Posted on 11/26/2015 5:12:41 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
--SNIP-- Arlo Guthrie famously was arrested for littering in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and ended up being rejected for the Vietnam War draft because of his conviction for that crime. The folk singer wove his experience into the satirical 18-minute (and 34 seconds) ballad in 1967 that radio stations around the country play every Thanksgiving. Pagliarini is one of a number of people who spoke about tuning in on the holiday. For some, the listening tradition goes back several generations
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I put that envelope under that garbage.
No time for aging Sixties hippie draft dodgers here.
My draft number was “9” and I went. Screw Guthrie and his Stalinist commie old man.
Very funny song. To this day, I still quote the line to my students, “I was sittin’ on the Group W bench with the oppressed, repressed, suppressed . . . the mother rapers . . . the father stabbers . . . the FATHER RAPERS . . . .”
I don’t even think about Alice or her restaurant on Thanksgiving Day or any other day for that matter.
Wait for it to come around again on the guitar...
Thank you for your service. By the time I turned 18 the draft was winding down, so I never got called. Still like this song though.
My husband’s draft # was 8 so he enlisted.
My roommate and I wrote a parody of Alice’s Restraunt when we were at the Air Force Academy in the early 70’s. It was called Mitch’s Restraunt and we performed it in a talent show. The commanding officer corps did not appreciate it but the cadets gave us a standing ovation.
I know. Heck, they don’t get half my jokes. And my jokes are funny.
It says he was rejected, not that he dodged. I do not know the details.
Years ago I had company over on Thanksgiving that insisted on playing that song in front of elderly relatives that have since passed on. They thought that these old folks were going to be entertained or enlightened by it. They sat through the entire 20 minutes in stony silence. Definitely an awkward moment!
I don’t want a pickle....
I used to enjoy my trips to the real Alice’s Restaurant, because it always involved a motorcycle ride. One of the few things I miss about living in the Bay Area.
http://www.alicesrestaurant.com/
I’ve always enjoyed Alice’s Restaurant but his “City of New Orleans” is one of his best and I never get tired of listening to it.........
How does the 50th anniversary of a 1967 song occur in 2015, anyway? Common Core math? Or did the PBS people “identify” this as the 50th anniversary, therefore it is?
Steve Goodman wrote that one, of course, but Arlo made if famous.
" twenty-seven 8x10 color glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explainin' what each one was"
at work in a conversation at work. One coworker got it and burst out laughing. The millennials had blank looks on their faces.
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