Coconut Tree - The New Humblebums


Posted On: Saturday - December 19th 2020 7:00PM MST
In Topics:   Music

I was reading over an old post on here that has the great Steve Goodman-written Jimmy Buffett song Banana Republics. (I'd linked to this post on unz and wanted to make sure the youtube-embed song was still there.)

My point in that post, directed at pundit Fred Reed, who won't be Reeding it, was that the idea of bailing out of the shitshow here is very tempting, but may only be pleasant until the US dollar tanks. That's not "if", but "when". For a single guy, I do understand the temptation and would be seriously considering it.

I am blessed as of late to have a wife who is well on-board with my worries about what will happen in the not-too-long term to our home. Everyone in the family is close to being on the same page.

Jimmy Buffett's song made me think of another song about leaving it all behind. In this case it's about leaving the family behind too, something that a guy in an unpleasant marriage may be tempted to do. It may not be as easy as it was in 1969 to never be found again.


I left home because of my nagging wife.
Man, oh man, it was a terrible life.
She took all my money and she left me with none.
So I packed my bags and decided to run.

My wife and family are looking for me,
but they'll never ever find me 'neath the coconut tree

Hey hey, it's good to be free,
'cause they'll never ever find me 'neath the coconut tree.
There was the Scottish band The Humblebums first, but this one has to be from The New Humblebums as the original 3-man band did not have Gerry Rafferty in it. As scratchy as the sound is, there is no mistaking his great voice, the smoothest in pop music, in Peak Stupidity's opinion. The New Humblebums was a duet with Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly, the latter becoming a stand-up comedian and actor later.

We have featured our 2nd favorite Gerry, this guy spelled it with a "G", before 4 times, with Days Gone Down, Patrick (also the Humblebums, in fact), Welcome to Hollywood, and this post with both Benediction (Stealer's Wheel was his band then) and I was a Boy Scout.

We miss this Gerry too.

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Neo is the One
Tuesday - December 22nd 2020 8:41AM MST
PS Gerry Rafferty, Steve Miller Band discog downloading in progress.
Found the vinyl extended remix of Baker Street where the producer tries to make it disco but it isn't that bad.
The dollar shock is already here. Gas is almost $3 in the middle of winter.
The dollar store is the grocery for most people now.
No one wants to work there so you wait in line on the markings with 30 other people.
Comradette San Fran "let them eat ice cream" Nan is prattling on about $600 from Uncle Sugar.
That won't get you very much Ben and Jerrys.
What if the Frankenfood diet was designed to dumb down drooling dullards?
Remember the G. Gordon Liddy commercial with the postage stamp sized dollar?
We are there courtesy of the bestest government evarz.
Why it's almost as if they want to burn it all down by any means necessary.
Adam Smith
Tuesday - December 22nd 2020 1:07AM MST
PS: Good evening Mr. Moderator...

Coconut tree oh I love you,
For your coconuts are so sweet,
And the fruit of the coconut tree,
is a tasty, tasty treat...

Avocado tree, Oh I love you,
And your flower it is so sweet,
And the fruit of the lemon,
is impossible to eat...

Hot dog tree oh I love you,
And the hot dog tree is nice...
And the alcohol from the corn tree,
is sometimes nice on ice...

☮
Uncouth Bounder
Sunday - December 20th 2020 3:49PM MST
PS The Mountain West is the Shangri-La dream.
Commierado is CCP/CPUSA occupied territory.
Wyoming, Montana, is still Radio Free America zone.
Fredster the Reedman? Bwahaha!
Enjoy the glorious peoples republic of Mexico there comrade.
Been there done that got the bootleg poncho and hecho en China tchotchkies.
BTW-Heard that some parts of Mexico are questioning the maskerade Covid-Sharia obedience muzzle in the credit where it is due department
MBlanc
Sunday - December 20th 2020 9:26AM MST
PS If I were still single, I’d be hunkering down in South Central Florida. I’ve got only a decade and a bit left, if my luck holds. No point in thinking about fleeing, even if Mme B were on board, which she’s not. Our escape from NE Illinois is, wait for it, southern California. Her choice. But you younger guys should at least be giving it some thought. Perhaps somewhere abroad, or perhaps somewhere in still mostly white rural America. If you can find a way of making a living there. Don’t expect your kids to thank you for it, though. Things are going to get very ugly, so have at least some sort of a plan.
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