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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:07 AM Original message |
Poll question: Best song ever in a miner theme? |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
1. what about 16 tons? |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
44. and THAT is the best song ever in a miner theme! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Another vote for 16 Tons |
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Mixxster (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. "16 Tons" was the first song I thought of. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. Does "Coal Miner's daughter" count? |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. I do know the best song with a steel driving theme |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Other- "Canary in a Coal Mine" |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. good call |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
5. big john |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 10:47 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. Big Bad John |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. At the bottom of this pit lies a big, big man---one of the best story song |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Tecumseh Valley"- Townes Van Zandt and... |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. Workin' in a Coal Mine |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. After seeing the other suggestions - your list sucks big eggs |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. mom joke. n/t |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
10. At the bottom of this mine lies a big, BIG man... |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. Johnny Cash - "Dark As The Dungeon". |
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lenidog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. Blue Sky Mine by Midnight Oil |
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thatgemguy (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Timothy - The Buoys |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. 2 for Timothy |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
35. Yes!!! |
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auntAgonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Rita MacNeil -- Working Man |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. 'Mother of a Miner's Child" by Gordon Lightfoot. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. Real good poll, CanuckAmok. Did you ever see Matewan -- the film |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Fabulous film.. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hi, enigmatic. Yep -- it is a fine thing Sayles did on that one. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Everybody should have a John Sayles film in their top ten |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Good choice. And Chris Cooper really runs away with that one. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Did you see him in Silver City? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I need to see that one, jobycom. I just never got off my can to go see it |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:58 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. I've been a real John Sayles pimp lately! |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I haven't seen that yet |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 02:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You'll love it. Matthew McCounneghy, Chris Cooper, Kris Kristoferson |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
18. Other: Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster 1941 |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I'm going back and forth between BeeGees and Big John. nt/ |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. 16 tons |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Tennessee Ernie Ford..... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. merle travis |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yep, made a career off of it. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:26 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. that's what a great song can do |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. It's being used in a commercial now |
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argyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
30. "Harlan Man" - Steve Earle or "Paradise"- John Prine. |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
32. Coal Tattoo by Billy Edd Wheeler |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. My favorite too! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
38. BIG BAD JOHN! |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
39. Cowminder's daughters! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
41. No "Hi Ho?" |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
42. Semi-relevant tidbit: My beloved was a coal miner. |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
43. Hazel Dickens - Disaster at the Mannington Mine |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. Big John or 16 Tons |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. Paradise by John Prine or The Dying Miner by Woody Guthrie |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
52. California Faith |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
53. Let's not forget Aunt Molly Jackson |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. The Springhill Mine Disaster |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. this deserves a late night kick |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-02-05 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's TARRIERS, not "terriers." |
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