Comments on: The Spin I’m In: Meet The Zimmers! http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:20:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Multi Medium » Uplifting http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-640033 Multi Medium » Uplifting Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:18:57 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-640033 <p>[…] By way of Donita, I give you The Zimmers, talking about their g-g-generation: […]</p> […] By way of Donita, I give you The Zimmers, talking about their g-g-generation: […]

]]> By: mrobinsong http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-639858 mrobinsong Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:51:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-639858 <p>Golden Oldie<br /> The lyrics have stuck with me all these years - The Band, 1973<br /> From “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”</p> <p> Back with my wife in Tennessee<br /> And one day she said to me,<br /> “Virgil, Quick! Come see!<br /> There goes Robert E. Lee.”<br /> Now I don’t mind, I’m chopping wood<br /> And I don’t care if the money’s no good<br /> Just take what you need and leave the rest<br /> But they should never have taken the very best</p> <p> The night they drove old Dixie down<br /> And all the bells were ringin’<br /> The night they drove old Dixie down<br /> And all the people were singin’<br /> They went, “Na, na, na, na, na, na, ….. “</p> <p><a href="http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~bwlee/lyrics/thndixie.htm">http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~b.....ndixie.htm</a></p> Golden Oldie
The lyrics have stuck with me all these years – The Band, 1973
From “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me,
“Virgil, Quick! Come see!
There goes Robert E. Lee.”
Now I don’t mind, I’m chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin’
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin’
They went, “Na, na, na, na, na, na, ….. “

http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~b…..ndixie.htm

]]> By: todd http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-639536 todd Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:58:21 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-639536 <p>While I wouldn’t claim her as one of my “idols” I am glad to have seen Kitty Carlisle last summer in a cabaret in Los Angeles. She is a direct link to the composers whose songs she performed — Kern, Porter, Berlin, Gershwin et al. They coached her in phrasing and the like and it was delightful to be in the presence of such an amazing link to modern American music.</p> While I wouldn’t claim her as one of my “idols” I am glad to have seen Kitty Carlisle last summer in a cabaret in Los Angeles. She is a direct link to the composers whose songs she performed — Kern, Porter, Berlin, Gershwin et al. They coached her in phrasing and the like and it was delightful to be in the presence of such an amazing link to modern American music.

]]> By: .tom http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-639340 .tom Sat, 21 Apr 2007 03:05:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-639340 <p>wow, that wuz cute, that. i saw montrose’ original linup a few years ago. they freekin’ rok’d;) rok candy baby!!</p> <p>hello from your old (lefty drummer) friend, donita;)</p> wow, that wuz cute, that. i saw montrose’ original linup a few years ago. they freekin’ rok’d;) rok candy baby!!

hello from your old (lefty drummer) friend, donita;)

]]> By: PeeJ http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638835 PeeJ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:35:24 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638835 <p>God Bless Them! Awesome! Love It!</p> <p>Peace!</p> God Bless Them! Awesome! Love It!

Peace!

]]> By: Maddy http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638797 Maddy Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:18:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638797 <p>Donita,<br /> I forgot to thank you, that is terrific, and gives me hope in my musical quest to play guitar at 65, it aint over ’til they throw flowers on you.</p> Donita,
I forgot to thank you, that is terrific, and gives me hope in my musical quest to play guitar at 65, it aint over ’til they throw flowers on you.

]]> By: Maddy http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638781 Maddy Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:07:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638781 <p>Here is something from Ibrahim Ferrer, He passed on 2005. He had such a sweet voice and thanks to Ry Cooder a resurgence in his last years that was well deserved. I forgot to mention Omara Portuando no spring chicken herself.<br /> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE1ijoIxMo0&mode=related&search=">youtube</a></p> Here is something from Ibrahim Ferrer, He passed on 2005. He had such a sweet voice and thanks to Ry Cooder a resurgence in his last years that was well deserved. I forgot to mention Omara Portuando no spring chicken herself.
youtube

]]> By: kathleen http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638772 kathleen Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:01:04 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638772 <p>“I have not left my flat in three weeks”. </p> <p>Most of us do not want to think that this is where we are headed, but we are.</p> <p>This video reminded me that I need to start visiting my old aunts and uncles but start that one day a week volunteering in the senior citizens facility again. It’s been several years that I have given some time.</p> <p>THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!</p> “I have not left my flat in three weeks”.

Most of us do not want to think that this is where we are headed, but we are.

This video reminded me that I need to start visiting my old aunts and uncles but start that one day a week volunteering in the senior citizens facility again. It’s been several years that I have given some time.

THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!

]]> By: Mr. Peabody http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638762 Mr. Peabody Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:51:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638762 <p>Saw Dick Dale play in New Haven two years ago… LOUDEST show I’ve ever been to. And he still rocks the house.</p> Saw Dick Dale play in New Haven two years ago… LOUDEST show I’ve ever been to. And he still rocks the house.

]]> By: entrails http://firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638707 entrails Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:14:19 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/04/20/the-spin-im-in-meet-the-zimmers/#comment-638707 <p>I went to see Iggy Pop and the Stooges in Denver Tuesday night, was four people back from the stage, and surrounded by an equal mix of kids and elderly. I got beat to hell by everybody. People way into their 60s and 70s (I swear to god!) were moshing and slamming with the twenty-somethings and teens and I didn’t see anyone go down that didn’t get right back up again. </p> <p>I’ve been to plenty of old-rock shows like King Crimson, Roger Waters and David Bowie, but this was completely different. Iggy’s gonna draw more fringe than most, but the seriously old people I saw around me (and just so you know I know something about old: I’m 47 and capable of spotting persons much older than I am) ran the gamut from sweet-looking little old ladies to multi-tatted, tothless street crazies. Nobody backed off when the pushing and crashing started. </p> <p>It’s strange to read this post on meeting the zimmers so soon after a unique experience like that, but there it is.</p> I went to see Iggy Pop and the Stooges in Denver Tuesday night, was four people back from the stage, and surrounded by an equal mix of kids and elderly. I got beat to hell by everybody. People way into their 60s and 70s (I swear to god!) were moshing and slamming with the twenty-somethings and teens and I didn’t see anyone go down that didn’t get right back up again.

I’ve been to plenty of old-rock shows like King Crimson, Roger Waters and David Bowie, but this was completely different. Iggy’s gonna draw more fringe than most, but the seriously old people I saw around me (and just so you know I know something about old: I’m 47 and capable of spotting persons much older than I am) ran the gamut from sweet-looking little old ladies to multi-tatted, tothless street crazies. Nobody backed off when the pushing and crashing started.

It’s strange to read this post on meeting the zimmers so soon after a unique experience like that, but there it is.

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