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Dickbob
climber
Colorado
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Jun 30, 2009 - 08:36pm PT
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Nirvana - Plateau
Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau
Some belonged to strangers, some to folks you know
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills, and shake the many hands
nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
See a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you get words
finished with the mop then you can stop
And look at what you've done
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen
And the work it was fun
nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds
See a lot up there but don't be scared
Who needs action when you get words
Many a hands began to scan around for the next plateau
Some say it was Greenland, and some say Mexico
Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could
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drljefe
climber
Old Pueblo, AZ
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Jun 30, 2009 - 08:41pm PT
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Just nitpicking,
Plateau is by the Meat Puppets.
Straight outta AZ.
Good call though!
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Jul 14, 2009 - 09:11am PT
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Socal,
"Don't know if anyone here would remember, but BITD (late 80's - early 90's)there was a punk bank in New York called Sewer Trout, made up of a bunch of climbers. They released one of their albums under the name New Vulgarians and on that album they resang most of their better songs, but with different lyrics that were all about climbing. Somewhere I've got the tape, but I have no idea where. "
Sewer Trout were from Sacramento/Davis area. Only the lead singer was a climber. went on to do Physcobilly music. I have the tape kicking around somewhere. He killed himself a couple of years back. I talked whith him a few times but never climbed with him. I think he had a geology degree from Sac. State.
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Banquo
Trad climber
Morgan Hill, CA
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Jul 14, 2009 - 04:37pm PT
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Brian Eno's
TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN
We climbed and we climbed,
Oh, how we climbed
My, how we climbed
Over the stars to [the] top
[Of] Tiger Mountain
Forcing the lines through the snow.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Nov 19, 2011 - 08:15pm PT
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((((((((BUMP)))))))))
Rescue Blues
Ryan Adams
Everybody wants you to be special
And everybody wants you to be high
They throw you down a rope when you're in trouble, Baby
Screamin' "save me"
They then charge you with the rescue blues
And everybody wants to see you suffer
They know that you need the pain so much
They throw you up a rope when you're too high
To cruise, Baby
Lord, you lose Lady
Then they charge you with the rescue blues
And everybody wants to see you fall
That's why the always love to get you high
And everybody knows you need the pain so much, Lady
Well, keep in touch, Baby
Just don't charge me with your rescue blues
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Iron Mtn.
Trad climber
Riverside, Ca.
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Nov 21, 2011 - 12:14am PT
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This:
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2012 - 12:46am PT
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Lyrical bump...
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2013 - 01:30pm PT
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Musical Bump...
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Psilocyborg
climber
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Mar 23, 2013 - 02:10pm PT
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Colonel Forbin's Ascent by Phish
Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
And wiped away the beads of sweat
That glistened on his brow
His tired feet were buried in the quagmire
And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him
And fulfillment of his vow
And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
And pulled his body upwards
To a sea green mossy boulder
And he dragged his weary sh#t-ass up the mountain
And he climbed so slowly
He climbed so slowly
Ahead
Ahead
Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
And the rocks began to crumble overhead
And tumble down the mountain to the
Dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs
through which his path had led
And the earth began to quake beneath his feet
And the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
Cascading down the mountain
And a thousand birds were headed for the sky. Oh...
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Mar 23, 2013 - 02:22pm PT
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I'm going to wait for tomorrow, and the sacred creed will be mine, to devour, to seize, and to obey.
Good call with one of my favorite songs.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 31, 2014 - 09:59am PT
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The English Beat - Save It For Later
Two dozen other dirty lovers
Must be a sucker for it
Cry, Cry, but I don't need my mother
Just Hold My hand while I come
To a decision on it
Sooner or later
Your legs give way, you hit the ground
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later
You hit the deck, you get found out
Save it for later
Don't run away and let me down
You let me down
Black air and seven seas and rotten through
But what can you do?
I don't know how I'm meant to act with you lot
Sometimes I don't try
I just now, now, now, now ,now .....
Two dozen other stupid reasons
Why we should suffer for this
Don't bother trying to explain them
Just hold my hand while I come
To a decision on it
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Bump-how did I miss this gem?
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 8, 2014 - 07:36pm PT
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The perfect musical accompaniment for burly offwidth
Something shows in your face
Aren't you forgetting yourself?
Nearly let your mask slip
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Emotion packed in every tear
Emotion mirrors your fears
Smile and say, "Hello dear"
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
You make me twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Walk into a nightclub
See you standing in there
Both your eyes are on me
Wonder what makes you care
Wonder what makes you stare
Walk into a nightclub
All your friends are in there
Is that really blond hair?
Why don't you play fair
You could be in Mayfair?
You broke my heart in several pieces
Not supposed to be that okay
Have to read the books again
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
But you can't hurt me anymore
I haven't got a heart no more
No feelings get in my way
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
You make me twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Did you think that I'd return?
Emotions all I need to learn
Now you're gonna feel the same
Vice-a-versa love and pain
Vice-a-versa love and pain
Did you think that I'd return?
Emotions all I need to learn
Now you're gonna feel the same
Vice-a-versa love and pain
Vice-a-versa love and pain
Now I've made a new way
Now my mind is rearranged
Now I can't be sure again
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
Are we really happy
Or maybe just pretending?
I can't tell the difference
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
You make me twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
I can have a new face
I can have a new body
I can have a new boy
I can have a new girl
I can have a new world
I can have a new face
I can have a new body
I can have a new boy
I can have a new girl
I can have a new world
I can have a twist and crawl
I can have a twist and crawl
Twist and crawl, twist and crawl, twist and crawl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eteCTeZpSmU Extended sandstone version
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Barbarian
climber
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Five years into this thread and no mention of "Charlotte the Harlot" or "Gory Gory What a He'll of a Way to Die"?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jul 26, 2015 - 11:49am PT
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Three songs I heard on my way climbing yesterday-
Not necessarily about climbing but....
Magnolia Mountain
"I want to go to Magnolia Mountain
And lay my weary head down
Down on the rocks
On the mountain my savior made
Steady my soul and ease my worry
Hold me when I rattle like a hummingbird hummin'
Tie me to the rocks on the mountain my savior made"
Don't Fail Me Now
"Why you do me wrong....when the rope gets tight?
When the rope gets tight
When the rope gets tight"
Hard Way To Fall
"And it's a hard way to fall
And this ain't the easy way down"
Damn lucky I made it home in one piece!!!
No falls!
:-)
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Ken Trash
Trad climber
Athens, GA
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Jul 28, 2015 - 10:21am PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]Widespread Panic - Vacation
Mountains looked like fun.
Climbed up the to sun.
And from the peak, I got such a view, I forgot to hang on.
The wind came rushing in
And broke my safety-pin.
But as I flew by, you threw me a line. Saved again!
I didn't see you were right next to me
But I'm so glad you could make it.
With you by my side, I might get back alive
From my next vacation.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jul 28, 2015 - 02:04pm PT
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I AM A SOLO WALL CLIMBER
by "Pass the Pitons" Pete Zabrok
Oakville, Ontario
October 6, 2001
Give him a beer and he'll sing it for you.
Give him another beer and he'll stop singing.
Sung to the Monty Python tune "Decomposing Composers" by Michael Palin,
which itself bears strong resemblance to Pachelbel's Canon
Intro and Verse:
D \ A \ Bm \ Fsharp m \ G \ D \ Em \ A
Chorus: D \ G \ Bm \ A \ D \ G \ A \ D
Verse:
Oh I'm getting too old for tight finger locks,
and hand cracks just don't cut it no more,
you can leave the offwidths to big-muscled jocks,
and free climbing's becoming a bore
Sure, Sacherer Crackers with butter taste good
like Cookies in the Twilight Zone,
but I won't stick my fingers inside of a crack
and grind my skin right down to the bone
Chorus:
I am a solo wall climber,
there's very few like me you'll meet
my partner is Wee-Wee the Big Wall Crab,
and I'm "Pass the Pitons" Pete
Yes, you can turn pages in free climbing guides
and drool over pictures in books
but I'll never wear EBs, or Ninjas or such
I'd really rather pull out my hooks
You won't see me wobbling or calling out "take!"
as free climbing woosies will do
ev'ry ten seconds or so it would seem
when they're flailing and falling near you
I am a solo wall climber -
a highly unusual man,
my bank account's empty, my haulbags are full
and my aid rack's worth more than my van
No showers of white shall come down from my hands
I don't own a chalkbag - that's good
you'll see where I've been pasting heads and the like,
it's obvious, just look for my blood
From neighbouring routes you can easily see
my painted-up ledge, it looks fab,
my shout back to you will ring loud and ring true,
"That isn't a flag, it's a CRAB!"
I am a solo wall climber -
it's what God has meant me to be,
you can keep all your shiny new quickdraws,
just pass all your pitons to me
At twilight the wind dies and quiet abounds
and silence lies as still as the moon,
or at least it seems so til my bivi's set up
and I crank out the evening's first tune
In morning all climbers make quick alpine starts
In their hurry to get up the hill
But I'll drink more coffee, it isn't yet noon
So there's plenty of time to refill
I am a solo wall climber
With plenty of tricks in my pouch
My training is ever so rig'rous
I only climb straight off the couch
Don't bore me with stories of bolts you have clipped
Or 5.12 routes that you have sent
I couldn't care less any more because now I'm in
Free Climbing Retirement
Yes, solo wall climbing is true Peace on Earth
Away from life's struggles and strife
Nobody can bug me or ask me for dough,
Especially that bitch, my ex-wife
I am a solo wall climber -
my leads take me ten or twelve hours
But at least I don't smell too disgusting
Cuz I bring up my solar-power'd shower
Yes I am a solo wall climber -
a radder dude you'll never meet,
Point high on the wall at the speck and then shout,
"Look up! It's 'Pass the Pitons' Pete!"
http://www.bigwalls.com/forum2/index.php?topic=561.0
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