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Sweet child in time
You'll see the line The line that's drawn between Good and bad
See the blind man Shooting at the world
Bullets flying, Ohh taking toll

If you've been bad Oh Lord I bet you have And you've not been hit Oh by flying lead You'd better close your eyes Ooohhhh bow your head Wait for the ricochet
I wanna hear you sing

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"Gillian is quoted as saying that the song was created "using the Cold War as the theme", adding "the words came easily because we were all aware of the nuclear threat looming over us at what was probably the height of the Cold War."

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Taken from their fourth album Deep Purple In Rock, the band performs 'Child In Time' live on the British TV show "Doing Their Thing".

The performance features the "Mark II line-up": Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice."

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Here's the Rock Concert version two years later:

Deep Purple - Child in Time - Made in Japan (1972)

www.youtube.com

RIP Renee Good

(Is America next?)

Now is, imho, the worst time for this country since the Cold War, Nixon, and the War in Vietnam.
With potential to be much worse than GW, Iraq, and the Bush Republican Recession.

I say that as someone who was Draft Bait a the time, and as a child had endured with all the other children in the country Atomic Bomb Drills in all schools including my elementary school.

As if sitting in the hallway covering our heads with our hands would protect us. Actually that's pretty much what some Americans are doing today; if one can be callous about these Street Executions, then one should reevaluate their mind and their soul.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 06:35 PM | Reply

Here's the Rock Concert version two years later:

Deep Purple - Child in Time - Made in Japan (1972)

www.youtube.com

RIP Renee Good

(Is America next?)

Now is, imho, the worst time for this country since the Cold War, Nixon, and the War in Vietnam.
With potential to be much worse than GW, Iraq, and the Bush Republican Recession.

I say that as someone who was Draft Bait a the time, and as a child had endured with all the other children in the country Atomic Bomb Drills in all schools including my elementary school.

As if sitting in the hallway covering our heads with our hands would protect us. Actually that's pretty much what some Americans are doing today; if one can be callous about these Street Executions, then one should reevaluate their mind and their soul.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 06:35 PM | Reply

all i wanted for christmas was a decent mouse that didn't double post! ----!!

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 06:37 PM | Reply

AND I messed up the link in #1 (and 2)

here's the live stadium version

www.youtube.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 06:40 PM | Reply

AND I messed up the link in #1 (and 2)

here's the live stadium version

www.youtube.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 06:40 PM | Reply

Twice

(lets see if it happens again! this is fun, eh?)

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 06:41 PM | Reply

youtu.be

#7 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-01-09 08:01 PM | Reply

youtu.be

#8 | Posted by fortfisher at 2026-01-09 08:03 PM | Reply

youtu.be

O you who are in your tiny boat,
eager to hear more, following
behind my ship that advances, singing,
[go back, if you are to see your shores again.]

Do not put yourselves to sea, for if
you lose me, you too will be forever lost.
The waters I travel have never yet been crossed;
Minerva breathes, and Apollo guides me,
it is the nine Muses who show me the North Star.

#9 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-01-09 08:19 PM | Reply

Fartfisher's like a 5 year old calling the grownups, 'stupid'.

Of course, he's never had anything else, so...

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 09:05 PM | Reply

Fartfisher's like a 5 year old calling the grownups, 'stupid'.

Of course, he's never had anything else, so...

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 09:05 PM | Reply

Such Great Heights - The Petersens and Dawson Hollow indie-folk-rock band.
(LIVE)
11 hrs ago...

www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-09 11:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Chuck Mangione - Chase The Clouds Away (1975)
www.youtube.com

(instrumental, no lyrics)


#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-10 08:53 PM | Reply

Padlock the door and board the windows
Put the people in the street
"It's just my job, " he says "I'm sorry."
And draws a check, goes home to eat

But at night he tells his woman
"I know I hide behind the laws."
She says, "You're only taking orders."
That's how every empire falls

A bitter wind blows through the country
A hard rain falls on the sea
If terror comes without a warning
There must be something we don't see

What fire begets this fire?
Like torches thrown into the straw
If no one asks, then no one answers
That's how every empire falls

partial lyrics - John Prine - That's How Every Empire Falls

www.youtube.com

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-10 09:57 PM | Reply

#14 Most excellent, Corky.

Thank you for posting that.

#15 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-10 09:58 PM | Reply

I thought I knew most every John Prine song, but I don't think I ever heard that one before.

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-10 10:00 PM | Reply

Roy Buchanan - Down By The River, PBS (1971)

www.youtube.com

this version all about the guitar

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-10 10:28 PM | Reply

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers with Gary Moore - So Many Roads

www.youtube.com

one of the best blues riffs ever by one of the best blues guitarists ever

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-10 10:47 PM | Reply

@#18

Mr Mayall is an awesome musician, imo.

I've posted a song by him in the past.

But the song is not appropriate currently, given the sincere topic of this thread.


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-11 02:04 AM | Reply

Jesse Welles - Good vs. Ice www.youtube.com

#20 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-01-11 02:29 AM | Reply

Mayall et al. Excellent.

The rabbit hole led me to Jimi plays Monterrey. www.youtube.com

What can be said after that?

#21 | Posted by et_al at 2026-01-11 06:29 AM | Reply

"At its Friday (Jan. 9) concert at the Thunder Valley Casino in Sacramento, California, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame"inducted band dedicated its 1993 song "Ordinary World" to 37yearold Renee Good, who was shot and killed earlier in the week during an ICE operation in Minnesota."

www.billboard.com

Duran Duran - "Ordinary World" Global Citizen Performance

www.youtube.com

lyrics

genius.com

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 11:14 AM | Reply

Amanda Gorman used her talents to pay tribute.

x.com

#23 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 11:17 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

song for Renee Good by Caitlin Cook -new

www.youtube.com

#24 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 11:21 AM | Reply

ICE soldiers and Trump coming
We're finally on our own
This winter I hear the drumming
Renee's dead in Minnesota

[Verse]
Gotta get down to it
ICE thugs are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago

What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

(apologies to Neil Young)

#25 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 11:26 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#25 Corky, I believe that Neil Young would overwhelming approve of your new words.

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-11 11:33 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Good in the Snow" " A Song Remembering Renee Good | Official Music Video

www.youtube.com

Striking lyrics, beautifully done.

#27 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 11:33 AM | Reply

Good vs Ice - Jesse Welles

www.youtube.com

I've had more dangerous encounters at
gas station counters in the Walmart
parking lot.

But the smaller the man, the quicker the
plan goes to somebody's getting shot.

Kevlar and jeans, a mask and a gun and a
badge for everyone in the mob. You
probably don't need to shoot someone in
the face to do the thing that you're
calling a job.

How's work? Well, they
got us shooting women now. How's the
pay? Well, there's a bonus if you're
wanting in. How's the hours? We shoot
them in the daylight and then we steal
them away in the dark of the night.

Only
the best and the brightest. Only the
finest get to put on the sacred mask.

If
you ever been fired, congrats. You're
hired for this particular task.

Now they'll circle the wagons, drape the
man in a flag, and say, "Don't trust
what your eyes can see."

They'll say,
"It's her fault instead for getting shot
in the head when we all watch the same
damn thing.

#28 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 11:42 AM | Reply

"Protest Songs About the Minneapolis ICE Shooting Are Already Online

Artists from Jesse Welles to Nashville songwriter Zach Schmidt are singing about the senseless killing of Renee Good"

www.rollingstone.com

several more vid songs at the RS article link

#29 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-11 11:48 AM | Reply

People don't seem to be talking about this much, but the last thing Becca Good said to Renee Good was "Drive baby Drive".

I would feel like I was responsible for Renee taking her foot off the brake instead of just staying put obeying the officer.

#30 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-01-11 04:25 PM | Reply

Renee was already trying to pull out before the cops arrived on her but a little silver car, I think it was, cut her off and stopped her exit.

Then the cops got to her and the rest is history.

I kind of got the impression Becca may have been more aggressive than Renee from appearances.

#31 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-01-11 04:37 PM | Reply

I got the impression that Bathhouse Bill got his mail order fag hag from the Philippines.

#32 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 04:41 PM | Reply

Rein,

Fuck off you mentally deficient asshole.

#33 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2026-01-11 04:44 PM | Reply

Go lick some more stormtrooper boot, lowlife.

#34 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-11 04:46 PM | Reply

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