(62 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)fxw
(62 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)fxw
(62 posts)Chan790
(20,176 posts)It's by the same people as "What does the fox say?"
Ylvis is hilarious in a weird Scandinavian way.
DinahMoeHum
(21,784 posts)Skittles
(153,160 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Wilbert Harrison
red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Beach Boys
fxw
(62 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Trisha Yearwood
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Kinky Friedman's "Asshole from El Paso"
(chinga chavin, kenny snakebite jacobs)
We don't have no love ins in el paso
We don't go to porno picture shows
We don't swap our wives with our neighbors
And we keep our kids away from mexico.
And I'm proud to be an asshole from el paso
A place where sweet young virgins are deflowered.
You walk down the street knee-deep in tacos
Ta-ta-ta-tacos
And the wetbacks still get twenty cents an hour.
We don't wipe our asses on old glory,
God and lone star beer are things we trust.
We keep our women virgins till they're married
So hosin' sheep is good enough for us.
And I'm proud to be an asshole from el paso
A place where sweet young virgins are deflowered.
You walk down the street knee-deep in tacos
Ta-ta-ta-tacos
And the wetbacks still get twenty cents an hour.
I'm proud to be an asshole from el paso
A place where sweet young virgins are deflowered.
You walk down that street knee-deep in tacos
Ta-ta-ta-tacos
And the wetbacks still get twenty cents an hour
red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Thanks for posting the lyrics (I can't watch videos on this computer)
I love his "Ballad of Charles Whitman"
(Some Kinky Friedman quotes)
"How can you look at the Texas Legislature and still believe in intelligent design?"
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder"
"If Willie Nelson had been Rosa Parks, there never would have been a civil rights movement in this country, because he refuses to leave the back of the bus."
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)One for Willie, one for the crew and other musicians, and one for all the wacky tobacky he smokes.
red dog 1
(27,797 posts)"Willie Nelson to Sell His Own brand of Marijuana"
http://time.com/3829422/willie-nelson-marijuana-brand/
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Grateful Dead
rurallib
(62,411 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)J Denver
also Wild Montana Skies
Guess I'd Rather be in Colorado
Aspen Glow
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)George Strait
sarge43
(28,941 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)..
cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)I love Portland Woman too
NRPS is one of my all-time favorite bands.
lastlib
(23,224 posts)Shrek
(3,978 posts)Sweet Home Alabama
Walkin' in Memphis
City of New Orleans
hibbing
(10,098 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)and the State Song of Kentucky
Chattanooga Choo Choo; Deep in the Heart of Texas, Yellow Rose of Texas, Back Home Again in Indiana, Nashville Cats, Last Train to Clarksville,
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)I was totin' my pack along the dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi with a high and canvas covered load
"If you're going to Winnemucca, Mack, with me you can ride"
So I climbed into the cab and then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen, bud I've traveled every road in this here land"
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
I've crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
Been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow
Sarasota, Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, Tampa, Panama
Mattawa, La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocopilla
Barranquilla, and Padilla, I'm a killer
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
I've crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington
Houston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Ferriday
Santa Fe, Tallapoosa, Glen Rock, Black rock, Little Rock
Okaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee Spirit Lake
Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for pete's sake
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
I've crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Shefferville
Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica, Pittsfield, Springfield,Bakersfield
Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport, Idaho
Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina, Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
I've crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere
Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado, Ellensburg, Rexburg
Vicksburg, El Dorado, Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw Chattanooga
Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika, Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo
Kansas City, Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity!
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
I've crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I know some place you haven't been
I've been everywhere
Read more: Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere Lyrics | MetroLyrics
red dog 1
(27,797 posts)It was written by an Australian country singer, Geoff Mack, in 1959.
The song (as originally written) listed Australian towns.
"Geoff Mack's music publisher offered the song to Canadian-born country musician Hank Snow
in 1962.
Snow thought the song had potential for the Canadian & American markets, but only if the toponyms were adapted to North America.
Geoff Mack consequently re-wrote the song using a North American atlas supplied to him by the publisher." (Wikipedia)
I first heard the song (sung by Johnny Cash) on the soundtrack of Michael Moore's second film, "The Big One".....(It played as the closing credits were running)
Good pick!
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)bullsnarfle
(254 posts)from The Outlaw Josie Wales (great movie).
Brother Buzz
(36,423 posts)Just a couple of West Coast boys showing the nation how Southern Rock should sound
red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Tikki
(14,557 posts)Tikki
Nac Mac Feegle
(970 posts)Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Things to do in Denver when you're dead - Bob Seger
By the time I get to Phoenix - Glen Cambell
Galveston - Glen Cambell
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)..
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The unofficial anthem of America's most forgotten city.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/104013128
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I thought she was talking about San Jose, *Costa Rica* . I was going to send her a map of Central America with "San Jose" circled
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I thought she was singing "Ellie is a great big freeway"
Ellie? As in Ellie May Clampett? She's a great big freeway? Whaa?
The things that go through kids' minds
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)well..... this might not actually be a city.... more of a site...... here it is anyway....
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)(Pssssst! The Carpenters' version is a cover. )
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)fxw
(62 posts)fxw
(62 posts)fxw
(62 posts)fxw
(62 posts)fxw
(62 posts)fxw
(62 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Written by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell.
Willie Nelson did a version of it in 1969.
fxw
(62 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Good pick.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Great song!
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)East Saint Louis Toodle-oo --Duke Ellington
Harlem Nocturne-- Mike Hammer TV show theme:
West Memphis Blues -- Sonny Boy Williamson (Performed by Michael OConnor)
Initech
(100,068 posts)grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)Garth Brooks
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)That's my hometown!
sl8
(13,759 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)"Okie from Muskogee"
Nice reference to (Merle) Haggard in your song
A year or two after the Muskogee song came out, I met a couple of guys from that city. So I had to ask them, "Is it true that you don't smoke that mari-ja-wanna in Muskogee?"
They had a good laugh about that.
red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Last edited Wed Mar 16, 2016, 01:30 PM - Edit history (1)
I'm not sure Merle ever smoked pot, but the guys in his band did (from the late 70's on)
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Maybe they waited until they were out of Muskogee before toking up
eppur_se_muova
(36,261 posts)Well, this is an odd one. Having grown up in Huntsville, I laugh at the notion of this city being the temptation that destroys a romance. NYC or Hollywood it ain't.
I was searching for an old song called "Bright Lights of Huntsville" but couldn't find it with Google. Maybe that's not the correct name.
Most songs with Huntsville in the title are about Huntsville, TX, particularly the prison there.
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)(Is Clarksville real? I don't know!)
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)LOVE this song - TuRN uP thE SpEAkErS
IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)pfitz59
(10,377 posts)Bee Gees
happy wendy
(67 posts)LNM
(1,078 posts)My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)Except for the Songs of the 50 States. They are all names of states.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)I did move from ATL to SoCal...
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)Not real well known, but I like this song "Toledo" that Elvis Costello wrote with Burt Bacharach.
LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,205 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,526 posts)red dog 1
(27,797 posts)Written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack
(See Post # 65)
I think Johnny Cash's version is outstanding.