Ha, yup, I git a lotta bemused looks myself at times (a few from my own kids!) fer some'a my music faves but I agree--Tiny was a genius! I'll betcha yer right about him not trustin' the clot shots had he been around now--he was wired differently, not one to foller' any leader. We need more singular talents like that 'stead o' what goes fer "music" today (with some exceptions but not many...). We're all lucky ducks to have a lexicon've all the incredible music from the 20th c! Let's hope THEY don't erase that part of his'try--too many absurdly canceled already.
BTW, I too gave a nod to Tiny back in August (scroll down on this one, link is at the end):
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Brilliant! This warn't on my radar (glad to know it!) but Daisy here's always been a HUGE Tiny fan--all his incarnations (and tarnations!) I love that he was fearless--tried everything--like the polka-punk stuff with Brave Combo (their Stairway to Heaven's a hoot!), horror movies--the baritone falsetto range, and of course making the Uke awesome again etc. A friend'a mine that worked with him on somethin' r' other back in the 90s said he was really nice but had some form of OCD (hand washing or some related obsession?). The man broke the mold an' if I'm correct, he went out "singin'" too--I believe he died onstage, trooper 'til the end. (Apt song choice now that we're all really livin' day-to-day on the Eve of Destruction... ) Long Live Tiny!
PS imo he wasn't a freak show--we statesiders gotta REAL Freak Show in the White House. Tiny's an old pro Music Hall feller that decided to take some wild risks (but he had musical chops unlike a lotta 21st c bozo's cain't play 'r sing fer nuttin')
Not in my collection for some inexplicable reason?
WEF won't stop until they get a really gullible puppet (Billionaire) Prime Minister in 10 Downing Steet!
LIABILITY MUST be reintroduced for DEADLY Covid VAX = COMMON SENSE and cessation of De-Population. My money's on devious self-fulfilling 'slippery' Sunak!
This Laurie from Ray Horvath's Substack. What a delightful memory from an earlier time in your life! Thank-you for sharing....l wonder if we are the last generation that will have these incredible & interesting experiences to reminisce about.....it seems like the only thing that can possibly happen to young folks these days are dark & evil experiences.
I am being negative l know. But l wonder....do the young folks today enjoy a beautiful sunset, a kiss from a puppy, the sight of a beautiful flower? It seems they are always glued to the black mirror of their cell phones! Or playing sick video games. They don't seem to live in the "real world".
Well, l sure enjoyed your post today. Hope all is as well as can be expected in your spot of the world!
Ha, yup, I git a lotta bemused looks myself at times (a few from my own kids!) fer some'a my music faves but I agree--Tiny was a genius! I'll betcha yer right about him not trustin' the clot shots had he been around now--he was wired differently, not one to foller' any leader. We need more singular talents like that 'stead o' what goes fer "music" today (with some exceptions but not many...). We're all lucky ducks to have a lexicon've all the incredible music from the 20th c! Let's hope THEY don't erase that part of his'try--too many absurdly canceled already.
BTW, I too gave a nod to Tiny back in August (scroll down on this one, link is at the end):
https://thcsofdaisymoses.substack.com/p/when-cabbages-and-kings-catch-covid
Talk about singular thinkers!
Brilliant! This warn't on my radar (glad to know it!) but Daisy here's always been a HUGE Tiny fan--all his incarnations (and tarnations!) I love that he was fearless--tried everything--like the polka-punk stuff with Brave Combo (their Stairway to Heaven's a hoot!), horror movies--the baritone falsetto range, and of course making the Uke awesome again etc. A friend'a mine that worked with him on somethin' r' other back in the 90s said he was really nice but had some form of OCD (hand washing or some related obsession?). The man broke the mold an' if I'm correct, he went out "singin'" too--I believe he died onstage, trooper 'til the end. (Apt song choice now that we're all really livin' day-to-day on the Eve of Destruction... ) Long Live Tiny!
PS imo he wasn't a freak show--we statesiders gotta REAL Freak Show in the White House. Tiny's an old pro Music Hall feller that decided to take some wild risks (but he had musical chops unlike a lotta 21st c bozo's cain't play 'r sing fer nuttin')
Not in my collection for some inexplicable reason?
WEF won't stop until they get a really gullible puppet (Billionaire) Prime Minister in 10 Downing Steet!
LIABILITY MUST be reintroduced for DEADLY Covid VAX = COMMON SENSE and cessation of De-Population. My money's on devious self-fulfilling 'slippery' Sunak!
Mick from Hooe (UK) Unjabbed to live longer.
So, how much of Tiny Tim's persona, his schtick, was a put-on, and how much was genuine? He certainly presented as a very odd person.
Hi John!
This Laurie from Ray Horvath's Substack. What a delightful memory from an earlier time in your life! Thank-you for sharing....l wonder if we are the last generation that will have these incredible & interesting experiences to reminisce about.....it seems like the only thing that can possibly happen to young folks these days are dark & evil experiences.
I am being negative l know. But l wonder....do the young folks today enjoy a beautiful sunset, a kiss from a puppy, the sight of a beautiful flower? It seems they are always glued to the black mirror of their cell phones! Or playing sick video games. They don't seem to live in the "real world".
Well, l sure enjoyed your post today. Hope all is as well as can be expected in your spot of the world!