A much better outlaw song, because it's forward-facing: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vS4z6ngQo> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vS4z6ngQo> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vS4z6ngQo <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7vS4z6ngQo>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > It was probably the use of Marty Robbins' "El Paso" in the final episode > of "Breaking Bad" that got me thinking about it, but ever since I've > been on kind of a music kick, finding and listening to classic outlaw > songs. "El Paso" is obviously one of the greats in that category, but > it's another old outlaw song that's stuck in my head tonight, and it's > even brought back some pleasant memories about my time in the TM > movement, so I'll share them with you. > > Back in early 1977, when I first heard the song, I was living at the TM > National Headquarters at the end of Sunset Blvd. I was working there as > personnel director for a few months before my Sidhis course, and lived > on the premises in one of the rooms (it was formerly a motel, for those > of you who never went there). It was a cool place to live -- a block > from the beach, next door to the Yogananda Lake Shrine -- and even > though I was making shit money I was earning precious (at the time) > course credits, so I made the best of living there. > > It was there I first heard Emmylou Harris' version of a great Townes Van > Sandt outlaw song called "Pancho and Lefty." I remember listening to it > one night with my girlfriend, who I had had to sneak into my room, the > both of us feeling very much like outlaws ourselves for having > sex there in the TM National Headquarters. :-) > > Anyway, it's a great song, and listening to it again in a Paris cafe -- > all these years later -- I still love it. I also love -- all these years > later -- still feeling like an outlaw. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LQeRqTBK4 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LQeRqTBK4> > >
