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February 20, 2013 8:35 AM
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After all these years, this track still cracks me up: Kenny Rogers and the First Edition performing “Just Dropped In” on the Smothers Brothers show in either 1967 or 1968.
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Gangis Khan on February 20, 2013 8:59 AM:
For the strangest reason, I just got the image of Saddam Hussein handing me a pair of bowling shoes. Far out.
martin on February 20, 2013 9:15 AM:
Psychedelic Baby. The Dude abides.
c u n d gulag on February 20, 2013 9:44 AM:
I was just a kid, but I LOVED the SB Show!
I'll never forget when they had The Who on! I was thankful my parent were out, and my cousin was babysitting me and my sister - my parents would have gone ballistic at The Who's destructive finish!
Back in the early 70's, I remember Kenny Rogers was hawking guitar lesson books on daytime TV ads, on Matchgame, and Merv Griffin's and Mike Douglas's shows.
And then, he made his great comeback!
Jeff S. on February 20, 2013 9:57 AM:
I see the Little Lebowski urban achievers have beaten me here. Thanks for posting this, Ed! I didn't know the Coen's were working from such rich source material.
Tom S on February 20, 2013 10:24 AM:
Ah, southern pseudo psychedelia! Bring on the real thing; 13th Floor Elevators (complete with electric jug), or the more laid back--but disturbing--Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra's "Some Velvet Morning."
scott_m on February 20, 2013 10:38 AM:
gulag's parents would have gone ballistic over The Who on the Smothers Brothers show? I'd say Keith Moon had beat them to it.
Years ago, I heard that Africa loves Kenny Rogers the way the French love Jerry Lewis. The speculation was that his songs fit in with the storytelling cultures there.
TomParmenter on February 20, 2013 12:18 PM:
Speaking of "southern pseudo psychedelia", Kenny Rogers says the song was written for Jerry Lee Lewis.
CRA on February 20, 2013 4:01 PM:
Complete with backwards guitar intro. Nothing "pseudo" about this psychedelia.
My late grandmother was a big Kenny Rogers fan. On road trips she'd always play a K.R. "best of" compilation that featured this song. It sorta stuck out, there amidst "Ruby" and "The Gambler," and as an adolescent I remember really digging the lyrics before I fully understood.
MuddyLee on February 21, 2013 8:36 AM:
At a friend's funeral a couple of years ago, the son spoke at graveside saying "I'll never forget how Dad would sing a fragment of some stupid song while unloading the dishwasher - just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.....I've never heard the whole song, I don't even know if it's a real song..." - and didn't we all love the Smothers Brothers? My mom would watch it with me every Sunday night - I guess she wanted to know what was on her son's teenaged mind.