what did joseph say?
There’s been a riff in my head since high school and a lyric that matches it. “holy shit I’m sad”. That line has been in my head twenty years and tonite the rest came. Maybe not all of it, but I finally figured out what I was sad about.
Holy shit I’m sad
Baby Jesus knew
He was the son of God
But Joseph was his dad
And that’s a broken home
So there’s only one verse and no chorus, but that won’t stop me from recording it tomorrow. Has anyone heard discussion about that? By getting Mary pregnant without Joseph, God made Jesus an outcast in that society. God prevented Joseph from being a father in the fullest sense of the word. I wonder what effect that had on the “father” son relationship?
I think I read that Joseph assumed the role of Jesus’ agent and manager, starting with a traveling magic act in Jerusalem and expanding to larger audiences later on through media like reality entertainment and feats of super-humanism like walking on water and coming back to life. He also forced Jesus to turn a quart of water into rye whiskey every day.
I can’t help but wonder if Joseph and Mary was a marriage of convenience. If you were marrying a virgin, wouldn’t that be the first item of business you would take care of, the deflowering? Seems like he had no reason to be bitter. How many married virgins do you know? That’s a pretty rare treat. I couldn’t expect an all-knowing guy like God to pass up that temptation.
Comment by Lyle_S — November 9, 2008 @ 10:17 am
I love that song, I’ve heard you play it. I play it often, , it sounds innocent when you sing it, maybe that is why i like playing it, it cradles back and forth between G and C with the melody fingered, only i play it like this;
Holy shit I’m Dad
What a wonderfull life i could have had
Two many drinks of that Jamaican Rum
now i’m hung-over raisin two sons
with Corn pipe lips and a button nose
Now I’m fat from eating moe’s
It is the same song as Race car driver I believe,
I saw Will Harrison on marcy st, he is back for the PHS Peter Pan reunion, he asked me if i was goin, i said no, but now that i have pirate eye i may reconsider
Comment by mr, pooperlooper — November 9, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
all right Lyle, I like that. I’d never thought about married virgins before. It’s such a strange story.
Comment by Rolston — November 9, 2008 @ 7:33 pm
Will Harrison…if I recall correctly he claimed to have a size 9 head, which would easily be the largest head of anyone I have ever met. It might have been all hair, though. I think he had enough to fill out a tam.
Ken, please tell me you’re joking about a Peter Pan reunion. If it’s for real, please disclose the location so I know where to plant the explosives. Better yet, I’m going to organize my own reunions for the Ski Club and my freshman year lunch table.
One more thought, since we’re talking about a song. There’s a site I haven’t really checked out yet called eJamming.com. Rolston, it’s basically the idea I told you about last year, musical collaboration over the internet. Online jam sessions, and such. Maybe the 3 of us should record some music! My dad just sent me this little headphone amplifier thing called a Honeytone that I can plug into and play without disturbing the neighborhood. Who knows, maybe this will be enough for me to get my chops back. I’ve probably got enough material in my head for an EP…
Comment by Lyle_s — November 9, 2008 @ 9:06 pm
I love the last two lines the most, there popeye…
Say hi to Will for me. I heard he was living the hippy life up in Alaska. is that anywhere near the truth?
It was a good idea Lyle, but i never got around to the venture capitalists so i guess we can’t make any money off it. But maybe we could try it out. I didn’t get to record my song tonight…I went out to dinner with a friend and we were talking about Jesus some more. She asked if Mary and Joseph told jesus he was the son of god, or if they let him grow up normal and one day he discovered it. It’s kind of like being born a superhero and no one telling you.
Comment by Rolston — November 9, 2008 @ 11:36 pm
daddy, sing race car driver for me again.
Comment by donny laundry — November 10, 2008 @ 10:16 am
I’ve had that melody/line in my head since you played it for me years ago. I’m real happy to hear that it’s moved on. They say Coltrane had a note in his head that he spent his whole career trying to hit, so maybe you just one-upped him.
I seem to remember an article in the portsmouth herald from summer 07 that mention will harrison. can you confirm from the photo?
Comment by ryan_k — November 10, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070803/NEWS/708030445
Comment by ryan_k — November 10, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
10-4 that’s right, PeterPan cast reunion is true, Remember Rob Samarafleck? Ha ahha ha Ryan I think he said he was staying in newcastle, , I remember going to a party and knocked Will out after he poked me in the chest with his size nine finer, then sean or someone had blasted a fire extinguisher and shut the power off to the whole house, people came runnin out the house lookin like casper
Let’s jam notes together
Comment by mr, pooperlooper — November 10, 2008 @ 3:12 pm
i miss donny
Comment by mr, pooperlooper — November 10, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
donny and hammer play with fire extinguisher and fuse box.
Comment by donny laundry — November 10, 2008 @ 9:55 pm
sorry about the trip back there, poops. it’s coming.
Comment by donny laundry — November 10, 2008 @ 9:56 pm
Do you think Will was finished or was he gonna say something more after “GOD”? Can you ask him at the reunion? Will the reunion take place at high school? That would be creepy.
Comment by Rolston — November 11, 2008 @ 12:20 am
Ryan i was talking about Will, I am pretty sure he said he was stayin in New Castle. The play is on for the 16th I believe, I doubt they would have us ole bastards limpin on stage, but I did see an article in the Herald with Kelly Taccetta and Wendall Purrington, i tried looking for it on http://www.seacoastonline.com
Comment by mr, pooperlooper — November 11, 2008 @ 2:21 am
No way that head was size 9. Just another lie…
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081016-NEWS-810160406
After reading this article, the whole thing seems a lot less weird than I originally thought. Did they do this in 1990 for the cast from 1974?
Who is this Tim Stokel guy? That name rings a bell, did we go to school with him?
Purrington is unrecognizable to me. Doesn’t even look like the same guy. I have fond memories of terrorizing him with Rolston and Landry in Music Theory class. Poor sweaty bastard.
Anyone remember the other lady from the theater department? She ended up wrecking my next door neighbor’s home. Couldn’t blame the guy, though. Even with 3 kids in the balance, this lady was a major upgrade over his wife. The kids were kind of lost causes, anyways.
Comment by Lyle_S — November 11, 2008 @ 8:51 pm
Lyle, I think the Stokel you are thinking of might be Josh, possibly seen here:
http://seacoastauction.com/2004news/08062004/news/30565.htm
and possibly involved in solving this dastardly crime:
http://seacoastauction.com/2005news/08042005/news/56001.htm (following the line, “I’m glad I wear pants”).
?
And all I can muster about that lady is Robyn.
Good luck to the cast and crew, and Ken, at the reunion. Lord help us all.
Comment by ryan_k — November 12, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
thanks lyle, i thought i saw it somewhere, Tell jon to smarten up and join a carnival of some sort
Comment by mr, pooperlooper — November 12, 2008 @ 3:30 pm