Posted on 12/04/2021 3:01:38 PM PST by FLNittany
You wrote that the song is about a Galvestonian fighting in the Spanish-American War. When he returns to Galveston after the war concludes, he and his lady love had better make plans to clear out. If they're still in Galveston 25 months after the war ended, they will be very, very, very sorry.
like calling up thunder..
Take it up with Jimmy Webb.
RIP Glenn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bacWTnzkQ4Q&list=OLAK5uy_mYKEmWrDj7fbb9mKjwAlffRW9i6xrDp3E&index=6
Brilliant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZOEasPSZiM&list=OLAK5uy_mYKEmWrDj7fbb9mKjwAlffRW9i6xrDp3E&index=8
Those are some great videos!
Jimmy Webb is still around. Perhaps he could write a sequel to "Galveston" about how the soldier and his lover settled down in Galveston--and how they coped with what happened two years later.
He’s easily accessible on FB. Have at it. Why are you quizzing me about it? Not every popular song was written to meet your historical standards. I know that’s hard to believe, but it’s true. Songs are written to make money, not record history.
Wichita Lineman is one of my favorite All-time songs.
I had to skip past the Toby Keith and Etheridge parts.
You're the one who said that "Galveston" was written to record history.
Being a fan of the USC Trojans, despite their underachievement this year, I like football songs, and "Wichita Lineman" is one of the great football songs of all time.
My World Fell Down--Sagittarius (1967)
Galveston is an anti-Vietnam War song—and you know it! Glen Campbell, Jane Fonda and other leftist glitterati undermined our war effort and contributed to the Communist takeover of Southeast Asia and the subsequent murder of millions of innocent pelple.
Notice that the singer refers to his weapon as his “gun,” so the song could not have been written by a veteran but probably by some hippie who scribbled it as he smoked his joints. It makes me sick to see this adulation for these balloon-brained leftist “celebrities” on a conservative website.
I don’t check in here too often anymore, but that is really funny.
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