Jaimie Brockett-Talkin' Green Beret New Yellow Hydraulic Banana Teeny Bopper Blues

[@joelkaufman7176]

I was brought here by listening to WHFS 102.3 FM, HIGH atop the Triangle Towers , Bethesda, Maryland (1967-1985 RIP)

[@elbertjackson1073]

Playing this song and Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic back in college got me on the dean's list, and I don't mean the good one. But it did get me SRO's.

[@afinefred]

Without a doubt, one of the significant songs of the last century. Always seemed to me that Jamie Brockett did the whole Titanic thing so people would listen to this overly truthful song. Long live Beaker Street. And long live Hippie Hollow.

[@davemanning8204]

Thanks for the post..... I give it bout 98... 1970 WJLN FM underground radio B'ham Al DJ Father Tree. That's the last time I heard it. Fantastic song fittin of the times. Long Live JB MyDaMnWoRd 😬 🔫

[@jimmycain8669]

Blue Chip and Bag on the Table were my shooting dope songs to. Damn that was a lifetime ago.

[@WillDockery]

Great to see all this classic stuff available again!

[@landondyer]

Grew up in the 1970s. Pretty sure I still have this album on vinyl. I had totally forgotten the Spiro Agnew line. :-)

[@goatgirl55]

Don’t ask me why, but I woke up today thinking about this song!

[@blackholeentry3489]

WHY?

[@375GTB]

Thank You so much! J.C.

[@bobbykelly2333]

Man what a grew song. I "discovered" him by listening to Pandora. I don't recall ever hearing him before.

[@johnkulpowich5260]

FM radio late 1960s

[@beverlymaurer8861]

thank you.. been looking for this for a long time .. :-)

[@rachelbellenoit3803]

I knew Jamie from the Y-Not Coffeehouse in Worcester, MA. Hung out with him a few times. Great musician and fun guy to hang out with!

[@johnkulpowich5260]

The 60s music had it all the stuff stands the test of time

[@marthahogan3818]

you had to be there Brockett was amazing

[@goodkawz]

Was looking for “The Bag on the Table” and got back to here. Had forgotten where some of those lyrics in my brain came from. It looks a little different to me after nearly half a century. But I’ll still give it better than a 73. A piece of history. Had the album. Think I once knew all the words to Titanic. Song is still better than the move. Hope, in the future, to find more of him on KZbin.

[@johnkulpowich5260]

You got to let it out Captain

[@goodkawz]

john Kulpowich All at once?

[@jeffthrow6892]

Great to hear this again, got this album on vinyl, but haven't got it out in a long time! Collector's Choice?? This has been re-issued on CD?? Did not know that!

[@PHJimY]

Who is listed on the label as the songwriter?

[@MikeLarson1975]

Just think of the ballads one could create with today's goings on.

[@legosaw]

I dig it.

[@mcdugalmcstiffy6889]

Both Nixon and Agnew fell from grace, now we have Biden.

[@cardinalsfan8182]

Would you rather have the orange sewer slime trump?

[@remfanbeforu]

@jeffthrow6892 This is on CD? gr8! I have the LP, but no stylus! lol Gotta get that CD!!!! I dig it, got a good beat, easy to dance to, lol

[@johnkulpowich5260]

And he's a fungi

[@marcuskenneyenfield]

Anyone know if Jaimie is still hanging out in the Windsor VT. area? ...Or you might be Jaimie... either-way let me know.

[@theronsnell396]

Far out.

[@philiplemmens3977]

Didn't someone else write this

[@UrbanTubepaste]

Yes, Michael Smith famous for his "The Dutchman" song.

[@lwbarks]

An LP what's that you mean they killed the 78, luved this back in the day, and then there was Agnew ROTFLMAO

[@afinefred]

I hated the meaning behind this song (and the gut-punching ending) so much I made myself listen to it every time I played Ballad of the USS Titanic. Let's not forget it wasn't so much about joining as much as it was about rushing in to kill people. It was also about all those forced to kill others even if they didn't want to. bad karma, either way.

[@philrobertson2705]

It is a sarcastic commentary of the times. Also, at the time, it was the longest title of any song (which was his main intent).

[@PHJimY]

Wasn't it written by Michael Smith from Chicago?

[@ronzbronz6043]

@@PHJimY Mr Smith claims that distinction...!?

[@PHJimY]

Has it been disputed? Michael is a genius songwriter and I can't imagine him claiming a song he didn't write.

[@PHJimY]

Here's a review of the album that gives Michael Smith the credit: Format: CD Label: Collectors Choice Genre: Rock/Pop Boston folkie Jaime Brockett became an underground radio sensation with his epic ballad 'Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic', which updated the old Leadbelly song about how black prizefighter Jack Johnson had been denied passage on the Titanic because of his race to offer an, er, alternative explanation as to why the ocean liner sank (the captain and first mate were high from smoking hemp rope)! Now, we don't want to accuse our customers of illegal activities, but apparently a fair minority were at the very least tuning into their FM dial during the late '60s, as we have been inundated with requests for this song and the album on which it appeared. Other tracks include the Michael Smith tongue-twister 'Talkin' Green Beret New Super Yellow Hydraulic Banana Teeny Bopper Blues; Remember the Wind and the Rain; St. Botolph St. Grey Morning Dulcimer Thing; Bluechip; Nowadays; Suzzane; One Too Many Mornings', and 'Bag on the Table' on what is definitely a countercultural classic, here reissued with original art and new notes.Track listing:1 Legend Of The U.S.S. Titanic 2 Talkin' Green Beret New Super Yellow 3 Hydraulic Banana Teeny Bopper Blues 4 Remember The Wind And The Rain 5 St. Botolph St. Grey Morning Dulcimer 6 Thing 7 Bluechip 8 Nowadays 9 Suzzane 10 One Too Many Mornings 11 Bag On The Table - See more at: www.lpcdreissues.com/item/remember-the-wind-and-the-rain#sthash.X3YN3BNN.dpuf

[@richardbowes6897]

The sixties are forgotten by now

[@xrayyokezebra]

same as yer IQ

[@marthahogan3818]

you had to be there Brockett was amazing