September 2, 2007
Old Man River
Tennessee is one of those weird-assed states. It's looooooong. The people in Memphis really don't give a shit what the people in Nashville are doing. I know. I lived in Memphis for three years.
It's a suck-assed town, but there's some damn fine barbecue. I blowed up like one of those spiny fish when I lived there. Yum, yum.
Here's another thing. People in Memphis don't like Rocky Top. Like the rest of the civilized world, they consider it a boorish, hillbilly song. Memphibians consider Old Man River to be their state song. And I'm down with that. I love that song. Makes me want to be an ancient Negro.
In fact, in my next life, I want to be an old guitar picking black man, endowed with one of those famous black cocks (God: an ebony version of Girth Vader will do just fine).
Anyway, the whole point of this post was to say I hate Rocky Top. You can't even listen to it with dignity. Your body starts jerking, wanting to buckdance and shit. Eric may disagree, but I say we pass an amendment to the Constitution, banning that thing. Can I have a Huzzah?
P.S. Why the hell does Georgia play Glory, Glory Hallelujah? That's what the Yankees were playing when they were gutting our boys at Chicamauga! Just a finesse point.
I believe you speak of an antiquated version. There's no Hallelujah in Glory, Glory to Old Georgia! (But I'm glad you bashed Rocky Top; that can't happen enough.)
Posted by: Key at September 2, 2007 5:42 PMThe Georgia band use to play DIXIE, until all the blacks started to raise hell about the song. Plus the Georgia band use to be called the Georgia Dixie Redcoat Band. You know the rest of the story and also about our great flag.
Posted by: Catfish at September 2, 2007 7:59 PM.... oh, I am so playing Rocky Top in Helen this year.... otherwise, bite me....
.... and Key, you should be ashamed of yourself....
Posted by: Eric at September 2, 2007 8:26 PM.. oh, and I expect you to buckdance on the banks of the river when I play it.....
Posted by: Eric at September 2, 2007 8:26 PMDamn, Key is alive, so much for that rumor...
Posted by: james old guy at September 2, 2007 9:23 PMThey should play Rock Lobster when UGA takes the field...
Posted by: rankin' rob at September 2, 2007 9:55 PMOne of my favorite party mixes has Rocky Top by the Nitty Gritty Titty Band, immediately followed by Spirit In The Sky ... buckdancing and salvation.
Posted by: Spike at September 2, 2007 10:22 PMKey! Eric used the Shame word! You are allowed to kill him.
Posted by: Velociman at September 3, 2007 5:40 AMNah. He's usually packin'. :)
Posted by: Key at September 3, 2007 10:29 AM"That Bojangles...Christ, could he tapdance." - Lenny Bruce, How to Talk to Colored People at Parties
Posted by: Elisson at September 3, 2007 10:49 PMRocky Top is the anthem of the Incestuous People. If you like Rocky Top, you'll like fucking your sister. If you like fucking your sister, you'll love Rocky Top.
Posted by: Jack Straw at September 4, 2007 12:00 AMWell damn, my sister was a hottie,,never mind I don't like Tenn. all that much anyway.
Posted by: james old guy at September 4, 2007 12:11 PMCorn don't grow up high on Rocky Top,
It's too rocky, my man.
That's why folks who live on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a can.
... yo, Jack?.... have you SEEN my sister?.... no?... either way, fuck you....
Posted by: Eric at September 4, 2007 8:13 PMThey made me sign a form saying I'd never bash Rocky Top before I could move here.
To make matters worse...I live just down the road from the actual Rocky Top of song fame. No lie. Deadly serious. Rocky Top Road is a one lane gravel road that is best traversed on horseback. You can see all the way to K-Town from the top of it. It's one of Pastor Jimmy's favoritest places to hunt snakes up for church.
Posted by: Rosie at September 5, 2007 1:48 AMYou're gonna have to flip the record player from 45 to 78 RPM if you want to buckdance to Rocky Top. Otherwise, you'll look like you're wading through molasses, it goes so slow.
Posted by: El Capitan at September 5, 2007 6:05 PMno comment but ebony
Posted by: ga at September 5, 2007 9:00 PMrocky top no comment but ebony
Posted by: ga at September 5, 2007 9:01 PMWell just damn! I was thinking of taking my banjo to Eric's just to play Rocky Top for him.
Posted by: Denny at September 5, 2007 10:27 PMAhhh. Memphis barbeque. When I was living over in Arkansas, I loved to head to Memphis to pick up that shredded pork sandwhich covered in cole slaw.
Posted by: Danielle at September 5, 2007 11:45 PMOle Man River is one of my favorite songs actually. I love all those old spirituals. Swing Low Sweet Chariot is another one. People used to sing that all the time. You never hear it anymore.
Posted by: Libby at September 8, 2007 12:00 AM