RIP: Rod McKuen

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life

1/30/2015 4:21:18 PM

Poet. Songwriter. Singer. If you lived in the 60's and 70's you knew this guy.

Even if you never saw this:

http://youtu.be/WtESZkGAl0I

I know you have to hsve heard this:

http://youtu.be/cd_Fdly3rX8

I think at one point one of the best selling singles of the 70's

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mikeya02

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10 years ago

Songs like this make me want to go back in time and stay there.

gawker

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10 years ago

I had a hippy girlfriend in 1966 who thought Rod McKuen walked on water. On my 21st birthday she baked me a cake. My roommate said," now you can have your cake and eat it, too."

Clubber

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10 years ago

mikey,

The make me want to puke! Still banging my head! Tony O and dawn. The captain and teniel or whoever...

Those types.

mikeya02

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10 years ago

Clubber,no, no, your examples are horrible indeed. I'm corny for some songs. "Brown Eyed Girl" is another.

Clubber

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10 years ago

mikey,

Seems we have very different musical tastes. Such is life. :)

mikeya02

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10 years ago

I like lots of stuff, but I was raised on the blues, Hendrix, Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep purple....etc.
And motown girl singers....go figure

Clubber

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10 years ago

mikey,

blues, check
Hendrix, check
Clapton, not so much
Led Zeppelin, double check
Black Sabbath, double down triple check
Deep purple, check
motown girl singers, a few check