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Location: south east Michigan | Brian & I are working out "No Time" by the Guess Who.
I have one question.
What is this "Killing Floor" thing that we just got no time for??? :confused:
Having grown up in the age of hippies, flower power, and war protests, I should already know this. |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | Killing War! Brad |
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Location: south east Michigan | oh my
your joking
really???
Damn...I'll never live this one down. |
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Location: SE Michigan | Every lyric site I have looked at shows the line to be "No time for the killing floor" |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I'm 99% positive that it's "Killing Floor". |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | A common reference in blues songs, the killing floor is a reference to the place in a slaughterhouse where the animals are killed -- a violent, nasty place. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Something a lot of young Winnepeggers had experience with as their first job. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | I have the "official" music book for the song with the lyrics...it IS "killing floor". Nothing to live down, Brad.
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Location: south east Michigan | Good....that suitcase is gettin' kinda full. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | OK, now what do the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven mean? |
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Location: south east Michigan | I had a knee-jerk, very clever (IMHO) answer to that question. But we're not supposed to go there on the OFC.
See....restraint is an option. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Everything you ever wanted to know about "Stairway To Heaven":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_To_Heaven
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Location: CT | WOW! That's some pretty cool info. Anyone ever notice how Jimmy's Double neck looks different from the production models today? The 6 string and 12 string tuning pegs are equally spaced, unlike todays where they are offset.
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Some old blues lyrics refer to the killing floor.
RL Burside wrote about the time his father, brother and uncle were murdered all in a six months period in Chicago. The song is "hard times on the killing floor."
He was comparing living during that period to living in a slaughterhouse.
The guy sure had the blues. He never went back to chicago. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
OK, now what do the lyrics to Stairway to Heaven mean? Something to do with a bloke who's first name is Louie, and his surname is Louie too? Just a thought...
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | You sure it wasn't about this lady with the first and last names of Mony????
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | The lyrics to 'Stairway to Heavan' mean the Robert Plant & Jimmy Page never have to work again unless they really feel like it. |
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