Jew, Texan and Cowboy?

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Good ole BBC.


This article made me smile but it made me wonder as well. Who is this guy?

Texans, report please! :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3540059.stm

Eccentric American country singer and writer Kinky Friedman has announced he will stand for George W Bush's old job as Texas governor in 2006.
The man behind the Texas Jewboys band and such best-selling crime novels as Kill Two Birds and Get Stoned is set to run as an independent candidate.

While his policies are as yet unclear, Mr Friedman has pledged to "not kiss babies [but] their mothers".

Asked why he is standing, he replies: "Why the hell not?"

The cigar-smoking country singer says he wants to "fight the wussification of the state of Texas".


"I want to rise and shine and bring back the glory of Texas," he adds, describing himself as a "writer of fiction who tells the truth".

'Not so crazy now'

Mr Friedman, 59, says he was inspired to stand for governor by the success of Arnold Schwarzenegger in California as well as the recent failed bid of Howard Dean for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

[...]
Correspondents say it remains to be seen how far the unconventional image of the composer of They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore and author of Elvis, Jesus & Coca Cola will appeal to traditional voting lobbies in Texas such as Christian groups.

But Mr Friedman says he has little fear that his electoral ambitions will ever be affected by scandal, the bane of many an American politician's career.

"There are no skeletons in my closet," he says. "They are all bleaching on a beach somewhere."
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Well, at least he is not boring... He will stand out like a peacock among vultures :D

This reminds me of the wrestler Jesse "The Body" Ventura becoming governor in...was it Montana?

At least he has a chance to mobilize the...well...a little more colorful elements of society to vote, like Ventura did.
 
LeFevre said:
I've never heard of the guy. I'm not into country.
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Well, here's a little primer for ya, then. Kinky didn't write it, but he made it famous! I've cleverly replaced many of the "S's" w/ "$$" to trick the JREF censors. :p
Oh, it's sung to the tune of "Okie From Muscogee".


A$$HOLE FROM EL PASO

(chinga chavin, kenny ¡°snakebite¡± jacobs)

We don’t have no lovin’s in el paso
We don’t go to porno picture shows
We don’t swap our wives with our neighbors
And we keep our kids away from mexico.

And I’m proud to be an a$$hole from el paso
A place where sweet young virgins are deflowered.
You walk down the street knee-deep in tacos
Ta-ta-ta-tacos
And the wetbacks still get twenty cents an hour.

We don’t wipe our a$$es on old glory,
God and lone star beer are things we trust.
We keep our women virgins till they’re married
So hosin’ sheep is good enough for us.

And I’m proud to be an a$$hole from el paso
A place where sweet young virgins are deflowered.
You walk down the street knee-deep in tacos
Ta-ta-ta-tacos
And the wetbacks still get twenty cents an hour.

I’m proud to be an a$$hole from el paso
A place where sweet young virgins are deflowered.
You walk down that street knee-deep in tacos
Ta-ta-ta-tacos
And the wetbacks still get twenty cents an hour
 
BTW, I have an old Bob Dylan bootleg from the 1975 "Rolling Thunder Review" tour where Kinky sings this. Joan Baez sings the "ta-ta-ta-tacos" part. :D
 
Having read a couple of his books, he comes across as well-educated and literate, despite the country bumpkin image he cultivates. I'm reasonably certain he knows what it's like to work for a living, unlike most other career politicians

Regards;
Beanbag
 
Beanbag said:
Having read a couple of his books, he comes across as well-educated and literate, despite the country bumpkin image he cultivates. I'm reasonably certain he knows what it's like to work for a living, unlike most other career politicians

Regards;
Beanbag
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Yes, I was going to add, "Author of Post Modern Pulp Fiction".
 
yes, i have really enjoyed his mystery novels.
also, i believe he is author of the song "get your biscuts in the oven and your buns in bed." :D
 
Ah, yes ol’ Kinky.

He used to play around here a lot in the late 70s and maybe the early 80s.

He was known more for his satire than his musical ability but his band was really pretty good if you’re into that style.

Since quitting the biz and becoming an author he’s been a perennial candidate in this neck of the woods for one office or another. A club I play at has one of his campaign posters on the wall. I think it’s for Sheriff of one of the nearby counties. I don’t think he’s ever won but I could be wrong.
 
When I saw "Jew, Texan and Cowboy?" as the thread title, I was hoping that the next line was going to be "...walk into a bar."

My bad.

Michael
 
He might not make it to be Governor, but maybe it will re-ignite his music career. Or he could end up on "The Surreal Life", who knows? :p
 
"There was a rumor
About a tumor
Nestled at the base of his brain

There he sat with his 36 magnum
Laughin wildly as he bagged 'em
Who are we to say the boy's insane"

Ballad of Charlie Whitman
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Who else could write a song about the Texas tower sniper from the 1960's.
 
I didn't know anything about this before, but from the thread title, I knew who it was going to be about. He's one of a kind.
 
My personal favorite Kinky F. song.
(Warning, PC violations abound)


They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore

Well a redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was guzzling Lone Star beer
Talking religion and politics for all the world to hear
"They oughta send you back to Russia, boy, or New York City one,
You just want to doodle a Christian girl and you killed God's only son"

"Well has it occured to you, you nerd, that thats not very nice?
"We Jews believe it was Santa Claus who killed Jesus Christ"
"You know you don't look Jewish," he said, "Near as I could figure"
"I had you lamped for a slightly anemic, well-dressed country ni**er"

Now they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore
They don't turn the other cheek the way they've done before
He started into shouting and spitting on the floor
Lord, they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore

He says, "I ain't a racist, but Aristotle Onassis is one Greek we don't need"
"Them ni**ers, Jews and Sigma Mu's all they ever do is breed"
"Now wops and micks and slopes and spics and spooks are on my list
"And theres one little hebe from the heart of Texas.
Is there anyone I missed?"

Well I hits him with everything I had right square between the eyes
"I'm gonna get you, you son of a bitch, for spouting that pack of lies
"If theres one thing I can't abide it's an ethnocentric racist"
"Now you take back that thing you said about Aristotle Onassis"

Now they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore
We don't turn the other cheek the way they've done before
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
They sure ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore

They ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore
We don't turn the other cheek the way they've done before
You could hear that honky holler as he hit that hardwood floor
Lord, they ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore

They ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore
They ain't making carpenters who know what nails are for
The whole damn place was singing as I strolled right out the door
They sure ain't making Jews like Jesus anymore
 
Kinky Friedman is a great example of how diverse Texas really is.

I recently borrowed a CD from the Houston public library that was a tribute to Kinky's music. Very listenable with a few songs sung by Kinky.

Charlie (Texans, the damn friendliest (and polite) people I've ever met) Monoxide
 
fishbob said:

Who else could write a song about the Texas tower sniper from the 1960's.
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Macabre. A 90s death metal band whose schtick was singing about mass murderers and serial killers.

Not quite as lyrical, though:

Charles Whitman
Shot at people and hit them.

:D
 
I've been enjoying Kinky and the Texas Jewboys since the '70s and aside from the late great Frank Zappa the only other effort that has brought so many belly laughs to me* is Two Live Jews a group that took recent popular songs and played with the lyrics, where "Oo Me so horny" becomes , "Oy It's so humid" and "Electric avenue" becomes "Fairfax avenue" funny stuff.

*The exception is Mel Brooks , The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles , Et. Al. You could NOT make these films today . May he live to be 1000.

Edit to add: I miss the feeling of the decades I grew up in , where we had the capacity to laugh at ourselves and others without worrying about who we were going to offend . You can't even type the title of Richard Pryor's seminal album " That Ni**ers crazy " without starting a firestorm. See if you ever can the interchange between him and Chevy Chase on SNL
 
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