Date: 2007-11-09 08:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] selenesue.livejournal.com
The only conceivable explanation is that Lawrence Welk didn't know the term "toke" and thought it was a gospel hit. Sweet Jesus.

Date: 2007-11-09 08:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emiofbrie.livejournal.com
Exactly my thought

Wunnerful, wunnerful! ;)

Sweet Smokin Jesus...

Date: 2007-11-09 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pheltzer.livejournal.com
Mention Jesus and and Mary in a song and suddenly it's a spiritual piece?

Date: 2007-11-09 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lickintoadz.livejournal.com
OMG my grandparents used to watch Lawrence Welk. I'd had all memory of that horrid piece of crap show suppressed. Thanks, assmonkey. You're paying for therapy. :-P

Date: 2007-11-09 09:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wyngarde.livejournal.com
This is why I watch Mr. Welk on Saturdays. It's cheaper than drugs and my kid can watch it.

Date: 2007-11-10 02:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] musicmutt.livejournal.com
Ahhh, ha ha ha ha! They didn't get it.

Date: 2007-11-12 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] awfulhorrid.livejournal.com
The scary part to me is that it's not a bad cover ... but I think you're right, they certainly didn't understand the words! (Or heck, maybe they did!)

Date: 2007-11-13 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bammba-m.livejournal.com
i don't believe that either of those people has ever been "one toke over the line."

Further, i don't believe that either of those people has ever even seen a joint.

Date: 2007-11-13 11:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] filkertom.livejournal.com
...

...

... the fuck?

I am flashing back triple:
  • to Harlan Ellison's documentation of attempts at "blue-eyed soul" on TV back in the 60s
  • to one of my favorite bad-TV moments of all time, Lloyd Bridges and Tony Orlando doing the pork-pie hat, cane-waving, toe-tapping, all-smiles version of "Hey, Won't You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
  • to my getting free tickets to see The New (really, really freakin' new, like third generation) Christy Minstrels, who were doing a set at the Sheraton in Ann Arbor. [livejournal.com profile] mbumby and I went, and we left during the halftime intermission because otherwise we were going to hurt ourselves from holding back disbelieving, derisive howls of laughter. They actually did a medley of hits by their favorite dead folksingers

Omgwtf

Date: 2007-11-14 06:28 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] hazelchaz
"A modern spiritual" indeed. Oh my sweet heavens.

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