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Topic: Old Red" To Appear On Jerry Springer |
Peter Dollard
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Posted 29 Aug 2002 10:38 am |
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I can just hear it now: "I used to have a good job working at the penitentiary tracking escaped convicts, but then my inmate handler introduced me to this female Blue Tick Hound and corrupted me. Now I have lost everything and while Blake Sheldon rakes in millions off of his recorded version of my life story I am stuck in the prison infirmary waiting for an operation that will change my life and hopefully regain my focus on the proper scent.....
All I can say is there are some songwriters with way too much time on their hands. For this little diatribe to make sense you must first listen carefully to the country hit "Old Red" by Blake Sheldon. Peter Dollard |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2002 12:06 pm
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Hey Peter....long time no "see" brotha!
To really respond to your post one would have to admit to listening to new country radio AND watching the Jerry Springer show. I don't know if I'm ready to do that just yet.  |
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Kenny Davis
From:
Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 29 Aug 2002 4:50 pm
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| Hmmmmmm....If I was a songwriter, how much time would I spend writing a song that went "Gold"? I don't care for the song either, but I've heard a lot worse! |
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Tim Harr
From:
Dunlap, Illinois
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Posted 1 Sep 2002 3:41 pm
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[This message was edited by Tim Harr on 02 September 2002 at 08:03 PM.] |
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John Steele (deceased)
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 Sep 2002 6:38 pm
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Yeesh.
I would like to publicly retract a statement I made earlier. Yesterday at the ISGC I told a friend that the tuna sandwiches at O'Hare Airport really suck. I now realize, not having papers from the Cordon Bleu School of Cooking, I had no right to that opinion.
-John
Next week on Springer: People who hold the opinion that other people shouldn't hold opinions. |
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Chris Forbes
From:
Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 3:07 am
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| Didn't George Jones do a song by the name of "Old Red"? I think it was on his album that also had that song about every time I leave a mark someone paints the wall. |
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Andy Greatrix
From:
Edmonton Alberta
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 3:15 am
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I think the George Jones song
was Called Ol' Frank.
"She cried all the way to the chapel
like she really cared for ol' Frank.
She cried all the way
to the grave where he lay,
then she smiled
all the way to the bank."[This message was edited by Andy Greatrix on 02 September 2002 at 04:16 AM.] |
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Chris Forbes
From:
Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 6:33 am
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| Nope, I know which song you speak of, but "Old Frank" isn't the one I'm thinking of. I'm pretty sure it was about a dog called "Old Red". But that was a good song! |
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 10:57 am
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Using the logic in a previous post: People who aren't movie directors have no right to like or dislike films unless they have directed one because they aren't aware of the hard work directors do in preparing their films. People who have an opinion on a particular VanGogh painting have no right to do so because they aren't painters themselves and have not experienced the act of painting.
Having reread my post all I said was that to me the story of this song was silly and that was all I meant. Hats are off to the writer who not only got somebody to listen to this but to actually record it. I do not think I personally indulged in an ad hominem attack on the author of this song. Finally I have written some song lyrics and I include one verse so you can trash it at your pleasure.
I always loved the Don Williams version of Amanda but felt that it needed one final verse here is that verse:
Been picking and playing for 22 years
The road and the twilight are part of my fears
One day I'll rise up and watch my star fall
And sing to the angels that carry us all. |
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Ron Page
From:
Penn Yan, NY USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 3:08 pm
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Pete,
That really sucks!
Ron Page
Cordon Bleu School of Cooking
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Marty Pollard
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 3:53 pm
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| Next week on Springer: People who hold the opinion that other people shouldn't hold opinions. |
Seems to be a lot of this going around... |
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Peter Dollard
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 4:23 pm
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| Ron, could you tell me what you really think? |
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John Steele (deceased)
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 2 Sep 2002 4:58 pm
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I've never attempted lyrics, but I'll give it a shot..
"I've travelled this continent since I was a lad,
And that tuna sandwich was nothing but bad.
If you knew Peter better, I think you'd have found,
He just has high standards for songs about hounds. "
-John |
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