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May 31, 1995, Bob Dole blasts Hollywood, singling out Time Warner for marketing evil movies and music. He later admits he doesn't listen to any new music.

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May 30, 1971, Over three dozen Grateful Dead fans are hospitalized and treated for hallucinations caused by LCD they have unwittingly ingested when the drug is used to spike an apple drink served at San Francisco's Winterland. It is widely known that the band had dosed the entire audience, police did not press charges for lack of evidence. Authorities became suspicious after several audience members told them the band sounded great.
Uncle John's Band by the Dead
Well the first days are the hardest days,
don't you worry any more,
'Cause when life looks like Easy Street,
there is danger at your door.
Think this through with me,
let me know your mind,
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
is are you kind?
It's a buck dancer's choice my friend;
better take my advice.
You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice.
Will you come with me?
Won't you come with me?
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
will you come with me?
Goddamn, well I declare,
have you seen the like?
Their wall are built of cannonballs,
their motto is "Don't tread on me".
Come hear Uncle John'n Band playing
to the tide,
Come with me, or go alone,
he's come to take his children home.
It's the same story the crow told me;
it's the only one he knows.
Like the morning sun you come
and like the wind you go.
Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait,
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
where does the time go?
I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggar's Tomb;
I got me a violin and I beg you call the tune,
anybody's choice,
I can hear your voice.
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
how does the song go?
Come hear Uncle John's Band by the riverside,
Got some things to talk about,
here beside the rising tide.
Come hear Uncle John's Band
playing to the tide,
Come on along, or go alone,
he's come to take his children home.
Wo, oh, what I want to know,
how does the song go.

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May 29, 1997, Jeff Buckley disappeared in the Mississippi River, his body was found on the 4th of June after being spotted by a passenger on a tourist riverboat. Jeff was born in California's Orange County in 1966, his father was Tim Buckley the folk singer. Tim died in 1975 from a heroin overdose. "Grace" was Jeff Buckleys first and only complete studio album. In 2005, Q magazine readers voted "Grace" the 13th greatest album of all time.
Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley
quoi quest ce que cest
what what's this
Quest ce que cest piaf
what is piaf
Ah Paris
manger beaucoup le fromage
ah Paris
eat a lot of cheese
La la la la la last goodbye...
This is our last goodbye
I hate to feel the love between us die
But its over
Just hear this and then Ill go
You gave me more to live for
More than you'll ever know
This is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face
Why cant we overcome this wall
Well, maybe its just because I didn't know you at all
Kiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire,
babe, and not consolation
You know it makes me so angry
cause I know that in time
Ill only make you cry,
this is our last goodbye
Did you say no,
this cant happen to me,
And did you rush to the phone to call
Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind
Saying maybe you didn't know him at all
You didn't know him at all,
oh, you didn't know
Well, the bells out in the church tower chime
Burning clues into this heart of mine
Thinking so hard on her soft eyes
and the memories
offer signs that its over... its over

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May 28, 2000, Britney Spears was at No.1 on the album chart with 'Oops!...I Did It Again'.
Oops... I Did It Again
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah
I think I did it again
I made you believe we're more than just friends
Oh baby
I showed you my bush
But it doesn't mean that I'm serious'
Cause to lose my panties
That is just so typically me
Oh baby, baby
Oops!...I did it again
I showed you my tits,
got lost in the game
Oh baby, baby
Oops!...You think I'm a slut
And you fell in love
I'm not that talented
You see my problem is this
I'm dreaming away
Wishing that heroes had big thick penis's
I cry, masturbating all day
Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways
But to lose my panties
That is just so typically me
Baby, oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
"All aboard"
"Britney, before you go,
there's something I want you to have"
"Oh, it's beautiful, but wait a minute, isn't this...?"
"Yeah, yes it is"
"But I thought the old lady lost it in her ass in the end"
"Well baby, I went down and got it for you"
"Oh, you shouldn't have"
Oops!...I showed you my tits
And you fell in love
oh baby
Oops!...
You think I'm a slut
I'm not that talented

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May 27, 1977, To conincide with Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee celebration in June, The Sex Pistols single 'God Save The Queen' was released. It is instantly banned by TV and radio because of its so called "treasonous sentiments." Most shops wont display it and pressing plant workers refused to handle the record. Despite the bad press the record sells 200,000 copies in one week and peaked at No.2 on the charts.
God Save The Queen by the Pistols
God save the Queen
Her fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential h-bomb
God save the Queen
She ain't no human being
There's no future
In England's dreaming
Don't be told what you want
Don't be told what you need
There's no future, no future
No future for you
God save the Queen
We mean it man
We love our Queen
God saves
God save the Queen
'Cos those tourists are money
And our figure head
Is not what she seems
Oh God save history
God save your mad parade
Oh Lord God have mercy
All crimes are paid
When there's no future
How can there be sin
We're the flowers in the dustbin
We're the poison in the human machine
we're the future, your future
God save the Queen
We mean it man
We love our Queen
God saves
God save the Queen
We mean it man
And there's no future
In England's dreaming
No future
For you...

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May 26, 1952, During a Howlin Wolf show some poor drunk tried to get up on stage. Howlin punched him on the head, knocking the man backwards. At the moment Howlin's fist connected with the guys head Wolf coined the phrase "Step off motherfucker."
Wang Dang Doodle by Howlin' Wolf
Tell Automatic Slim
tell Razor Totin' Jim
Tell Butcher Knife Totin' Annie,
tell Fast Talking Fanny
A we gonna pitch a ball,
a down to that union hall
We gonna romp and tromp
till midnight
We gonna fuss and fight
till daylight
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle
all night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
Tell Kudu-Crawlin' Red,
tell Abyssinian Ned
Tell ol' Pistol Pete,
everybody gonna meet
Tonight we need no rest,
we really gonna throw a mess
We gonna to break out all of the windows,
we gonna kick down all the doors
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle
all night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
Tell Fats and Washboard Sam,
that everybody gonna to jam
Tell Shaky and Boxcar Joe,
we got sawdust on the floor
Tell Peg and Caroline Dye,
we gonna have a time.
When the fish scent fill the air,
there'll be snuff juice everywhere
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle
all night long
All night long...
DLAK note: Wang Dang DOODLE, indeed.

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May 25, 1996, Bradly Nowell, lead singer of the group Sublime, dies of a heroin overdose in a San Francisco hotel room. Born Bradley James Nowell in 1968. As a young boy Nowell was diagnosed with ADD and was prescribed Ritalin. He formed the band Sublime in 1988 after quitting collage. They released two albums and had just finished recording a third when Nowell died. The album was called "Sublime" and would be their biggest hit. Bradley Nowell died two days after his marrage to Troy Dendekker, she once said "Nowell was very happy and pleasant to be around when he was under the influence of substances, but when he wasn't under the influence Nowell could be very difficult". Bradleys dog (Louie or Lou Dog) was cared for until he died on September 17, 2001.
What I Got by Sublime
Early in the morning risin' to the street
Light me up that cigarette and I strap shoes on my feet
Got to find a reason a reason things went wrong
Got to find a reason why my money's all gone
But I got a dalmatian
and I can still get high
I can play the guitar like a mother fuckin riot
Life is too short so love the one you got
cause you might get runover or you might get shot
Never start no static I just get it off my chest
Never had to battle with no bulletproof vest
Take a small example A tip from me
take all of your money and give it up to charity
Lovin's what I got It's within my reach
And the sublime style's still straight from long beach
It all comes back to you you're gonna get what you deserve
Try and test that, you're bound to get served
Love's what I got Don't start a riot
You feel it when the dance gets hot
Lovin', is what i got, i said remember that.
Lovin', is what i got, i said remember that.
That's why I don't cry when my dog runs away
I don't get angry at the bills I have to pay
I don't get angry when my Mom smokes pot,
hits the bottle and goes back to the rock
Fuckin and fighting it's all the same
Livin' with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane
Let the lovin come back to me
Lovin', is what i got, i said remember that...

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May 24, 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman is born in Duluth, Minn.
Fixin' To Die Blues
Feeling funny in my mind,
Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die,
fixing to die
Feeling funny in my mind,
Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying
Well, I look over yonder to that burying ground
Look over yonder to that burying ground
Sure seems lonesome,
Lord,
when the sun goes down
Feeling funny in my eyes,
Lord,
I believe I'm fixing to die,
fixing to die
Feeling funny in my eyes,
Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
but I hate to leave my children crying
There's a black smoke rising,
Lord
It's rising up above my head,
up above my head
It's rising up above my head,
up above my head
And tell Jesus
make up my dying bed.
I'm walking kind of funny,
Lord I believe I'm fixing to die,
fixing to die
Yes I'm walking kind of funny,
Lord
I believe I'm fixing to die
Fixing to die,
fixing to die
Well, I don't mind dying
But I hate to leave my children crying.
DLAK note: Walking kind of funny indeed.

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May 23, 1960, "Cathy's Clown" by The Everly Brothers hits No.1 on Billboard's record charts, and stayed there for 5 weeks. It also spent seven weeks at No.1 in the UK.
Cathy's Clown by the Everly Brothers
Don't want your love any more.
Don't want your kisses, that's for sure.
I die each time I hear this sound:
"Here he comes, that's Cathy's clown."
I've got to stand tall.
You know a man can't crawl.
For when he knows you're telling lies
And he hears them passing by,
He's not a man at all.
Don't want your love any more.
Don't want your kisses, that's for sure.
I die each time I hear this sound,
"Here he comes, that's Cathy's clown."
When you see me shed a tear,
And you know that it's sincere,
Don't you think it's kind of sad
That you're treating me so bad?
Or don't you even care?
Don't want your love any more.
Don't want your kisses , that's for sure.
I die each time I hear this sound:
"Here he comes, that's Cathy's clown."

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May 22, 1961, Ernie K-Doe has his only pop hit when his song "Mother-In-Law" made it to number one on the charts. Born Ernest Kador, Jr. (in New Orleans) in 1936, Ernie was an accomplished blues singer and drummer. K-Doe once said "The only currently familiar tunes which will still be known in 1,000 years are "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Mother In Law". He billed himself as "The Emperor of the Universe" and wore a cape and crown. He operated a music club in New Orleans called "Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge" until his death in 2001. His widow, Antoinette K-Doe, continued to operate the club after his death but it was severely damaged in Hurricane Katrina. She is in the process of rebuilding the club. She led a campaign for K-Doe's election for mayor of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans in 2006, five years after his death. She said "He's the only one qualified".
Mother In-Law by Ernie K-Doe
The worst person I know
(Mother-in law, mother-in law)
(Mother-in law, mother-in law)
she worries me, so
If she'd leave us alone
we would have a happy home
Sent from down below
Mother in Law Mother in Law
Satan should be her name
To me they're bout the same
Every time I open my mouth
She steps in, tries to put me out
How could she stoop so low
I come home with my pay
She asks me what I made
She thinks her advice is the constitution
But if she would leave
that would be the solution
And don't come back no more
Mother in law
My......mother in law, ah
Oh yeah

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May 21, 1995, Hootie & the Blowfish hit number 1 on the album charts with their debut LP, "Cracked Rear View". The album went on to sell over 15 million copies and stayed at number 1 for four weeks. The song "Let Her Cry" Would win the band its first Grammy.
Let her cry by Hootie & The Blowfish
She sits alone by a lamppost
Trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind
She says dads the one I love the most
But stipes not far behind
She never lets me in
Only tell me where's shes been
When shes had too much to drink
I say that I don't care I just run my hands
Through her dark hair and then I pray to god
You gotta help me fly away
And just...Let her cry...
if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...
if it eases all her pain
Let her go...
let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...
let her be.
This morning I woke up alone
Found a note standin by the phone
Saying maybe, maybe Ill be back some day
I wanted to look for you
You walked in I didn't know just what I should do
So I sat back down and had a beer and felt sorry for
Myself.
Let her cry...
if the tears fall down like rain
Let her sing...
if it eases all her pain
Let her go...
let her walk right out on me
And if the sun comes up tomorrow
Let her be...
Last night I tried to leave
Cried so much I just
Could not believe
She was the same girl
I fell in love with long ago
She went in the back to
Get high
I sat down on my couch
And cried
Yelling oh mama please
Help me
Wont you hold my hand.
And
Let her cry...

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May 20, 1966, The Who is scheduled to play a show at the Ricky Tick Club in Windsor, England. John Entwistle and Keith Moon do not show up. Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey go on stage and start the concert with the bass player and drummer of the local band that opened the show. When Moon and Entwistle finally show up in the middle of the set Keith and Pete get into an argument on stage, Townshend gets so pissed off that he smacks Moon on the head with his guitar. Moon quits the band but returns after a week.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by The Who
Someone is spending my money for me,
The money I earn I never see,
In all things I do he interferes,
All I know is trouble as soon as he appears.
Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde,
Hyde
When I drink my potion my character changes,
My whole mind and body rearranges,
This strange transformation takes place in me,
Instead of myself everybody can see...
Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde,
Hyde
Whenever you're with me make sure it's still me,
I've got to the stage I can't tell which I'll be,
The loveable fellow who'll buy you a drink,
Then when he's drunk he'll change in a wink
into...
Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde, Mister Hyde,
Hyde

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May 19, 1965, Roger Miller received a gold record for his hit song, "King of the Road." The song was Miller's biggest hit, it made it to No.4 on the pop charts and stayed there for 12 weeks. It was also number one on the country chart.
King Of The Road by Roger Miller
Trailer for sale or rent
Rooms to let...fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.
Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.
I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked
When no one's around.
I sing,
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

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May 18, 1980, Joy Division singer Ian Curtis put Iggy Pop's album "The Idiot" on the record player then he hung himself to death. His suicide note read "'At this very moment, I wish I were dead. I Just Can't cope Anymore". He was 23 years old. Joy Division played their last concert just a few weeks before his death, the last song they played at that concert was "Digital". the inscription on Ian's grave stone says " Love Will Tear Us Apart".
Digital by Joy Division
Feel it closing in,
Feel it closing in,
The fear of whom I call,
Every time I call,
I feel it closing in,
I feel it closing in,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out.
I feel it closing in,
As patterns seem to form.
I feel it cold and warm.
The shadows start to fall.
I feel it closing in,
I feel it closing in,
Day in, day out
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out,
Day in, day out.
Id have the world around,
To see just whatever happens,
Stood by the door alone,
And then its fade away.
I see you fade away.
Dont ever fade away.
I need you here today.
Dont ever fade away.
Dont ever fade away....

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May 17, 1971, The rock musical Godspell, opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City. The show went on to become the third longest-running off-Broadway production, it played for 2,124 performances. The song "Day by Day" would make it to the top fifteen on the charts. The musical is based on the Gospel of Saint Matthew with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
Day by Day
Day by day
Day by day
oh Dear Lord Three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly
Day by day
Oh...

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May 16, 1988, Keith Richards falls while reaching for a book of nude art at his Connecticut home. The fall breaks his ribs causing the Rolling Stones to cancel many dates on their latest tour.
Let It Bleed by The Stones
Well we all need someone to lean on
And if you want it, well you can lean on me
Well, we all need someone we can lean on
And if you want it, well you can lean on me
She said my breasts they will always be open
Baby, you can rest your weary head on me
And there will always be a space in my parking lot
When you need a little coke and sympathy
Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on
And if you want it, well you can dream on me
Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on
And if you want to, well you can cream on me
I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement
When you drink my health in scented jasmine tea
You knifed me in my dirty filthy basement
With that jaded faded junky nurse
Oh, what pleasant company
We all need someone we can feed on
And if you want it, well you can feed on me
Take my arm, take my leg
Oh, baby, don't you take my head
We all need someone we can bleed on
And if you want it, baby, well you can bleed on me
We all need someone we can bleed on
And if you want it, why don't you bleed on me
little rider
Get it on, rider
You can bleed all over me.

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May 15, 1965, The Byrds enter the charts for the first time with an electric version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tamborine Man." It will peak at Number One after 13 weeks on the charts. After hearing the song Dylan decides to go electric.
Mr. Tambourine Man by Dylan
Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.
Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it
Though you might hear laughin', spinnin',
swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin'
on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you

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May 14, 1969, Fairport Conventions van crashed on the way home from a gig in Birmingham killing drummer Martin Lamble, the rest of the band were injured.
Who Knows Where the Time Goes by Fairport Convention
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

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May 13, 2003, Tommy Chong of Cheech & Chong pleaded guilty to selling drug paraphernalia over the Internet. His company was busted as part of Attorney General John Ashcroft's "Operation Pipe Dreams." "Tommy was sentenced to 9 months in jail, a year's probation, a $20,000 fine, and forfeiture of $103,000. Ashcroft said. "The drug paraphernalia business is now accessible in anyone's home with a computer and Internet access. And in homes across America we know that children are the fastest growing Internet users. Quite simply, the illegal drug paraphernalia industry has invaded the homes of families across the country without their knowledge. This illegal billion-dollar industry will no longer be ignored by law enforcement." John Brown, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration said "People selling drug paraphernalia are in essence no different than drug dealers, they are as much a part of drug trafficking, as silencers are a part of criminal homicide." Chong later said "I know Dick Cheney's Secret Service guys smoke pot, the reason I know that is I sold them bongs."
DLAK note: Since Chongs arrest and conviction there is no longer a drug problem in America and pot use has virtually stopped. Our children are finally safe.
Up In Smoke by Cheech And Chong
Up in smoke
Thats where my money goes
In my lungs
and sometimes up my nose
When troubled times
Begin to bother me
I take a toke
and all my cares
Go up in smoke
Up in smoke
Donde todos es mi rey
There are no signs
Que dice no fumer
So I roll un "bomber"
Y me doy, un buen toke-ay Y despues
I choke
Y todos mis cares
Go up in smoke
Come on let's go get high
Up in smoke
That's where I wanna be
'Cause when I'm high
The world below
Don't bother me
When life begins
To be one long
and dangerous road
I take a toke
and all my cares
Go up in smoke

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May 12, 1963, Bob Dylan is to appear on TV's "Ed Sullivan Show," but refuses when he is forbidden to sing " Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues." Bob walks out of rehearsals after CBS censors tell him they would not let him sing the song because it was anti US Military, mocks the government and that it could be considered libelous.
Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues by Bob Dylan
Well, I was feelin' sad and feelin' blue,
I didn't know what in the world I was gonna do,
Them Communists they was comin' around,
They was in the air,
They was on the ground.
They wouldn't gimme no peace. . .
So I run down most hurriedly
And joined up with the John Birch Society,
I got me a secret membership card
And started off a-walkin' down the road.
Yee-hoo, I'm a real John Bircher now!
Look out you Commies!
Now we all agree with Hitlers' views,
Although he killed six million Jews.
It don't matter too much that he was a Fascist,
At least you can't say he was a Communist!
That's to say like if you got a cold you take a shot of malaria.
Well, I was lookin' everywhere for them gol-darned Reds.
I got up in the mornin' 'n' looked under my bed,
Looked in the sink, behind the door,
Looked in the glove compartment of my car.
Couldn't find 'em . . .
I was lookin' high an' low for them Reds everywhere,
I was lookin' in the sink an' underneath the chair.
I looked way up my chimney hole,
I even looked deep inside my toilet bowl.
They got away . . .
Well, I was sittin' home alone an' started to sweat,
Figured they was in my T.V. set.
Peeked behind the picture frame,
Got a shock from my feet, hittin' right up in the brain.
Them Reds caused it!
I know they did . . .
them hard-core ones.
Well, I quit my job so I could work alone,
Then I changed my name to Sherlock Holmes.
Followed some clues from my detective bag
And discovered they was red stripes on the American flag!
That ol' Betty Ross . . .Well,
I investigated all the books in the library,
Ninety percent of 'em gotta be burned away.
I investigated all the people that I knowed,
Ninety-eight percent of them gotta go.
The other two percent are fellow Birchers . . .
just like me.
Now Eisenhower, he's a Russian spy,
Lincoln, Jefferson and that Roosevelt guy.
To my knowledge there's just one man
That's really a true American: George Lincoln Rockwell.
I know for a fact he hates Commies cus he picketed the movie Exodus.
Well, I fin'ly started thinkin' straight
When I run outa things to investigate.
Couldn't imagine doin' anything else,
So now I'm sittin' home investigatin' myself!
Hope I don't find out anything . . . hmm, great God!

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iMay 11, 1981, Bob Marley dies of cancer in a Miami hospital at the age of 36. Born Robert Nesta Marley on February 6, 1945 in the small village of Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica. Bobs father was a British Marine officer and his mother a native Jamaican. Soon after his birth, Bobs father left and had little contact with him after that. At the age of six Bob and his mother moved to Trenchtown, a section of Kingston notorious for its rough ghettos. Bob made his first recordings at the age of 16 he is considered the first Third World superstar. In 1966, Bob Marley married Riat Anderson together they had 4 children, Bob had 12 kids in all. "Rastaman Vibration" is the highest charting album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, reaching Billboard's top 10 in 1976. Bob Marleys funeral was held in Jamaica on May 21, and hundreds of thousands of people attended, including the Prime Minister of Jamaica. Bobs body was taken back to his birth place in Nine Miles where it now rests in a mausoleum.
"Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living? Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind." - Bob Marley
Judge Not by Bob Marley And The Wailers
Don't you look at me so smug
And say I'm going bad.
Who are you to judge me
And the life that I live?
I know that I'm not perfect
And that I don't claim to be.
So before you point your fingers,
Be sure your hands are clean.
Judge not
Before you judge yourself.
Judge not
If you're not ready for judgment.
Woah oh oh!
The road of life is rocking
And you may stumble too.
So while you talk about me,
someone else is judging you.
Judge not
Before you judge yourself.
Judge not
If you're not ready for judgment.
Woah oh oh!
The road of life is rocking
And you may stumble too.
So while you talk about me
Someone else is judging you...

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May 10, 1968, Jim Morrison and The Doors incite an audience riot during a Chicago concert. Jim escapes through the backstage door, leaving the crowd to battle with police. There were many arrests and injuries on both sides. Jim later said "I need a fucking drink."
Five to one by The Doors
Yeah, c'mon, Love my girl
She lookin' good, C'mon, One more
Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets out alive, now
You get yours, baby
I'll get mine
Gonna make it, baby
If we try
The old get old
And the young get stronger
May take a week
And it may take longer
They got the guns
But we got the numbers
Gonna win, yeah
We're takin' over
Come on!
Yeah!
Your ballroom days are over, baby
Night is drawing near
Shadows of the evening crawl across the years
Ya walk across the floor with a flower in your hand
Trying to tell me no one understands
Trade in your hours for a handful of dimes
Gonna' make it, baby, in our prime
Come together one more time...

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May 9, 1978, Lead singer Fee Waybill of the Tubes falls off the stage during a show in England. The incident happens during the recording of the concert LP "What Do You Want From Live?", while Waybill was acting out his punk character Johnny Bugger. Fee broke his leg in the fall and the remainder of the tour was cancelled.
What Do You Want From Life? by The Tubes
What do you want from life
To kidnap an heiress or threaten her with a knife
What do you want from life
To get cable TV and watch it every night
There you sit
a lump in your chair
Where do you sleep and what do you wear when you're sleeping
What do you want from life
An Indian guru
to show you the inner light
What do you want from life
a meaningless love affair
with a girl that you met tonight
How can you tell when you're doin' alright
Does your bank account swell While you're dreaming at night
How do know when you're really in love
Do violins play when you're touching the one That you're loving
What do you want from life
Someone to love and somebody that you can trust
What do you want from life
To try and be happy while you do the nasty things you must
Well, you can't have that,
but if you're an American citizen
you are entitled to
a heated kidney shaped pool, a microwave oven--don't watch the food cook, a Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home, a king-size Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum, a foolproof plan and an airtight alibi, real simulated Indian jewelry, a Gucci shoetree, a year's supply of antibiotics, a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number, a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick, Rosemary's baby, a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams, a new Matador, a new mastodon, a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego, a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a meteor, a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu, a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck, a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped, a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away, or how about a McCulloch chainsaw, a Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce, a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot, or a baby's arm holding an apple?

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May 8, 1979, Supertramp's LP, "Breakfast in America," turns platinum and will soon top the charts at number one. The album has since sold over 18 million copies worldwide. They would have four big hits off this album including, "The Logical Song," "Goodbye Stranger", "Take the Long Way Home" and "Breakfast in America".
Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp
It was an early morning yesterday
I was up before the dawn
And I really have enjoyed my stay
But I must be moving on
Like a king without a castle
Like a queen without a throne
Im an early morning lover
And I must be moving on
Now I believe in what you say
Its the undisputed truth
But I have to have things my own way
To keep me in my youth
Like a ship without an anchor
Like a slave without a chain
Just the thought of those sweet ladies
Sends a shiver through my veins
And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
Ill never look behind me
My troubles will be few
Goodbye stranger its been nice
Hope you find your paradise
Tried to see your point of view
Hope your dreams will all come true
Goodbye mary, goodbye jane
Will we ever meet again
Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
Come tomorrow, feel no pain
Now some they do and some they don't
And some you just cant tell
And some they will and some they wont
and some its just as well
You can laugh at my behavior
that'll never bother me
Say the devil is my savior
But I don't pay no heed
And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
Ill never look behind me
My troubles will be few
Goodbye stranger
its been nice...

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May 7, 1998, Tens of thousands of young fans shut down central Tokyo to traffic in an outpouring of grief for X-Japan guitarist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto, "Hide" was found dead five days earlier in his apartment by suicide. He was found with a towel around his neck tied to the bathroom door having apparently hung himself. Hide was reportedly drunk at the time. More than 12,000 fans visited the funeral held at the Honganji Temple in Tokyo's Tsukiji destrict. police arranged helicopers, boats and more than 100 officers to the temple. Also employed were 170 private security guards to keep things in order. the line of fans stretched down the street for about a kilometer from the temple gates. Some of the fans felt sick after being crushed by the crowd, and some collapsed due to emotional stress. Two fans follow him in suicide, and two others make an attempt. At the funeral, Toshi and Yoshiki performed "Forever Love".
Forever Love by X-Japan
Mou hitori de arukenai
Toki no kaze ga tsuyosugite
Ah kizu tsuku koto nante
Nareta hazu dakedo ima wa
Ah kono mama dakishimete
Nureta mama no kokoro wo
Kawari tsuzukeru kono toki ni
Kawaranai ai ga aru nara
Will you hold my heart
Namida uketomete
Mou kowaresou na all my heart
Forever love forever dream
Afureru omoi dake ga
Hageshiku setsunaku jikan wo umetsukusu
Oh tell me why All I see is blue in my heart
Will you stay with me
Kaze ga sugisaru made
Mata afuredasu all my tears
Forever love forever dream
Kono mama soba ni ite
Yoake ni furueru kokoro wo dakishimete
Ah will you stay with me
Kaze ga sugisaru made
Mou dare yori mo soba ni
Ah ushinau mono nante Nanimo nai anata dake
Forever love forever dream
Kono mama soba ni ite
Yoake ni furueru kokoro wo dakishimete
Ah will you stay with me
Kaze ga sugisaru made
Mou dare yori mo soba ni
Forever love forever dream
Kore ijou arukenai
Oh tell me why oh tell me true
Oshiete ikiru imi wo
Forever love forever dream
Afureru namida no
naka Kagayaku kisetsu ga eien ni kawaru made
Forever love

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May 6, 2002, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen was voted No.1 song in a poll by the Guinness Hit Singles book Top 100 British Singles, "Imagine" by John Lennon was No.2 and "Hey Jude" by The Beatles was No.3.
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Is this the real life
Is this just fantasy
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I’m just a poor boy,
I need no sympathy
Because I’m easy come,
easy go,
A little high,
little low,
Anyway the wind blows,
doesn’t really matter to me,
To me
Mama,
just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger,
now he’s dead,
Mama,
life had just begun,
But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Mama ooo,
Didn’t mean to make you cry
if I’m not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on,
as if nothing really matters
Too late,
my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine
Body’s aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody
I’ve got to go
Gotta leave you all behind to face the truth
Mama ooo
I don’t want to die,
I sometimes wish I’d never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche,
scaramouche will you do the fandango
Thunderbolts and lightning
very very frightening me
Galileo,
galileo,
Galileo figaro
magnifico
But I’m just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He’s just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go
will you let me go
Bismillah! no
we will not let you go
let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go
let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go
let me go
Will not let you go
let me go
Will not let you go
let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no
Mama mia,
mama mia,
mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
for me,
for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby-can’t do this to me baby
Just gotta get out
just gotta get right outta here
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters
nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows....

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May 5, 1997, ZZ Top Day was declared in the state of Texas by Governor George W. Bush. At that nights ZZ Top concert Billy Gibbons dedicates the song "Arrested For Driving While Blind" to Governor Bush.
Arrested For Driving While Blind by ZZ Top
When you're driving down the highway at night
And you're feelin' that wild turkey's bite
Don't give Johnny Walker a ride
Cause Jack Black is right by your side
You might get taken to the jailhouse and find
You've been arrested for driving while blind
Now just the other night with nothin' to do
We broke a case of proof 102
And started itchin' for that wonderful feel
Of rollin' in an automobile
You could say we was out of our mind
And let me tell you we were flyin' while blind
Then they had us up against the wall
Hey it's only blood grain alcohol
And there ain't no cause for alarm
We ain't out to do nobody no harm
How could anyone be so unkind
To arrest a man for drivin' while blind

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May 4, 1970, Four students at Kent University were killed and eleven wounded by National Guard troops at a campus demonstration protesting the Vietnam War. Without firing a warning shot, the guardsman discharged 67 rounds in 13 seconds toward a group of demonstrators in a nearby parking lot. In 1974, at the end of a criminal investigation into the incident, a federal court dropped all charges against the National guardsman for their role in the students death. The incident inspired Neil Young to compose 'Ohio' which became a hit for Crosby Stills Nash & Young. David Crosby later said "...it's very hard to ignore that Kent State thing. They were down there, man, ready to do it. You can see them, they're all kneeling there, they're all in the kneeling position and they got their slings tight and they're ready to shoot. And there's this kid, this long-haired kid standin' there with a flag wavin' it...I mean, I cannot be a man, and be a human, and ignore that."
Ohio by Neil Young
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

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May 3, 1939, "Beer Barrel Polka", one of the standards of American music, was recorded by The Andrews Sisters for Decca Records. Patti, Maxine and LaVerne turned this song into a giant hit. The music was originally composed by the Czech, Jaromir Vejvoda in 1927. At that time, it was played without lyrics as "Polka of Modřany". Its first text was written by Vaclav Zeman in 1934, the authors of the English lyrics were Lew Brown and Wladimir Timm. During World War 2, versions in many other languages were created and the song was popular among most of the armies involved, despite which side they were on.
Polka of Modrany, Original Czech lyrics
Kvetou růže, kdo ti za to může,
žádný ti už dneska nepomůže,
kvetou, vadnou, lístečky z ní
spadnoujak ty slzy tvoje na tu trávu chladnou.
Škoda lásky, kterou jsem tobě dala,
ty mé oči dnes bych si vyplakala,
moje mládí uprchlo tak jako sen,na
všechno mi zbyla jenomv srdci mém vzpomínka jen.
....................
Bad English translation
The roses bloom, who is responsible for it?
Nobody helps you today anymore.
They bloom, fade, leaflets fall from it
like those your tears on the cold grass.
Wasted love, which I gave you.
I would cry my eyes today out,
my younghood ran away as a dream.
Only a memory remained
in my heart for all of this.
...........................
Beer Barrel Polka, English lyrics
There's a garden, what a garden,
Only happy faces bloom there
And there's never any room there
For a worry or a gloom there.
Oh! there's music and there's dancing
And a lot of sweet romancing
When they play a polka
They all get in the swing:
Ev'ry time they hear that oom-pa-pa
Ev'rybody feels so tra-la-la
They want to throw their cares away
They all go lah-de-ah-de-ay,
Then they hear a rumble on the floor
It's the big surprise they're waiting for
And all the couples form a ring
For miles around you'll hear them sing
Roll out the barrel
We'll have a barrel of fun
Roll out the barrel
We've got the blues on the run.
Zing! Boom! Ta-ra-rel
Ring out a song of good cheer!
Now's the time to roll the barrel
For the gang's all here.

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May 2, 1970, Norman Greenbaum's 'Spirit In The Sky' was at number 1. The song would sell over 2 million copies and has been covered by many bands as well as being used in commercials and movie sound tracks.
Spirit In The Sky
Goin' up to the spirit in the sky
That's where I'm gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
I'm gonna go to the place that's the best
Prepare yourself, you know it's a must
Gotta have a friend in Jesus
So you know that when you die
He's gonna recommend you to the spirit in the sky
spirit in the sky
Oh, recommend you to the spirit in the sky
That's where you're gonna go when you die
When you die and they lay you to rest
You're gonna go to the place that's the best
Never been a sinner, I've never sinned
I've got a friend in Jesus
So you know that when I die
He's gonna set me up with the spirit in the sky
Oh, set me up with the spirit in the sky
That's where I'm gonna go when I die
When I die and they lay me to rest
I'm gonna go to the place that's the best
Go to the place that's the best

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May 1, 1982, "I Love Rock 'N Roll" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts was at number one for the seventh, and final week. The song stayed on the charts for 16 weeks total. Jett, who hails from Philadelphia, played guitar and formed the all-female rock band, The Runaways in the mid-'70s. The Blackhearts were founded in 1980. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts had nine hits on the charts into 1990, but I Love Rock 'N Roll was the group's only million selling record.
I Love Rock And Roll
I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin' strong
Playin' my favorite song
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long Till he was with me,
yeah me, singin'
I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me
He smiled so I got up and' asked for his name
That don't matter, he said, 'Cause it's all the same
Said can I take you home where we can be alone
An' next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me
Next we were movin' on He was with me, yeah me, singin'
I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me
Said can I take you home where we can be alone
An we'll be movin' on
An' singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'
I love rock n' roll So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll So come an' take your time an' dance with me