13.12.2016: Radiozettel 46 | Nachtrock 67 | gypsy goes jazz 41

copperhead

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copperheadmit mr. walker bin ich in einer sendung mal ganz schön ins fettnäpfchen getreten ?

Details bitte !

ich habe in einer sendung über meine „musikalischen jugendsünden“ ein track namens „lone wolf“ von walker gespielt … kam irgendwie gar nicht gut an ?

aha, aber was war daran so schlimm ?

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10) Butch Hancock with Townes Van Zandt – Split And Slide II (Apocalypse Now, Pay Later) (1990)

Well, so one more time, I got a little story to sing that doesn’t mean a doggone thing
about a worrywart and a woman and a worthless ring,
two wise guys with beady eyes, a circle in the sand and a mountain of lies, a can of worms, a bottle of gin and some gasoline
Well, Split had a 2nd cousin named Shifty and Slide had a half-step uncle named Lefty
and the two of them rarely had a solitary thing to say
But the real beginning of this episode is when Shifty and Lefty rolled in off the road
from seeing the USA in a red Chevrolet

Yeah it was Shifty shivering, it was shimmy and shake, it had stereo steering when you step on the brake, and the radio was connected to the intake manifold
so he decided to sell that sad sedan, the first customer was a man and another man, it was two gamblers, a man named Mudd and a man named Gold
Yeah, Mudd drove the car from the lot that day, but he didn’t get far, he got away with Gold’s gal and a gun and a gallon of gasoline
And he gave Gold’s gal the diamond half of the wedding set and he said with a laugh, it’s just the ghost of a Christmas present from Angelyne

She said „I wanna know right from the start if a ring from Mudd is a work of art and if a circle in the sand is the same as a circle in the sun“ / if a ring around the sun is the same as a circle in the sand
He said „I can’t answer that question yet, I don’t know your name, gal, we’ve hardly met“ She said „My name’s Veronica, I’m in Guy Harmonica’s band“
Well, Mudd slipped the clutch and he locked the brake, he slid in a drive-in for a chocolate shake and a burger and a malt and a round of video games
Then the car wouldn’t start so he stuck it in „park“, he looked in the tank but it was after dark, so he lit his lighter to see and everything went up in flames
Well, Mudd escaped with scarcely a scratch, he gave Gold his gal back, said „you’re a better match“, and he told Shifty his red Chevrolet just wasn’t worth shifting
Veronica was at her very best, she pulled in her stomach and stuck out her chest, said „Boys, this whole damn day’s been so uplifting“

(Chorus:)
Yeah, you can’t always pick a winner, you cut it thin, it can still be thinner,
you cut it thin, it can then be thinner still
You cut it thinner, it can still be thinner, and if we keep going like this, we’ll all miss dinner
and if we’ll all miss dinner, we’ll all be thinner still

Now the preacher thought it’d be funny to serve communion as a cross between a mass and a class reunion
and surprise everybody with a marriage ceremony on the side
He was in cahoots with Ilene and Lucy, told them to tell Slick’s kid Sid and Suzy and to tell them to tell everybody except Split and Slide
the old church bells was singing loud and Sid was surveying the wedding crowd, he saw the gravedigger digging with dogged determination
Sid said „Man, ain’t nobody dead“, the gravedigger said „Sid, I plan ahead, I’m diggin‘ all these graves on speculation“

Somebody was playing the wedding march wrong and you could hear the strains of another song: two women in the choir loft were singing „God Bless the Bank Of America“
There seemed to be a little odd connection and sure enough, on closer inspection, it turned out to be none other than Ilene and Erica
Ilene turned to Erica and Erica grinned, and Erica said „Yep, I turned them in, and I’m praying for the chance to get to do the same today“
And Ilene said „Erica, save your prayers, we’re finished with singing and there’s the stairs“ Erica said „I’m a red Chevrolet, get out of my way“

Well, downstairs Lucy and Suzy had a bottle of gin, they found the wedding punch and they poured it in, and when the preacher drank some, the damage it was done
Cause he started to preachin‘ on marriage and sin and everything got out of order again, and in came Gold with a lighter and a goat and a gun
By now, the preacher was double-talkin‘ and Split and Slide were havin‘ trouble walkin‘ and Leona had her eyes on the wedding ring
Erica couldn’t hold a note no more, Veronica stole the goat and got out the door and sent the gravedigger back in to straighten out everything

Gold shot the gun and blew off his thumb and left poor Split nearly deaf and numb as the old bloody fan in the window fell outside
The gravedigger could have crawled in a hole and died cause there was Leo’s blushing bride and Split and Erica and Slick and Slide sitting side by side by side by side by side

Well, into the middle of this insane scenario came the real Maria and the real Mario
they looked around, started backing out opposite doors
they got distracted by opposite sexes, that’s the way it goes down here in Texas, you start out standing and you wind up on all fours
Now, the preacher said „this ceremony is overdue“, he popped the question and the words „I do“ rang out in unison from everybody in the room
and when the vows were through, one thing was true: nobody knew if anybody knew just who fell in love with who and who married whom

(Chorus:)
Ah, you can’t always stand alone, you know your mind’s got a mind all of its own
There’s always a devil and an angel on your trail
One lowers the boon, one raises the doubt, and one blends in and the other sticks out, and a penny’s just a two sided circle with a head and a tail

Now, the Piranhas were playing the wedding reception and everybody stayed drunk without exception, from the wedding punch to the very last bottle of booze
Erica customised a song for Veronica and Sid harmonized with Guy Harmonica and Slide just slurred the words to „Born To Lose“
Split had had enough of that wedding punch, he said „shoot, Shifty, let’s get some lunch. You tell time and I’ll tell Slide and Sid“
They grabbed Gold who left the church a-kickin‘, they headed to town for some Churcher’s Chicken, they saw a sign that said „drive through window“, and that’s what they did

Oh Lord, I’m here to be telling you, the corn on the cob and the chicken flew and Mudd wound up with okra all over his cap
Split was in whiteflour up to his nose and Slide was in onion rings up to his toes and there was a big pile of crispy chicken in Lefty’s lap
Shifty shoved his hat to the side of his head and Mr. Mudd said „Man, that chicken looks dead“ and Slick said „Slide, let’s split that chicken in half“
But they noticed by then, they was not alone, Mr. Gold was pickin‘ at the pully bone, they decided to  divide it all up at least with a laugh
So Split ate the back and Slide ate the breast and Gold got the gizzard and Mudd ate the rest except for a sliver of the liver, that was Slick’s
Then along came Sid, said „I don’t care whether I get the beak or the feet or the feathers, I just gotta get my weekly chicken fix

(Chorus:)
Now you can’t always take a chicken home, you cant always get the pully bone, if you can’t stand the kitchen, get out of the steam
You can’t always have a happy home, you can’t always ramble and roam, sometimes it seems like life is just a dream

They finally put away the last piece of chicken, they were down to the thumb and the finger lickin‘ when Slick said „we need a little levelheaded leadership from little level Levelland or little level Littlefield to give us a boost“
so they decided to let Slide preside, said Sid „that sounds like suicide“, it’s a calculated risk to let Slide rule the roost
So Split flagged down four fast Ferraris, they all hopped in and they headed for Juarez, they figured that a night on the town would set them free
Nobody had a Visa or a Bank-Americard so they cut across another graveyard and tried to wade the Rio Grande down on their knees
They were crossing that border all out of order when Sid was seen trying to walk on water and they all got busted and landed in the calaboose
They were just getting used to life in jail when in came a beggar boy to go their bail, a dead ringer for the devil but he said his name was Jesus
Sid, he had a shivering fit and Shifty got so mad he just had to spit and Split said „Let’s split up and go seperate ways“
So they all headed out for parts unknown, they didn’t look back, they went own and own for what must have been a solid month of judgement days

Friends, you find these good things come to an end and the same thing’s good for these fine friends, I guess their destinies were manifest
So let me just tell you how they met their fate, it won’t take long but it’s worth the wait, for a bunch of fools, by God, these were the best

(Here’s how it happened):
Now Split finally died in a mud slide, and Slide, he died from a golden fried chicken bone that lodged in the back of his throat
And somewhere out in the great beyond, Mr. Mudd turned into a clear blue pond and Gold’s last words were „who the hell got my goat?“
Mario and Maria were in seperate wrecks, they were totally paralyzed above their necks and Erica married a Chinese-American martial arts murderer by the name of Wong
And Sid bit a bullet in a barroom brawl and Lucy and Suzy were nailed to the wall and Ilene died trying to memorize the words to this song

Shifty was shaving Slick with ?a shake and a beer? when he slipped and he sliced him from ear to ear, and he was so ashamed that he shot himself on site
Leona fell through a hole in the floor and Leo became a pretty good matador, he fought a lot of bulls but the last bull won the fight
When Lefty went through a rear view mirror, two statues in the graveyard burst into tears and the ol‘ undertaker rolled over in his grave
Pancho bit a little more dust and that old red Chevrolet turned to rust and Jesus wept, he said „there ain’t nobody left to save“
All the federales said, they didn’t want them alive or dead, you got the right to try to live the life you choose
somebody said that at any dance, you got to take a chance on circumstance, and then gamblers and lovers all really play to lose

(Chorus:)
You can’t always tow the line
You can’t always tell the time
and circumstances gonna change right to wrong
you can’t always win a fight,
baby you can’t always see the light
and a rose cannot bloom the whole year long

demon

09) Joe Ely – Leo and Leona (2011)

Hui, das ist jetzt auch musikalisch sehr schön. Tolle Gitarre!

Finde ich auch. Wunderschöner Song. Bisheriges Highlight.

demonDanke, Werner! Werde ich mir nach dem Sendeabend zu Gemüte führen.

09) Joe Ely – Leo and Leona (2011)

Hui, das ist jetzt auch musikalisch sehr schön. Tolle Gitarre!

joe ely hat auch so um 1980 für die clash sowohl in den usa, als auch in europa den opener gemacht!

also, (jetzt mal ohne textvergleich) erinnert irgendwie an arlo guthrie’s alice’s restaurant! :-D

Danke für die tolle Sendung, Timo – hat Spass gemacht!

von der scheibe kriegst du am samstag noch mal was zu hören :lol: