And even if you get an Eric Bogle 5-CD retrospective collection for an insanely good price, do NOT listen to more than 2 of his CDs in a row. And be grateful when it's the screwball song that sticks in your head!

Love, Columbine ("...you just can't beat the half-cooked meat at an Aussie barbecue...")

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Hey Col, "Can you play any Dylan"?

By the by, I'm sending "Australian Through and Through" to Mike to translate for me.

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"We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
-Charles Bukowski

"Bad as I am, I'm still here."

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Originally posted by Branwyn32:
Hey Col, "Can you play any Dylan"?

AAAAAAAARGH!

Love, Columbine

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Hey, at least I didn't ask for Free Bird.

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"We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
-Charles Bukowski

"Bad as I am, I'm still here."

Oh, you can have a Free Bird any time. (gesture that's not listed among the Smileys choices)

Love, Columbine

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*bah-dap CHING* Touche!

Col, we should have Mike follow you around with his drumkit to do little rimshots for you.

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"We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
-Charles Bukowski

"Bad as I am, I'm still here."

He can walk my beat any day!

Love, Columbine

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I'm tellin' Miiiike!

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"We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
-Charles Bukowski

"Bad as I am, I'm still here."

Oh stop fainting, you're hot and everyone wants your @$$ and you know it!

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"We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
-Charles Bukowski

"Bad as I am, I'm still here."

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Originally posted by Meg L:
I'm not surprised at all by Bob's choice. My experience is that anyone who still cares about the punk aesthetic past adolescence is someone with some strong political opinions and ideas.

True, I always figured Bob was a man of strong political opinions (well, I hoped he was - I don't trust "milquetoast" people without opinions), I just thought he didn't like them served up with music.

I'm pleasantly surprised about the Steve Earle entry, don't get me wrong. It's just not something I imagined in Bob's collection, that's all.

Music is such a big thing with me. Not to put it too plainly, but it's one of the ways that I judge people when I first meet them - what music do you like and why. LOL! When I find out that people don't have music collections... Well, there's no saving people like that.

Bran - I knew that Erc Bogle wrtoe Waltzing Mathilda, but I still think of it as a Pogues classic - like Snowbird is an Anne Murray classic even though Gene MacLellan wrote it.

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There's a rope around my neck
and there's a trigger in your gun.
Jesus, say something.
I am someone, I am someone
I am someone.

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When I find out that people don't have music collections... Well, there's no saving people like that.

So true!!

Meg

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Meg

Ah, I'm sorry Sandra! *adds ketchup to foot and sticks in mouth* You, I actually just recently started listening to The Pogues (yeah, I don't know how I missed out on them for so long either, I suck), an I was totally taken aback to find the Waltzing Matilda cover, I didn't know many people even knew of that song. It's a beautiful tune eh?

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"We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."
-Charles Bukowski

"Bad as I am, I'm still here."

Waltzing Mathilda is a beautiful tune - so moving. I couldn't believe that they left it out on the 'Essential Pogues' CD. When my daughter was younger, I'd sing it to her as a lullaby. Thank goodness she wasn't plagued by nightmares!

She's probably the only kid in her class who knows that the Australians were slaughered at Galipoli. She knows about the Blue Puttees too - courtesy of Bob.

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There's a rope around my neck
and there's a trigger in your gun.
Jesus, say something.
I am someone, I am someone
I am someone.

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She's probably the only kid in her class who knows that the Australians were slaughered at Galipoli. She knows about the Blue Puttees too - courtesy of Bob.

My son is like that. How old is your daughter?

I think "Waltzing Mathilda" is a wrenchingly beautiful song, but I can only bear to listen to it every once in a while. The movie "Galipoli" is the same way for me.

Meg

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Meg