21 Apr 01 - 02:07 AM (#445944) Subject: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: Mike Byers Now and then the group I play with is asked (usually by someone wearing a "gimme hat", a type so aptly described by the writer William Gibson as a "meshback"),"Cain't yew play any county music?" Well, we can...but we don't. Used to be we'd just shake our heads and go on with our Celtic and traditional stuff. But now we reply with this verse, set to the most banal, commercial country melody you can imagine: "The day my momma got out of prison, I went to meet her in the rain. But before I could get there, in my pickup truck, She got run over by a darned ol' train." None of us can remember where we heard this; does anyone know who wrote it? Is there more? |
21 Apr 01 - 02:16 AM (#445948) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: GUEST,Arkie Steve Goodman? |
21 Apr 01 - 02:28 AM (#445950) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: catspaw49 Steve Goodman wrote it and David Allen Coe did it .... Goodman recorded it too of course but check this version: Spaw |
21 Apr 01 - 02:36 AM (#445951) Subject: Lyr Add: YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME BY MY NAME From: GUEST,Gene Spaw was a jump ahead of me - here's the lyrics
YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME BY MY NAME |
21 Apr 01 - 02:50 AM (#445953) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: Stewie The Coe version supplied by Spaw and Gene is better known, but Goodman's version (previously unreleased) may be found on the Rhino label Goodman anthology 'No Big Surprise'. Goodman ended the song (on one occasion) as follows - he probably changed it every time:
(Spoken): 'Oh well, we left out farms, prison, mother, trucks, trains, dead dogs like Old Shep, Christmas and, thanks to David Allan Coe, getting drunk – and there's only time for this last stanza here: --Stewie.
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21 Apr 01 - 03:53 AM (#445961) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: Clinton Hammond Mmmmmm... William Gibson! That scrawny wee feck sure can write!!! Good to know I'm not the only space-folkie around! ;-) |
21 Apr 01 - 07:28 AM (#445991) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: Irish sergeant STeve Goodman also wrote "City of New Orleans" The man sure can write! Kindest reguards, Neil |
21 Apr 01 - 09:46 AM (#446042) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: Mike Byers Thank you all very much. I particularly like the addition of the dog; there had to be a dog in there somewhere. Yep, Gibson sure enough can write, but it was only the luck of publishing that led Neuromancer to being published before Hardwired. Had things been the other way around, Walter Jon Williams might well be known as the father of cyberpunk. |
21 Apr 01 - 09:53 AM (#446047) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: Charley Noble Nice work! Thanks! |
21 Apr 01 - 10:00 AM (#446051) Subject: RE: Does anyone know who wrote this? From: paddymac In its own way, it's one of the greatest tongue-in-cheek songs ever written. (IMHO):>) I closed this thread in an attempt to avoid splitting the discussion. Please post in one of the related threads listed in the crosslinks toward the top of this page. Thanks. -Joe Offer- |