We're an American band

We're comin' to your town

We'll help you party it down

We're an American band.

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I am that Masked Man.

All you can do, is all you can do.

There’s trouble — it's time to play the sound of my people.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

Theme for the day?

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“Live your life, love your life, don’t regret…live, learn and move forward positively.” – CR Johnson
Loving life in Lake Tahoe, CA

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Markintosh
Theme for the day?

'I'll take Horrible Bands of the 70's for $400, Alex'

Is this going to be the start of 500 "Funk" threads?
"There's a grand funk in my shower drain. Will bleach help?"
"Here's another grand-yet-funky railroad video: El Cajon to Newark filmed by lying upside down under a steam locomotive!"

That song has been an earworm in my head all morning . . . before I saw this post.

Bizarre.

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Steve G.

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Markintosh
Theme for the day?

'I'll take Horrible Bands of the 70's for $400, Alex'

Speak for yourself, buddy boy!

Those guys are from my home town and they're GODS around here!!

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Mr. Lahey: A lot of people, don’t know how to drink. They drink against the grain of the liquor. And when you drink against the grain of the liquor? You lose.

Randy: What the @#$%& are you talking about?

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Steve G.

'I'll take Horrible Bands of the 70's for $400, Alex'

Not great, but most definitely not "horrible".

[www.youtube.com]

But on the other hand...

Sweet

Starland Vocal Band

Dr Hook

Bay City Rollers

etc., etc.

Produced by Todd Rundgen, no less.

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Dude, Grand Funk Railroad is definitely not horrible.

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DeusxMac
But on the other hand...

Sweet

And neither is Sweet!

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It is what it is.



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My 14 year old loves “that fox song”
[youtu.be]

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San Antonio, TX (in the old city)


"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Eli Weisel

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." - Billy Graham 1981

"Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise" - Barry Goldwater



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Get the Funk out! Great band as far as Im concerned.

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JoeM

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N-OS X-tasy!
Dude, Grand Funk Railroad is definitely not horrible.

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DeusxMac
But on the other hand...

Sweet

And neither is Sweet!

Love that song and both of those bands! Saw GFR several times over the years

Dave

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Welcome to Dave's BBQ!

Many have eaten here....

Few have died

As usual; no accounting for personal tastes.

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DeusxMac
As usual; no accounting for personal tastes.

INDEED! I once thought it was safe to crack a joke about no-talent Barry Manilow's up coming concert in a group of similarly aged people and one small voice say, "I LIKE Barry Manilow."

I now realize that ANYONE in popular music has some fans - else I never would have heard of them...

On all the radio stations I worked on, there was an informal agreement amongst the jocks and management that certain groups were never played on the air. America, Bay City Rollers, Paul Anka “(You’re) Having My Baby”, Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun”, Three Dog Night, Rick Dees “Disco Duck”, Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods, "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" and others were on the list along with Grand Funk. And somehow, our stations were always the #1 rockers in the market.

As he started to gooo
She said, "Billy, keep your head, loooooow!"

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Steve G.
On all the radio stations I worked on, there was an informal agreement amongst the jocks and management that certain groups were never played on the air...Three Dog Night...

Only a couple of theirs I can get behind, both atypical. They really were a vocal trio, not a "band".

Liar

It's For You

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Rolando
My 14 year old loves “that fox song”
[youtu.be]

"Ballroom Blitz" FTW!

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It is what it is.

Fox On The Run was a favorite when I was a teen. I had no idea that androgyny was a thing in 1975. Of course Youtube, nor MTV, was a thing at that time.

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“Live your life, love your life, don’t regret…live, learn and move forward positively.” – CR Johnson
Loving life in Lake Tahoe, CA

Homer's thoughts on the subject

"You kids don't know Grand Funk? The wild shirtless lyrics of Mark Farner? The bong-rattling bass of Mel Schacher? The competent drumwork of Don Brewer? Oh, man!"

"Grand Funk Railroad paved the way for Jefferson Airplane, which cleared the way for Jefferson Starship. The stage was now set for The Alan Parsons Project, which I believe was some sort of hovercraft."