WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Boomer Anthems: Stayin’ Alive
byVanderleunonMay 16, 2019
Well now, I get low and I get high
And if I can’t get either, I really try
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
I’m a dancin’ man and I just can’t lose
You know it’s alright, it’s okay
I’ll live to see another day
We can try to understand
The New York Times’ effect on man
Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin’ and everybody shakin’
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk
Music loud and women warm
I’ve been kicked around since I was born
And now it’s all right, it’s okay
And you may look the other way
We can try to understand
The New York Times’ effect on man
Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Feel the city breakin’ and everybody shakin’
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me
Somebody help me, yeah
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me, yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
For the life of me I cannot understand why goose-stepping is so treasured by tyrants. It’s as if their military-department heads were trained by the Ministry of Silly Walks or something. I have to conclude that they do not understand how truly stupid it looks.
Walter SobchakMay 16, 2019, 11:27 AM
Rev Sensing: Norman Davies “History of Europe” has a side bar on the history of the goosestep I don’t have it available to me right now.
RichardMay 16, 2019, 1:46 PM
Pretty cool video. Illustrative of how much dictators love them some Borg. No individual, just the collective. Or as Herself would have it: “It takes a village.”
Speaking only for myself, I like my Bee Gees pre-disco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YC5sc_V6I
Once again cruising along in my ’69 Chevelle SS, volume knob cranked to the max and the tach needle approaching the red zone.
Auntie AnalogueMay 16, 2019, 4:59 PM
Q. How come totalitarian states have the goose-step?
A. Because they ain’t got The Rockettes.
(!)
NoriMay 16, 2019, 10:11 PM
Gerard,you magnificent bastard!
Norks goose-stepping to Stayin’ Alive ??
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me,
Somebody help me,yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
barely,thanks to Kim Jong Rockets and ancestors.
Great juxtaposition
JackMay 17, 2019, 2:34 PM
As it is with so many other things people do, you have to wonder just wtf they think they’re doing?
I wonder if these NORKs have the slightest inkling of just how foolish and asinine they really look, parading around in the little poorly made goon suits and ill fitting shoes, bodies and backs as stiff as planks as they push themselves through the routine of this jarring and bone damaging marching style, all done and performed for an over indulgent, alcoholic and murderous tyrant whose body image, haircut and tailoring would have repelled Adolph Hitler.
NoriMay 18, 2019, 8:42 PM
Remember back in November of 2017 when a young Nork soldier drove across the DMZ,bullets flying at his back? He survived,but surgeons found not only bullets, but roundworms and tapeworms in his intestines. Those are common parasites in 3rd world crap holes who use human feces as fertilizer.
Safe to say they’re some of the most miserably abused humans on the planet. Imagine an entire country with Battered Wife Syndrome. Another shining example of the glories of communism.
Highly unpleasant realities aside,that goose-steppin’ to the BeeGee’s finest is classic Mad Magazine absurdity.
Curious about one thing in the video. First there’s the parade of brownshirts,then the navy guys,then brownie chix, then the guys dressed in ocher yellow uniforms.
What Theatre of Operations requires ocher yellow uniforms,with Castro hats?
It’s like they’re ready to invade Mars,if only Mars was the ocher yellow planet.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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For the life of me I cannot understand why goose-stepping is so treasured by tyrants. It’s as if their military-department heads were trained by the Ministry of Silly Walks or something. I have to conclude that they do not understand how truly stupid it looks.
Rev Sensing: Norman Davies “History of Europe” has a side bar on the history of the goosestep I don’t have it available to me right now.
Pretty cool video. Illustrative of how much dictators love them some Borg. No individual, just the collective. Or as Herself would have it: “It takes a village.”
Speaking only for myself, I like my Bee Gees pre-disco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3YC5sc_V6I
Once again cruising along in my ’69 Chevelle SS, volume knob cranked to the max and the tach needle approaching the red zone.
Q. How come totalitarian states have the goose-step?
A. Because they ain’t got The Rockettes.
(!)
Gerard,you magnificent bastard!
Norks goose-stepping to Stayin’ Alive ??
Life goin’ nowhere, somebody help me,
Somebody help me,yeah
I’m stayin’ alive
barely,thanks to Kim Jong Rockets and ancestors.
Great juxtaposition
As it is with so many other things people do, you have to wonder just wtf they think they’re doing?
I wonder if these NORKs have the slightest inkling of just how foolish and asinine they really look, parading around in the little poorly made goon suits and ill fitting shoes, bodies and backs as stiff as planks as they push themselves through the routine of this jarring and bone damaging marching style, all done and performed for an over indulgent, alcoholic and murderous tyrant whose body image, haircut and tailoring would have repelled Adolph Hitler.
Remember back in November of 2017 when a young Nork soldier drove across the DMZ,bullets flying at his back? He survived,but surgeons found not only bullets, but roundworms and tapeworms in his intestines. Those are common parasites in 3rd world crap holes who use human feces as fertilizer.
Safe to say they’re some of the most miserably abused humans on the planet. Imagine an entire country with Battered Wife Syndrome. Another shining example of the glories of communism.
Highly unpleasant realities aside,that goose-steppin’ to the BeeGee’s finest is classic Mad Magazine absurdity.
Curious about one thing in the video. First there’s the parade of brownshirts,then the navy guys,then brownie chix, then the guys dressed in ocher yellow uniforms.
What Theatre of Operations requires ocher yellow uniforms,with Castro hats?
It’s like they’re ready to invade Mars,if only Mars was the ocher yellow planet.