Xavier Beaumont
Tenderfoot
Paul Westerberg is a clean-shaven god!!
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Post by Xavier Beaumont on Jun 22, 2005 1:12:51 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
On some of the live shows, you might remember when Paul did covers of Roger Miller songs. Roger Miller was a songwriter in the 60s, who wrote Kansas City Star, King Of The Road, Chug A Lug, Do Wacka Do and the popular christmas song "Old Toy Trains." Through his life, Miller was considered an "outcast" and "freak" in the pop, folk and country genres. I think it's really neat that Paul understood not just Miller's lyrics, but also his sort of "be yourself regardless, freak or not" mentality.
Take care,
Xavier
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cford
Star Scout
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Post by cford on Jun 22, 2005 10:50:49 GMT -5
Hi everyone, On some of the live shows, you might remember when Paul did covers of Roger Miller songs. Roger Miller was a songwriter in the 60s, who wrote Kansas City Star, King Of The Road, Chug A Lug, Do Wacka Do and the popular christmas song "Old Toy Trains." Through his life, Miller was considered an "outcast" and "freak" in the pop, folk and country genres. I think it's really neat that Paul understood not just Miller's lyrics, but also his sort of "be yourself regardless, freak or not" mentality. Take care, Xavier I did not realize the Roger Miller was an outcast... He had his own prime time TV show and sold tons of records... CF |
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Post by allshookup on Jun 22, 2005 12:29:02 GMT -5
Too bad Roger Miller is mostly known for his goofball stuff. He wrote "Invitation To The Blues," "Half A Mind," "When Two Worlds Collide" and "The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me" - all Country Music standards.
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Post by Birdman on Aug 6, 2005 15:14:50 GMT -5
Hi everyone, On some of the live shows, you might remember when Paul did covers of Roger Miller songs. Roger Miller was a songwriter in the 60s, who wrote Kansas City Star, King Of The Road, Chug A Lug, Do Wacka Do and the popular christmas song "Old Toy Trains." Through his life, Miller was considered an "outcast" and "freak" in the pop, folk and country genres. I think it's really neat that Paul understood not just Miller's lyrics, but also his sort of "be yourself regardless, freak or not" mentality. Take care, Xavier Did Paul or the Mats ever cover "Old Toy Trains", and does anyone have a good copy??? I would greatly appreciate it. |
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Rene'
Dances With Posts
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Post by Rene' on Aug 19, 2005 0:18:02 GMT -5
I cannot imagine my childhood without King of the Road. My Mom & Dad LOVED him. They went to one of his shows. I'm the baby of a very large family of almost all boys. Before I began school I was home alone with my Mom during the day. She played this song so much (along with Nat King Cole and Marty Robbins and Dean and Sinatra and many others). King of the Road was one of our "house cleaning" songs. Some days she played albums all day until the other kids got home and the TV came on. Many nights when my Dad got home they'd kick all of us kids out of the living room, turn off the TV and put records on and dance. Of course, every so often they'd let me stay for a song or two and my Dad would dance with me (yes, I stood on his feet until I learned how to dance - then I stood on his feet just for fun!) Mom passed almost 1 year ago. About 2 days before my sister and I were singing King of the Road with her.
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