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Schanilec -> OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 6:25:01 AM)

My Favotite song when I was 5 years old. Gave me my start in history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM&list=PL9DBA45DAC6AC408D&index=4 A classic.



BBfanboy -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 6:40:29 AM)

I liked that one when I was around that age too. Part of what got me interested in battleships. Too bad the lyrics are not accurate.

I liked most of the other Johnny Horton hits too - North To Alaska, Battle of New Orleans, etc.



dr.hal -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 4:07:07 PM)

As my wife says, I'm "thrifty" and I can still remember the first song I played on one of those old dinner table jute box things, you know, the ones that were at the table in your local greasy spoon and you could select songs from it. I played Horton's Battle of New Orleans, for a nickle. I was thinking of all the other things I could buy with a nickle but decided to play this tune. I don't think I've ever used one of those table jute box things since. And yes, it was a long time ago....



Oberst_Klink -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 4:29:10 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

My Favotite song when I was 5 years old. Gave me my start in history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM&list=PL9DBA45DAC6AC408D&index=4 A classic.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM&list=PL9DBA45DAC6AC408D&index=4

Try this, lad... alas, you're in ND and maybe not an ACW buff like ye'ole Oberst.. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ0JxkaRd3o

Nice ACW song by Horton.

Klink, Oberst



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:09:49 PM)

ACW fan also. Good tune.

I do miss those table side juke boxes. Whitey's restruant and bar in East Grand Forks had them right up to the 1997 flood. Still a drive-in theater up in Warren Minnesota about 40 miles Northeast of here. Quite a popular place in the summer.[:)]



Oberst_Klink -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:17:16 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

ACW fan also. Good tune.

I do miss those table side juke boxes. Whitey's restruant and bar in East Grand Forks had them right up to the 1997 flood. Still a drive-in theater up in Warren Minnesota about 40 miles Northeast of here. Quite a popular place in the summer.[:)]

At least your state capital still bears a jolly good name of a great German (OK, Prussian Junker), who coincidently became the Prussian Prime Minister 155 years ago :D

Klink, Oberst



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:30:32 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Oberst_Klink


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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

ACW fan also. Good tune.

I do miss those table side juke boxes. Whitey's restruant and bar in East Grand Forks had them right up to the 1997 flood. Still a drive-in theater up in Warren Minnesota about 40 miles Northeast of here. Quite a popular place in the summer.[:)]

At least your state capital still bears a jolly good name of a great German (OK, Prussian Junker), who coincidently became the Prussian Prime Minister 155 years ago :D

Klink, Oberst

Yep The only state capital that had a battleship named.[:D]



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:32:50 PM)

And this one. Written at the time grandparents were born. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqowmHgxVJQ



Oberst_Klink -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:37:17 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Schanilec


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ORIGINAL: Oberst_Klink


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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

ACW fan also. Good tune.

I do miss those table side juke boxes. Whitey's restruant and bar in East Grand Forks had them right up to the 1997 flood. Still a drive-in theater up in Warren Minnesota about 40 miles Northeast of here. Quite a popular place in the summer.[:)]

At least your state capital still bears a jolly good name of a great German (OK, Prussian Junker), who coincidently became the Prussian Prime Minister 155 years ago :D

Klink, Oberst

Yep The only state capital that had a battleship named.[:D]

Good one :D

Klink, Oberst



BBfanboy -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:42:29 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

And this one. Written at the time grandparents were born. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqowmHgxVJQ

We kids had The Big Rock Candy Mountain as a single vinyl record back in the day. The record was red or yellow - a little extra to appeal to the kids when all the other records were black.



BBfanboy -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:46:01 PM)

Here's a nautical song, recorded relatively recently ( ~ 25 years ago) but the song is much older I'm sure. Listen at least 35 seconds to get to the chorus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV2Y6juYhTA



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:48:28 PM)

Remember singing it in grade school. Don't recall if we sang the same lyrics though. Up here you never know. We sang a lot of songs in school and Sunday school back then that would shock todays generation.[:)]



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 5:54:29 PM)


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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

Here's a nautical song, recorded relatively recently ( ~ 25 years ago) but the song is much older I'm sure. Listen at least 35 seconds to get to the chorus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV2Y6juYhTA

Hadn't heard that in a loooong time.



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 6:07:46 PM)

This one is real bad. But we sang it in junior high boys chior (circa 1972-1974), Mr. Ramsey made us all do the actions. My voice was changing trying out for high school chior and failed miserably for bartone. I never sang again. Except for this one. Especailly at the of the movie 'The Jerk' and act it out. Everyone thinks I am one crazy Bohemian.[:'(]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q46ZKx6oCEoice



geofflambert -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 8:04:55 PM)

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ORIGINAL: dr.hal

As my wife says, I'm "thrifty" and I can still remember the first song I played on one of those old dinner table jute box things, you know, the ones that were at the table in your local greasy spoon and you could select songs from it. I played Horton's Battle of New Orleans, for a nickle. I was thinking of all the other things I could buy with a nickle but decided to play this tune. I don't think I've ever used one of those table jute box things since. And yes, it was a long time ago....


You mean this:


[image]local://upfiles/37002/724CB66475134168B22026072C235952.jpg[/image]

I must have sat at a booth like that with that song selector a thousand times. You'd wait for all the songs some other goofs picked at other booths before yours played. "Somewhere, [ba-dup ba-dup] beyond the sea, [ba-dup ba-dup] waiting for me, [ba-dum ba-dum] my lover stands on golden shores watchin' the ships, they go sailin'"



dr.hal -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 8:40:52 PM)

You got it!!!!



dr.hal -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 8:43:21 PM)

Speaking of which Schanilec, what is the only state in the Union (lower 48) NOT to have a commissioned battleship named after it??????



geofflambert -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 8:46:47 PM)

Montana? Was planned but never executed. Right?



BBfanboy -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 9:21:22 PM)


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Montana? Was planned but never executed. Right?

Montana was over 70% completed and had been named, so one could count that.
I am guessing North Dakota. Not enough lobbyists from that state!



dr.hal -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 9:30:14 PM)

Montana is right, never commissioned. BB-29 USS North Dakota.



dr.hal -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 9:31:01 PM)

Also Montana was to be the next class of BBs after the Iowas, but that too never happened.



dcpollay -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/24/2017 11:03:53 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

My Favotite song when I was 5 years old. Gave me my start in history.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM&list=PL9DBA45DAC6AC408D&index=4 A classic.

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https://www.youtube.cYupom/watch?v=M1Ufc2hI4FM&list=PL9DBA45DAC6AC408D&index=4


Yup. This has been in my playlist for years. Annoys Miss Scarlet with my "crappy" music.



geofflambert -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 12:44:13 AM)


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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Montana? Was planned but never executed. Right?

Montana was over 70% completed and had been named, so one could count that.
I am guessing North Dakota. Not enough lobbyists from that state!


Not enough lobbyists but plenty of hobbyists.


[image]local://upfiles/37002/D4550AC5B4BF4B6AA47D8FD428EFB1A1.jpg[/image]



geofflambert -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 1:16:43 AM)

Dr. Hal started this. I cannot be held responsible for the consequences. Dredging up memories. I remember as a kid, I liked root beer the best. There was a Dog 'n Suds not too far away. They had root beer but they had something no other drive-in had. Grape soda. When you went there it didn't matter if you liked root beer better, you got the grape soda because there was no where else that had that and this point in your life might never come again. Dog 'N Suds had a mascot that looked like a rip-off of Pluto (the cartoon hound) and was carrying a tray in one hand that looked like it had a float and a burger on it. I remember many times we'd drive on right past that place and I'd look longingly at it thinking I'd really like a grape soda just now. Later, when I was older, and much more sophisticated, I had a summer job when I wasn't going to college at an A&W drive in. We had car-hops who worked for tips! Imagine that. Those clunky aluminum two-way speakers you hung on your car window. You'd often as not drop them and they'd hit the asphalt below, but they were indestructable and at the same time unitelligible when someone was trying to talk to you. It sounded like the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon, "Wah wah, wah wah wah wah." There was a KFC next door. Many times I would make cole slaw for the both of us, put it in those little foam containers that were unmarked and carry a big tray of those over to the KFC for them to sell. I knew the owner of the A&W and he didn't own the KFC, it was just a matter of convenience. Sometimes they'd make the cole slaw.



wdolson -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 1:31:43 AM)


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

You mean this:


[image]local://upfiles/37002/724CB66475134168B22026072C235952.jpg[/image]

I must have sat at a booth like that with that song selector a thousand times. You'd wait for all the songs some other goofs picked at other booths before yours played. "Somewhere, [ba-dup ba-dup] beyond the sea, [ba-dup ba-dup] waiting for me, [ba-dum ba-dum] my lover stands on golden shores watchin' the ships, they go sailin'"


There are diners with those sorts of juke boxes today. There is one in Vancouver, WA called the Starlight. I think it's a chain.

Bill



geofflambert -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 1:41:54 AM)

Talking about that, we have, among others, two main sorts of diners. Courtesy Diners (I try to effect a southern accent when vocalizing that) and EAT-RITE diners. I think the slogan for them is EAT-RITE or don't eat at all. [:D]



wdolson -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 1:51:53 AM)

The Starlight is a 50s style diner. Lots of neon and chrome. The food is decent, but not the best cuisine around. It's in a neighborhood with a lot of other restaurants, many of them with better food. Though it is a good place to get breakfast fare in the evening if that's what you're in the mood for.

Bill



geofflambert -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 2:08:00 AM)

We also have this: Uncle Bills Pancake House. They are open 24/7 and their menu looks like a Howard Johnson's menu. I know people who are addicted to buckwheat pancakes but I personally favor the chicken-fried steak.

[image]local://upfiles/37002/4D63882636D24E65AC4438DB6C551C81.jpg[/image]



Schanilec -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 2:52:01 AM)

Ah the memories.[:)]



BBfanboy -> RE: OT: Old Songs (1/25/2017 3:37:34 AM)


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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

Dr. Hal started this. I cannot be held responsible for the consequences. Dredging up memories. I remember as a kid, I liked root beer the best. There was a Dog 'n Suds not too far away. They had root beer but they had something no other drive-in had. Grape soda. When you went there it didn't matter if you liked root beer better, you got the grape soda because there was no where else that had that and this point in your life might never come again. Dog 'N Suds had a mascot that looked like a rip-off of Pluto (the cartoon hound) and was carrying a tray in one hand that looked like it had a float and a burger on it. I remember many times we'd drive on right past that place and I'd look longingly at it thinking I'd really like a grape soda just now. Later, when I was older, and much more sophisticated, I had a summer job when I wasn't going to college at an A&W drive in. We had car-hops who worked for tips! Imagine that. Those clunky aluminum two-way speakers you hung on your car window. You'd often as not drop them and they'd hit the asphalt below, but they were indestructable and at the same time unitelligible when someone was trying to talk to you. It sounded like the teacher in a Charlie Brown cartoon, "Wah wah, wah wah wah wah." There was a KFC next door. Many times I would make cole slaw for the both of us, put it in those little foam containers that were unmarked and carry a big tray of those over to the KFC for them to sell. I knew the owner of the A&W and he didn't own the KFC, it was just a matter of convenience. Sometimes they'd make the cole slaw.

You went to college at an A&W?!! Awesome! Did they take your buns for tuition?



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