posted May 13, 2015 12:06 PM            

"RED LIGHTS, GREEN LIGHTS
STRAWBERRY WINE
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE FOLLOWS THE STARS..."

~Paul McCartney & Wings

quote:

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Originally posted by HRH-FishAreFish:

BEATLE with WINGS...

"RED LIGHTS, GREEN LIGHTS
STRAWBERRY WINE
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE FOLLOWS THE STARS..."

The Detroit Red Wings sticker on Paul McCartney's guitar.

BEETLE + WINGS = JOURNEY

Don't STOP Believing - Journey

Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world
She took the MIDNIGHT train goin' anywhere...
Just a city boy, born and raised in South DETROIT
He took the MIDNIGHT train goin' anywhere...

A singer in a smoky room,
the smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on...

Strangers, waiting, up and down the Boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
STREETLIGHT PEOPLE, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill,
everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were Born to sing the Blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers, waiting, up and down the Boulevard
Their shadows searching in the night
STREETLIGHT PEOPLE, living just to find emotion
Hiding, somewhere in the night

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
Hold on to that feelin'
STREETLIGHT PEOPLE

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
Hold on to that feelin'
STREETLIGHT PEOPLE

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
Hold on to that feelin'
STREETLIGHT PEOPLE

*** THE FIRST RECORDED STOP SIGN WAS INSTALLED IN DETROIT IN 1915. ***

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posted May 14, 2015 11:40 AM            

& DETROIT RED WING FANS DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'...

FAN TRADITIONS...

~ Typically during the last minute or two of games that the Red Wings are winning, especially around the end of the season and during the playoffs, the fans at Joe Louis Arena are known to start singing along to Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'".... The song is played over the PA system and continues until it is muted while the crowd sings the words "Born and raised in South Detroit," then the song resumes over the speakers in the arena.

~ & the "Legend of the Octopus" is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings playoff games, in which an octopus is thrown onto the ice surface for good luck.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings

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I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus' garden in the shade

I'd ask my friends to come and see
An octopus' garden with me
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade.

We would be warm below the storm
In our little hideaway beneath the waves
Resting our head on the sea bed
In an octopus' garden near a cave

We would sing and dance around
Because we know we can't be found
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden in the shade

We would shout and swim about
The Chorale that lies beneath the waves
(Lies beneath the ocean waves)
Oh what joy for every girl and boy
Knowing they're happy and they're safe
(Happy and they're safe)

We would be so happy you and me
No one there to tell us what to do
I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus' garden with you.

posted May 15, 2015 01:05 AM            

quote:

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The 1952 playoffs featured the start of the tradition—the octopus throw.

The owner of a local FISH market, Peter Cusimano, threw one from the stands onto the ice. The eight legs are symbolic of the eight wins it took to win the Stanley Cup at the time. The Red Wings went on to sweep both of their opponents that year en route to a Stanley Cup championship. The NHL has, at various times, tried to eliminate this tradition but it continues to this day.

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posted November 17, 2015 12:21 AM            

Call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load

Ain't no change in the weather
Ain't no changes in me
Well there ain't no change in the weather
Ain't no changes in me
And I ain't hidin' from nobody
Nobody's hidin' from me
Oh, that's the way its supposed to be

Well...I got that GREEN LIGHT baby
I got to keep movin' on
Well...I got that GREEN LIGHT baby
I got to keep movin' on
Well I might go out to California
Might go down to Georgia
I don't know...

Well...I dig you GEORGIA Peaches
Makes me feel right at home
Well now...I dig you GEORGIA Peaches
Makes me feel right at home
But I don't love me no one woman
So I can't stay in Georgia long

Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
Well now they call me the breeze
I keep blowin' down the road
I ain't got me nobody
I don't carry me no load
Oooh Mr Breeze

posted November 21, 2015 10:43 PM            

Well...I guess I didn't technically see them at the Grassroots Festival on the Iowa/Nebraska border because I was behind the stage...but, I heard them!

^
That's my good friend, Kevin Pacquing, walking in front of the Lynyrd Skynyrd truck. He's a band-aid, too!

posted March 10, 2021 03:08 AM            

"Red lights, green lights
Strawberry Wine
A Good friend of mine
Follows the stars--
Venus and Mars
are alright tonight."

Lyrics to Strawberry Wine by good friends Levon Helm and J.R.Robertson of The Band:

posted March 23, 2021 08:54 PM            

Double, double, time-track trouble
pick a strawberry four-leaf clover
play it backwards, play it over

......

Play it backwards, listen twice, three blind mice
then thank a song of sixpence if you're bright enough to see
bright enough to see ...

and Paul

posted April 02, 2021 12:48 AM            

There are Red Lights, Green Lights, Planets, constellations, The New York Times printing press...

...Holy mackerel!..

Oh please, Lord, let this be a good sign.

I need some help.

I'm working on a new book. It's called "Manure Signs".