Songs About Boats

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    Neat story that is.
    What a rascal!
     
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    A spaceship left the earth in the year '39 (century unknown), and they've traveled for a year at about 99.995% of the speed of light, then they returned to earth, where 100 years had passed . .



    I'm not sure time dilation is a happy thing . . :oops:
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    P.S. - Some background of the song and Brian May on the thread Ocean News in post #3423
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    A II reference on the thread Real Ocean News in post #86

    this one is for Hoyt and Yob and IN and all my not here mentioned forum buddies . . :)

     
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    Hello A II and welcome - lovely to see your post , which reminds me so much of an old forum friend whom I haven't seen for a while and I was beginning to worry about ;). I do hope all is well and I'm very glad you are around - hope we'll see a lot of you in the coming weeks and months!
     
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    Thanks Adrian,​



    I am forever searching high and low
    But why does everyone tell me 'no'?
    Neptune of the seas, an answer for me please
    The lily of the valley doesn't know

    I lie in wait with open eyes
    I carry on through stormy skies
    I follow every course; my kingdom for a horse
    But each time I grow old
    Serpent of the Nile, relieve me for a while
    And cast me from your spell, and let me go

    Messenger from seven seas has flown
    To tell the king of Rhye he's lost his throne
    Wars will never cease
    Is there time enough for peace?
    The lily of the valley doesn't know

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    ‘‘ On bended knee is no way to be free ’’

    Alaska Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook removes ‘Into the Wild’ bus (June 18, 2020)

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    ‘‘ . . . . There were 15 bus-related search and rescue operations by the state between 2009 and 2017 according to DNR reports. As recently as this February, Alaska State Troopers rescued five Italian hikers, one of which suffered severe frostbite. Individual travellers from Switzerland and Belarus drowned in 2010 and 2019, prompting public outcry, particularly among local Alaskans to reduce or eliminate the hazard. . . . . ’’

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    Chris McCandless 1992 self-portrait found undeveloped in his camera after his death

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    some hikers on June 29, 2009 at the abandoned Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142 along the Stampede Trail



     
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    The Fairbanks City Transit System Bus 142 at the Stampede Trail in Alaska was obviously by Chris and some other hikers mistaken for an abandoned Jungle Yacht . . :eek:

    Some Jungle Yachts were built by International Harvester for Attilio Gatti to tour in decadent luxury what was then thought to be the Belgian Congo . . :(

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    ‘‘ . . . . Behind the cab of each truck was a 110 volt power plant, 1500-watts a.c. They needed plenty of “juice” for cameras, drills, the photo lab, and illumination. They would even string a single wire electric fence around the camp at night putting out 4500 volts to “discourage” the hippos, elephants, and leopards that would prowl around in the darkness. . . . . ’’

    Daily Mail - & - Smith Journal - & - Gatti’s Jungle Yachts and African Expeditions
     
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    Ditto.
     
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    Recorded Live: 10/18/1998 - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Mountain View, CA)

     
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    There are boats in the universe.

    I used to tow my boats with a Galaxie.
     
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    Trimaran Galaxy

    (I've made it tomin. into the vid, then I got bored)

     
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    Song about Enola Gay*, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Little Boy on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. - (* named after the mother of the pilot)

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    Enola Gay, you should have stayed at home yesterday
    Aha, words can't describe the feeling and the way you lied
    These games you play, they're gonna end it more than tears someday
    Aha, Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way

    It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been
    We got your message on the radio, conditions normal and you're coming home

    Enola Gay, is mother proud of Little Boy today?
    Aha, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away

    Enola Gay, it shouldn't ever have to end this way
    Aha, Enola Gay, it shouldn't fade in our dreams away
    It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been
    We got your message on the radio, conditions normal and you're coming home

    Enola Gay, is mother proud of Little Boy today?
    Aha, this kiss you give, it's never ever gonna fade away

    ‘‘ The lyrics to the song reflect on the decision to use the bomb and ask the listener to consider whether the bombings were necessary ("It shouldn't ever have to end this way"). The phrase, "Is mother proud of Little Boy today?", is an allusion to both the nickname of the uranium bomb, as well as the fact that pilot Paul Tibbets named the aircraft after his mother. The phrase, "It's 8:15, and that's the time that it's always been", refers to the time of detonation over Hiroshima at 8:15 am JST; as many timepieces were "frozen" by the effects of the blast, it becomes "the time that it's always been". The song was also released during controversy surrounding Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's decision to allow US nuclear missiles to be stationed in Britain. McCluskey stated that he "wasn't really politically motivated to write the song", which was informed by a fascination with World War II bombers. He hoped the track "conveyed an ambivalence about whether it was the right or the wrong thing to do". ’’
     
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