: Can anyone on the net paraphrase or at least retell the story that Ken
: Nordine
: told with the acompanyment of the boyz at Rosemont Horizon during the
: spring
: tour in 93?
something like
"There was a stranger who came into our town. And he was tall and dark
and had eyes that could look right down nto the bottom of you. And he gathered us together in the Huuuge auditorium. And we were in the dark and he was
on the stage. And he began to chant. First ina whisper we could hardly
hear. 'The Flipperty jib on the bipperty bop, the flipperty jib on the
Bipperty bop.' We didn't know what it meant. The flipperty jib on the
bipperty bop? The fjotbb? He trapped us without our knowing it. And
little by little he took usinto the world of magic.
And we began to chant with him, 'The fjotbb!!The fjotbb!! And themagic was
in us. And he was on the stage. And we were saying 'Yes!! YEs!!! YES!!!!.'
But there were those among us who were jelous of his power. They made
foolishness what he was doing these critics, And little by little they said
what he's saying doesn't nean anything! And he lost faith in himself and he
left our town saying NO!! No! no. We lived through the time that followed
we lived on histories and hopes andn the miracle that we thought would
never happen happened again. Another stranger came into our town. And he
too was tall and had eyes that couldlook right into the bottom of you. ANd
he got us together in the big auditoriom and he began to chant "The fjotbb! and the magic was again in us. But you know what happened little by little a
little later on the critics made foolishness of what we were doing. ANd he
too left our town saying No! No! no.
By the way how are things in your town!?
(Crowd noise)
To me this is amazing just being here with jerry and youand the
gratest band anywhere in the universe!!!!!!(Jerry licks)
(crowd roars)
I got me this island that I'm calling me.
And everytime I go there I know who i'll see.
I can see me and me more often than not
And that's pretty often, It'sm my favorite spot.
Now, there are plenty of islands called other than me.
But they are someone else's, one look and you'll see.
You can try like a fool to be what you're not.
The island you get is the island ya got.
God Love You!!
Phil: Ken Nordine, Ken Nordine.
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Dirk Star Deegan
"The grass ain't greener, the wine ain't sweeter, either side of the hill!!"