In high school, students used to play that LP record in our lunchroom. As soon as we heard "Give me an F!" we yelled back, "F!". Lo and behold, a vice principal or other administrator would then be seen running to stop the record from playing. LOL
You weren’t the only one not on drugs. That ended with the first few tokes I ever took. When Janis sang someone in our area passed around a bottle of Southern Comfort. We all took a swig and passed it on. During some of the rain a friend andI slept in a random car. We left on time to get home for sleep and our Monday morning summer jobs. Missed Hendrix and his wonderful, meaningful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
My girlfriend and I had just left Cape Cod where we’d worked all summer. We were headed back to college and had no jobs so we stayed for the Monday performances. We went closer to the stage and saw Hendrix. What a great life I’ve had!
Any time the crowd is shown, I look for my friend and me. No joy, so far. My friend and I were interviewed by our local paper on Woodstock’s 50th anniversary. There’s a video interview, too. My 15 seconds of fame.
My girlfriend and I had walked some distance from the concert when we heard Joan Baez singing again. We’d missed her the first time, so we headed back to the stage area to find they were playing her recordings.
We slept through Ravi Shankar’s playing and/or tuning.
How did you react to Sha Na Na? What a hoot! I figured the people on acid must have freaked out.
One of my favorite groups was Sly and the Family Stone.
I actually saw someone from college who drove past me and yelled. I didn’t recognize him because, like me, he had transformed into a hippie over the summer.
I just remember seeing a guy in line for the bathroom yelling «This country is dying and a disgrace. When I get to run the country it will be the greatest country the world has ever known with a military that is so invincible no one will ever dare to challenge it.
Oh, Golly! How fantastic! I was too young, and didn't have any money (I think I was in High School. I did go to Altamont, which was going to be Woodstock West ..... oh well. My friend & I were smart enough to get out when the Stones started playing and things started getting weird and scary.
One of my most favorite songs ever. I go back and listen to it from time to time. More during the past 6 months. Somehow, it brings me some comfort. Maybe on June 14 we (at least those of us who know it) can sing it for old times sake. We ended that war (eventually) and we can end this so called "administration".
One of my college roommates had the album! A couple of others heard him play THAT SONG at Woodstock. My draft lottery number was 113 (Yes I'm that old).
Mary-Chilton - There are arguments either way, I did not have a choice I was pinned with the number 20,simply because June 4th is my birthday. If I remember correctly, the cutoff number was in the 130 range - depending on the draft board.
My contradance band played that tune often — it’s based on an old fiddle tune called Muskrat Ramble. (Sorry about the muskrat.)
We’d get to the refrain and everyone on the dance floor would sing it! One dance had over 400 dancers… maybe not Woodstock, but what a rush! A blast from a kinder, groovier past.
First, the SF Bay Area, then Boston. When I came back home to SF, I didn't like what the contra scene here had become, so I stopped. :-( How about you?
Neat! I once went to a folk festival somewhere around Glen Echo, back when I was in grad school in Boston. I was also part of a morris event in Baltimore - so much fun! Finally got to go to Bertha's and eat mussels!
Me. Thanks for that. And wow, I had not heard that song in a very long time. My brother used to play that record at top volume. :) Makes me think I need to listen to some 60s protest music, like Phil Ochs. "There But for Fortune" and "Here's to the State of Mississippi" come to mind.
There have to be a million of us at least. Probably lots more than a million but I have trouble with math. It's not my advanced age, I've always had trouble with math. Country Joe and the Fish will absolutely will inspire my weekend. It's already playing on the juke box in my head. Thank you.
Country Joe of blessed memory. Who can forget him standing onstage and yelling, "Give me an F!" It's more than any of the Republicans in Congress give. And we thought those guys were evil back then! Tricky Dick ain't got nothin' on Fondled Rump.
While I appreciate you reminding me of the lyrics to that catchy anthem, I'm wondering about having tee-shirts printed with a variation of your tag line: Republicans - Still a Leading Cause of Death in the US
How about Trump in person on Mt. Rushmore ... hanging by his fingernails ... with a Big Mac dangling in front of him ... and he reaches for it ... and ... watch out belooooooooooow! ... who else can we put up there? ... should be a very popular tourist destination ...
When Republicans make these kind of spontaneous comments they are just responding how they are really think. We should not overlook their words but hold them accountable... make them explain. If they have a different agenda than to govern fairly for the sake of their constituents - and for our country - then make them explain truthfully in plain English what their real agenda is!!!
you need to publish your collection, Sandra... I bet it would be a best seller. A few weeks ago Andy had Sharon McMahon on and the captioning, when she was talking about JD Vance and the captioning read: Jay Deviance. <hands waving>
I saw somewhere that a number of TACO food trucks surrounded the White House and that someone wrote TACO in the sky. Not sure if these are true, but picking on him is cathartic.
I would've said “Ladies first" and put my fingers up for quotes around ladies because she's more like a succubus only she comes in our nightmares rather than our dreams.
We also must remember Kasey Chambers. She did a version of her own making in 1999. “We’re all gonna die someday” just so we’d all know that life could be worse. You can dance to it too.
In the 80’s I lived in a town where the woman mayor was married to an employee of Ciba Geigy a multinational chemical company that contaminated river, bay and ocean waters. When information about cancer rates among employees and residents became public, especially childhood cancers. She made the same remark, all of this is part of the Republican playbook.
Yet, when Hillary and Bill made a reference to everyone going to die in their health care plan, ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE! There is always a heart involved in what you say. Are you heartless? Or are you just being honest.
Thanks for sharing the music. It brought back memories for this 80+ year old anti war protestor who is disgusted and fed up w MAGAs, Trump, Musk, Ernst, and the rest of them!!
I spent my 20s protesting that unbearable tragedy and am sick at heart to be back on the streets carrying signs. But I am showing up! Was at a Thom Tillis protest just this afternoon. Still fighting for Power to the People!
I explain that I developed a political conscience largely b/c of the unjust war my gov't was waging in Southeast Asia. 18-year-olds could not vote at that time. Males of my generation were being killed off. Not everyone had a student deferment & had to serve. Some from my high school came back in a box or with severe injuries. Some survivors are now dealing with Parkinson's Disease brought on by exposure to Agent Orange. Many suffer from PTSD. I took to the streets back then with many others in protest.
A dear friend of mine who served in Vietnam Nam died several years ago of a rare form of cancer related to Agent Orange. Proud to have marched against that war - and now.
I remember that song, Andy. A classic. Different subject--did you read that the CDC continues to advise that children should receive covid shots, even though RFK said it wouldn't? Pure chaos. If the CDC is in this much disarray. I can't imagine what's happening at the Pentagon. Scary.
Who else loves Country Joe?
we are old.
But we ain't dead yet. Despite Trump's best efforts.
And we will not go without a fight.
Damn straight!
But interesting... and we used our right to free speech
we are vintage!
Love that! Better than old 😮
WE STOPPED A WAR!!!
lol
Yes but back then there was so much good music and so many types to choose from.
Older than dirt . . .
GIVE ME AN F
In high school, students used to play that LP record in our lunchroom. As soon as we heard "Give me an F!" we yelled back, "F!". Lo and behold, a vice principal or other administrator would then be seen running to stop the record from playing. LOL
I still have that record!
Me too.!
F
GIVE ME A U
Give me a C. In HS I would have killed for a “C”, in just about any course ;-}
Ha! You poor thing! What were you doing instead of getting As & Bs? I hope it was good creative fun!
Probably not as creative as it could have been. After all, it was the 60’s and I can remember the times.
Battle of the chants: Perfect to offset the MAGA chant among the cultists. Can you imagine?
I was at Woodstock to see him. ❤️Although I always say if you remember Woodstock you only saw the movie!
🎶 By the time you got to Woodstock, you were half a million strong…
"The New York State Throughway is closed, man!". (Still love Arlo.)
Stay away from the brown acid.
I was there, too. Part of the 1% not on drugs. I’m from Kentucky and we’re always a little behind everyone else.
You weren’t the only one not on drugs. That ended with the first few tokes I ever took. When Janis sang someone in our area passed around a bottle of Southern Comfort. We all took a swig and passed it on. During some of the rain a friend andI slept in a random car. We left on time to get home for sleep and our Monday morning summer jobs. Missed Hendrix and his wonderful, meaningful rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
My girlfriend and I had just left Cape Cod where we’d worked all summer. We were headed back to college and had no jobs so we stayed for the Monday performances. We went closer to the stage and saw Hendrix. What a great life I’ve had!
Lucky you!!!!! I watch the movie of Woodstock about every two years, and Jimi Hendrix is my favorite performer!!!!
Any time the crowd is shown, I look for my friend and me. No joy, so far. My friend and I were interviewed by our local paper on Woodstock’s 50th anniversary. There’s a video interview, too. My 15 seconds of fame.
https://www.courier-journal.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/music/2019/08/09/woodstock-photos-two-kentucky-women-look-back-50-years-later/1959175001/
We applauded Ravi Shankar. He thanked the crowd and said that he was only tuning his sitar.
😂😂😂
My girlfriend and I had walked some distance from the concert when we heard Joan Baez singing again. We’d missed her the first time, so we headed back to the stage area to find they were playing her recordings.
We slept through Ravi Shankar’s playing and/or tuning.
How did you react to Sha Na Na? What a hoot! I figured the people on acid must have freaked out.
One of my favorite groups was Sly and the Family Stone.
I actually saw someone from college who drove past me and yelled. I didn’t recognize him because, like me, he had transformed into a hippie over the summer.
Jimmy Hendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was great and very American! It's too bad that he and Janis Joplin died so young.
True. two of the best. I saw her in Miami- her next to last concert.
Marvelous!
So you don’t remember much? 😁
I remember getting there. I remember the rain we slept in. I remember the announcements. I do remember the music although who and when is a fog.
I just remember seeing a guy in line for the bathroom yelling «This country is dying and a disgrace. When I get to run the country it will be the greatest country the world has ever known with a military that is so invincible no one will ever dare to challenge it.
The rest of the world is ripping us off!»
Trump was there???
LOL . . . can you picture ConOLD in a tie-dyed t-shirt and headband, lurking around in the mud?
Uh, probably not.
😂
😂🤣
Oh, Golly! How fantastic! I was too young, and didn't have any money (I think I was in High School. I did go to Altamont, which was going to be Woodstock West ..... oh well. My friend & I were smart enough to get out when the Stones started playing and things started getting weird and scary.
My two kids, ages 58 and 59, have never forgiven me for Not being at Woodstock!
They think that their “hippie mom” should have been there! LOL
I was just about a year too young to go, but man did I live with that envy for a while!
We heard of it but didn’t go..
My brother was there too! Did you guys meet?
Andy, we can update Country Joe's Super Bird song:
-------------------------
Super Bird for Super Don
Look, up yonder in the sky, now, what is that I see?
It's a bird it's a plane, it's a man insane, it's my President djt
He's flying high way up in the sky just like Superman,
But we have got a little piece of kryptonite,
And we'll flip him a super bird and bring him back to land.
Here's the original:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=55z2_y2lUYM
Terrific!
One of the greatest songs! Country Joe, soundtrack to my life and era!
One of my most favorite songs ever. I go back and listen to it from time to time. More during the past 6 months. Somehow, it brings me some comfort. Maybe on June 14 we (at least those of us who know it) can sing it for old times sake. We ended that war (eventually) and we can end this so called "administration".
One of my college roommates had the album! A couple of others heard him play THAT SONG at Woodstock. My draft lottery number was 113 (Yes I'm that old).
Mine was 36, but luckily Nixon declared Peace with Honor.
20!! Yikes!! The previous day was 301, bummer!
Lottery is no way to “man” an army!
Mary-Chilton - There are arguments either way, I did not have a choice I was pinned with the number 20,simply because June 4th is my birthday. If I remember correctly, the cutoff number was in the 130 range - depending on the draft board.
mandatory conscription is the only equitable way to do it - as they do in Finland and Switzerland
Shirley Jackson
My contradance band played that tune often — it’s based on an old fiddle tune called Muskrat Ramble. (Sorry about the muskrat.)
We’d get to the refrain and everyone on the dance floor would sing it! One dance had over 400 dancers… maybe not Woodstock, but what a rush! A blast from a kinder, groovier past.
Oooh, you had a contra dance band? Cool! I used to contra dance, and really enjoyed it it, although my true love was English country dance.
Me too! (About contra dancing.) Where did you contra dance?
First, the SF Bay Area, then Boston. When I came back home to SF, I didn't like what the contra scene here had become, so I stopped. :-( How about you?
Glen Echo in the DC metro area. Also Baltimore.
Neat! I once went to a folk festival somewhere around Glen Echo, back when I was in grad school in Boston. I was also part of a morris event in Baltimore - so much fun! Finally got to go to Bertha's and eat mussels!
“it’s based on an old fiddle tune called Muskrat Ramble”
Was the ramblin’ muskrat elongated?
I can see it now! Thanks for that:-)
Ah, contradancing…those were the days. What’s your band’s name?
Me. Thanks for that. And wow, I had not heard that song in a very long time. My brother used to play that record at top volume. :) Makes me think I need to listen to some 60s protest music, like Phil Ochs. "There But for Fortune" and "Here's to the State of Mississippi" come to mind.
Phil Ochs was one of the greats.
Every righteous American loves Country Joe.
Good choice in Country Joe. Andy, now you have solid evidence of the percentage of TBR readers who are “mature.”
Mature and wise. We know what things are worth caring about.
<standing ovation>
Ha!
There have to be a million of us at least. Probably lots more than a million but I have trouble with math. It's not my advanced age, I've always had trouble with math. Country Joe and the Fish will absolutely will inspire my weekend. It's already playing on the juke box in my head. Thank you.
Country Joe of blessed memory. Who can forget him standing onstage and yelling, "Give me an F!" It's more than any of the Republicans in Congress give. And we thought those guys were evil back then! Tricky Dick ain't got nothin' on Fondled Rump.
Too young for Woodstock, but I got to see Country Joe & Joan Baez on stage together. That was fantastic.
Me too. I had the joy of being at that event.
I long for the days when you could hear a song, make out the words and even just hum the tune.
I love him and sang that song and his others during the Vietnam era.
I do, still today. I was too young when Woodstock took place but saw the movie later on in our small town cinema - the walls were trembling!
John Maynard Keynes’ “in the long run we’re all dead” and the Stoic’s “memento mori” also came to mind.
I’ve been saying for a long time that the GOP are all nihilists now and am just going with that, tho.
Kevin, I decided a couple days ago that the administration is literally trying to kill us. "Memento Mori" indeed.
Me!
While I appreciate you reminding me of the lyrics to that catchy anthem, I'm wondering about having tee-shirts printed with a variation of your tag line: Republicans - Still a Leading Cause of Death in the US
T shirts printed with the faces of Bondi, Noem, Ernst and Pirro,with the phrase "TACO Trump's Angels of Death"
I would replace Ernst with Steven Miller
Don't relace. Just add. If these jokers are willing to add Trump to Mt. Rushmore, we can certainly add Miller to a hypothetical T-shirt.
How about Trump in person on Mt. Rushmore ... hanging by his fingernails ... with a Big Mac dangling in front of him ... and he reaches for it ... and ... watch out belooooooooooow! ... who else can we put up there? ... should be a very popular tourist destination ...
--and he could be reeled up again and again to fall again and again!
The Modern Sisyphus!
Our old friend Smoky Bear says "Remember, only YOU can prevent fascist fires!"
The shirt would give off an air of brimstone!
That works!
What would be the difference? Really?
Maybe just add him and not replace her. She did say what she said. So very Republican!
When Republicans make these kind of spontaneous comments they are just responding how they are really think. We should not overlook their words but hold them accountable... make them explain. If they have a different agenda than to govern fairly for the sake of their constituents - and for our country - then make them explain truthfully in plain English what their real agenda is!!!
Time's up for coddling these public servants.
Why replace Ernst…just add Steven Miller
Oh, to delete them both from the Matrix!
I'm deaf. I only read captions. I have a whole collection of what I call Caption Comics.
This on Chris Hayes program tonight: He was talking about Noem. The caption came out "gnome". Fitting but with apologies to any real gnomes out there.
you need to publish your collection, Sandra... I bet it would be a best seller. A few weeks ago Andy had Sharon McMahon on and the captioning, when she was talking about JD Vance and the captioning read: Jay Deviance. <hands waving>
Those captions do have some strange and at times, appropriate spellings.
--"Fallen Angels of Death".
"
I would replace "angels" with "demons"
ICE would grab you off the street in a hot second
I’d buy one
Yes. Let's do this!
I want that tee shirt👍
Oh man I wish I’d have been in that audience! I’d probably be thrown out after I was done with cussing her out, but it would definitely be worth it.
At least the Republicans have a new slogan now!
That and the Chicken TACO…
Maybe we should send 500 chicken tacos to the White House…
I saw somewhere that a number of TACO food trucks surrounded the White House and that someone wrote TACO in the sky. Not sure if these are true, but picking on him is cathartic.
<golf clap>
--and FOBS=full of bull-s**t.
its not enough to irritate TACO, there has to be a way to negate his actions!
I guess that's what your government on retainer looks like. The Nazis only had speed.
Maybe we need to start throwing shoes...
-and ice skates with blades!
Excellent idea!
When Joni Ernst said "Well, we're all going to die" - someone should have shouted - "How about you go first".
LOVE IT!
Best answer!
I would've said “Ladies first" and put my fingers up for quotes around ladies because she's more like a succubus only she comes in our nightmares rather than our dreams.
Let's take Joni Ernst's healthcare away and see what happens...
https://jaywilson1.substack.com/p/were-all-going-to-die?r=10sd39
It's important work you're doing, Andy.
Just reminding everyone of Country Joe is valuable.
We also must remember Kasey Chambers. She did a version of her own making in 1999. “We’re all gonna die someday” just so we’d all know that life could be worse. You can dance to it too.
--a stomp dance on the Trump administration?
Great idea, John!
That is what maga is thinking. Ernst simply spoke her mind.
They don’t care.
GOP version of,"Let them eat cake!"
Given how overweight they all are, they must eat a lot of cake.
May MAGA choke on cake!
Air would suffice so that cake, pie, and so on doesn't get wasted.
And, hopefully, helped write her own political obituary.
The funeral can't come fast enough!
No, her cremation can't come soon enough... You know, when she's been tied to a rocket to the sun.
Allegedly, the polls say she's behind her Democratic opponent.
She has a mind? Has that been proven?
Great observation. I wonder what is between her two ears.
A straight wire
not much, no doubt
In the 80’s I lived in a town where the woman mayor was married to an employee of Ciba Geigy a multinational chemical company that contaminated river, bay and ocean waters. When information about cancer rates among employees and residents became public, especially childhood cancers. She made the same remark, all of this is part of the Republican playbook.
--of black arts and dirty tricks! Also redolent of sulfur!
dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Yet, when Hillary and Bill made a reference to everyone going to die in their health care plan, ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE! There is always a heart involved in what you say. Are you heartless? Or are you just being honest.
With the GOP it's probably both.
Thanks for sharing the music. It brought back memories for this 80+ year old anti war protestor who is disgusted and fed up w MAGAs, Trump, Musk, Ernst, and the rest of them!!
I spent my 20s protesting that unbearable tragedy and am sick at heart to be back on the streets carrying signs. But I am showing up! Was at a Thom Tillis protest just this afternoon. Still fighting for Power to the People!
Same here. I take exception to "Boomer" slurs. Then I patiently explain.
--when a simple slap will do....
(Did I just write that? Beware the lid is off the id!)
I have, fortunately, never experienced a "boomer" slur. If I do, I will need instructions on how to patiently explain :)
I explain that I developed a political conscience largely b/c of the unjust war my gov't was waging in Southeast Asia. 18-year-olds could not vote at that time. Males of my generation were being killed off. Not everyone had a student deferment & had to serve. Some from my high school came back in a box or with severe injuries. Some survivors are now dealing with Parkinson's Disease brought on by exposure to Agent Orange. Many suffer from PTSD. I took to the streets back then with many others in protest.
A dear friend of mine who served in Vietnam Nam died several years ago of a rare form of cancer related to Agent Orange. Proud to have marched against that war - and now.
So sorry.
Right on!!✌🏻
So we will be back on the streets with our signs. Make a LOT of NOISE while you are out there!
<standing ovation>
Joni Ernst should be the first one on her block to have someone come home in a box.
Dig the reference!
Perhaps she has the skills to be the one. How about a remake of the movie, "Death Becomes Her"?
It works for me.
I would like seeing her body crumbling on the steps of the Capital Building; head here, legs over there, no one to scoop her up and put her together!
Hilarious, under appreciated movie!
Too bad Joni, your brain is never dying but your body is GONE! Live with it! Hahaha!
A new toy: Joni-in-the-box!
That would only be used during Halloween.
Preferably herself.
I remember that song, Andy. A classic. Different subject--did you read that the CDC continues to advise that children should receive covid shots, even though RFK said it wouldn't? Pure chaos. If the CDC is in this much disarray. I can't imagine what's happening at the Pentagon. Scary.
Everything scary now!
I aay Hooray for the CDC!!
Joni is welcome to lead the way and encourage other like-minded Republicans to join.
Ah, the Lemming contingent of the Republican Party? (With apologies to lemmings.)
The cliff can't be high enough!
Maybe off Mt. Rushmore? The fall, ricochet off Washington or Jefferson's nose, and
then hit the slag below hard!
That's still not high enough. Try Mount Everest. Take her up by helicopter with No equipment and drop her on the most jagged edge.
"How about we do a recall on that comment and I use one of my lifelines to get a better answer?" Joni this morning.
Copyright infringement. Sue her.
Preach it
Preach it. Teach it. Impeach the MAGA-s**t out of it!
Who would want that blood money?
Sweet Lorraine was a gas.
Joni Ernst is a FUCKING PIG
Sir, your comment is an insult to actual pigs, sir!
But not the human kind, madam
:-)
She's a virus that even other viruses avoid.
83 and still kicking.
I know!
Something really "Fish"-y about all this.