The Legend of the USS Titanic

[W1GUH]

By Jaime Brockett.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFYMjkFYPg


"He walked around the wheelhouse once...

[W5RB]

I first heard this late one night , probably in 1972 or so , on KAAY-AM from Little Rock , Arkansas . DJ Clyde Clifford's "Beaker Street" used to be the only source of broadcast rock-n-roll for those of us in the backwoods . Anyway , it's worth the time to listen all the way through . Thanks for the reminder .

[W1GUH]

I sure wish I could've seen him do that live!

[NQ6U]

His grasp of history is about as good as his singing...

[W3WN]

Ah, he does know it's the HMS Titanic, not the USS Titanic, right?

[NQ6U]

Ah, he does know it's the HMS Titanic, not the USS Titanic, right?

And that she left left Southampton, England sailing westward to the United States on her maiden (and only) voyage so it's not likely that an American boxer would have taken passage to England aboard her?

[W1GUH]

And that she left left Southampton, England sailing westward to the United States on her maiden (and only) voyage so it's not likely that an American boxer would have taken passage to England aboard her?

But you're OK with the parking meters, right?

[VE7MGF]

WELL that was a piece of my life i wont get back

[NA4BH]

WELL that was a piece of my life i wont get back


:rofl: :rofl:

I stopped before rigor set in. :lol: :lol:

[N2NH]

must've been sailing from here...



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[N2CHX]

WTF was that?

[W4RLR]

One of the other songs I could play on WWUH when I needed a bathroom break.

[kb2crk]

One of the other songs I could play on WWUH when I needed a bathroom break.

i assume the other one is inna gadda da vida??

[n2ize]

By Jaime Brockett.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFYMjkFYPg


"He walked around the wheelhouse once...

That was great. So far I've listened to it 5 times. Good stuff.

[N2NH]

i assume the other one is inna gadda da vida??

No doubt. Time Has Come Today comes to mind too.

[N2CHX]

One of the other songs I could play on WWUH when I needed a bathroom break.

Haha! When I was an intern at WWMO waaaaaaaaay back in 1986, we had two triple deckers that were all sequenced. There was a special cart marked "BATHROOM." It was a liner that went "And now another four in a row gospel music feature..."

[W5RB]

No doubt. Time Has Come Today comes to mind too.

At the Ole Miss campus station , it used to be Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother Suite .

[W1GUH]

I didn't realize how localized in time and place Jaime Brockett was. I was in Boston when he was doing his thing in Cambridge, and I heard this maybe once or twice when I was there. Then, I got reminded of it when I heard it late-night when I'd pulled off the New York State Thruway near Rochester in '74 for some much needed Z's. After that, it took a while to find the vinyl (now out of print - but there may be a re-issue). While I was stopped, that station also played Harry Nilsson's The Point with Iblio and Arrow.

At that time and place, this was a massive hit. It had just the right tone for the times, and Mr. Brockett's high-energy playing and singing and speaking were very, very well received. Like I said in the original post, I'd give my left ...whatever... to see him do this live. Must have been AWESOME back then.

I see, though, that not everybody appreciates what he does. Ah, well, no accountin' and all that. I do think that the images in that particular youtube video are distracting...mebbe I shoulda found one without images. Now, I'm going to take my 497.5 feet of rope and get outta here!

Do the Eagle Rock!

[W4RLR]

i assume the other one is inna gadda da vida??Yup. Of course any one of Harry Chapin's story songs was also good in a pinch.

[n2ize]

Ah, he does know it's the HMS Titanic, not the USS Titanic, right?

After you've smoked that much magic weed it doesn't matter if its USS, HMS, RSS, CIA, FBI, NSA...

[n2ize]

It was sad when that great blimp went down.

[W1GUH]

Rush passed?

[W4RLR]

Ah, he does know it's the HMS Titanic, not the USS Titanic, right?Actually, RMS Titanic. HMS is a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. USS is a ship of the line of United States Navy. Although the Titanic was a British steamship, it was indirectly American owned by the J.P. Morgan International Merchantile Marine trust.

RMS stands for Royal Mail Steamship, though the new Queen Mary 2 has the designation of RMS but is diesel/electric azipod propelled. No steam involved.

[W4RLR]

Rush passed?The only thing Rush has passed lately is gas.

[NQ6U]

The only thing Rush has passed lately is gas.

I heard he passed a kidney stone. Screamed like a little girl, too.

[W1GUH]

Actually, RMS Titanic. HMS is a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. USS is a ship of the line of United States Navy. Although the Titanic was a British steamship, it was indirectly American owned by the J.P. Morgan International Merchantile Marine trust.

RMS stands for Royal Mail Steamship, though the new Queen Mary 2 has the designation of RMS but is diesel/electric azipod propelled. No steam involved.

Whatever the name of the ship, it still took up 210 parking meters! :-P

[W4RLR]

I heard he passed a kidney stone. Screamed like a little girl, too.I've passed kidney stones (five of them) Damn right I screamed until the drugs kicked in. Then you could have smashed my testicles with a hammer and I would not have felt a thing.

[n2ize]

Whatever the name of the ship, it still took up 210 parking meters! :-P

He walked around thee wheelhouse once...

I gotta get me a job in that Mexican rope factory...

[KA9MOT]

Ah, he does know it's the HMS Titanic, not the USS Titanic, right? Ahhhhhh.... That explains everything! The Titanic was British. Look what they have done to their cars! :D