OLD GOLD MAINTAINS ITS ALLURE . . . . FROM THE 'LEAVING UHMERIKA TO FIND DESERVED FAME' FILES
Sunday, 22 September 2013
CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC . . . . NINETY MILES AN HOUR GIRL, IS THE SPEED I DRIVE, YOU TELL ME IT'S ALRIGHT, YOU DON'T MIND A LITTLE PAIN, YOU SAY YOU JUST WANT ME TO TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE . . . . HENDRIX, MITCHELL AND REDDING . . . . THE COOLEST, TOUGHEST THREE PIECE IN TOWN . . . . EVERYTHING ELSE THAT CAME AFTER IS ONLY A PALE IMMITATION.
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One of the coolest songs ever, delivered by the electrified, psychedelic reincarnation of Robert Johnson, who when coming to the crossroads, headed neither north, south east or west, but into the macrocosmic universe.
ReplyDeleteExquisite analogy Herm, perfect !!
Deletedog, where's the piccies from? never seen those before, have you scanned a book or something? panhead perfection indeed, funny as fuck with the nazi imagery too, i mean, a blackman and a couple of longhairs sporting the kaiser's ceremonial spiky helmet, a 'swazi' on mitch's cut-off and a luftwaffe cap on noel's swede, [or is it the other way around, those white folk all look the same to me!!!] messin' with the squares 'fo sho, [by the way, i'm posting this sunday night, bottle of 'barefoot' shiraz down and listening to some bessie smith, squeeze me, baking powder] time for bed timmy........XXX
ReplyDeleteHey Muckerlover, I'd seen the single Jimi shot before, sure it was a poster at one stage, but was just doing a bit of spontaneous research and it came up . . . yeah Timmy, the curious juxtaposition of the Nazi imagery, has had me in stitches for decades now, defo just freak out the squares material, our father's generation with memories of WWII still raw in hearts and minds . . . mum used to say stuff like 'we had a war to fight, you don't know how lucky you are', she was right I suppose . . . hope the fuzzy head's not to impairing Lovey, Bessie was the bad girl !!!
DeleteBringing back memories...my first car in 1970 was an electric yellow 1960 V-dub bug...with black pin stripe tape (with those fancy curlicue stick on accent pieces...and a red boat prop mounted on the rear bumper...between the tall beer cans slipped over the exhaust tips...and of course an 8 track player with a Jimi Hendrix 'Smash Hits' tape the only one ever in it...we wore that out.
ReplyDeleteSeen Jimi on various bikes...wonder if these were rented by the record company as props?
Still kicking myself for not making the concert he did at then then new Cal Expo...same place I see the Sac Mile at now.
See you been posting like a madman...was that an Edsel I spotted there? Gotta get my puter going this phone is too much bother for this stuff....
Jeez Laz, would give both nads to have been in your boots at that time in your neck of the woods, so fresh and new, must have been such a rush . . . love the Bugs man . . . propellor ??? Weirdo !!! Yes buddy it was an Edsel, and bloody gorgeous too, I've always had a soft spot for them, nowhere near as grotesque as some other cars of the time . . . re the scoots, pretty sure it woulda been the PR dept hiring/borrowing them for the shots . . . as for the posting frenzy, just feeling inspired, might be the beautiful spring weather . . . or the residual drug hangover from years ago . . . get your 'puter sorted buddy, cheers Hairman !!!
DeleteJeez Laz, would give both nads to have been in your boots at that time in your neck of the woods, so fresh and new, must have been such a rush . . . love the Bugs man . . . propellor ??? Weirdo !!! Yes buddy it was an Edsel, and bloody gorgeous too, I've always had a soft spot for them, nowhere near as grotesque as some other cars of the time . . . re the scoots, pretty sure it woulda been the PR dept hiring/borrowing them for the shots . . . as for the posting frenzy, just feeling inspired, might be the beautiful spring weather . . . or the residual drug hangover from years ago . . . get your 'puter sorted buddy, cheers Hairman !!!
DeleteJimi was supposed to own a '64 chopped Panhead. Looks good on one at any rate....
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