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09 Aug 07 - 05:51 PM (#2122747) Subject: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Cstargazy I heard a lyric that started ' I don't care if it rains or freezes, s'long as I got my plastic Jesus glued to the dashboard of my car' back in 1969...it was recorded by the Gold Coast Singers, a couple of Californian wits..has anyone got the lyrics please? |
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09 Aug 07 - 05:56 PM (#2122751) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Uncle_DaveO Click here for: PLASTIC JESUS IN THE DT |
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09 Aug 07 - 05:57 PM (#2122752) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Murray MacLeod Plastic Jesus Lyrics plus links to other threads about this song |
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09 Aug 07 - 05:58 PM (#2122754) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Murray MacLeod snap ... |
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09 Aug 07 - 05:59 PM (#2122755) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Cluin It's called Plastic Jesus. Paul Newman sang this one in "Cool Hand Luke". He learned a few chords on the banjo just to play it. Here's lots of lyrics for it |
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09 Aug 07 - 06:12 PM (#2122765) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Don Firth A snippet I heard once: . . . I don't worry 'bout traffic scrimmage As long as I've got my graven image Ridin' on the dashboard of my car. . . . Don Firth |
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09 Aug 07 - 06:28 PM (#2122778) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Cluin When I'm a-goin' fornicatin' I got my ceramic Satan Leerin' from the dashboard of my truck Behind the wheel, I'm hard an' hurtin' The women know it's damn well certain All I'm really lookin' for's a... |
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09 Aug 07 - 08:50 PM (#2122852) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: Cstargazy thank you all for the words and links, Cstargazy |
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09 Aug 07 - 11:35 PM (#2122935) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: GUEST,JimP And then there was the guy back in the '70s who saw the same slogan-festooned car in Berkeley over and over again who came up with: I don't need no Red Book, now 'Cause I got my Chairman Mao Standin' on the dashboard of my '68 Chevelle et cetera (there's a lot more)
Thanks. -Joe Offer- |
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10 Aug 07 - 02:15 AM (#2122974) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: GUEST,JP1147 Sung with great gusto,usually when they are in their cups,by that well known formation drinking team(Bernard Wrigley's description,not mine) The Wrigley Head Morris Men from Failsworth. |
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10 Aug 07 - 09:29 AM (#2123020) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: GUEST,Connie The tune is also used by Persephone Morris - can't remember which dance though. |
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10 Aug 07 - 02:50 PM (#2123223) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Somewhere, in my archives, I have a number of old copies of "Sing Out," to which many of us old folkies once subscribed. One of them has the lyrics to "Plastic Jesus" included. I gather that this song, whatever it started out to be, enventually became a compilation of verses submitted by many writers. |
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10 Aug 07 - 09:14 PM (#2123405) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: oldhippie Plastic Jesus is on one of the CDs in The Best of Broadside 1962-88; originally recorded by Ernie Marrs and the Marrs Family, and was written by Ed Rush and George Cromarty, two members of the Goldcoast Singers, based upon an African-American camp meeting song. |
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10 Aug 07 - 09:30 PM (#2123412) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I don't care if it rains or freezes From: catspaw49 oldhippie......Go read the linked thread above labeled: (origins) Who Wrote & Who Made Popular: Plastic Jesus? (55) You'll find the story as told by Ed Rush. Spaw |