Ep. 107 Today's Peep Melts in NorCal's Summer Heat, Remembers My Dad's '59 Ford F100, Critiques Kamala on BET Awards, Analyzes Portland's Post-Election Unrest, and Ties In Today's Rare Record Spin Back to the President (circa '73)

Ever wonder how a sweltering summer and an old Ford truck could bring back a flood of cherished memories? Join us in episode 107 of Pat's Peeps Podcast as we transport you to the blistering heat of Northern California, where our host shares heartwarming tales of the Blue Goose, a beloved 1959 Ford F100. From Saturday haircuts at Gus's Barbershop to pool games and jukebox tunes at the Pink Panther bar, these stories are a nostalgic journey to simpler times, where even a truck without air conditioning held the promise of endless adventure and joy.

Switching lanes, we analyze a pre-taped segment from the BET Awards featuring Vice President Kamala Harris and actress Taraji P. Henson. Our critique pulls no punches, calling out the scripted feel and lack of authenticity in their discussion on important issues such as women's reproductive rights and voter registration. Lastly, we dive into the unrest in Portland post-Trump's election, exploring the tangled web of peaceful protests, escalating violence, and political rhetoric. This episode promises a blend of heartfelt memories, sharp analysis, and thoughtful reflections on current events, making it a compelling listen from start to finish.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:09

Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome, my friends. Welcome back. Thank you, no, you're too kind. Hey now. Hey there, let's see it's the Pat's Peeps podcast. How are you? We're at number 107, which is, I believe. If I'm not mistaken, it's about 107 outside right now, on a Tuesday. Yeah, yeah, thank you for being there. It is a Tuesday. Like I said, it's probably. I haven't even, I don't have the official temperature right in front of me, but I would say, here at Pat's Peeps, number 107, we are at about 107 outside, that's right, supposed to be 112, and then we'll have a cooling trend ahead. I think it's a cooling trend tomorrow. Well, we'll be about 110, and then a brisk day on Independence Day, where it may drop down into the 107. So there you go. Hope you're coping with that.

Speaker 1: 1:21

Well, I'm an oddball. I do enjoy the heat. You know how many times I've had my air conditioning on. Again, this is the second day of July 2024. As I look out my studio windows into the beautiful foothills of Northern California ever so slight breeze, but it's hot, right, that's what. But I am, I'm one of these oddballs and, for whatever reason, I like the heat. Many people do not. I don't like the chilled conditions. I mean, you know, listen, I like the rain and I do, you know, and I enjoy the cool temps occasionally, obviously, but I also thrive in the heat, for whatever reason, I don't know, but I think it goes back old school.

Speaker 1: 2:07

My pops had like a 59 Ford F100, no air conditioning, roll the windows down, just heat furnace blasting through on a summer day. You know you got that AM Delco radio in the dashboard. Hasn't worked for 25 years. There's no plans on it working in the future. You know one of those trucks. My dad had that truck. We called it the Blue Goose, stepside 59 Ford F100. Very boxy. I got a 54, but the 59, 60, those years were very boxy and my dad this was the cool thing about my dad's, about the blue goose If you were riding passenger and you made a turn and you made it, I mean not even too sharp of a turn, if you just made a turn there was about a 40% to 50% chance that the passenger door was going to fly open and you were going to go flying out of the truck. I'm not making this up.

Speaker 1: 3:14

I remember one time riding with my pops we lived in South Sacramento, we were headed to the Pink Panther. We were headed to get a haircut over at Gus's Barbershop. Rest in peace, gustavo. My dad would take us there on a Saturday morning and he'd walk us in there, me and my brothers, my three brothers. He'd say, gus, give him the works. And we'd sit there waiting to get our hair cut. And you know, gus, this guy looked like a movie star, like a Mexican movie star. You got it, bill, and then my dad, while he was waiting for us.

Speaker 1: 3:54

Saturday, you know, maybe noon, take the blue goose over there and he'd sit at the Pink Panther bar on Franklin and then, as each one of us got our hair cut, we'd get to go into the very dark, dark, dimly lit you know the kind of dive bar I'm talking about the Pink Panther and we'd get to go in there and play pool, play the jukebox, which I remember. You know what song I remember was on there. There's a Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Young girl. Get out of my mind. Hey, now Remember that one, glen Campbell. You know what I remember was on. There was Los Bravos. Black is black. I want my baby back Anyhow. We'd get a 7-Up with a Maraschino cherry in it. Play pool there was cartoons of my dad on the wall. They had all these cartoons in the pool room and I remember a couple of them were my dad and my dad was the assistant plant manager at Campbell's Soup, which was right down the street on Franklin.

Speaker 1: 4:59

My first job at 12 years old was working at the Pink Panther Bar. Can you imagine? I'd ride my bicycle down there early in the morning, like 4, 4.30 in the morning. It was like 10 miles away. I'd ride down there and I would work cleaning the toilets. And I remember Steve, the owner. He would you know. He would tell me Patrick, you know you clean under the bar, you clean the toilets. If you find any money under the bar, it's all yours. I'm pretty sure to this day God bless him that he was purposely throwing cash down there so that I could find it every morning and get a big surprise. And then I'd go to the Winchell's Donuts right there on the corner on Franklin, get a newspaper and read that and drink some coffee.

Speaker 1: 5:40

Like I was a grown-up, I don't know where I was going with all of this. Where was I going with all of this? Back to the 59 Ford, my dad's truck, the radio, the Delco radio. I don't know. I started digressing there. Where was I going with that? Ah, I had a good point. See, you know, I get so into it that I'm like, all right, where was I going with the whole point of this? Oh, I know what it was. I was talking about the heat. See, this is how I'll just digress. I'll just go on a tangent, my point being, you know, in a truck like a 59 Ford I remember he had an Oldsmobile car you know what the air conditioning was. It was the wind wings, windows down, wind wings. And on the occasion we did ride in a vehicle with no air conditioning, with wind wings, and they did have a radio that worked, which was always an AM radio. They'd be playing like my uncle or whatever, my Uncle Paul, uncle Dick. They'd be playing like Merle Haggard, and I'd be getting into the old school country, and so, to this day I have a real fondness for that old school country, driving with the windows down, and I like the hot temperatures, if any of that makes any sense. That's where I was going with all of this.

Speaker 1: 7:13

So, in other things going on on this Tuesday, by the way, I am the host of the Pat Walsh Show heard nationally, internationally, on the iHeartRadio app and at KFPK in Sacramento. Politics has been in the news. My show is not a political show per se, but it can go off on anything and this week, especially since the debate, it's been a lot about politics and I'm really I have to say I'm enjoying the fallout from the debate. I'm enjoying the fallout from the debate. It's reinvigorated my passion, as I stated before, and I'm seeing things, I'm laughing, I'm just shaking my head and I'm listening to these so-called analysts.

Speaker 1: 7:58

One of the most cringeworthy things I've seen lately. Has anyone seen this Kamala Harris thing that came up at the BET Awards? Can you imagine the Black Entertainment Awards? So you have the vice president during this award ceremony, which I've never seen, whatever. There was a pre-taped bit for the Biden Harris campaign in which she said hey, I sit down, I sit down. Mr Vice President, I sit down with fellow Howard University alum and award show host, taraji P Henderson, who I don't know, I admit. And here they are, it's so genuine and they're speaking to each other on FaceTime. See, Henson apparently has a direct number, a direct, you know, direct number to our vice president, because I guess her opinion is very important. So she just takes Tarazi's phone call anytime. So here she is, uh, ms Henson, and she's connecting with her, uh, her friend, I guess the vice president, and they're having you know the talk and when you listen to it. So isn't that amazing, so right in the middle of the BET Awards.

Speaker 1: 9:42

I don't know who watches this. I really don't. I don't really care about any of these award shows, but this is why I don't care whether it's the Grammys or whether it's the Oscars or whether it's the freaking BET. All they are is a propaganda. It's just like any other thing where they have an agenda and these things always creep in, and it's just disgusting, in my opinion, and it is so incredibly cringeworthy. If you've not seen it, I want to play it for you and see if you cringe as much as I do in this thing. I mean, this is absurd. All right, here we go. Here are the two speaking. It's so genuine. Give it a listen. Here, here we go. Here are the two speaking. It's so genuine. Give it, give it, give it give it a listen here.

Speaker 3: 10:38

Here we go, come on.

Speaker 1: 10:41

Well, let me see here we go, here we go.

Speaker 5: 10:46

Hello, madam Vice President. I thought maybe you blocked my number. I mean you can call Queen Latifah when she hosts on her show. He didn't call me. I had to call you. Is it because I don't have Queen in front of my name?

Speaker 3: 10:58

No, no, Taraji, Now you know I wouldn't do that, especially not to a fellow bison, the real HU, you know. So what's on your mind?

Speaker 5: 11:07

Oh, Madam VP Harris, I'm worried about the election.

Speaker 1: 11:11

Women's rep. That is outstanding acting, isn't it? Hold on a second. Hold on so genuine. I'm sorry to interrupt.

Speaker 5: 11:22

Productive rights are on the line. Our Supreme Court is on the line. Our basic freedoms are being tested. Madam VP, I know you've been traveling across the country. What are you hearing?

Speaker 3: 11:33

Yeah, girl, I'm out here in these streets. Yeah, let's rewind it.

Speaker 5: 11:36

Oh, Madam VP Harris, I'm worried about the election. Women's reproductive rights are on the line. Our Supreme Court is on the line. Our basic freedoms are being tested. Madam VP, I know you've been traveling across the country. What are you hearing?

Speaker 3: 11:51

Yeah, girl, I'm out here in these streets and let me Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha ha ha, yeah girl, I'm out here in these streets.

Speaker 1: 12:00

I love the music in the background. What a steaming pile of production. This is yeah girl, I'm out here in the streets. Yeah girl, listen to this absurd this is how absurd this is.

Speaker 3: 12:14

Let me tell you. You're right, taraji. There is so much at stake in this moment. The majority of us believe in freedom and equality yeah, yeah, you do.

Speaker 1: 12:25

Conservatives don't. You're right, conservatives don't believe in freedom and equality. Gosh, you're so right. I love the way they do this. I'm sorry, vice President.

Speaker 3: 12:36

These extremists. As they say, they not like us. No, they not.

Speaker 1: 12:41

These extremists? Uh-huh, they not like us. Uh-huh, they not you extremists. They not like this-uh, they not. Vice president, you're an extremist if you don't believe what she's saying. You know that, right, you're an extremist. It's not that you have a different point of view as an American, free to express that point of view, but no, you are an extremist, says Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. I'm sorry to interrupt your nonsense. Here we go.

Speaker 3: 13:23

It's a full on attack on our fundamental freedoms the freedom to vote.

Speaker 5: 13:28

Yep.

Speaker 3: 13:28

The freedom to love who you love, the freedom to be safe from gun violence, the freedom for a woman to make decisions about her own body, not having her government tell her what to do.

Speaker 5: 13:38

They out here trying to take away pride, plan B and Planned Parenthood, but protecting pistols, If you ask me, they pushing the wrong piece.

Speaker 1: 13:48

What music is that? Is that porn music in the background? Yeah, pistols, listen to this trash. It's absolute. It's absolute trash, honestly.

Speaker 3: 13:59

They want to turn back the clock on our hard fought progress.

Speaker 5: 14:04

Nowarts what it is what hard fought progress.

Speaker 1: 14:08

What progress. I'm going to show you some examples, momentarily, hang on well, what can we do?

Speaker 3: 14:21

we will do what we have always done fight for our freedoms right, but here's the thing we cannot literally fight alone. We need to get our families, our friends, co-, co-workers, cousins, play cousins, aunties and uncles, get all of them to register to vote.

Speaker 5: 14:35

I'm texting everybody I know right now. By the way, do you have your stereo on?

Speaker 1: 14:38

in the background. Oh no, okay, girl, I don't know where that music's coming from. That ain't on my side either.

Speaker 5: 14:42

You go ahead To go to votegov to make sure they're registered.

Speaker 1: 14:53

That's why I've been so busy trying to make sure everyone is registered to vote after that debate. I guarantee you people are registering. See the independent numbers. Lately they're registering Kamala and head to the ballot box on November 5th.

Speaker 5: 15:02

Sometimes you gotta pop out and show them, right? Oh yeah, girl.

Speaker 3: 15:05

Well, I see you, madam VP all right, taraji, look I'm gonna let you get back to the show good thing you got my hotline number.

Speaker 1: 15:11

Yeah, america doesn't need me. You hotline me, taraji. Look, I'm going to let you get back to the show. See you later. Good thing you got my hotline number. Yeah, america doesn't need me. You hotline me anytime, taraji. Okay, thank you.

Speaker 1: 15:17

Yeah, ladies and gentlemen, there we go Hold on. That was awesome theater there. There they are, ladies and gentlemen, isn't that fantastic? You know I have fond memories. So let's go back. She's talking there about. You know, keep on fighting. And you know, let's go back in time, shall we? And let's remember, you know, here's what they talk about.

Speaker 1: 15:52

Here's what I'm hearing from Democrats right now, and I'm not even a political show, so I'm someone who's just noticing this as a concerned American. Do we have two of the greatest candidates in the world? Maybe not. We can argue that all day, but I'm sick and tired of the media's BS, fed up with the storytelling, fed up with so much of this that's going on on all sides. But you know, one of the things that the liberals right now Democrats, is they're spinning out of control, as they're saying gee, we need to perhaps get a new candidate with only four months to go to an election, when there's desperation and panic setting in. What do they do? They say a couple of things. They claim and say, rightfully, arguably, rightfully, wrongfully, whatever the case may be, that Donald Trump lied all night. So there's one point of view. I'm just telling you what their point of view is.

Speaker 1: 16:49

Then they want to bring up as you heard there, you know women's rights, and they want to bring up climate change. And they want to bring up, in particular, the 34 felonies, which many people feel were orchestrated not only by politics but by the media. A lot of people feel that way. But they want to bring up January 6th. Why? Because the insurrection on the Capitol, people were out of control. I personally feel like A anyone who storms any building like that or invades any place. They are out of control and they should be arrested. No matter what my politics are, you have violated the Capitol and you should be arrested. No one invited you. But okay, let's get past that, shall we? But that's the only one, of the only playing, one of the only pardon the pun Trump cards that they have. But again, if you really examine it, there's a lot of people that would say well, that was look, trump didn't have anything to do with that. These were people who were just out of control that day Now. So, keeping that in mind, let's go back to oh, I don't know, let's go to protests against Donald Trump when he was elected president. Just based on the fact that he was elected president.

Speaker 1: 18:13

They also talk about Trump not wanting to accept. How many times have the Democrats said that Trump and his followers do not wish to accept the results of the election? How many times have we heard it? Let's spin back the clock to the day that Donald Trump was elected. This is Portland, oregon. This is CBS News.

Speaker 6: 18:39

Good morning. Police here in Portland, oregon, have arrested more than two dozen people. Nearly 4,000 were voicing their anger over the newly elected president, and what started off peacefully quickly turned chaotic. Started off peacefully quickly turned chaotic Overnight. Violence erupted on the streets of Portland during the second straight day of protests over the election of Donald Trump. Police in riot gear launched flashbangs and fired rubber bullets to try to break up the crowd of roughly 1,500 people, officers declaring the demonstration a riot. After several people began vandalizing cars and businesses in the city's Pearl District. Some protesters launched fireworks and other projectiles at police. I threw a trash can at them because I'm angry. Will you go home? No, no, I will not go home. Firefighters. The FIREFIGHTERS WERE DEPLOYED BY THE POLICE. The FIREFIGHTERS WERE DEPLOYED BY THE POLICE. They LAUNCHED FIREWORKS AND OTHER PROJECTILES AT POLICE. I THREW A TRASH CAN AT THEM BECAUSE I'M ANGRY, will YOU?

Speaker 4: 19:40

GO HOME NO.

Speaker 6: 19:46

NO, I WILL NOT GO HOME. Drivers. Cell phone video shows a woman throwing detergent on protesters after she left her car. What started out as a peaceful protest descended into chaos.

Speaker 1: 19:58

We are here for love. We are not here to spread hate.

Speaker 6: 20:03

There are expectations that the protesters will be out once again today. We are still waiting to learn on how many were out again.

Speaker 1: 20:10

They were out again and again. But we don't want to hear about that, right, we don't want to. They how many. They were out again. They were out again and again. But we don't want to hear about that, right, we don't want to. They don't want to bring that up. They do not want to. They don't want to bring that up. Remember, maxine Waters. Remember in Minneapolis you want to talk about an extremist group? They called anyone who does not share their opinion, anyone who is voting differently than Joe Biden, an extremist group. They called anyone who does not share their opinion, anyone who is voting differently than Joe Biden, an extremist. You just heard Kamala Harris. There are people who would argue that BLM, black Lives Matter, not the Bureau of Land Management, is an extremist group as well. Now, if you recall Maxine Waters, okay, okay, tell me, this is not inciting a riot. Maxine Waters, during the so-called air quote protests in Minneapolis, saying, hey, we got to do more of this stuff, not just manslaughter, right, I mean.

Speaker 3: 21:05

Oh no, not manslaughter. No, no, no. This is guilty for murder.

Speaker 4: 21:09

I don't know whether it's in the first degree, but as far as I'm concerned it's first degree murder. What happens if we do?

Speaker 2: 21:15

not get what you just told? What should the people do? What should protesters on?

Speaker 4: 21:18

the street do? I didn't hear you. What happens? What should protesters do? Well, we've got to stay on the street and we've got to get more active.

Speaker 3: 21:27

We've got to get more confrontational.

Speaker 1: 21:30

Got to get more confrontational, maxine, is that right?

Speaker 4: 21:35

Get more confrontational right. We've got to make sure that they know that we mean business.

Speaker 1: 21:40

Yeah, well, we know that you mean business, maxine, because it was very apparent when you said also at another time that if you see someone that you disagree with, confront them, no matter where they are at the store, at the gas station, whatever the quote was and make sure to confront them and and let them know how you feel.

Speaker 2: 21:58

So, yeah, so you could probably also remember when the things like the ronald mcdonald house in chicago were looted during these so-called demonstrations we move on to the other news this Monday night, the alarming scene, the violence playing out overnight in Chicago Police arresting more than 100 people after looters, ABC News, Blood of the city's famous downtown shopping district, smashing windows and rushing into the stores there. Mayor Lori Lightfoot saying this was not a righteous protest and instead calling it quote straight up felony criminal conduct and warning tonight laurie lightfoot can bear a lot of the responsibility for this trash that happened to those who took part that we saw you.

Speaker 2: 22:42

We will come after you.

Speaker 4: 22:44

Abc's alex perez in chicago tonight a mob of looters tearing apart chicago's famed, magnificent mile all the police got their hands for tonight, don't they? Breaking into dozens of businesses taking off with stolen merchandise.

Speaker 1: 22:59

Fire. Can I get another?

Speaker 4: 23:00

one over here. Some 400 Chicago police officers are struggling to contain the scene, which erupted around midnight. Smaller businesses and even grocery stores targeted too. This is where we live.

Speaker 6: 23:12

This is our home, this is our front yard and it's upsetting. This was where we live. This is our home, this is our front yard and it's upsetting.

Speaker 2: 23:16

This was straight up felony criminal conduct.

Speaker 4: 23:20

The riots police say stemming from a police involved shooting. Sunday Authorities say a 20-year-old suspect who allegedly fired at police was shot and injured. False information about that shooting investigators say spreading on social media, fueling the melee. At one point the city raising bridges leading into downtown to keep looters out to those.

Speaker 1: 23:42

Yeah, see, and this is lori lightfoot, who really, really the mayor should bear, like I say, a lot of responsibility for things that led up to this.

Speaker 2: 23:53

Engage in this criminal behavior. Let's be clear we are coming for you.

Speaker 1: 24:00

Well, we'll have to look up and see how things worked out. Let's see if they actually came for them. It's absolute trash, you know it really is. So. Anyhow, you know, my podcasts are much more, usually much more light than this, but sometimes you just have to point it out. Maybe it's because of the heat, I don't know, it's just hot out. So, um what?

Speaker 6: 24:27

else we have.

Speaker 1: 24:28

Oh yeah, of course we have the record of the day, which I, you know, I kind of needed think today Maybe this will lift my spirits a little bit after talking about all of that and I played you know, it was interesting yesterday, excuse me when I pulled the record out and played it. I played this record called the Americans A Canadian's Opinion, by Gordon Sinclair, and I told you that I had never heard of it. I just randomly pulled it out and then it was on my way to work and I realized somehow I heard it, that or someone told me I can't really remember before I went to work. But he said, you know, but it was National Canada, it was Canada Day, and I just thought that was just such a coincidence that on Canada Day, of all the records that I plucked from my collection, my Rare 45 collection, it was the Americans, a Canadian's opinion. I had never heard it. Then I did get a lot of feedback. People say they'd heard it like particularly after 9-11. A couple of other people said that they heard it, perhaps from Paul Harvey at one point, which that wouldn't surprise me, because certainly that seems like something that Paul Harvey, good day.

Speaker 1: 25:38

And now the other side of the story. You know, uh, paul Harvey, I miss that guy. That guy could go from his show in the, in the meat of the show, right in the main part of the context of the show, and somehow transition into a commercial seamlessly, you wouldn't even know it. And meanwhile Reagan and Nancy Reagan on their retreat in San Clemente. If you're in San Clemente, remember that Barber is, you know, I mean, he'd go right into the, like you know some kind of a and you need long distance in San Clemente. Remember that long distance. Call 1010, you know whatever, he would just go right into the spot. You're like, wait a second, how'd you do that man? How'd you just transition like that, paul Harvey? So, anyhow, back to the record collection. This has got a little pep in its step. This one is not obscure. I need a drink, it's hot out.

Speaker 1: 26:43

Hold on. Ah, I'll drink ice water. Woo-wee, I'm parched, thank you. This song is by an American singer-songwriter, very, very popular. It was the second single from his third studio album. His meaning a solo artist.

Speaker 1: 27:05

This is 1973, as a matter of fact, excuse me. As a matter of fact, I'm looking at the record, white label, columbia Records. One side is mono, the other side is stereo. It has a stamp right there and so, geez, this was 50 years ago, 51 years ago, you're kidding me. It has a radio stamp on there of July 20th 1973. I'm going to pull it out of its. Oh, there's two of them in here, two records.

Speaker 1: 27:39

This was a really popular song and I guarantee you. Well, that site has just a wee, just a little bit of a scuff, but these records are in mint condition, not for sale. These are demonstrations, radio only. This one even says it has an eight-second intro and the song, by the way, is the artist and it says right here, in parentheses, with the Dixie Hummingbirds. Anyone know what that is? I never knew that. I've heard this song a million times. I didn't know it had the Dixie Hummingbirds in there, okay, but those are in really nice condition. So yeah, 1973. The Dixie Hummingbirds, by the way, a Southern black gospel group. The lyrics not typically your gospel style music, but they were really eager to record this song with this artist and then they ended up recording their own version, by the way, soon after this song.

Speaker 1: 28:39

I remember it in the summer, as I tell you, it was the summer of 73. Yeah, I'm that old. That was a good year, by the way. A lot of good music in 1973. Stuck in the Middle With you, steeler's Wheel Drift Away, dobie Gray, midnight Train to Georgia, gladys Night. You know, there was just a lot off the top of my head. You know what else was that 73? Freebird, what else? I'm just thinking it was oh, you're so Vain Carly Simon. Anyhow, good year for music.

Speaker 1: 29:15

This song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, also a top five hit in Canada, speaking of Canada, certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales over one million copies, according to Billboard. The lyrics of the song describe how a mother loved her son even when he became guess what the president, tying it all back in to the presidency and the election in politics. They also said that the music has a quasi-gospel flavor to it. So without further ado, let's put it on for you. This is Paul Simon, july of 73,. And a great tune Loves Me Like a Rock. Here we go.

Speaker 5: 30:14

Ooh, when I was a little boy, the devil called my name. I say now who do you think you're?

Speaker 3: 30:21

fooling. I'm a consecrated boy, a singer in a Sunday choir. Oh, my mama loves me. She loves me. She'd get down on her knees and hug me.

Speaker 4: 30:38

Oh, she loves me like a rock. She rocks me like a rock, oh baby just love me.

Speaker 3: 30:46

She loves me, loves me, loves me, loves me when I was grown to be a man and the devil would call my name. I say now, who do I? Was grown to be a man and the devil would call my name. I say now, who do you think you're fooling? I'm a consummated man. Statue of purity. My mama loves me, she loves me. She kicked out on her knees and hugged me.

Speaker 5: 31:17

Oh, she loved me like a rock.

Speaker 1: 31:20

This takes me back to a lot of things that were going on in my life at the time. Music is so powerful, and how it brings you back.

Speaker 1: 31:29

And if I was the president, by the way, I don't have rights to this song Just educating. I'm allowed to do that and discuss and educate, so leave me alone. So it went to number two. I said, right, number two. So what was number one on the Billboard chart at the time? October 6th of 1973, this peaked at number two, kept from the summit by Cher's Halfbreed Ha Remaining. This song remained in the top 40 for 14 weeks, certified a gold record. Spent two weeks atop the Billboard Easy listening chart, september of 73. Thank you for listening. Bats Beeps 107. See you tomorrow for 108. Stay safe, stay cool. See you on the radio.