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Tod

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My mind does strange things...
« on: July 04, 2011, 03:14:05 pm »
A friend on FB posted a video today. It spawned a bad thought cycle in my mind. I probably should apologize in advance for this, but it would probably be missing the point.

If I had a tumor
I'd blame in the morning
I'd blame it in evening
All over this land
I'd blame it for my humor
I'd blame it for my behavior
I'd blame for all the things I do and say
All over this land.


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Jim Scott

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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2011, 03:39:45 pm »
Tod ~

Thanks for the touch of whimsey....with apologies to Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes who wrote the original words and music for the folk song "If I Had a Hammer" back in 1949.  It was recorded and released that year by the folk group The Weavers but went nowhere because the lyrics were considered to be an anthem to Communism and radio stations wouldn't touch it.  Times changed and the pop-folk group Peter, Paul & Mary popularized the song back in 1962 (it went to #10 on the "Hot 100' chart).  Chicano singer Trini Lopez's version of the song went to #3 on the pop charts, in 1963.  Dozens of versions by other singers abound.  However, I like your lyrics.

Sorry if I offered too much information.  I had a long career as a radio D.J. and retain a lot of useless trivia about songs and recording artists.  I've always been like this.   

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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2011, 03:45:12 pm »
Jim, Thanks for the response- no need to apologize for its length.  I've often wondered what all may lie in your personal history. I was once DJ for a stardust/big band station many years ago for a brief time. However, country/folk/Americana is where my musical interests stay - which is why I occasionally mistreat a longneck banjo a la Pete Seeger.

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Bob the tumor: 4.4cm x 3.9cm x 4.1 cm.
Trans-Lab and Retro-sigmoid at MCV on 2/12/2010.

Removed 90-95% in a 32 hour surgery. Two weeks in ICU.  SSD Left.

http://randomdatablog.com

BAHA implant 1/25/11.

28 Sessions of FSR @ MCV ended 2/9/12.

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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2011, 04:58:11 pm »
GROAN  :P
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 06:44:52 am »
Jim - enjoyed that bit of history!

I have a banjo too, one of these days I'll learn how to play it!
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2011, 07:11:25 am »
Comin from that era, I love the trivia. Thanks for keeping the memories lost, alive again.
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2011, 08:44:29 am »
Hehe
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2011, 08:16:00 pm »
Jim, where were you a radio dj?
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2011, 10:48:26 pm »
Quote from: Lorbis on July 18, 2011, 08:16:00 pm
Jim, where were you a radio dj?

Thanks for asking.  I spent most of my broadcasting career in Connecticut (e.g. WDRC, Hartford).  I'm retired now but still reside in the 'Constitution State'. 

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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2011, 01:48:06 pm »
Thanks for the history and the lyrics, Tod and Jim.    I loved that song.   The Seegers live in this neighborhood and own a children's camp in Vermont.   I'm still looking for a Tom Glazer record that I misplaced.   I keep hunting on eBay.
Am missing Mary very much these days.   Sorry we lost her.
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011, 05:11:35 pm »
Funny song, my family has tried to humor me with my AN by naming it "BillyJean" after the Micheal Jackson Song.

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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2011, 07:46:37 pm »
I thought I was going to get my tumor back in a bottle with a black lid like all my friends in elementary school who got their tonsils out.   I wonder what they did with it.    They never wrote about it in the op report.    :o    I don't miss it, but it sure was a lot of trouble!

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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2011, 07:45:34 am »
Mei Mei,
I did not get my tumor, but I did ask for my gold eye weight.  I got it.  Haven't sold it yet.  Susan
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2011, 04:24:20 pm »
Pretty fancy eh?   Do they come in Platinum too?
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Re: My mind does strange things...
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2011, 09:09:34 am »
Just wait till Christmas and Steve will re-post his "Twas the Night Before Christmas--the AN version"--you think your lil song was long, Tod!

AAARRRR!!!!!

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