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Born Robert Glodowski in Camden, NJ, Bob Lassiter was a liberal and sometimes controversial talk show host nicknamed “Mad Dog” and is best known for his long stint in Tampa Bay radio in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He landed his first radio gig in 1970 while on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands after a sales rep from a music station heard his voice in a bar and urged him to apply as a deejay. He went on to work at WOWI-FM in Norfolk, VA and even became station manager at WOUR-FM in Utica, NY. He also legally had his last name changed to Lassiter.
By 1981 Bob was working in Miami at WKQS under the name Bobby Clifford as a country music deejay. He moved into talk radio in 1984 at another Miami station, WGBS-AM, when hired to fill a weekend slot. Neil Rogers, a talk show host at competitor WINZ-AM, was so impressed with Lassiter that he urged his bosses to hire him. A deal was struck and Bob took the job but the association only lasted about a year when he uttered profanity on the air.
A year later Lassiter was lured to Tampa Bay talker WPLP. It was his first fulltime position as a talk-show host, and with his deliberately offensive and confrontational style, he took the market by storm as an equal opportunity offender with his on-air bullying. In mid-1987, with the promise of a lot more money, WFLA, the biggest AM in the area, hired Bob away from WPLP to join its other 970 personalities, Lionel, Tedd Webb, Liz Richards, and Dick Norman.
Lassiter’s show climbed high in the ratings and soon, with appearances on national TV, the demand for his talents began to grow in the country’s largest markets. In the end he went with a $1 million contract from Chicago’s ABC affiliate, WLS. It was an uneasy relationship from the start. Management wanted to maintain a non-offensive image and efforts to censor him only made the situation worse. Bob was taken off the air in 1991 after increasingly targeting his superiors with on-air attacks.
In 1993 Tampa came calling a second time, but it was talk radio newcomer WSUN who made him an offer to pull morning drive. Lassiter took the job but in a few months moved to mid-afternoons after realizing the early hours were a bad fit for his style. In spite of the change, Cox Broadcasting, WSUN’s owners, fired him and refused to release him from his non-compete agreement. The issue was settled in early 1996 and Bob returned to WFLA to resume his leadership in the ARB ratings on the night shift.
WFLA, previously owned by Jacor, was bought by Clear Channel in 1999 and began to employ some cost-cutting measures, such as adding syndicated programming, eliminating the need for local on-air personalities. Figuring that his time to go was near, Lassiter began expressing open hostility to Clear Channel’s policies. On December 1, 1999, a month before his contract was to expire, he aired all of his grievances with management on the air. The next day Lassiter was told he would not be allowed back on the air again and that his contract would not be renewed. At that point, he decided to retire from radio.
Shortly thereafter Bob began to experience health problems. Almost a decade earlier he had been diagnosed with diabetes and had ignored the problem until it had advanced to the point to where he was losing his eyesight, had lost nearly half of his foot, and was being treated for bladder cancer and loss of kidney function.
Bob lost his battle and passed away on October 13, 2006 at the age of 61.
ART BELL IS BACK TONIGHT GUEST GHOSTING ON COAST TO COAST THE SHOW HE STARTED! WHEN HE PLAYED DON'T FEAR THE REAPER AS PART OF HIS BUMPER MUSIC, WELL..., I JUST HAD TO DO THIS POST! I WISH THEY WOULD BRING BACK ART BELL FULL TIME! HE'S A BETTER INTERVIEWER THAN LARRY KING! SUNDAY NIGHT ART BELL SPECIAL
Art Bell returns to do his annual Halloween Ghost to Ghost special. Lock your doors, turn off the lights and listen if you dare!
i already know that im gonna be playing this song at my funeral and im only 14 lol
"She had become like they are." That verse still gives me the creeps!
Eternal love!
All our times have comeHere but now they're goneSeasons don't fear the reaperNor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they areCome on baby...don't fear the reaperBaby take my hand...don't fear the reaperWe'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaperBaby I'm your man...Valentine is doneHere but now they're goneRomeo and JulietAre together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happinessAnother 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they areCome on baby...don't fear the reaperBaby take my hand...don't fear the reaperWe'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaperBaby I'm your man...Love of two is oneHere but now they're goneCame the last night of sadnessAnd it was clear she couldn't go onThen the door was open and the wind appearedThe candles blew then disappearedThe curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraidCome on baby...and she had no fearAnd she ran to him...then they started to flyThey looked backward and said goodby...she had become like they areShe had taken his hand...she had become like they areCome on baby...don't fear the reaper...,
BUCKET OF BLOOD EVEN HAS ITS' OWN WIKIPEDIA PAGE-HERE! THIS MOVIE IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE TORRENT HERE FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL COPY! CYCOPSWARRIOR RECOMMENDS UTORRENT TO DOWNLOAD. PS-DO NOT LET KIDS YOUNGER THAN 12 WATCH THIS! TOO SCARY!
"Rockin' in the Free World" is a song by Neil Young, released on his 1989 album Freedom.[1] Two versions of the song were released, similar to the song "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" of Young's Rust Never Sleeps album, one of which is performed with a predominantly acoustic arrangement, and the other with a predominantly electric arrangement.
The song was first performed live on February 21, 1989 in Seattle with Young's band The Restless.[2]
The book Shakey by Jimmy McDonough claims the song originated when Young was on tour in the late 1980s. He and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro saw newspaper photos of the Ayatollah Khomeini's body being carried to his grave as mourners were burning American flags in the street. Sampedro commented, "Whatever we do, we shouldn't go near the Mideast. It's probably better we just keep on rockin' in the free world." Young asked if Sampedro intended to use this idea as the basis of a song and when Sampedro said no, Young said that he would do so instead.[3] However Khomeini's death occurred months after the first live performance of the song.
An edited version of the song accompanies the end credits of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11; the phrase "That's one more kid that’ll never go to school / Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool," which originally referenced the second verse's abandoned child, now appears to reference a US soldier killed in Iraq.
Drivin N Cryin also recorded a version which they used as a B-side.
Big Country have released the song twice as a B-side; a live version on the "Beautiful People" CD single, and a studio version backing "Alone".
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Yngwie Malmsteen recorded two live versions of this song while on the G3 '03 tour. One version is included on the G3 Live in Denver video/DVD, and the second is on "Rockin' in the Free World", a recording of a different concert on the tour.[1]Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and John Petrucci performed the song several times in Australia and Argentina in late November and early December 2006.
History and Commentary on "Rockin' In The Free World" lyrics by Neil Young
by Thrasher
[Note:This is one of a series of articles which provide an explanation of the meaning of Neil Young's classic song "Rockin' In The Free World". While the interpretation of lyrics presented here is composed of several viewpoints, there is little consensus on the exact meaning of Neil's songs. The themes and symbolism of Young's songwriting provide a rich tapestry on which to project various meanings and analysis.]
Neil Young's song "Rockin' In The Free World" from the album Freedom is one of his most popular, important and prophetic songs.
The song has become an iconic anthem and it's status continues to rise as more and more artists cover the song. Young's lyrics are considered to be an indictment of the politics of the 1980's. In today's post-9/11 world, the lyrics seem prophetic and even more meaningful than when originally written on the eve of the '90's.
"Rockin' In The Free World" was first performed live in concert on February 21, 1989 at the Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA with Neil Young's band The Restless (review of concert). Since then, the song has been performed 368 times through the Greendale tour's conclusion on March 21, 2004 at the Mullins Center in Amherst, MA according to The Neil Young Tour Statistics page.
The song is prominent in director Michael Moore's film 'Fahrenheit 9/11' where "Rockin' in the Free World" runs over the closing credits. A re-release of the song and a new music video directed by Moore is scheduled for the Summer of 2004. (See more below on the film and song.)
"a savage attack on the policies of Ronald Reagan and the first President Bush ... (and) anything but a celebration of democracy."
On the contrary, a strong case can be made that the song is NOT "anything but a celebration of democracy." In fact, an argument can be made that the song is very pro-democracy and is a protest song that has advanced the argument about inequities in society. The song is clearly the work of someone who could be called a courageous patriot.
The song's lyrics contain the lines:
We got a thousand points of light For the homeless man We got a kinder, gentler, Machine gun hand
The lyrics are a direct reference to President George Bush's (#41) campaign pledge to create a compassionate citizenry volunteering to help cope with society's ills. The "thousand points of light" symbolize the American citizen's spirit and a shining example of giving selflessly to care for one another's neighbor and brother. Along with "a kinder, gentler hand", Bush believed that each American could contribute to helping make the United States -- and the world -- a better place to live and work.
The song is strongly democratic and with pro-American ideals in that it is a condemnation of the supply-side/trickle down politics of President Ronald Reagan. "Reaganomics" involved massive tax cuts in the wealthiest brackets which supporters claimed would trickle down to lower brackets. In fact, the policies led to huge federal deficits and exploding unemployment and social decay, particularly in large urban American cities.
The economic realities of the 1980's with increasing social problems -- such as homelessness and drug abuse -- made Young mock the campaign promises of President Bush as hollow rhetoric. The drug problems ("she's gonna take a hit") refer to the crack epidemic which swept large American cities during the 1980's.
The lyrics of "Rockin' In The Free World" also refer to the rampant consumerism of American culture and the rise of the disposable society based on waste and pollution.
We got department stores and toilet paper Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive.
The lyrics "Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive" refer to the Reverand Jesse Jackson's signature phrase to "Keep hope alive." Young contrasts President Bush's rhetoric and Rev. Jackson's religion as solutions to society's ills, when in actuality, they are nothing more than "feel good" slogans with little results to show.
According to Neil Young's biography Shakey, while on tour in the late 80s, Young and Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro looked at photos in a newspaper of the Ayatollah Khomeini's body being carried to his grave. These images showed mourners burning American flags in the street, which incited fear in Poncho due to the band's up coming European tour. Sampedro commented that 'whatever we do, we shouldn't go near the mideast. Its probably better we just keep on rockin' in the free world.' Then Young asked if he could make a song out of it. (source: Wikipedia)
China's Tiananmen Square Protests
On June 9, 1989, Chinese authorities confronted student protesters in Tiananmen Square, which led to the deaths of an untold number. From this event, the picture of a student standing before a line of tanks became the image that was broadcast around the world.
Neil Young, upon seeing this photo and video, began commenting before performing "Rockin' In The Free World" that the song was going out to that "Chinese boy in Tiananmen Square who stopped the tanks."
Similar to Young's '70's political protest anthem "Ohio", the song has become associated with peaceful, non-violent protest.
Saturday Night Live Performance
On Saturday Night Live in September '89, Neil served notice that he was back with a vengeance with his legendary performance of 'Rockin'. Considered to be one of the most intense live television studio performances ever, Young seemed possessed as he throttled his Les Paul guitar and shredded its strings before the audience. Wearing a Elvis Presley T-shirt, Young seemed to be bridging his 1970's classic "Hey, Hey, My, My" with the lyrics "The King [Elvis] is gone but not forgotten, this is the story of Johnny Rotten" with the end of the 1980's and the impending advent of the grunge-alternative music explosion.
Later, Young commented that he worked with a trainer before going onstage to work himself up to the encore intensity level when he normally performs the song after 2 hours on stage. Neil came on the set as if he had just performed the concert of his life and went from there. The song was selected as one of the best of Saturday Night Live musical performances of all time in broadcasts later in the 1990's for the 25th anniversary.
Critics were ecstatic about Young's return to form based on just the single broadcast and it marked a critical turning point in Neil's career. Jimmy McDonough writes in a Village Voice interview:
"With the September 30 appearance on Saturday Night Live, Young arrested any signs of rust - at least for the moment. Backed by Charlie Drayton, Steve Jordan, and longtime sideman Frank 'Poncho' Sampedro - a new band Young's tentatively calling Young, CS&P - he was all over the stage, jumping on the drum stand, lunging out of camera range, whipping off earsplitting solos that sounded like falling power lines. It was the loudest thing I've ever heard on TV, the lyrics to 'Rockin' in the Free World' barely audible. This is easily his best band since Crazy Horse.
Just the look on his face was enough. He really seemed insane.
YOUNG: 'Yeah, well I was. I don't like TV. Never have. It always sucks and there's nothing you can do about it. You can't just walk on and do 'Rockin' in the Free World,' or you'll look like a fuckin' idiot. To perform that song the way it's supposed to be performed you have to be at peak blood level, everything has to be up, the machine has to be stoked. To do that I had to ignore Saturday Night Live completely. I had to pretend I wasn't there.'
So Young developed 'a brand new technique for doing TV' - a half-hour before going on he worked out with his trainer, lifting weights and doing calisthenics to get himself wired. "
MA+PA KETTLE LEAVIN' THE MOUNTAIN TO GO DOWN TO THE COUNTY SEAT TO ELECT A BUNCH OF BIBLE BELIEVING, GOD FEARING, GUN TOTING, ANTI-ABORTION, WHITE, CHRISTIANS TO SAVE THEM FROM THE MONGREL HORDES INVADING AND SUBVERTING AMERICA! CHECK OUT THESE FAMILY VALUES REPUBLICANS! DAVID VITTER OF LOUISIANA IMPLICATED IN A PROSTITUTE SCANDAL LINKED TO THE DC MADAM. SHARRON ANGLE OF NEVADA FLOATS "2ND AMENDMENT REMEDIES" TO DEAL WITH POLITICAL ENEMIES. ANOTHER NEVADAN AND FAMILY VALUES REPUBLICAN, JOHN ENSIGN GOT SICK OF HIS WIFE AND DECIDED TO GET SOME STRANGE. LATINO VOTERS WISE UP TO MEG WHITMAN, A POST MENOPAUSAL, WHITE, BILLIONAIRE WHO BELIEVES HISPANICS BELONG AT THE HOTEL BUSING TABLES AND MAKING BEDS, FOR, WHITE-POST MENOPAUSAL BILLIONAIRES WHO FANCY THEMSELVES AS GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA! CREATIONIST AND ANTI-ABORTIONIST[EVEN IN THE CASE OF RAPE OR INCEST], CHRISTINE O'DONNELL SNIFFS P-O-W-E-R AND LIKES THE SMELL!
THE LIST OF THESE IDIOTS GOES ON AND ON AND AMERICANS ARE SO BRAINWASHED BY THE ADS THAT THE "MARKETING EXPERTS" HAVE PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE NO LONGER IS A POLITICIAN AN INDIVIDUAL BUT RATHER, A PRODUCT TO BE SOLD.
DISORIENTATED AND THOROUGHLY CONFUSED BY THE TRAUMA OF 911, A DECADE AT WAR AND 8 YEARS OF BUSH AND REPUBLICAN RULE THAT LED TO THE FINANCIAL AND MORAL COLLAPSE OF THIS COUNTRY, AMERICANS ARE READY TO ONCE AGAIN ELECT THESE SAME ASSHOLES TO CONTINUE LOOTING THIS COUNTRY FOR THE MEGA-RICH WHILE YOU DEPEND ON FOOD STAMPS, A JOB AT WALMART AND DRIVE A 15 YEAR OLD CAR.
THEY TELL YOU TO BUY GOLD AND SILVER-HA! THAT MARKET WILL IMPLODE JUST LIKE THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AND YOUR PRECIOUS METAL WON'T BE SO PRECIOUS ANYMORE! THESE MARKET MANIPULATORS STIR UP FEAR AND HATE SO YOU RUN TO THE "SAFE HAVEN" OF GOLD AND SILVER THAT THEY BOUGHT AT $265 AN OUNCE AND RESELL IT TO YOU AT $1,400 AN OUNCE! OH YEAH-IT'S GOING UP TO $5,000 AN OUNCE!
911 WAS NEVER ACCURATELY INVESTIGATED EXCEPT BY THE BLOGOSPHERE AND WE CAN ONLY CONJECT WHAT AND WHO WAS TRULY BEHIND THE ATTACKS! UNDER BUSH, THE SECRETS WERE SEALED AND CLASSIFIED. WE CREATED A NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, STARTED WAR WITH AFGHANISTAN AND WERE LIED INTO WARS WITH IRAQ AND PAKISTAN. WE KILLED OVER 1 MILLION IRAQIS, TORTURED IN OUR MODERN DAY CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN IRAQ AND CUBA. POLLUTED THESE COUNTRIES WITH DEPLETED URANIUM AND DESTABILIZED THE ENTIRE REGION! "THE DECIDER"IS COMING OUT OF HIS SELF IMPOSED EXILE AFTER LEAVING OFFICE WITH A 23% APPROVAL RATING TO SHILL HIS NEW BOOK. GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR THESE ASSHOLES, THE POT FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA AND TENNESSEE WILL THANK YOU FOR INCREASING THEIR BUSINESS! AMERICANS WILL BE SO STONED THAT THEY WILL ELECT SARAH PALIN PRESIDENT!
WORD ON THE STREET IS REPUBLICAN DOUCHE-BAG - MIKE KELLY'S WIFE, VICTORIA IS SITTING OUT THE RUN UP TO THE ELECTION DOWN IN FLORIDA! WTF? IN A RECENT PREVIOUS POST I MENTIONED THE TOPIXCONVERSATION THAT STATES KELLY HAS A LITTLE GIRLFRIEND ACTION DOWN IN LITTLE OLD BUTLER. PERHAPS VICTORIA DOES NOT WANT TO "BE IN HIS WAY" OR PERHAPS MIKE HAD TO SEND HER DOWN TO THE LAND OF BLUE SKIES AND SUNSHINE TO KEEP HER "OUT OF HIS WAY"? WHO KNOWS?
THE BIG NEWS I'M BREAKING NOW IS WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, 42ND US PRESIDENT AND OVERSEER OF THE GREATEST RUN OF PROSPERITY SINCE THE VIETNAM WAR IS FLYING INTO ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH TO STUMP FOR CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY DAHLKEMPER. CLINTON WILL SPEAK AT EITHER PSU-BEHREND COLLEGE OR THE CAMPUS OF EDINBORO UNIVERSITY. KATHY NEEDS A LITTLE STAR POWER TO GIVE HER CAMPAIGN A BOOST AND "BUBBA" IS JUST THE TICKET!
MIKE KELLY IS A PAUNCHY, MILLIONAIRE CAR DEALER WHO FANCIES HIMSELF A CONGRESSMAN! RUMORS ABOUND THAT A STAUNCH CATHOLIC, FAMILY VALUES GUY IS CARRYING ON A BLATANTLY OPEN AFFAIR! SO MUCH FOR THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AND BEING TRUE TO YOUR SPOUSE AS ESPOUSED BY REPUBLICAN "FAMILY VALUES". FOR CHRIST SAKE'S KELLY, IF YOU CAN'T STAND TO BE WITH THE OLD BAT, THEN, DIVORCE HER ASS! I GUESS HE IS JUST ANOTHER PHONEY-RAMA REPUBLICAN ASSHOLE WHO TALKS A BIG GAME BUT BEHAVES DIFFERENTLY IN HIS PERSONAL LIFE!
i already know that im gonna be playing this song at my funeral and im only 14 lol
"She had become like they are." That verse still gives me the creeps!
Eternal love!
All our times have come Here but now they're gone Seasons don't fear the reaper Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain..we can be like they are Come on baby...don't fear the reaper Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper Baby I'm your man... Valentine is done Here but now they're gone Romeo and Juliet Are together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet 40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet 40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happiness Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are Come on baby...don't fear the reaper Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper Baby I'm your man... Love of two is one Here but now they're gone Came the last night of sadness And it was clear she couldn't go on Then the door was open and the wind appeared The candles blew then disappeared The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid Come on baby...and she had no fear And she ran to him...then they started to fly They looked backward and said goodby...she had become like they are She had taken his hand...she had become like they are Come on baby...don't fear the reaper...,