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Saturday, July 31. 2021

Crazy fun lyrics

"I took my potatoes down to be mashed and headed on over to the million dollar bash." 


I think Dylan did this one on of the original Basement Tapes in 1967. Those were fun, often silly tunes if you can find them anywhere (not the produced ones, the original ones). Some feel this tune was making fun of Andy Warhol, but it doesn't matter. 


Full lyrics here. 


I know somebody who threw a $500 K destination wedding for a daughter. The marriage lasted 6 months.


Sorry I can't find the old basement tape version, but Fairport Convention tried it: 






Posted by Bird Dog in The Song and Dance Man at 16:15 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)

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Fairport Convention's "Liege & Lief" was legendary among a certain type (ahem, mine) of folkie who was interested in all things British. After FC went in for changes, we migrated to Steeleye Span.

Fun video here. i had not heard it.
#1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-07-31 17:21 (Reply)
I sometimes wonder if the cost of the wedding is inversely proportional to the duration. Because marriage, not a party, is the focus, putting too much of your heart in one may signify not enough left over for the other.
#2 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-07-31 17:31 (Reply)
My wife and I decided to get married at noon one day. We got the license, the required blood tests, and went to the County seat at 4pm after the blood test results came back. We were married by a blind judge (Jackson) and have been together for almost 51 years.
#2.1 snopercod on 2021-07-31 19:36 (Reply)
My ex-husband, a wedding photographer for 20+ years, says so.
#2.2 Ann K on 2021-08-01 10:34 (Reply)
I admit to thinking Fairport Convention was a groovy band.
#3 XRay on 2021-07-31 22:14 (Reply)
Unless we start using Monopoly money, I can't imagine what a stack of cash I would have to have to spend half a million on a wedding ceremony.

Good on the caterer's, florists, valets, etc. who did the work there, though. A fool and his money are some party.
#4 Dangerous Dean on 2021-07-31 23:46 (Reply)
I had not heard that joke. Love it.
#4.1 Assistant Village Idiot on 2021-08-01 09:40 (Reply)
If I had Jeff Bezos level of wealth I still couldn't spend that much money on a party.
#4.2 jack walter on 2021-08-01 11:15 (Reply)
I have Dylan's original version of that, and some others, on my playlist, downloaded from, I don't know, itunes or something. I used to have all those bootleg vinyls, (e.g. Great White Wonder) can't believe I got rid of them in some fit of pique or purge.
Lo and Behold
Open the Door, Homer
Please, Mrs. Henry
Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
This Wheel's on Fire
Too Much of Nothing
#5 mharko on 2021-08-01 14:53 (Reply)
Reading Thompson’s book, he says the picture in the front are Sandy’s folks
#6 Me on 2021-08-01 16:10 (Reply)
I had the Black Cloud presents vinyl disc with all these and more.
I think Million Dollar Bash was a flip, but sincere allusion to the great supper in heaven. As in When I Paint my Masterpiece. "Along came Jones who emptied the trash" = another dream of "St Augustine" = alias Jesus.
"We're ALL gonna be there"
#6.1 TWITCHY on 2021-08-02 09:15 (Reply)

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