tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post6113443026706981380..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Old Stalinists Never Die--Or Even Fade AwayAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-68379648649956483972011-03-29T18:16:50.471-04:002011-03-29T18:16:50.471-04:00rlaWTX: Once the underlying message got lost enti...rlaWTX: Once the underlying message got lost entirely, I had no problem with my kids singing along with Puff and PP&M. The grandkids would probably think I'm nuts if I told them what the song was really about, so why should I interfere with them enjoying it? Time really does heal a lot of wounds.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74464011898273433572011-03-29T18:12:50.967-04:002011-03-29T18:12:50.967-04:00T_Rav: Something very important to remind people ...T_Rav: Something very important to remind people of. I would add that the atheists who endorse communist thinking also know that Satan is the great liar, and the greatest lie he tells is that he doesn't exist.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4600381846350881652011-03-29T17:52:04.550-04:002011-03-29T17:52:04.550-04:00I like pretending that "Puff" has everyt...I like pretending that "Puff" has everything to do with the cartoon (I have a copy on VHS) and nothing to do with drugs. I had a red 8-track and I wore out the section with Puff on it when I was 5-6 years old.rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-76357187639044341012011-03-29T17:02:42.428-04:002011-03-29T17:02:42.428-04:00Tom, all I can say is to remember the saying about...Tom, all I can say is to remember the saying about the Devil using Scripture for his own purposes.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-44619044291044226912011-03-29T15:34:19.567-04:002011-03-29T15:34:19.567-04:00rlaWTX: From "If I Had A Hammer" (antiw...rlaWTX: From "If I Had A Hammer" (antiwar, anti-tradition, pro-hugging) to "Puff The Magic Dragon" (a marijuana fantasy), Peter Paul and Mary made some of the prettiest and catchiest recordings in my lifetime. Too bad they were nuts. But talent, intelligence, sanity and real-world analysis don't seem to fit well together. I just wish they'd taken their politics and sadly slipped into their cave.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-31936477162627189112011-03-29T15:25:38.203-04:002011-03-29T15:25:38.203-04:00my parents graduated HS in 72. My mom says that sh...my parents graduated HS in 72. My mom says that she was a frustrated hippie - frustrated because she grew up in Eastern NM and had a strong sense of responsibility! My dad had spent his younger years in Oakland, but his folks got out before it got too nutty... They grew up to be sensible, strong, conservative adults. Anyway, these facts led to my growing up listening to this type of music (still LOVE Peter, Paul & Mary!!) but having a strong sense of disconnect between its message and reality!<br /><br />as a kid some of my favorite memories are us driving from one place to another in the dark with my dad singing "Where Have All the Flowers Gone", "Soldier, Soldier, Would You Marry Me", or "Last Kiss". ["Last Kiss" makes me all teary when I catch it on the oldies station just because of the memories - I miss my dad.]rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-68644003585220125002011-03-29T14:35:59.194-04:002011-03-29T14:35:59.194-04:00Tehachapi Tom: It is a fact of life that leftists ...Tehachapi Tom: It is a fact of life that leftists love quoting Christians and Jews, so long as they're dead Christians and Jews. It is also true that in the entertainment industry, the richer many of the entertainers get, the more their guilt about their overly-abundant wealth drives them farther to the left. Yet somehow, that never translates into giving that wealth to the needy. They're too busy telling us that we should be doing that for them via the tax code. They can justify their holier-than-thou stance by pretending that their wealth isn't the result of capitalism but rather a reward for all their good deeds.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-76975686516309509962011-03-29T13:04:23.024-04:002011-03-29T13:04:23.024-04:00Hawk
Turn Turn Turn is scriptural in it's orig...Hawk<br />Turn Turn Turn is scriptural in it's origin. Which makes an interesting contradiction. Communism avows no God exists Yet old Pete was willing to embrace the biblical origin of concept for his own gain. Now isn't that Capitalism at work?Tehachapi Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-80530844394566110862011-03-29T12:46:19.084-04:002011-03-29T12:46:19.084-04:00T_Rav: I never really liked Springsteen. The hyp...T_Rav: I never really liked Springsteen. The hype over "Born to Run" made him the ultimate plastic-man in my mind, and I was never able to shake it, so I never had to take him seriously. "The Boss" my patoot. His creepy song after 9-11, "The Rising" really made me dislike him. A song about the worst terrorist attack and mass murder on American soil and all he could do was whine about how it affected a bunch of lowlifes in New Jersey. Every time he'd repeat "the riii-iii-sing," I'd want to scream "blow your damn nose before you sing." I kinda liked "Dancing in the Dark" though.<br /><br />And like Springsteen, I could never take John Cougar seriously either. The Midwest he described didn't sound anything like the Midwest I knew.<br /><br />Of course, the ultimate sneaky non-talent from the 60s and early 70s was Cat Stevens. His first big hit was an English children's hymn ("Morning Has Broken") followed by such touching anthems as "Peace Train." He never learned to sing on-key, had no sense of rhythm or timing, and now sports a beard and shouts "Allahu Akbar." Long live Gene Simmons.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16272434752764666942011-03-29T12:33:27.965-04:002011-03-29T12:33:27.965-04:00Bev: I was the short-haired, bleeding-madras, whi...Bev: I was the short-haired, bleeding-madras, white Levi's-wearing frat-rat insider that nobody suspected of subversive activity at Berkeley in the 60s. Hell, I even bathed every day. Working inside Sproul Hall (the administration building) to pay my student fees, I knew what the administrators and the campus police were going to do almost as soon as they did. Life wasn't easy for a young spy. LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81720094464301529262011-03-29T12:32:31.298-04:002011-03-29T12:32:31.298-04:00LawHawk, I knew Springsteen was a raging leftie at...LawHawk, I knew Springsteen was a raging leftie at heart, it just doesn't come through as much in some of his songs. And his songs are good, or at least catchy, so that makes them especially subtle. But hey, there's always John Mellencamp.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4294318547144585152011-03-29T12:26:57.481-04:002011-03-29T12:26:57.481-04:00Joel: In full makeup, KISS would scare hell out o...Joel: In full makeup, KISS would scare hell out of the terrorists. Simmons did a good job playing Tom Selleck's nemesis in "Runaway" as well.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-57356370220312184772011-03-29T12:23:01.520-04:002011-03-29T12:23:01.520-04:00Andrew: Not only was I glad to see that about Sim...Andrew: Not only was I glad to see that about Simmons, but had no idea that he was actually born in Israel and is the son of a Holocaust survivor. I only found that out when I was researching the article.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-48763005309816781002011-03-29T12:19:58.339-04:002011-03-29T12:19:58.339-04:00T_Rav: Baez's companion Bob Dylan had a bit o...T_Rav: Baez's companion Bob Dylan had a bit of an epiphany as well. Apostasy isn't treated a lot better on the left than it is in Islam. Seeger can only see ends and can therefore justify any means.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81034627307208016752011-03-29T12:16:05.518-04:002011-03-29T12:16:05.518-04:00Oops, make that Ecclesiastes. Typing too fast aga...Oops, make that Ecclesiastes. Typing too fast again.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47480499346977632011-03-29T12:15:05.369-04:002011-03-29T12:15:05.369-04:00Stan: I also wonder how many of the ignorati don&...Stan: I also wonder how many of the ignorati don't realize that almost all of the words of "Turn, Turn, Turn" come from the Book of Eccliastes.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83965834974930046302011-03-29T12:10:14.585-04:002011-03-29T12:10:14.585-04:00Stan: I was amazed to see how many Republicans di...Stan: I was amazed to see how many Republicans didn't realize that Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" was anti-American. That's what I meant about catchy tunes being excellent propaganda.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-92043541346803388702011-03-29T12:07:17.028-04:002011-03-29T12:07:17.028-04:00Patti: My dad graduated from the University of Ch...Patti: My dad graduated from the University of Chicago, but my mom didn't finish high school. As arrogant as my dad was, even he deferred to her wisdom. She was able to see baloney in all its forms, and was one of the wittiest and most intelligent people I was ever fortunate enough to have in my life. There have been many times in my life that I wish she had lived a lot longer so she could tell me, as she often did in life, to get off my high horse.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-8407487831818946992011-03-29T12:01:48.050-04:002011-03-29T12:01:48.050-04:00T_Rav: Now THAT'S saying something!T_Rav: Now THAT'S saying something!LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-69787482587925210022011-03-29T12:00:56.216-04:002011-03-29T12:00:56.216-04:00Tennessee: I had a Weavers album when I was very ...Tennessee: I had a Weavers album when I was very young. Didn't really make the connection with Seeger until later. But as an early HUAC opponent, I was sure that the government was out to get anyone who disagreed with them, so naturally I loved the whole crypto-commie bunch.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-12390621453324605522011-03-29T11:56:16.799-04:002011-03-29T11:56:16.799-04:00Joel: He's definitely the type who makes publ...Joel: He's definitely the type who makes public speeches then waits for others to do the dirty work. I don't know whether I put him or Woodie Guthrie at the top of my "phonies" list. And I still can't help loving some of their songs.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-31325879332493928842011-03-29T11:44:21.472-04:002011-03-29T11:44:21.472-04:00God Bless KISS and the other Hair Bands of the ...God Bless KISS and the other Hair Bands of the '80's! They will save us from ourselves with their Pro-Capitalist, hyper-fashionable, Anti-Hippie Disco self-involved Me-Generation music!<br /><br />Yes, LawHawk, our parents were right - they really WERE long-haired Communist Hippie freaks in the '60's/'70's...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11634771445343432932011-03-29T11:30:59.406-04:002011-03-29T11:30:59.406-04:00Interestingly, Gene Simmons played a terrorist in ...Interestingly, Gene Simmons played a terrorist in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" - 1986.<br />Gene Simmons is Jewish. His character's name is Malak al Rahim. This was back when Hollywood wasn't scared of insulting muslim terrorists. Entertaining movie. <br /><br />And why not KISS? That way we can say "KISS my a.. " ;-)Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-72196743332207899112011-03-29T11:19:35.364-04:002011-03-29T11:19:35.364-04:00Somehow I wouldn't expect to see a Musicians A...Somehow I wouldn't expect to see a Musicians Against Stalin anytime soon. Interestingly, Gene Simmons of KISS just took the opposite side of this and blasted musicians who boycott Israel. I hate to think of KISS providing the rational voice in any debate.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-60920514336142187682011-03-29T10:53:58.926-04:002011-03-29T10:53:58.926-04:00Stan, at least Joan Baez later had the decency to ...Stan, at least Joan Baez later had the decency to admit Communist victory wasn't going so well for the Vietnamese people, and then got jumped by the rest of the "love and peace" crowd for it. Somehow, I suspect Seeger was never so honest, not even to himself.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.com