RCinMempho
Friend of Leo's
Don't feel alone. I have thought the pine tree thing was a bit stupid since the song came out. Birds and frogs I kind of get, but a pine tree? Really. You are not alone.
Heard the song a zillion times but never questioned . . .
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Don't feel alone. I have thought the pine tree thing was a bit stupid since the song came out. Birds and frogs I kind of get, but a pine tree? Really. You are not alone.
darkwaters
Friend of Leo's
It’s art. It doesn’t have to make sense.
No room in disposable pop music for “Well actually…” people .
Sorry - don’t apply logic to art .
Sorry - don’t apply logic to art .
Question….what do you call a pine tree? I know a botanist would use the scientific Latin name, but common folk use the common NAME.
memorex
Poster Extraordinaire
If I stand in with your band, I dibs "Norphus Pukins" as my stage name.
Charlie Bernstein
Doctor of Teleocity
Dunno. They make enough sense to me. We have a name for pine trees: pine tree. And a name for birds and toads: bird and toad.
What I don't get is "Doctor, doctor, gimme the news, I got bad case of loving you." Why do we need a love song to a doctor?
=O.
Yeah, I tried the Wee Beastie. It was on sale. It is a bit too wee. Actually, the 10 is a bit too single-note for me. But the Uigeadail, on the other hand, is one of my all-time favs.
notmyusualuserid
Poster Extraordinaire
Wee Beastie is OK for the price, but Corryveckan is a better whisky than Uigeadail IMO.
Harry Styron
Friend of Leo's
Tammy was a huge hit for Debbie Reynolds when I was a wee one, with this opening verse:
I hear the cottonwoods whisperin' above
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love
The old hootie owl hootie-hoos to the dove
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love
And Bernie Taupin contributed this:
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Obviously, most of us are hackers when writing lyrics. If we'd be more imaginative in our nature imagery, we could have hits.
I hear the cottonwoods whisperin' above
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love
The old hootie owl hootie-hoos to the dove
Tammy, Tammy, Tammy's in love
And Bernie Taupin contributed this:
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Obviously, most of us are hackers when writing lyrics. If we'd be more imaginative in our nature imagery, we could have hits.
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Yeah, respectfully, I'm still not sold. I thought it was a sneakily rebellious anthem about a young guy's commitment to his individualism. The writer vows to live out his dreams--unlike his father who kept his dreams buried--and whether it brings success or failure, he's not going to let life pass him by. It's kind of like Springsteen's "Factory" and other songs off "Darkness." He doesn't want to be a nameless, forgotten guy who unhappily toils his life away or a nameless pine tree lining a winding road. But I could be completely wrong.
P.S. Thanks for the Corryvreckan tip.
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fjblair
Friend of Leo's
The trees lining the road are called "pine" trees, so that is a name. Even "trees" is a name.
That guy rode through the desert on a horse with no name....
you'd think he would have come up with some kinda name after spending all that time alone in the desert with it...
you'd think he would have come up with some kinda name after spending all that time alone in the desert with it...
Kandinskyesque
Friend of Leo's
I want a gig with this imaginary band too, even if it's just as the 2nd electric tambourine player.
The Scots Pine's genus is "Pinus Sylvestris" so I'm claiming Sylvester MacPine as my stage name.
Charlie Bernstein
Doctor of Teleocity
PS -
You're right. Can we live with it? I write a lot of songs. Most of them don't make literal sense. Folks still seem to like 'em. But not as much as they like Croce's.
tubedude
Tele-Afflicted
In the piney theme I'll take Sativius Maximus. Or is that one of Snoop's brands?
Charlie Bernstein
Doctor of Teleocity
Yeah! Like Sandy. Or Sunny. Or Rocky. Or Ray.That guy rode through the desert on a horse with no name....
you'd think he would have come up with some kinda name after spending all that time alone in the desert with it...
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Charlie Bernstein
Doctor of Teleocity
Maine is the Pine Tree State, and a friend had a band called the Pinetones. Everyone in the band had to have a tree name. He has curly hair, so he called himself Curly Maple.
If I'd been in it, I would've been Blues Bruce.
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rsclosson
Friend of Leo's
(*While listening to "I am the Walrus*) Is there a problem with the lyrics??
Charlie Bernstein
Doctor of Teleocity
Try Wee Wee. It's twice as wee.
hey ray, hey sugar, tell'em who we are....
