ah yes ... the years just roll back in again ... - bill
--- Stuart LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry guys, the song in question originated as "Bird > is the Word" by the > Rivingtons, which was transformed into "Surfin' > Bird" by the Trashmen, and which > then reached its apotheosis in a version by none > other than > > **** THE RAMONES **** > > whose sanctified leather jackets and Mosrite guitars > belong in reliquaries where > they may be protected from the desecrating contact > of upstart parvenu > interlopers such as NY Philharmonic musicians. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bill kilpatrick > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 2:32 PM > To: Edward Martin; lute list > Subject: re: rock lute > > > ah yes ... > > the years just roll away ... > > - bill > > --- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, they were the Trashmen, from Minneapolis. > > ed > > > > At 09:26 AM 4/3/2005 +0100, bill kilpatrick wrote: > > >another fascinating piece of new yorkabilia was > an > > >up-tempo little ditty called "the bird" whose > sole > > >lyric content was (if i recall properly) "bird, > > bird, > > >bird-bird's the word." rumor, again, had it they > > were > > >two moonlighters from the new york philharmonic. > > > > > > > > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of > a creepy crawly..." - Don > Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la > Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph > of San Buenaventura. go to: > http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
