Alice's Restaurant (folk song, sort of)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant

"Alice's Restaurant Massacree", commonly known as "Alice's Restaurant", is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album Alice's Restaurant. The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but largely true story from Guthrie's own life.

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AHorseWithNoNeigh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 261d
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thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 261d

I hate the song and one day when I was recovering from surgery I decided to watch the movie. JFC I was high and it was only fun to watch for the recording of the 1970s colors

I still think he should have gone to jail for littering! Those fuckers tossed a lot of shit out their car.

lemmie689@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 261d

mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 261d

Queues it up 3 times on the jukebox and leaves the bar

Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 261d

I love this song lol

happysplinter@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 261d

Except in Alice.

rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 261d

Am I right in saying that Rodney Alcala used part of this song when he took the stand in his own defense?