Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Magic Carpet Ride

49 comments:

Trooper York said...

Second best strip club song of all time.

Trooper York said...

The girls really get into it when it is playing while they are dancing.

Trooper York said...

It must have been because it was playing on the radio the first time their stepfather touched her while they cuddled on the hammock while her Mom was out buying cigarettes and meth.

That was the song that started her on the road to the pole.

Trooper York said...

So she can exercise some demons by thrusting her vag into some greasy guys face and taking his money.

chickelit said...

I don't know whether this song was the flip side to "Born To Be Wild" but I always liked it better than that one.

chickelit said...

Of course Paul Revere and the Raiders introduced the term "Magic Carpet Ride" to the pop music world:

link

That song, I imagine, would never be played in a strip club.

Too square.

Too Romney.

chickelit said...

That song is structured like a big parentheses--the AM radio guys could just chop out the middle part and have a 2 minute version.

rcommal said...

Man. This feels like certain aspects of my life right now.

Also, I wish I was currently on the East Coast. I have recently lost some more weight, but instead of making life easier, I am having trouble finding a dress I like that fits my shrinking (yet therefore, paradoxically, maybe, curvier) frame for my dad's wedding in a couple of weeks. Ironically, I do now fit into a number of nice things in my wardrobe--but, alas, they were hand-me-downs from my late (and smaller, if not as short) mother. Clearly, wearing one of those will not do, because, yes, my dad would notice, and, yes, it would bug him, and, yes, he might very well be indiscreet enough to mention it to my future stepmother, and I have no desire to offend her or upset either. Plus, it would feel damn weird to me, too. So here I am, trying to find some thing nice, that fits, and that might be flexible enough in cut and style so that I might be able to still wear it for one size down ( because I'm still losing and hope to all summer). I am pretty hopeless at this, especially since I lack all patience when shopping for myself (though not so much for others). Yikes!!! I bet Lisa could fix me up, and if I were within three hours one way, I'd so be on her doorstep, begging.

/stressed-out, incipient-panic rant

rcommal said...

And yes, I do realize that it is totally undignified for someone my age to be feeling this overwhelmed by stress over buying clothes, and that no doubt there's a bit of "proxy issue" thrown into the mix. But there it is. In and of itself, "realization" doesn't magically change things.

Thanks for listening.

Anonymous said...

Rcommal, I've had great luck shopping at Nordstroms, online.

Just curious, what have you been doing to lose weight? No need to answer if this is too personal a question, have fun at the wedding, my daughter's comes up in early September.

I'm pretty sure Nick has one coming up too. He said his wife found a designer dress somewhere really cheap, can't recall whe it was though.

Anonymous said...

Also Troopers place has sizes that go all the way down to size 10. But you may be smaller than that now.

windbag said...

Marching band version of Magic Carpet Ride, looking up at the trombone section.

I'm with chick, Born to Be Wild was second to Magic Carpet Ride.

rcommal said...

I still, ritually, every year on one of the first, warm beautiful days of spring, go for a drive with my windows down and "Born to be Wild" cranked to the max. Yes, this is obnoxious, but I've been doing it since the first year I had car and could drive on my own, and some old habits die hard.

chickelit said...

rcommal said...
I still, ritually, every year on one of the first, warm beautiful days of spring, go for a drive with my windows down and "Born to be Wild" cranked to the max.

So cool!

Good luck on the dress. Troop does mail order, right? It's the damn sizing that needs doing. I'm sure he wouldn't mind helping you with that. :)

#buttinski

chickelit said...

@windbag: There are some other cool side bar links at your link--"My Sharona" is especially good.

Trooper York said...

Email me rcommal and we can fix you up.

Allie is right we start at 10 but a ten that fits a busty figure.

Just sayn'

Michael Haz said...

R - Go naked. Everyone will notice and appreciate.

*Turns on vintage TEAC reel-to-reel tape player*

*Closes eyes*

*Hits play*

*Whoa, man*

*Visions of dancing hippie girls*

*And....stuff*

Michael Haz said...

Remember when a side of hash didn't involve corned beef?


And when "I think we're all bozos on this bus" was, like meaningful, man.

Wavy gravy. Hahahahahahaha. colors, man. Hey, I forgot how to blink, man...seriously.

Michael Haz said...

☮☮☮☮☮ ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

✩✩✩✩ ❂❂❂❂❂❂❂ ☯☯☯☯ man!

Oooohhhhh the drum solo

✾✾✾✾✾✾✾ ✾

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Just because I really feel like bitching right now.....

I'm living in the middle of a freaking snow globe!!! We have some trees (Aspen I think) on our property that are spewing white fluff all over the place. It looks like snow on the ground. I can't open the doors without the fluff coming into the house. Looking outside.....like a Damned snow globe.

The cat is freaked. She looks outside like W.T.F!!!! and runs inside to hide. I tried to spray the crap down, but all that did was make big wads of sticky white gluey fluff.

Plus....added bonus....I seem to be allergic to this crap. This is the very worst we have seen and everyone in the valley is also WTF and complaining.

There....my bitch for the day. I think I'll start drinking. It couldn't be any worse.

@rcommel. How about a soft linen summer dress....ala Marylin Monroe over the subway grate with an airy lace knit type of wrap. Something with a belted waist that you can cinch in when you lose more weight.** Depends on the weather. You are very sensitive and nice to not consider one of your mother's dresses.

** Hope your weight loss is for happy reasons.

Excuse me while I get yet another box of tissues. Damned TREES!!!!

Michael Haz said...

DBQ - Just go with it man. It's like snow not snow.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Best driving in the Summer song!!

Michael Haz said...

DBQ - Damn, they were good.

Michael Haz said...

Another driving song.

chickelit said...

Drivin' Song (1) link

chickelit said...

Drivin' Song (2) link

windbag said...

The real Sharona is now a real estate agent in California.

chickelit said...

Drivin' Song (3) link

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Dang Chickie beat me to it.

Radar love. When you are driving through the desert at night, windows down and at the end of a 10 hour shift coming into Barstow.

LOVE it.

Orbison had the best voice. He used a technique called head voice to get those fab high notes.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

OK.....really obscure driving song by one of my most favorite groups ever.. still have the LP

Turn up the sound!

link

Michael Haz said...

My favorite driving (and riding) song.

Titus said...

Seriously I have never heard of Steppenwolf.

tits.

chickelit said...

Probably way too idiosyncratic, but there was a time about a year when this was all I was listening to driving back and forth to work. I got to know that song real well and still never tire of it, and I still hear something new in it every time.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

@ Titus

See....hang out with us old farts. We'll broaden your horizons.

:-D

chickelit said...

Seriously Titus? What did all those sisters listen to back on the farm?

chickelit said...

Thanks for the 10 years after DBQ!

windbag said...

Lots of good riding around songs.

JJ Cale and Clapton Ride the River

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris This Is Us

Susan Tedeschi Rock Me Right

windbag said...

chick, I have that CD. Whipping Post is killer. That 11/12 intro reaches out and grabs you.

windbag said...

One more, almost forgot. Horowitz is the bomb.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

Great music everyone!!

I love this one for pure relaxation. Plus the scenery on the video is very much like where I live.

Especially the very last scene.

Michael Haz said...

This is a cool driving songfor when you need some blues.

Michael Haz said...

BUT>>> don't let the police get your car!

Anonymous said...

Ride the River! Now that one comes with some really good memories.

Dust Bunny Queen said...

@ Haz

Blues!! Here you go

So sad when he died.

Michael Haz said...

@DBQ - Thanks! Like SRV, gone to early.

Titus said...

My sister's listened to Foreigner and Cheap Trick.

tits.

windbag said...

Took my son to see this guy last year. There were maybe three people under 20 there. Too bad, because the younger generation is missing out on seriously good blues players.

Bonamassa opened for BB King when he was 12 years old. He does a lot of free school clinics, trying to reignite interest in blues. Watching him makes you either want to practice or sell your guitar.

blake said...

Cheap Trick is opening for Aerosmith at the Hollywood Bowl this summer.

It's 1978 all over again.

ndspinelli said...

Titus, You should buy your sisters tix to Rock of Ages. It's a musical making the tour and is an homage to Cheap Trick and all those bands. I think it's coming to Madison. The movie version comes out this summer.