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I currently have a list of about 115 different songs to use in my BOTB Battle Of The Booze contests. The problem is that my mind makes an infinite number of connections between different things. So, if I really wanted to, I could probably find some sort of connections between all 115 of these songs & reasons why one song should do battle with any number of the others. In other words, it's difficult for me to narrow down the possibilities. My brain was doing cartwheels, whirligigs, somersaults, and bibbidi-bobbidi-boos trying to figure out what my Sept. 15th Battle oughta 🐝.
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I finaventually narrowed it down to doing a birthday tribute to my good friend Joe, who was born on Sept. 21st. Meaning that I was going to use the hit song 'Ventura Highway' by America, which I recorded from the radio on Sept. 21, 1985. I titled the cassette tape 'Me, Lynth & The Beach Report' and, to this day, it is one of my all-time favorite possessions. It's not just a physical tape; it's a Spiritual message. I'd explain that, but you'd think I was more'n a wee bit o' crazy.
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| 'Me, Lynth & The Beach Report' cassette tape from 1985. |
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| cassette notes |
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I couldn't even calculate (with a calculator) how many different songs I considered using against America's hit. But then on the night of 9/11, the Light suddenly came shining through. The keyword was "America".
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My mind connected America, the 2/3rds American group formed in London, with 'America Sings', one of my all-time favorite Disneyland attractions. 'America Sings' was created for America's 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, which is humorously recreated in the movie 'The Spirit Of '76', starring David Cassidy.😏
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In 'America Sings', Disney's animatronics perform Three Dog Night's 'Joy To The World'. {There's your "dog", if'n you was waitin' for it to appear here.}
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As be necessary, BOTH songs mention booze:
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Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a-drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
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Ventura Highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You're gonna go, I know
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For anyone who might want to see 'Joy To The World' sung in Disneyland's attraction 'America Sings', which was dismantled in 1988, click HERE and then skip forward to the 17:00 mark.
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Alright, let's get on it.
Let's get ON this thing!
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Please vote for the song you like best here, and then please visit all of the other BOTBers and participate in their Battles also. I thank ye kindly.
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JOY TO THE WORLD
by Three Dog Night
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VENTURA HIGHWAY
by America
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I'll return here on or about Sept. 22nd with my own vote and the final tally.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
