i really don't wanna hear 'alice's restaurant' anymore...

[KG]

finally crossed that musical rubicon... :eyes:

[Orrex]

1. Holy moley I thought I was the only one

It's one of those things that people like just because it's one of those things that people like.


You disagree, gentle reader? Then tell me how often you listen to the song other than at Thanksgiving...

[Chan790]

2. Answer: Enough that I know it by heart.

So, maybe 5 or 6 times a year.

[era veteran]

25. Arlo is a Republican

[tigereye]

26. oh, tell me that isn't true

:shrug:

[era veteran]

29. Sorry, Pages in category "Massachusetts Republicans"

Would make his pa cry.


lthea Garrison
Charles Gibbons
Charles L. Gifford
Susan Williams Gifford
Frank S. Giles
Frederick H. Gillett
Shirley Gomes
John Z. Goodrich
William S. Greene
Levi H. Greenwood
Arlo Guthrie

[Richardo]

3. I'm not sure if I've ever heard it all the way through

I last heard it decades ago and really, I'm set for life as far as that goes.

[tigereye]

27. I think it's hilarious- long - but hilarious

haven't heard it in a while, though. Used to always listen to it while cooking Tx. dinner.


:hi: How was your holiday so far?

[NightWatcher]

4. why do you hate America? Alice's Restaurant is a tradition this time of year

just like overeating, starting a fight at the dinner table with your aunt, and getting into another fight at 3am at Walmart over a Tickle-Me-Something.

Arlo's rambling oratorio is one of the top two or three things about thanksgiving. I will be searching through the fm dial as I travel later today.

I'm so sorry your heart is dead inside

[tavalon]

7. It is such a jewel to me

but I'm fairly sure that those who don't revere it as much as I do are not Nazis.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Though I've heard "classic" rock WAY too often to be interested in it any more...

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Part of that may come from the fact that I saw a student bring down the house
at our school Talent Show with the ENTIRE LP version -- just several months
after it first came out.
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"I'm not proud... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... or tired."
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[tavalon]

6. Well, eventually, I suppose I'll see you on the other side

but I'm getting up early for my night shift so I can listen again. I may even inflict it upon my fellow nurses. Gaia Bless us all.

[bikebloke]

8. Thanks for the reminder.

I forgot about it last year. Long ago, I taped it off the radio. Then I found a digital version that fell off the back of a truck.

It's enjoyable for once a year.

[Demoiselle]

9. That song's about Thanksgiving?

Gosh, I thought it was about littering.
Obviously I haven't listened to it enough. But I do brine my turkey in Alice's brine every year. It's excellent.

[Bennyboy]

10. It was two years ago on Thanksgiving....

That's Two years ago on thanksgiving

[Dr Morbius]

11. I've heard it perhaps half a dozen times.

I am 48. I do not listen to it every Thanksgiving. Aside from eating turkey I try not to do anything EVERY Thanksgiving, or every Christmas, or whatever. I like to mix things up; keep the tradition of getting together alive and flaunt the rest of the traditions.

[CBGLuthier]

12. I like the movie more than the song.

It's an interesting chronicle of some interesting times.

[IcyPeas]

13. I never cared for it either and it's SO long.

Didn't realize it was about Thanksgiving either but I never really listened to the lyrics. I usually turn it off, if I can.

[LWolf]

14. I grew up on that song. Not on Thanksgiving, but

being played on the guitar and sung by groups of friends any old time. I've never considered it a Thanksgiving song, or actually thought to listen to it on Thanksgiving, but it's still an all time favorite.

As a matter of fact, I got to sing it along with Arlo a few years back when he showed up to perform as a fundraiser for our local community radio station. He updated it a bit for that go-round, and the whole audience rocked the place.

[struggle4progress]

15. But it makes littering heroic! What's not to like?

[JVS]

18. Not littering, illegal dumping.

[tigereye]

28. thanks for the clarification!

:hi:

[Kali]

16. aw

I still love to hear it. I've never seen the movie - hell, didn't even know there was a movie until a few weeks ago - I would like to see it.

[JVS]

17. OH SHIT

:popcorn:

[JVS]

19. What about the Fixin to Die Rag and screaming "fuck" while preparing the meal?

[pokerfan]

20. don't listen to it every year

but I still like it. Part of my vinyl collection. But my favorite Arlo album is this one from 1981 with Pete Seeger:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Friend

[Kali]

21. its on right now!

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/ppr/index.shtml

[Capn Sunshine]

22. Resistance is futile

you will be assimulated

[gratuitous]

23. You wanna end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud

But being anti-war is just a passing fad, I guess.

[last_texas_dem]

24. I'm not sick of it, 'cause the only times I've heard it is when

I've played it voluntarily. I was born too late to have heard it new on the radio, and it's a little too quirky to fit the format of a modern "classic rock" or "oldies" station.