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anti_shrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 07:52 PM
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So When did "Alice's Restaurant" become a Thanksgiving tradition?
Seems every year the local classic rock station makes a fuss over it as if it was the Thanksgiving equivalent to "It's a Wonderful Life"....
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2Design Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 07:54 PM
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1. I can remember that from about 20 years ago - thanksgiving
with people from around the world - stuffing with and stuffing without

an amazing group of people - I couldn't believe the diversity of the group
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Somawas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 07:55 PM
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2. If you listen to the album version
thse whole episode took place on a Thanskgiving Day. Been that way since about 1970.
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Lizzie Borden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 07:56 PM
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3. It had to be '69 or '70.
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 07:57 PM
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5. 1966
http://www.arlo.net/lyrics/alices.shtml
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:09 PM
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6. I believe you're right
First time I heard it played was in my high school's newspaper office the day before Thanksgiving, 1967.
It brings back such memories.
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 07:56 PM
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4. It deserves to be a classic...download the mp3
Long download:

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/alice.mp3

"I went over to the sergeant, said, "Sergeant, you got a lot a damn gall to ask me if I've rehabilitated myself, I mean, I mean, I mean that just, I'm sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin' here on the Group W bench 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug." He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send you fingerprints off to Washington."
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:09 PM
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7. As long as I can remember
I was born in December of '68 and each year it's been a tradition at my house. :D
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shesemsmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:10 PM
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8. Love it and all of Arlo's Music
so much in fact we named our Quaker Parrot after him. He's 11 months old now and I'm trying to get time to sing Alice"s Restaurant.One of the best anti war movement songs of the 60's
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tekriter Donating Member (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:19 PM
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9. Well, it all started two Thanksgivings ago...
that was two years ago on Thanksgiving...


I could go on if you like.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:27 PM
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11. It was Two years ago on Thanksgiving...
...damn! I think we could all just recite the whole damn thing from memory.

That's what comes of hearing it 2-20 times in a Thanksgiving weekend for 30+ years. :)
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GalleryGod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:21 PM
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10. Because It IS!
:grouphug:
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:29 PM
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12. I think it's one of those things
Edited on Tue Nov-23-04 08:30 PM by salvorhardin
that transcends time and space. Like, if you were to time-travel back to 1856 they'd be signing Alice's Restaurant on Thanksgiving Day, which is doubly odd 'cause Thanksgiving didn't become an official holiday in the U.S. until 1863, but it's true. Would I lie?
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 08:43 PM
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13. Alice's Restaurant is absolutely the perfect song to describe exactly
how screwed up this country was back in the 60s. The only difference now is that they'll take anyone into the military. Obviously.

Now don't anyone harp on me because of what I said. You have to admit that they have a lot of dysfunctionals in the military nowdays. Everytime I hear one who says "I support this war. I support pResident bush* and we went in for the right reasons" blah, blah, blah, I know that they're probably dealing with either an idiot or a psychopath.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 10:08 PM
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14. At a concert, Arlo was doing "Alice" with his son, and he whispered to
Abe, "Where I am in the story?" and Abe answered he didn't know. Arlo whispered back with a smile, "When I was your age, I knew all the words to MY father's songs . . . "

Happy Thanksgiving, Arlo!
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-23-04 10:21 PM
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15. I met Arlo once while doing my official duties.
He couldn't figure out how I knew some of his friends who had him do a concert in an old hippie art colony. Officially I work in LE.

http://www.arlo.net/lyrics/alices.shtml

http://www.guthriecenter.org/main.shtml

the church "Alice's Restaurant" is still standing.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-25-04 09:00 AM
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16. When KSHE 95 in St Louis started playing
it every Thanksgiving at noon. The WHOLE megillah as they say.

All 20 minutes.

I LOVE IT!

Is the movie showing on any of the movie channels today?

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