James Richards Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 Incredible photo of Lansdale and Ollie. I need a copy of that photo you posted earlier this week with the tents and nine or ten gentlemen in it. I can't remember or find which thead it's on. I'm kicking myself that I didn't save it at the time. Please. (Tim Carroll) Tim, If we are talking about the same image, it is about halfway down this page. http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.ph...opic=1925&st=45 I know we have had some email troubles in the past, but can you resend your email address? If you have any specific photo requests then we won't have to take up any of John's bandwidth. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Geraghty Posted April 8, 2006 Author Share Posted April 8, 2006 I'm trying to compile a list of references to the JFK,RFK,MLK assassinations in songs, apart from those already mentioned has anybody got any more to offer? Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Martin Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 "Jackie's Strength" by Tori Amos references it, as well as "Jackie O" by Strung Out, "The Motorcade Sped On" by Steinski & Mass Media contains several original news clips. "Jackie O" by The McCarthys references JFK's assassination. "Bobby Kennedy" by Black 47 references the JFK & RFK assassinations. Marilyn Manson's albums seem to reference the Kennedys quite often, as well - in the most bizzarre ways. "She's got eyes like Zapruder" was one lyric, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesca Akhtar Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Hi John, In Billy Joel's 'We didn't start the fire' there are references to JFK, Roy Cohn and the U2: We Didn’t Start The Fire Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen Maciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dancron Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkwether, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Hemingway, Eichman, Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No we didn't light it But we tried to fight it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Meredith Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 "He Was A Friend of Mine" Byrds Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Colby Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 The Stones were recording Beggars Banquet in LA when Bobby was assassinated, the line in “Sympathy for the Devil” originally was “I shouted out who killed John Kennedy” but they changed due to what happened in the Ambassador hotel. There is the Misfits song “Bullet” http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/misfits/94118.html whose lyrics would probably offend many members of this forum and “November 22, 1963” by the Detroit band Destroy All Monsters (not to be confused with other bands with the same name, this is the one Ron Ashton of the Stooges was in). Someone compiled a list of songs about JFK http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcon...?strMixID=89943 Hasil Adkins, the one man band Rockabilly legend, wrote and recorded a song about Kennedy which he played for me when I visited him. I don’t know if it was ever released. I’ll take a look at the video I shot and give you more info, just can’t say when. http://www.roctober.com/roctober/hasiladkins.html Also there was a musical called “Assassins”, I think LHO and Sirhan were characters. You could try searching the “All Music Guide” http://www.allmusic.com/ and similar databases or better yet the various lyrics sites out there on the Net. Len Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Howard Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I have been accused of having un-conventional tastes in music, which is kind of a badge of honor with me, although they don't mention the Kennedy Assassination by name, there are two songs that are very noteworthy, and are very esoteric musically, as these Brits are very good. One, someone on the Forum will surely recognize, is 'Family Snapshot' by Peter Gabriel. The other is equally eclectic and is by Godley & Creme (Lol Creme and Kevin Godley) entitled 'Lonnie.' Both songs are reproduced here. Family Snapshot - Peter Gabriel The streets are lined with camera crews Everywhere he goes is news Today is different Today is not the same Today I make the action Take snapshot into the light, snapshot into the light I'm shooting into the light Four miles down the cavalcade moves on Driving into the sun If I worked it out right They won't see me or the gun Two miles to go, they're clearing the road The cheering has really begun I've got my radio I can hear what's going on I've been waiting for this I have been waiting for this All you people in TV land I will wake up your empty shells Peak-time viewing blown in a flash As I burn into your memory cells 'Cos I'm alive They're coming 'round the corner with the bikers at the front I'm wiping the sweat from my eyes -It's a matter of time -It's a matter of will And the governor's car is not far behind He's not the one I've got in mind 'Cos there he is-the man of the hour, standing in the limousine "I don't really hate you -I don't care what you do We were made for each other -Me and you I want to be somebody -You were like that too If you don't get given you learn to take And I will take you." Holding my breath Release the catch And I let the bullet fly All turned quiet-I have been here before Lonely boy hiding behind the front door Friends have all gone home There's my toy gun on the floor Come back Mum and Dad You're growing apart You know that I'm growing up sad I need some attention I shoot into the light Lonnie - Godley and Creme Lonnie Garamond was disturbed by the face that looked back at him from the bathroom mirror He looked older than he remembered it was as if all forty-two years of his life had suddenly leap frogged over each other and crash landed in his face He was middle-aged and the truth hit him like a man with no parachute the eyes were golfballs the skin hung on his face like a cheap suit and the trapdoor of greasy black frizz that he combed from one side of his head to the other to hide his baldness in reality emphasized it It was 2:30 in the morning Nov. 22nd 1963 and Lonnie couldn't sleep Lonnie took a last look at the face and popped another sleeping tablet under his sandpaper tongue and slipped into a cold, dark sleep The last thing Lonnie saw before his eyes finally closed was his camera watching him from the other side of the Motel room but the camera wasn't loaded yet Lonnie Garamond was a loser Lonnie Garamond was a loser Lonnie Garamond was a loser and he really hated being that Lonnie's body clock woke him at 8:30 sharp He stabbed a button by his bed and the TV crackled into life showing the crowds already gathering in Dealy Plaza He showered, shaved, and slipped into an Ivy League jacket and brown slacks and loaded the camera The Stetson put the icing on the southern cake and he headed for the parking lot leaving the key behind in his room he knew he wouldn't be coming back Lonnie Garamond was a loser Lonnie Garamond was a loser Lonnie Garamond was a loser and he really hated being that Lonnie parked the Buick and ran down Pacific St. It was 12.15 and he wanted to be outside the Texas School Book Depository before the motorcade came down Elm St. 12.20 He elbowed his way through a group of good ol' boys and stood next to a kid in a wheelchair waving a Confederate flag 12.25 He took off the lens cap and lit his first cigarette for two years He checked the focus one last time and blew a smoke ring into the blue Dallas heat haze 12.30 He ground the Lucky Strike under the heel of his boot and calmly squeezed off three shots Lonnie put the camera back into its case and melted into the panic Lonnie Garamond was a loser Lonnie Garamond was a loser Lonnie Garamond was a loser and he really hated being that PS If you think the lyrics are good to these songs, the instrumentation in my opinion sets a ethereal mood as well. Also Peter Gabriel also wrote the song 'Biko' about political activist Stephen Biko who died shortly after the Soweto Riots during the era of South African apartheid. September '77 Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usual In police room 619 Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead When I try to sleep at night I can only dream in red The outside world is black and white With only one colour dead Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead You can blow out a candle But you can't blow out a fire Once the flames begin to catch The wind will blow it higher Oh Biko, Biko, because Biko Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja -The man is dead And the eyes of the world are watching now watching now End Final Thought Now the eyes of the world are watching America..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Meredith Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 "Early morning April 4th Shots ring out in the Memphis sky Free at last they took your life But they could not take your pride In the name of love What more in the name of love?" U-2 Dawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Speer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 (edited) "Early morning April 4thShots ring out in the Memphis sky Free at last they took your life But they could not take your pride In the name of love What more in the name of love?" U-2 Dawn Only one verse and Bono couldn't get his facts straight. MLK was shot in the late afternoon/early evening at 6:01 PM. Edited April 9, 2006 by Pat Speer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathaniel Heidenheimer Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 I Recall an excellent song by a band called Tim Buc 3 from Austin Texas around 1990. It was called Waves of Grain, and it was very well written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Turner Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Strange to say Guns and Roses check the assassination in the song , Civil War. " And in my first memories THEY Shot Kennedy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bollschweiler Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) I Recall an excellent song by a band called Tim Buc 3 from Austin Texas around 1990. It was called Waves of Grain, and it was very well written. Nat, I totally agree, great song and great lyrics. For those who haven't heart it. Waves of Grain by Timbuk3 It was a nice clean assassination The gunman slipped through immigration Like the gentle wind that swept the plain And ruffled over waves of grain Sailing safely out of sight On board the next connecting flight The gunman smiled, he felt no pain So high above the waves of grain Then someone snatched the video-8 From the hands of a tourist at the gate And soon a blast on board the plane Sent it crashing into the waves of grain The blown up stills told the story Large as life in all its glory A man's face in the 29th frame Appeared within the waves of grain Now the pictures have been confiscated The tourist was incarcerated The drugs they gave him numbed his brain Now all he sees are waves of grain Now rummaging through the ravaged rubble I wonder is it worth the trouble? Does the slightest trace of truth remain Running through the waves of grain... Edited April 10, 2006 by George Bollschweiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dolva Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 My favourites would be sympathy for the devil and the day the music died, also, I wonder if the mamas and the papas song about a clock that always says 12.30 might do too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Colby Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 My favourites would be sympathy for the devil and the day the music died, also, I wonder if the mamas and the papas song about a clock that always says 12.30 might do too? "The Day the Music Died" was about bthe plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the "Big Bopper^ and had nothing to do with the assassination nor does "Waves of Grain" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Gillespie Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 (edited) Good one, Len.Lansdale below (2nd from left) with that thug Oliver North far right (literally). James Coy Dept: Who is North purporting to be in the pic - Mr. Carlito, William P. Goode or John Cathey?? Edited April 10, 2006 by John Gillespie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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