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Title: You can get anything you want, excepting Alice
Post by: PirateVOL on November 24, 2022, 02:11:36 EST
https://www.youtube.com/v/m57gzA2JCcM


Title: Re: You can get anything you want, excepting Alice
Post by: BanditVol on November 24, 2022, 03:32:18 EST
eh

Sooooo looooonnnnnnggggg

 :laugh:

But were you not in the Air Force?  You do realize that song is about dodging the draft by a legit left wing hippie, right?  I am truly surprised you like it.  :confused:


Title: Re: You can get anything you want, excepting Alice
Post by: PirateVOL on November 24, 2022, 03:57:34 EST
eh

Sooooo looooonnnnnnggggg

 :laugh:

But were you not in the Air Force?  You do realize that song is about dodging the draft by a legit left wing hippie, right?  I am truly surprised you like it.  :confused:
Hey, I went through that crap at the induction center on Central, across from the old Sears store

Maybe, just maybe I was went to that equivalent of the Group W bench ... :naughty:

BTW, the ONLY lottery I ever won was the Draft Lottery  :bird:


Title: Re: You can get anything you want, excepting Alice
Post by: Creek Walker on November 24, 2022, 04:13:32 EST
eh

Sooooo looooonnnnnnggggg

 :laugh:

But were you not in the Air Force?  You do realize that song is about dodging the draft by a legit left wing hippie, right?  I am truly surprised you like it.  :confused:

It’s not so much a song about dodging the draft as it is a song making fun of silly government bureaucracy.


Title: Re: You can get anything you want, excepting Alice
Post by: PirateVOL on November 24, 2022, 04:22:13 EST
It’s not so much a song about dodging the draft as it is a song making fun of silly government bureaucracy.
Not to mention "American blind justice"


Title: Re: You can get anything you want, excepting Alice
Post by: BanditVol on November 24, 2022, 06:44:35 EST
It’s not so much a song about dodging the draft as it is a song making fun of silly government bureaucracy.

There is a strong element of protest against Vietnam in it.  The whole point of the chorus line is a protest against Vietnam, that's the point of the song.

Didn't know PV was a pot smoking hippie back in the 70s  :dielaughing: