tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post4839108816525900169..comments2024-03-27T20:10:46.984-07:00Comments on The Rambling Taoist: Wen Tzu - Verse 98, Part IThe Rambling Taoisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-88812370469954604252009-12-29T21:18:22.448-08:002009-12-29T21:18:22.448-08:00And here was me, thinking that all people are exem...And here was me, thinking that all people are exemplary people... <br /><br />Pete Seeger! Ah! I knew someone else had written that song, but all I could come up with was Woody Guthrie.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-34189752353670870042009-12-29T18:56:03.165-08:002009-12-29T18:56:03.165-08:00Crow,
Some of the greatest singers, songwriters, p...Crow,<br />Some of the greatest singers, songwriters, poets, artists and philosophers aren't the most exemplary people. The song "Turn! Turn! Turn!" was made famous by The Byrds, but it was written by Pete Seeger.<br /><br />Baroness,<br />Yes, I indeed was aware of that.The Rambling Taoisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04730292897416827840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-14684829875532557522009-12-29T16:45:21.567-08:002009-12-29T16:45:21.567-08:00And of course, you know, "Turn,turn, turn&quo...And of course, you know, "Turn,turn, turn" is from Ecclesiastes.baroness radonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14593108634484542286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10694316.post-45932442943490479212009-12-29T15:14:26.884-08:002009-12-29T15:14:26.884-08:00I had to smile at this...
I once met one of the b...I had to smile at this... <br />I once met one of the byrds, in the bar of a hotel near heathrow airport, around 1972. <br /><br />Maybe they sang about high-minded things, but this character was the biggest wanker I have ever met. <br />I think it was he that gave rise to my first ever usage of the terms: hypocrite, and egomaniac. <br />I remember being astonished that anybody who played a guitar so incredibly badly could ever become a celebrity. <br /><br />Maybe I just happened to run into him on the worst day of his life.<br /> <br />As I am so fond of saying: <br />The Master is not always The Master.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.com