dropping in again with another gem gleaned from that nifty little radio station I found and which I in my ignorance need identified. The station is KOHS, by the way, which I think is Orem High School. About three miles from my office, which explains the clarity of signal.

Anyway, the song. I didn't get all the words of the chorus, but the subject is a man being shipped off to Botany Bay in a prison ship and saying good-bye to his pregnant wife/girlfriend Mary and telling her to raise their kid to remember him. I think. My ears don't always follow lyrics that well. There's a bridge with bagpipe and electric guitar that was gorgeous. Here's what I've got of the chorus: "It's so lonely around the (something) of (something)."

Between this station and you guys I may start listening to stuff other than opera.

Well, no. (Though "Los Angeles Is Burning" was a cool song)

I think it's an old celtic folk song called "Fields of Athenry". Probably oft covered:

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t edit (I just googled "Botany Bay" "it's so lonely")

"Fields of Athenry"

Yes, that what he was saying! Damn, a folk song. Which means finding out which band that was is going to be tricky. The DJ runs down a list of stuff he's about to play, and I don't take notes because 90% is unintelligible guys and distorted guitars. OK, time to search for bands.

Thanks, folks!

Connie, does the station's Website have an "e-mail the DJs" option?

heck, I don't know if they ahve a website. I'll have to look.

edit: piffle, they don't.

I still don't think I've ever heard an explanation as to why the R&R Hall of Fame is in Ohio. I mean ... Ohio??

Because we are "the heart of it all." Literally, it seems, because the Rock Hall website says that Cleveland is within 500 miles of 43% of the US population. Which I didn't know. Educational.

Plus it's lovely, right on Lake Erie. Niceness.

Cleveland, city of light, city of magic...

The central location makes good sense. I would have liked to have gone (huh, that seems gramatically weird) when they had their big U2 exhibit, but flying halfway across the country to view things behind glass seemed wrong somehow.

In other news ...

Are there any Seattle REM fans that would like to go to the 11/20 concert with me? Or do you have a friend/relative in the area who's an REM fan and would like to go with me?

Email me at aliciak1013@yahoo.com if you're interested, and I can give you details. It's a good seat, and I'm looking for face value ($75), or best offer.

So ... in keeping with the mood of the board, what are your favorite protest songs current and historic? Some of mine (in no order) are:

1. "Final Straw," R.E.M.
2. "Ohio," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3. "For What It's Worth," Buffalo Springfield
4. "What's Going On," Marvin Gaye
5. "Shipbuilding," Elvis Costello
6. "Less Than Zero," Elvis Costello
7. "Sunday Bloody Sunday," U2
8. "Universal Soldier," Buffy St. Marie
9. "I Like Fucking," Bikini Kill

From your list, I really like 2, 3, 4 and 7. I don't know a lot of other protest songs. U2 did a cover of Peggy Seeger's "Springhill Mining Disaster" during their '87 tour, and I like that one a lot as well.

Ooh, how about REM's "Ignoreland?" I like that one much better than "Final Straw."

Would Green Day's "American Idiot" count? I'm not a big fan of theirs, but I like that song a lot.