“The loveliness of Paris is somehow sadly gay.
The glory that was Rome is of another day’
I was terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan..
I’m going home to my city by the bay.
I left my heartin San Francisco
High on a hill, it calls to me.”
And I used to dance a mean twist to ” bully”Wooly”!!
thanks, VistaBill for Wooly Bully…..brought a laugh to my eyes………. don’t remember Sam the Sham, though. But, if you say that was leaky, then that ‘s really cool!!!!
VB……………for some reason…..once I “became” respectible….and a married woman at the age of 20……..it seems that my musical tastes “matured”………
It seems that Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Pat Boone, Harry Belafonte and MORE became my musicians of choice. I forsake Elvis, Beatles, and even jerry Lee Lewis for the more subdued life. (??))
I remember the nights where we went to the Greek Theatre to see Harry Belafonte……………and we sat in the “scholarship section”…..and he used to do “Matilda” and ask for all the “tree folk” to sing part of the song……………..and the trees came ALIVE………woo hoo!!! what a fun night that was!!!!
what are those herbal tea remedies that you drink? I woke up again this a.m. at 3:45 and couldn’t go back to sleep for hours. A good cup of some kind o’ tea would be welcomed!!!
“ML….. I find it hard to believe that you don’t remember Sam the sham from the early 1970s, I belive.”
Story time: I lived up in the San Bernardino Mtns in a resort town called Gregory Village. I can’t remember if it was 1969 or 1970, but I think it was the first. I was working construction Mon.- Fri. and bartending at the bowling alley on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and once in a while on week nights, but not tooi late. The bar had live music and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. That summer,
(no winter music, a summer resort town) there was a band that played gigs there for a couple of months. I don’t remember their name, but Wooly Bully was in their play list. One Saturday night a gal that was a worker in the cafe came in on her 21st B’day. I was dancing with her and the band swung into Wooly Bully. I can’t remember the words to the song, but I had it down pat on themusic timing, and I did like to danceto it.. There I was twisting away and they played on and on……and on a little more. I was exausted by the time they stopped.. If memory serves me right, Sam the Sham’s band was billed as “Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs”.
ML, The herb i use (single) while possibly available up there, is strongly disapproved of. (hint, hint).
I don’t drink that before bed, though it will do the job.
But I do have a suggestion. Try “Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Herbal tea. There are different Sleepytime teas,and I have a cup of the tea with the green boxtop every night before I go to bed. I let it steep for at least five minutes. If it cools down some, you can always zap it.
It is chamomile tea with some spearmint and other herbs.
I sweeten mine with honey. It helps.
Okay, Slim, I’ll try the sleepy time tea. Can’t get the other kind.
In thinking of Sam the Sham…..
Every weekend, my girlfriends and I went to Pacific Ocean Park for the nighttime rock ‘n roll show, and of course, to pick up guys. Maybe that’s where we heard Wooly Bully…
Of course, we would spend every Wednesday night at the “library” (as we told our folks), and “cruised” Van Nuys Blvd……..Oh….how wild we were!!!! And then we ended up at “Bob’s Big Boy” for that late night snack of cherry coke and fries!!
MontanaLady, You had me wondering until you said Van Nuys Blvd., That put you in SoCal. When you mentioned the Greek Theater earlier, I was thinking Berkeley?
ML………. think of one of the pleasant moments in your life and kind of meditate on it as you sip the tea, That helps the tea do it’s thing, because the meditating relaxes you.
I knew I had a book with “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” in it. I scanned the book cover about 8:00 or 8:30 PM. cropped and downsized it and it is my avatar toniight/today!!
That’s my hometown over there beyond the Golden Gate Bridge.
I am full of joy, the Orleans County Fair starts today.
Not the oldest fair in Vermont, but one of them.
One of a very few that still have harness raceing.
If any of you live in a place where a fair comes to town, go, you’ll have fun.
Good mprning, or afternoon, whichever applies. Finally got up. I must be in training for when I move back downtown this Fall? I certainly seem to be becoming a night person again? It’s always been that way with me” Late nights when I’m living in the city, early to bed and early to rise in the country.
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
Good morning you ol’ Vagabonds, just how are ya all doin’?
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Good Morning Marg VistaBill Slim
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Good morning girls and guys!
Tonight’s song is Wooly Bully. Leaky plays the part of Sam the Sham. Margueritem and ML are totally mesmerized as Leaky, Slim, and the guys perform…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHF558u6Q_8
Tonight only! Aren’t you glad?
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
LS must still be having his connection problem?
My song choice honors my home town!!!
“The loveliness of Paris is somehow sadly gay. The glory that was Rome is of another day’ I was terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan.. I’m going home to my city by the bay. I left my heartin San Francisco High on a hill, it calls to me.”
And I used to dance a mean twist to ” bully”Wooly”!!
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
VistaBill…….too funny. :-))
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
I thought we did a good job with the song, leaky! Look closely and you’ll see Bill Clinton on the sax!
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
@ VistaBill:
Sir. could you play my song fpr the others, please?
MontanaLady over 14 years ago
thanks, VistaBill for Wooly Bully…..brought a laugh to my eyes………. don’t remember Sam the Sham, though. But, if you say that was leaky, then that ‘s really cool!!!!
SWEETBILL over 14 years ago
@VB Gee the Al Quiada/ Talibannies are good for sumin’ , luv the hats, hope it doesn’t become a fad heh heh
GM all you earlybird specials
LADIES AND GENTS, WELCOME ” TOWELHEADS”
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Oh my gosh! Now leaky’s dressed up as Question Mark (and the Mysterians)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FspXc96kHXI
ML… I find it hard to believe that you don’t remember Sam the Sham from around 1965, I believe.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
Shirttail Slim said,
@ VistaBill:
Sir. could you play my song for the others, please? —————————————————————————-
Tony Bennett’s rendition with Judy Garland…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6d03gbmAzc
MontanaLady over 14 years ago
VB……………for some reason…..once I “became” respectible….and a married woman at the age of 20……..it seems that my musical tastes “matured”………
It seems that Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini, Johnny Mathis, Pat Boone, Harry Belafonte and MORE became my musicians of choice. I forsake Elvis, Beatles, and even jerry Lee Lewis for the more subdued life. (??))
haven’t regretted a day of it, though….:)))))
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
I’ll quit while I’m ahead. I don’t want leaky to cancel my membership! Good night all!
MontanaLady over 14 years ago
Ohhhhhh…..
I remember the nights where we went to the Greek Theatre to see Harry Belafonte……………and we sat in the “scholarship section”…..and he used to do “Matilda” and ask for all the “tree folk” to sing part of the song……………..and the trees came ALIVE………woo hoo!!! what a fun night that was!!!!
MontanaLady over 14 years ago
Hey, Slim,
what are those herbal tea remedies that you drink? I woke up again this a.m. at 3:45 and couldn’t go back to sleep for hours. A good cup of some kind o’ tea would be welcomed!!!
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
VistaBill said:
“ML….. I find it hard to believe that you don’t remember Sam the sham from the early 1970s, I belive.”
Story time: I lived up in the San Bernardino Mtns in a resort town called Gregory Village. I can’t remember if it was 1969 or 1970, but I think it was the first. I was working construction Mon.- Fri. and bartending at the bowling alley on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and once in a while on week nights, but not tooi late. The bar had live music and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights. That summer, (no winter music, a summer resort town) there was a band that played gigs there for a couple of months. I don’t remember their name, but Wooly Bully was in their play list. One Saturday night a gal that was a worker in the cafe came in on her 21st B’day. I was dancing with her and the band swung into Wooly Bully. I can’t remember the words to the song, but I had it down pat on themusic timing, and I did like to danceto it.. There I was twisting away and they played on and on……and on a little more. I was exausted by the time they stopped.. If memory serves me right, Sam the Sham’s band was billed as “Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs”.
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
ML, The herb i use (single) while possibly available up there, is strongly disapproved of. (hint, hint). I don’t drink that before bed, though it will do the job.
But I do have a suggestion. Try “Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Herbal tea. There are different Sleepytime teas,and I have a cup of the tea with the green boxtop every night before I go to bed. I let it steep for at least five minutes. If it cools down some, you can always zap it.
It is chamomile tea with some spearmint and other herbs. I sweeten mine with honey. It helps.
MontanaLady over 14 years ago
Okay, Slim, I’ll try the sleepy time tea. Can’t get the other kind.
In thinking of Sam the Sham…..
Every weekend, my girlfriends and I went to Pacific Ocean Park for the nighttime rock ‘n roll show, and of course, to pick up guys. Maybe that’s where we heard Wooly Bully…
Of course, we would spend every Wednesday night at the “library” (as we told our folks), and “cruised” Van Nuys Blvd……..Oh….how wild we were!!!! And then we ended up at “Bob’s Big Boy” for that late night snack of cherry coke and fries!!
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
MontanaLady, You had me wondering until you said Van Nuys Blvd., That put you in SoCal. When you mentioned the Greek Theater earlier, I was thinking Berkeley?
leakysqueaky712 over 14 years ago
Ok VistaBill I really didnt want to do this, but you have forced my hand.
Ladies and Gentlemen boys and girls here is our own VistaBill when he was in the prime of his life Enjoy
http://tinyurl.com/yk2srvb
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
ML………. think of one of the pleasant moments in your life and kind of meditate on it as you sip the tea, That helps the tea do it’s thing, because the meditating relaxes you.
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
I knew I had a book with “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” in it. I scanned the book cover about 8:00 or 8:30 PM. cropped and downsized it and it is my avatar toniight/today!!
That’s my hometown over there beyond the Golden Gate Bridge.
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
See you good folks later today…….. I hope?
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
leakysqueaky712 said, “Ok VistaBill I really didnt want to do this, but you have forced my hand.”
Touche! I went too far didn’t I? I promise I’ll behave myself tomorrow, leaky!
Dkram over 14 years ago
I am full of joy, the Orleans County Fair starts today. Not the oldest fair in Vermont, but one of them. One of a very few that still have harness raceing.
If any of you live in a place where a fair comes to town, go, you’ll have fun.
\\//_
shirttailslim over 14 years ago
Good mprning, or afternoon, whichever applies. Finally got up. I must be in training for when I move back downtown this Fall? I certainly seem to be becoming a night person again? It’s always been that way with me” Late nights when I’m living in the city, early to bed and early to rise in the country.
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ over 14 years ago
If I don’t post this with Thursday’s goodies… —————————————————————————-
From the rooftop terrace high above the clouds, we bring you Spike Jones and the City Slickers playing “Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy”…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgn_aNCBXKw&feature=related
Along with Spike, we have margueritem and ML making a surprise appearance! One performance only. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: It is not intended or implied that leaky is in this video. If you see anyone that looks like him… ————————————————————————-
IE8 doesn’t seem to like GoComics tonight and I switched to Firefox. We’ll see how I do. Maybe I’ll need to use Chrome as a browser… or Opera!