While watching HBO’s True Blood series, I heard another song I wanted to learn for my Americana music songlist. Evidently I ‘m not the only one impressed with this series. I did recently purchase the whole Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris and I’ve listened to two of them on audio CD. I dug a little on the Internet, and there’s a huge subculture of fanatical fans. Harris has changed the vocabulary of America with this series and altered the sensorium of an entire generation regarding the topics of the horror genre.
About Charlie Robison, whose song I wanted to post today: The native born Texan’s music is both brash and reflective. He has a ranch outside Bandera, and according to his website it’s a place “where Robison’s family has ranched for eight generations since the 1840s.” You can and should read more about this talented musician and songwriter here:
“Good Times” by Charlie Robison
Pick up a pizza, pineapple ham
And put it in the back of a Good Times van
Well go out and pick up the rest of the band
We’re gonna have a good time
Yeah Lilly of the valley, Lilly on a rug, Lilly drove here in a VW bug
Am I on the guest list, give her a shrug
We’re gonna have a good time
Yeah we gonna be like an icecream cone
Better eat it quick gonna be long gone
By me a whiskey, get yourself stoned
We’re gonna have a good time
Well sit on a table, sit on the floor
Act like a virgin, act like you’re sore
Winner or loser they’re both too fine
We’re gonna have a good time
When we see you in Atlanta or Abilene
The prettiest girls that I’ve ever seen
Be sweet as honey girl don’t be mean
We’re gonna have a good time
Yeah we gonna be like an icecream cone
Better eat it quick gonna be long gone
Buy me a whiskey, get yourself stoned
We’re gonna have a good time
Well, a lot of people talk can shut the hell up
Sneak out a beer in a styrofoam cup
I’m gonna start singing so don’t interrupt
We’re gonna have a good time
Well live in the country, live in the town
Come out tonight gonna burn them all down
Don’t let the bastards get yourself down
We’re gonna have a good time
Yeah we gonna be like an icecream cone
Better eat it quick gonna be long gone
Buy me a whiskey get yourself stoned
We’re gonna have a good time
I said buy me a whiskey, get yourself stoned
We’re gonna have a good time
Thanks Rpittman for this post . You are so right about the ‘huge subculture of fanatical fans’ many were originally fans of the books and Ms Harris and now many come to the Sokie characters from the HBO series.
Thanks again, “Dallas”
http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/