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03 Dec 10 - 08:40 AM (#3045508) Subject: Neutron bombs From: John Foxen I see that Samuel T Cohen, the designer of the neutron bomb, has passed on. He described his creation as a humane weapon because "if we are going to go on fighting therser fdamnedf good wars, shelling and bombing cities to smithereens and wrecking the lives of their inhabitants, might there be some kind of nuclear weapon that could avoid all this?" Donovan summed it up in a song that had the chorus: "Neutron you're the real estate bomb/ The property stays but the people are gone." The chorus has been running through my head all day but I can't remember the rest. Can anyone help? |
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03 Dec 10 - 09:51 AM (#3045553) Subject: RE: Neutron bombs From: VirginiaTam Neutron Music and lyrics by Donovan P. Leitch I was born in the rubble of World War Two Played ball where the tall buildings once grew But today there's a way to make war pay A new toy from the boys in the USA Neutron, you're a real estate bomb The property stays but the people are gone Neutron, Neutron, you're a real estate bomb The property stays but the people are gone You got a boom like a doom atomica You got a taste like the waste of nuclear And you fly like a supersonica You're a likeable kinda bomb Neutron, you're a real estate bomb The property stays but the people are gone Neutron, Neutron, you're a real estate bomb The property stays but the people are gone Neutron, Neutron, you're a real estate bomb The property stays but the people are gone Neutron, Neutron, you're a real estate bomb The property stays but the people are gone |
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03 Dec 10 - 10:04 AM (#3045561) Subject: RE: Neutron bombs From: Keith A of Hertford If the Waraw pact had attacked into Western Europe, all the fighting would have been on our soil. Apart from not destroying our own countries, the neutron bomb would have been more effective against tank crews than other nukes. |
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03 Dec 10 - 10:29 AM (#3045586) Subject: RE: Neutron bombs From: John Foxen Thanks very much Virginia. Your memory is far better than mine. |
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03 Dec 10 - 12:26 PM (#3045650) Subject: RE: LYR ADD: Neutron bombs by Donovan From: VirginiaTam sorry.. not memory. Donovan was before my time. I just googled the lyrics you provided. |
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03 Dec 10 - 01:03 PM (#3045678) Subject: RE: LYR ADD: Neutron bombs by Donovan From: melodeonboy Hmmm... At that time and place, wouldn't they have played football rather than ball? Yours pedantically! |
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04 Dec 10 - 11:12 AM (#3046232) Subject: RE: ADD: Neutron bombs by Donovan From: GUEST,Philippa I don't remember that particular Donovan song. What album was it recorded on, what is the air? |
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04 Dec 10 - 03:37 PM (#3046391) Subject: RE: ADD: Neutron bombs by Donovan From: VirginiaTam Album name = Neutronica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFOMupjC2Ik |