With all due respect to the late Jim Croce, saving "time" in a "bottle" is a LAUGHABLE concept.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

NEXT UP: I go after that clueless bastard Harry Chapin for that "Taxi" song, but not before I tear him a new asshole for "Cats In The Cradle."

OH YEAH, baby. I'm kicking ass and taking folksingers' NAMES. Get outta my way or you're NEXT. If you're a singer-songwriter, that is.

:evilgrin:

[jobycom]

1. Got anything on Cat Stevens?

[EFerrari]

4. He's a paranoid lunatic?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. You're being followed by a WHAT??? A "MOONSHADOW?" Follow THIS, Junior!

Seriously, that part in "Animal House" where Belushi busted the shit outta that dweeb's guitar for singing the song about the chicken with no bone and the cherry with no stone?

My feelings about "Moonshadow."

DEAL WITH IT, FOLK-ROCK COMMUNITY!

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

6. Folk rock, try rockabilly. They can't get stuff enough comparisons

kicking and screaming into their tunes.

Like bird without a nest, like a stranger in the night, and my soul cries out for rest -- ENOUGH BAD ANALOGIES ALREADY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9lusQKusOc

[Mr. Ected]

11. I Gave My Love A Cherry...

Stephen Bishop still has the guitar that Belushi broke over his knee in that movie.

[Dr. Strange]

2. And does anyone REALLY give a rat's arse...

the exact number of roads that must be taken before they're called a man?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. The answer...AND the song...are BLOWIN'

...in the wind.

:rofl:

Thanks for the set-up <<<<<RIMSHOT>>>>> I'll be here all week, folks! Don't forget to order the jalapeno poppers!

:rofl:

[tigereye]

7. oh hush.

:D

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. Don't stop me, I'm on a self-perceived, delusional ROLL.

:rofl:

:toast:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. You DON'T mess around with Jim.

:P

[merh]

9. Not time

:silly:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. Don't even get me STARTED on Simon and Mothereffing GARFUNKLE!

Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme?

IS THAT A SONG OR AN EFFING ENTREE?

:rofl:

[merh]

13. Slow down, you move too fast

got to make the thread last
Just kickin' down the lyrics while stoned
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy!
(La,la,la,la,la,la, feelin' groovy)

[mth44sc]

14. I had the good fortune

of seeing Jim Croce in concert. A very funny guy in addition to being someone who - it seems had more talent in his little toe than you might be inclined to recognize.

Yep I just did...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. Like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog says, "I KEED..."

I clearly remember all of the Jim Croce stuff, and while I thought of things like "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" as novelty songs, I really enjoyed his "serious" stuff (like "Time In A Bottle.")

:toast:

[cemaphonic]

16. hate Cat's in the Cradle

1) My highschool graduation speaker decided to use this as a base for his speech. And by "base" I mean reciting the entire song verse by verse, with a little commentary between each verse. I think the point was supposed to be "don't forget your parents when you go off to college," which aside from being kind of depressing, and presumptuous, missed the point of the song that it was Daddy's fault. And this was in the early 90s, so it's not like the song was remotely current or anything.

2) WTF is going on with the arrangement? This kind of song should have a solo guitar accompaniment - maybe a piano or something else. But no, not only is there a sitar, there's also a full blown orchestral arrangement playing some bombastic junk totally at odds with the lyrics.

[tainted_chimp]

18. you deserve a duzy

or emmy or oscar or tony or something for that..

[Richard Steele]

17. Hence his use of the phrase "If I could". DUH!

This thread makes me feel kinda EMBARASSED to know you.