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Not playing Alice's Restaurant ?? You know what's really toxic? Cancel-culture.
What a shame...
 AliGator wrote:

I thought he was referring to the word "faggot." 
 
This is a shame, not played again this year. In the UK, Faggots are a rather revolting dish often served with onions.
However we are vary aware of other uses of the word. So much so that the BBC are banning the original of Fairy Tale of New York by the Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, another great track.
People look to easily for offence, and not the intent. 
A sad day for musical creativity and free speech.


What happened to the long-standing Thanksgiving tradition this year, Bill?
Are we playing it today, and if so, when??
Happy 50th Woodstock anniversary, Arlo! 

Bump 7 > 8. As a cultural artifact, it is priceless. Arlo's legacy is unique.

Alice's Restaurant (1969)R | 1h 51min | Comedy, Drama, Music | 20 August 1969 (USA)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064002/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1


santana soul sacrifice woodstock 1969

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBG6IaSQCpU
 AliGator wrote:
I thought he was referring to the word "faggot."
 
Actually, "faggots". Apparently, ArloG has lamented the choice, but owns up to it. 'That was then, this is now'-like.
 iMario wrote:
Bill just mentioned that they might put this song away any year now, permanently, due to its political incorrectness.  My PI radar might be out of tune.  What does he refer to?

 
I thought he was referring to the word "faggot." 
 iMario wrote:
Bill just mentioned that they might put this song away any year now, permanently, due to its political incorrectness.  My PI radar might be out of tune.  What does he refer to?

 
Not sure.  Because garbage is dumped outside of a landfill site?  Or because many listeners are still sore about the American defeat in the  Vietnam War?
Bill just mentioned that they might put this song away any year now, permanently, due to its political incorrectness.  My PI radar might be out of tune.  What does he refer to?
23% 1 votes?

Hilarious. 

I adore this ramble. A 10 for sure.  

Reminds me of visiting Syracuse on a high school band trip in the early 1970s when I was in Grade 9 and discovering that the USA was made up of large numbers of people with a well-informed, negative view on the Vietnam War.

P.S.  Happy Thanksgiving!  

Always forget about RP playing this POS on Thanksgiving. 2 years in a row now I turned on RP at the wrong time, what agony.
Monty Python - Travel Agent Sketch
https://youtu.be/Yz2LaJOVAiA?t=40s
 oldviolin wrote:
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it 
eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.


Arlo Guthrie

 
Love love love.
Back for seconds. It's the done thing. It is Thanksgiving. Somewhere.
 oldviolin wrote:


 
AWESOME. What he said and what he sang :)

"Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it 
eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people."


- Arlo Guthrie
Second time today!!!
True true, Thanksgiving time, the best holiday of the year, has arrived. Well almost - I'm in Germany, we have to celebrate on the weekend or no one will come. So I brined my turkey while listening. I and each of my brothers could recite the entire story from memory, I think I've heard it more often than I've seen the Wizard of Oz.
Thanks Bill, heady stuff, as pressing now as ever.
Onde of the first guitar tune I learned. Great !!
As a RP newbie, I was unaware of the Alice's Restaurant thanksgiving tradition, thanks for playing it, I had not heard it for oh so many years and forgot how good it was.....good old RP.
I love the fact that there are still gems like this one for me to discover!
{#Bananajam}
Brilliant
Yes he did, we have all done it right? Funny I have to hear this song or it's not Thanksgiving {#Daisy}
 Joanna91540 wrote:
 quelque chose que les américains écoutent semble t il pour le thanksgiving, et le bouton PSD ne fonctionne pas !!!!!{#Fight}{#Fire}{#Arghhh}{#No}{#Taped-shut}
In French :
"Qu'est ce que c'est que cette grosse bouse ?"

 

 
Moi j'adore cette chanson (une fois par an), et suis bien content de l'entendre à nouveau !
ça me fait bien rire

Merci Bill pour cette tradition

Happy thanksgiving 
Once a year is enough but fair enjoyed singing along here in my workshop. Da da da da da la da da At Alices reeestaraaaunt {#Cheesygrin}
 Mugro wrote:
I am a day early commenting on this song, but as soon as bill posted the news that this song would be played at 12 noon (EST) I was very excited. I will make a mental note to be sure to tune in at that time!! As some of you know, I grew up in Massachusetts. We have a station (WBCN, 104.1 FM) in Massachusetts that would always play this song at 12 noon on Thanksgiving Day, and I would never miss it. I even saw the movie once. The song is a classic, the movie....not so much.... Thank you Bill for continuing this tradition. Just for that I am going to the Support RP page!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

 

That was 2006. Sadly, WBCN is no longer with us. But Radio Paradise continues the tradition. Thanks, Bill. Happy Thanksgiving all! 
Hunh? Bill just said it was a Halloween tradition to play this? Oops.
 oldviolin wrote:
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it 
eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.


Arlo Guthrie

 

 
 


Showmanship! A classic, worth waiting for.
Here we are again!

Kinda love this tradition - and really love RP!!

Very best from Bath U.K.


Its 5pm in Scotland and I stayed on after work just to hear this brilliant song till the end. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!!!

Happy thanksgiving Americans.


Me fait penser à l'Alan Psychadelic breakfast de Pink Floyd.... excellentissime !!!!
( sans dec, ca change)
 quelque chose que les américains écoutent semble t il pour le thanksgiving, et le bouton PSD ne fonctionne pas !!!!!{#Fight}{#Fire}{#Arghhh}{#No}{#Taped-shut}
In French :
"Qu'est ce que c'est que cette grosse bouse ?"

 


1 because there are not 0. What a crap {#Sick}
This is not music!!!
In French :
"Qu'est ce que c'est que cette grosse bouse ?"
Keep on truckin mama
truck my blues away....
 meauclaire wrote:
This is why the PSD button was invented.

 
Yes but the PSD button is not working on this song!!!!
Tradition is, well, tradition.  I don't think I would want to listen to this song everyday - but today isn't everyday.  It's Thanksgiving day. So, if this song, even once a year, isn't your cup of tea, then perhaps you could find thanks that it's only played once a year. But, if this brings back memories of Thanksgivings past, well, that's something to be thankful for also.
This is why the PSD button was invented.
"That was horrible...I've been singing this song now for 25 minutes and I could sing for another 25 minutes...I'm not proud......or tired...." Ha! Love it. {#Bounce}
BillG... Please, never stop including this as a part of your T-Day rotation. It is...necessary.
somewhere in Washington
enshrined in some little folder,
is a study in black and white
of my fingerprints
It gets an 8 because of the fine Radio Paradise tradition of playing this throughout American Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving folks. 
Bill

Thank you for playing it a second time today since I missed it earlier. 😁
Twice in one day?  But ambassador, you torture us.
Thank you Leonard Crippen for introducing me to this beauty. RIP buddy!
 coloradojohn wrote:
I smile to recall how our 9th Grade Science Teacher brought this in and played it for us the day before Thanksgiving Break, must have been '76 or so... We loved it to bits, especially the lines "I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope under that garbage," and the "twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back o' each one..." Of course, sprinkled in there were some mighty clever digs at Uncle Sam, and Mr. Slaughter had the patience to explain them to those who thought it was all just for grins. He also taught me how to make wine and distill rum, and got me hooked on the value of curiosity, and gave me proper perspectives on Life. Thank you, Mr. Slaughter! And Thank you, Radio Paradise!  I'm sure blessed to be thankful every Thanksgiving!

 
Thumbs up to Mr. Slaughter!  Thanks for sharing coloradojohn, have a Super Holiday All  : )
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it 
eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.


Arlo Guthrie

 

 

Waste of 18 minutes...
Once a year is just perfect...
This was on my iPod for a few years, until I finally deleted it. 

It's nice to hear it on the RP tradition, but at this point that's about as much as I can take. 
"kid, we don't want any hangins'..."
Hooray! The Hippie Special.  Always fun, a gem in its own league. Social satire, comedy, political commentary, drama...which is one reason why it was a movie of the same. And that was fun too.
I don't think I'd listen to this any other time, but I do look forward to this RP tradition. {#Tongue}
Seems like I just heard this, a year has gone by!!!! Damn
Shear joy... cracking story and a delight to hear again. Must get the 12" out tonight.....
Doesn't get any better than this on Turkey Day
Keep the tradition alive.   Like so many songs and sketches the political commentary is as topical and important now as when it was written.
Arlo turned republican.  A real insult to his Dad!
Brutal
this is utterly fun
{#Cheesygrin}
I smile to recall how our 9th Grade Science Teacher brought this in and played it for us the day before Thanksgiving Break, must have been '76 or so... We loved it to bits, especially the lines "I cannot tell a lie, I put that envelope under that garbage," and the "twenty seven eight-by-ten color glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back o' each one..." Of course, sprinkled in there were some mighty clever digs at Uncle Sam, and Mr. Slaughter had the patience to explain them to those who thought it was all just for grins. He also taught me how to make wine and distill rum, and got me hooked on the value of curiosity, and gave me proper perspectives on Life. Thank you, Mr. Slaughter! And Thank you, Radio Paradise!  I'm sure blessed to be thankful every Thanksgiving!
PSD doesn't work!? :o
Hilarious!!! {#Clap}

  thanksgivin ain't official each year until this is playing  {#Cheers}

 


dammit,.my psd aint working

I truly suspect the difference between those who profess to dislike Alice’s Restaurant so much and those who honestly enjoy hearing it again is due to the difference between the generations. Perhaps it’s the difference between those youngin’s with ADHD (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and those of us who are infinitely more patient. I was 21 when this was released, but I enjoy this as much today as I did 48 years ago when living in northern New Jersey. In the 1970’s WNEW-FM in New York City would play this every year on Thanksgiving and people would listen on their Hi-Fi stereo tuners – no computers, smart phones or tablets in those times because they hadn’t been invented. The next time, sit in a comfortable chair, put on your headphones, and listen to the story Arlo Guthrie tells. 

Thanks RP, for upholding the tradition of playing Alice’s Restaurant again on Thanksgiving Day. 
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it 
eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.


Arlo Guthrie

 


I'm not a fan of public commentaries, but this piece deserves some support. 
Story telling is a wonderful art form and a central tenet of political discourse. I would hope the people unfamiliar with Arlo Guthrie (yes, he’s still very much alive), Pete Seeger, Arlo’s father a generation before and the many, many people who were inspired by them, will show some interest in how they helped shape history – and how much they helped make the influence of the voice of the people possible. 


 mhymowitz wrote:
Are there any over-the-air radio stations still in existence that play this?  

 
WXRT in Chi. (93.1) still plays it twice every Thanksgiving.

Now if I gould just get them to quit playing "One Thing Leads to Another" by The Fixx at least every other day, I'd listen a bit more on the way in to work! 
 RabbitEars wrote:

Arthur Penn? Impressive guy to have as a grandpa! 

 
No doubt.  Some fine work there by Mr. A. Penn:
Here's 3 films he directed that I really enjoyed:

Bonnie & Clyde—1967
Little Big Man—1970
Night Moves—1975
 
Are there any over-the-air radio stations still in existence that play this?  No longer in Seattle!  Sad.

To those who are tired of this, may I suggest:
Stan Freberg's Take an Indian to Lunch, orDavid Ackles' Montana Song 
 OceanBlue wrote:
This song always held a special place for me... my grandpa directed the film, and something about working with Arlo resonated with him. Interesting character, he was.

And nothing beats the smell of stuffing and sitting around a table with the family, playing this on the guitar. Good times.

 
Arthur Penn? Impressive guy to have as a grandpa! 
You gotta' sing louder if you wanna' STOP THE WAR!
Can't resist tuning in every year just for this {#Smile}
It's at times like these that I really, REALLY appreciate the PSD button!!!!  ;-)
naysayers might reflect the inability to focus for more than a few minutes at time... symptom of technological addiction (include myself in the deterioration).
It must be time to make the mashed potatoes.


 Jim_Messenger wrote:
I cannot believe the number of people badmouthing this classic piece of Americana.  Being young and dumb of your own history is no excuse.  I even heard someone state that Black Friday was about slavery in the USA.  This song was a protest. In an era when people new how to protest without it turning into a riot.  
 
That's okay. Their kids will mock them soon enough!

Teach your children well.... 
This song always held a special place for me... my grandpa directed the film, and something about working with Arlo resonated with him. Interesting character, he was.

And nothing beats the smell of stuffing and sitting around a table with the family, playing this on the guitar. Good times.
I cannot believe the number of people badmouthing this classic piece of Americana.  Being young and dumb of your own history is no excuse.  I even heard someone state that Black Friday was about slavery in the USA.  This song was a protest. In an era when people new how to protest without it turning into a riot.  
Another year to the clock! Nice!
Woohoo!  Thanks Bill. :D
{#Bananajam}
Exactly why the PSD button was invented.
 JrzyTmata wrote:
quit your bitchin' and go find something else to do for 20 minutes.

 
{#Clap}
quit your bitchin' and go find something else to do for 20 minutes.

 so true, its much much worse than any xmas garbage. Why, just why?

Utopia_Bold wrote:

Arrrrrgh!  Stop please stop! Make it go away! This is the most boring song in the universe.

 

Oh jeez, this stinking piece of turd again. Who is/was this fella?
THis song broke my PSD button.
Just PSD>>
This already played at 2:58 pm today. It hasn't even been 3 hours!
...  I mean ... I mean ... I MEEEAAANN!!!  Excellant piece of U.S. history and damnfunny tune, Peace Neighbor! 
Excellent
 
Are there any longer lyrics?
 Deedub wrote:
I literally grew up a hundred yards from the church. My parent told us kids to stay away from the "hippie church"

 

Did you listen and stay away?
  thanksgivin ain't official each year until this is playing  {#Cheers}
Dog smelling prints?
Arrrrrgh!  Stop please stop! Make it go away! This is the most boring song in the universe.
I clicked RP at the wrong time. I should have known better to avoid RP at 9am on Thanksgiving. I'll wait about 20 minutes until this P.O.S. is over.
Wonderful tradition in our family. Thanks for playing this every year! 
 
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it 
eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.


Arlo Guthrie
Yay!
Another Year :)
I literally grew up a hundred yards from the church. My parent told us kids to stay away from the "hippie church"
That's all I can take. RP in since 9am. Off @ 6:10pm. Peace.
The problem with listening to RP all day, is that on Thanksgiving you hear Alice's Restaurant multiple times.  

I can handle this song one time a year, but twice in one day (so far) is a little more than I can handle.

I am not even American, and I look forward to Thanksgiving all week just for this song {#Good-vibes}
It just ain't Thanksgiving with Alice's Restaurant.  Now everybody go and have a meal that can't be beat.

Its worth waiting a year for something this good. Happy thanks giving America.


Alices Restaurant Massacre - Illustrated Video at the Top of the Page
https://www.sungraffix.net/ 
COCK!  it's thanksgiving huh?
Love this song, but I am not an American, so I don't know if that counts.
One more time today, then it's 365 days 'till it comes back around on the guitar.
Great fun song.  Brings so many memories.  Happy Thanksgiving.
another zero here
Please never play this song again....it is going nowhere and is a waste of time for me.
On any other day this song is, at best, a 4.

On Thanksgiving Day it's a big ol' 10.

Happy Turkey Day!

Steve

PS:  I'm giving thanks for RP....not just today but pretty much EVERY day!!
second that

KevinM wrote:
18:20 of pure agony. I'd give it a zero if I could.

 


18:20 of pure agony. I'd give it a zero if I could.