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Ep. 254 Today's Peep The Golden Rule Podcast- When Jehovah's Witnesses Come Knockin', & The Lost Planet Airmen, Happy Friday!
What happens when unexpected visitors knock on your door with religious pamphlets in hand? The way we respond reveals more about our character than we might realize.
On a beautiful Friday morning, while tending to my garden and dreaming of installing an old-fashioned clothesline, I heard that familiar knock at my door. Standing there were Lori and Lori – Jehovah's Witnesses I hadn't seen in about a year and a half. This chance encounter sparked a fascinating exploration into how different people handle religious solicitors.
Some hide behind curtains pretending not to be home. Others prepare theological counterarguments to convert the converters. Many respond with dismissiveness or even hostility. I discovered religious websites advising believers to treat Jehovah's Witnesses as "spreaders of evil work" who shouldn't even be greeted, while online forums debate just how rude is too rude when turning them away.
My approach? The Golden Rule – treating others as I would want to be treated if I were the one knocking on doors sharing deeply held beliefs. This simple principle from Luke 6:31 guides my interactions not just with Jehovah's Witnesses, but with everyone I encounter. I engage in pleasant conversation, listen respectfully, and when appropriate, honestly share my own Catholic faith without argument or condescension.
What's remarkable is how this basic human courtesy builds unexpected bridges. Lori and Lori began listening to my radio show after our pleasant conversations. Not because either of us changed our beliefs, but because genuine human connection transcends doctrinal differences.
Join me for this thoughtful discussion on human dignity, religious differences, and the power of simple respect – all wrapped up with some nostalgic music including Commander Cody's 1971 hit "Hot Rod Lincoln." Subscribe and share if you believe in the transformative power of treating each person with kindness, regardless of differences in belief.
happy friday. To you, it's the past peeps podcast. To you, it's the Pat's Peeps podcast Number 254 for Keep it Track, which I certainly am. Keep it Track, may 2nd 2025. Indeed, it is a Friday. I'm so happy. I love Fridays. Everyone loves Fridays, don't they? Looking out the studio window into the beautiful foothills of Northern California where the sun is shining and everything is green and gorgeous. Splendid day. Thank you all in all, but I thank you, a big thank you, as I always try to do, to say thank you for listening to my podcast. Okay, getting more calls last night on my radio show. By the way, my name is Pat Walsh. I always like to make sure that you know that I have a radio show as well. Perhaps some of you listen to my radio show, heard 7 to 10 pm, monday through Friday, kfbk in Sacramento, heard everywhere on the free iHeart app. And just like this, just like my podcast, you can stream it anywhere, including the free iHeart app. So a big deal.
Speaker 1:I'm putting together a thing for our Pats Peeps businesses. We're going to meet at a winery and kind of get to know each other. I'm excited about this Miner's Leap Winery. Loyal is a Pats Peeps. He owns the Loyal Miner owns Miner's Leap Winery. Loyal is a Pat's Peeps he owns. The Loyal Miner owns Miners' Leap Beautiful place in Clarksburg, out by the river, out in the Delta. It is one of my favorite go-to places in terms of relaxation If I want to get away somewhere in this area. I love going out there to Clarksburg and to Miners' Leap. So we're working on that and I'll let you know and all the businesses. If you're a Pats Peeps business, I'll let you know when we're going to do that. And if you want to be a business, fantastic, we'd love to have you as a Pats Peeps business. Also, I'm going to talk to a couple of friends about addressing the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, roseville Chamber of Commerce. Sacramento Chamber of Commerce, roseville Chamber of Commerce. You know and really get to know a lot of these businesses and hopefully invite and be able to invite some of these businesses into and hopefully they'll believe in what we're doing. Our mission is just to support local business Anyhow.
Speaker 1:So on this beautiful Friday I'm kind of cleaning up around the house a little bit still, doing a little bit of gardening, just because I know that perhaps that sounds boring, but I can assure you it's a beautiful day and my garden is now starting to blossom. It's taken a few years for it to really start blossoming like the way it is, but it's starting to really look like this Irish kind of a cottage type of a field that I'm trying to accomplish. So, as I'm doing that this morning and I'm kind of weaving in and out from the house doing some housework, you know what I want. I am so old school Maybe I mentioned this before, I don't know, I don't. I hate to repeat I want a clothesline. I want a clothesline like an old fashioned clothesline. I go out there and I've got a couple of things where I'll hang pillowcases or whatever, because I just like it when it's, you know that that nice breeze and it's springtime and I just really like drying my, my sheets and pillowcases that way. I know that's old school. Well, pat, don't you have a washer and dryer? You're dang right. I do Really nice Samsung washer and dryer. That just shrunk one of my nice t-shirts, so I got to, you know, moisten it again and stretch it out a little bit and put it out on my little hanger outside. But I want a clothesline. That's what I want, and so, anyhow, I was out kind of doing a couple of things like that.
Speaker 1:And then I come back in the house and all of a sudden there's a knock on my door. I don't get a lot of people. It always throws me off when someone knocks on my door that I wasn't expecting. Generally, if someone knocks on my door, I was kind of expecting them, you know, out in my mystery hut, out here in the woods, out in the middle of the forest. So I get this knock and it startled me. Good thing I wasn't walking around in my boxers by the way, I don't wear boxers, I'm a boxer brief guy. Not that anyone needed to know that, that just popped in my head. Tmi, whatever.
Speaker 1:It's a Friday and I look up and who's at my door and you know who it is it's Lori and Lori. Now, lori and Lori. I have not seen them at my door. Probably oh I don't know, maybe I'm just guessing here year and a half on the Lori Lori tracker, maybe two years, probably more like a year and a half and somewhere in that range.
Speaker 1:Okay, now, who are Lori and Lori? Sounds like a great day, doesn't it? Look, lori and Lori knocking on my door. How are you ladies? Thank you for coming up to my house on a beautiful sunny day. What can I do for you?
Speaker 1:Well, the Jehovah's Witness, jehovah Witness, it's a Jehovah's Witness, jehovah Witness, it's Jehovah's Witnesses Coming up to my door, and they used to come up to my door Prior to that. There was another gentleman who would occasionally startle me how you doing, pat? He'd knock on my door, you know, hey. And so like, what do you do when someone now I don't get a lot of solicitors, I don't get a lot of people peddling things at my door? I'm not one of those guys, like Richard, my late cousin who just passed. God rest his soul. Man, you did not want to be a solicitor. Going up to his door, he had a sign out there. He just said no peddling or no solicitors. I think no solicitors, you didn't want to come calling. I'm not that guy, I am much more patient than that. And so you know some people well, they're just there, are techniques If you don't want to talk to people, and some people employ those techniques. Talk to people, and some people employ those techniques. And so I'm wondering I might even bring this up on my radio show tonight how do you deal with solicitors, or Jehovah's Witnesses, let's say, which essentially is sort of a. I don't want to call them solicitors, but in a way they are. And I have a technique that I use when I'm not going to say solicitors, because again, I don't get many solicitors, perhaps you do.
Speaker 1:Do they even have that anymore? Is anyone soliciting? Do you have door to door? I'm not even sure there is that like. Is there is anyone knocking on your door to sell you a Kirby vacuum cleaner or you know the fuller brush man? I don't. Or Avon, what happened to Avon? But I don't know. But I don't live in the middle of a residential neighborhood. I mean, little League tickets are they doing that? Are they coming to the door selling Little League tickets? Boy Scouts, do they do that? What about anyone collecting like paper boys? Does that exist? Do any of those things exist anymore? Well, I don't know. Does that exist? Do any of those things exist anymore? Well, I don't know. Perhaps I can get those answers and more on my show this evening. But I have a way.
Speaker 1:But again, I'll stick for this moment to Jehovah's Witnesses. I have a technique. But before I tell you my technique, I thought I would look around and just pull up random. I thought I'd just bing this and tell you what other people do. So I pulled up three or four stories or conversations regarding Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on your door. Let's see. Here's one I'll just get. And these again, these are just kind of at random. Here's one this is from so these are different points of view, obviously Back in November 18, 2021. Back in November 18, 2021. This is from Devin, nicely, which is I don't know.
Speaker 1:What does he write for Devin Nicely? Well, it's at adventchristianvoicescom. All right, what to do when Jehovah's Witnesses knocks on your door? Here's what they say. It's a beautiful Saturday morning, all the household chores have been completed, your bright-eyed, bushy-tailed coffee-in-hand birds are singing. That sounds very familiar. It's exactly what's happening in my house, with the exception of the part of your kids are actually being quiet for once. No kids running around here. Suddenly, there's a knock, like I said, at the door. Get up from your recliner. This is, according to what they're saying, all right, their story, their article. You just gotten perfectly comfortable.
Speaker 1:You peek through the blinds, discover two sharply dressed people with a couple of magazines in their hands, waiting for your door to open. Jehovah's Witnesses are on your front porch. What do you do? Do you pretend not to be home? Do you go get your spouse to deal with it? Sick the dog on him, activate the trap door you installed on the front porch. You know, like Mr Whoopie. Was it Mr Whoopie that used to have the front? I don't think he a trap door. Mr Whoopi was a nice guy. All right, fellas, I've got my 3d BB. Anyone get that reference at all? Mr Whoopi, what a great name.
Speaker 1:So they say what have I told you? There was a better way to interact with these people, after all. They need to. They need the gospel. They do not, do they not, says the article. And here they are. They're at your house. They're looking to have a spiritual conversation. They need the gospel. They do not, do they not, says the article. And here they are, they're at your house. They're looking to have a spiritual conversation. Granted, they say they are seeking to convert you. Again, this is not my opinion. This is from this adventchristianvoicescom. They say they're seeking to convert you to their false religion, but you can take the steering wheel of the dialogue and use it to your advantage, or, they say in parenthesis, or god's advantage as you attempt to point them to salvation.
Speaker 1:I am indebted, says the article, to dr clay jones for his tactic, for this tactic that I'm going to share with you. It goes on to say now you must not forget that these people are firm in their beliefs, so you likely will not be able to convert them during the short visit. So, in other words, you turn the tables. I guess right Now you're giving them the gospel, throwing them off their tracks. That was my little input there. The article goes on trying, you know, uh, not be able to convert them during the short visit that they make to your residence. However, you can, as greg coco puts it, leave a stone in their shoe, give them something to chew on as they're returning home from their rounds. And in this article, they're going to teach you something that you can use to do that.
Speaker 1:Let's begin, and at first is the tactic that this tactic will only be effective if you use the scriptures. They call it. The New World Translation Sounds sketchy. It says the writers of the translation of labored blah blah. Listen, I don't want to get into all the minutia of this. I just kind of want to give you the basic point I'm trying to make.
Speaker 1:First, you need to set the playing field. You'll take their magazines or listen to what they say, what they want to tell you, but only if they will first answer one specific question. If they agree, ask them to borrow their copy of the NWT and tell them that you want a few questions for clarification, on and on and on. Okay, now ask them if your main question, if you have two true gods. But in your scriptures, in Isaiah 43, 10, it says before me no God was formed, and after me there was, there's been none. And John 17, three says this means everlasting life and they're coming to to you, the only true God. So then why do you have two if Scripture says there's only one true God? So now they have a problem. So it goes down this route. Okay, that's just one from the Advent Christian voices.
Speaker 1:So now here's another one. This is from stepsoffaithmediumcom, the knock at the door, the secret to dealing with Jehovah's Witnesses, and it says whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. John 10, 9. Don't you love getting packages that says deliver to your door, sort of like Christmas, isn't it? I don't know about you, but I get a little happy. Flutter my tummy, blah, blah, blah. It's exactly what happened, they say, when I knocked on the door this week. When I heard a knock on the door this week, my son's birthday was coming up. I had ordered something amazing for him, of course, and I rushed to the door super excited that his gift is finally there and it's Jehovah's Witnesses. It's a Jehovah's Witness in this case.
Speaker 1:Goes on to say as a follower of Christ, I found myself in a tough spot. Should I close the door on him. Should I let him have his say and then politely dismiss him, or should I try to teach him the real truth of the gospel? So here you have the first two that I pulled up, that I binged, who are essentially saying here's what you do to handle it. You turn the tables, you provide the gospel to them, because that's what they're going to supposedly do to you. So you turn the tables. Now you're going to provide the gospel. It says, just like so many other things that happen in our lives, the Bible has something to say about these door knockers, and it gives us the secret to dealing with them.
Speaker 1:False teachers and Jehovah's Witnesses, says stepsoffaithmediumcom. In the second book of John, we learn how to handle these folks like this, as well-intentioned as they may be. The Bible calls Jehovah's Witnesses and other groups like them false teachers John 10, 7,. For many deceivers have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as the coming in the flesh. An antichrist, really, yep, says the article. Anyone who does not confess that Jesus is Lord and that he died on the cross for our sins is an antichrist. Sounds harsh when we think of people we love who are not saved, doesn't it. Yet anyone is an antichrist who does not believe in the full truth of Jesus Christ. This applies not just to average unsaved people or atheists. It means false teachers like Jehovah's Witnesses too. Again from stepsoffaithmediumcom.
Speaker 1:In the first book of John, john instructs the church. Well, listen again. I don't want to get into all of this. Okay, but true hospitality, it goes on to say. When a Jehovah's Witness knocks on the door, christians are called to share love. The catch is that we do it only within the confines of sharing truth. We behave politely, but our hospitality, our kindness, inviting someone into your home, should be solely, according to this article, directed towards others who hold tight to the complete biblical truth. In other words, we don't have to listen to whatever a Jehovah Witness is preaching.
Speaker 1:Now, the Jehovah Witnesses will claim that they truly know the Bible and what it says, and for the most part, they're right. They indeed, according to this article, know more about the Bible than many Christians, which is sad. That could be an honest truth right there. But keep in mind that the Bible and I'm not suggesting it is, I'm just saying it could be, I don't know Keep in mind that the Bible they use in a screwed up version pardon me, says the article that conveniently changes certain verses to suit how they want to believe. It's not the actual truth of the Lord.
Speaker 1:So it goes on preventing the spread of evil work. What do we do when the false teachers knock on the door? The Bible, the real one, it says, tells us whoever transgresses, does not abide by the doctrine of Christ, does not have God. He abides by the doctrine of Christ as both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house, nor greet him, for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds. Wow, wow, wow.
Speaker 1:I want to highlight that I really want to highlight. That Says yeah, you read that right. If you engage with the false teachers, according to the article, like a Jehovah's Witness, you are helping him spread evil work. When I read that I about fell off my chair. According to this article, which I just about did, they say we might actually be helping the Jehovah Witnesses or Mormons or Muslims and many others destroy the basic truths of Christianity if we invite them into our homes for a serious conversation about God. I don't know about you, but that disturbs me, says the article. Again, we might actually be helping them destroy the basic truths of Christianity if we invite them into our homes for a serious conversation about God, and that they're disturbed by that In a way. I kind of agree with that in a way. And again, when I get to how I greet or treat the Jehovah Witnesses when they come to my door, we'll explore that even further, but I do find that very, very interesting. Let's see. We must be, it says, on guard against helping others spread false teachings and lies about the Lord, so don't invite them into your home. Then the article not to read the whole thing, but says I'll make a confession. I didn't invite them inside. But I did engage with a guy at my door and, with the Holy Spirit's help I think, I somewhat opened his eyes to what the book of the Revelation. So, essentially, there you go, you have people saying this person saying look, you know what? I'm kind of stunned that they would say that.
Speaker 1:And then the bottom line here in the article is that here's what they say the next time that a Jehovah's witness knocks, the best response is to not give one. Don't open the door. But if, by mistake, you do, they say be polite, respectful, as you let them know you are not interested in listening to them. You can try to explain why, but it will very likely encourage them more knowing you are a Christian and beware. They say that you know we're their favorite target. Some would say the article would say you know thanks, but no thanks. They say to say to them that kind of response is fine, wish them a good day and close the door. And then, finally, I'll just wrap it up this particular article with this, because they wrap it up with this. But it says, though we all call to share the good news and make disciples of all the nations, handling it while standing at your front door is not the way. Direct your hospitality to others who share your beliefs and the truth and nip the spread of evil. Work before you ever turn the doorknob. Evil work before you ever turn the doorknob.
Speaker 1:Here's one completely different site and someone else's opinion from redditcom forward slash atheism. How rude is too rude. Jehovah Witnesses keep knocking on my door Every day this week. It rude. Jehovah Witnesses keep knocking on my door every day this week. It says Jehovah Witnesses have knocked on my door.
Speaker 1:These people are not genuine, they are manipulators. They are annoying. They all have the same script, starting with the question would you say that God is responsible for the bad things in our world? I have told off seven different pairs of Jehovah's Witnesses Now, with increasing fervor each time, says this person. It is to the point they say that when I see two black people dressed in suits holding pamphlets outside my door, I just open my door and tell them to get the F off my property. They go on to say that in my mind, I'm not talking to people, I'm talking to a system. I'm talking to a system that has corrupted people and turned them into drones. These drones are brain dead. They talk from a script that they did not write. Their reactions are programmed into them. The system makes these pairs of people act in ways normal people don't. And finally, it says that system does not see me as a person but as a resource to be exploited. So I pose the question to you how rude is too rude?
Speaker 1:You have one person that says put up a no soliciting sign. It's like my cousin did. Then it says then when I knock, if you, if you feel like opening the door, just point at the sign and say can't you read? It says they aren't trespassing until they go past the sign. Um, then another one. Yep, unless you want to argue the fine points of what defines a solicitor, what Jehovah Witnesses? Like I said at the beginning, it is in a way, soliciting. They're not trying to sell you anything except but they are trying to sell you on this religion. So you have to define that according to this person, what is a solicitor? What Jehovah's Witnesses? Compare them on a Saturday morning just post, no trespassing. Finally, one says make your eyes wide and smile and send them running back to their cult.
Speaker 1:I've heard people who, literally, I swear to you. I've heard people say I answer the door nude, I'll never see him again. I've heard people say that here's how I handle it. You know, they just described my morning perfectly, except that it's a Friday morning and, like I said, I'm doing a little of this, a little of that hanging some clothes up, a little gardening, enjoying the birds singing and I get to knock. Well, I go to the door. Now I have never brought them into my house only because you know I can do this at the door. You know, and it's not that I'm not hospitable, I'm being very hospitable, but I answer the door politely and I engage with them and I have a pleasant conversation with them and I smile. I believe in the Bible, so for me, the bottom line is the golden rule. I'd like to call this podcast Pat's Peeps 254, the golden rule podcast.
Speaker 1:Luke 631,. The Bible specifically says, emphasizing it emphasizes treating others as you wish to be treated, a principle known as the Golden Rule. Verses similar to ones in Matthew 7-12, mark 12-31, highlighting the importance of love, compassion and your interactions with others. Luke says and just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them. Likewise, this verse directly states the principle of treating others as you would like to be treated, emphasizing again the importance of empathy. So in everything in Matthew, everything you do to others, what you would have them do to you For. This sums up the law and the prophets. This verse further reinforces the golden rule, starting that treating others with kindness and respect fulfills the core principles of the Old Testament, the law and the prophets In Mark. The second is this you shall love your neighbor as yourself. This verse emphasizes the importance of loving your neighbor as you love yourself, highlighting the interconnectedness of self-love and love for others. And there are other numerous verses throughout the Bible encouraging loving your neighbor, doing good to others, forgiving them, further supporting the golden rule.
Speaker 1:How would I want to be treated if I walked up to your door and I had a belief? Okay, and I had a belief and you treated me with complete and utter disrespect. It doesn't matter what your religion is or who you are. Some people are going to be hurt by that in a way, and it's very disrespectful. That's the way I conduct myself. I try to conduct myself in my life. It's how I conduct myself on the radio. It's how I conduct myself with interacting with people the golden rule. How would I want to be treated by you? I am filled with empathy, sometimes sympathy. By the way, I will tell them in the most polite way, as we're having a really nice conversation, and I say you know what? I always have time for God. I always have time. I always have a few minutes of my day to talk about this. I tell them quite politely as you know, I'm a Catholic.
Speaker 1:You know witnesses, jehovah's Witnesses. Their beliefs revolve around the nature of God, salvation, religious practices. Catholics we believe in the Trinity of God His Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost. My mom would say it's the Holy Ghost, god. She had a much better voice than that. That's just my go-to mom's voice. She said don't say it's the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. It's the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost. It's the same thing and the church as the ultimate authority on interpreting the Bible. That's the Catholics. Jehovah's Witnesses deny the Trinity and reject the church's authority. Additionally, jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in hellfire, the immortality of the soul or certain traditional Christian holidays. So that's sort the one of the basic differences. Catholics believe that salvation is achieved through the faith in Jesus Christ and adherence to the church's teachings and sacraments. Joel, the witnesses believe salvation is attained through faith in Jesus Christ is the son of God, and adherence to the teachings of the Bible as they interpret it. The Catholics observe the seven sacraments.
Speaker 1:Wow, I'm doing a whole religious podcast. I've never done this before. Anyhow, I don't have to go through all of this. All I have to do is tell you this you know I could get into the holidays, the scriptures Catholics. We celebrate traditional Christian holidays Christmas, easter. Jehovah's Witnesses do not celebrate these. They don't celebrate birthdays. They view them as pagan. But the bottom line is I treat them like people. The golden rule do unto others. I want them to leave here going.
Speaker 1:You know, the man was honest. He told us that he's Catholic. He didn't argue with us. We engaged in conversations about other things. They asked me about my trip to Italy. It turns out that Lori and Lori actually started listening to my radio show after we had a pleasant discussion one day. We've never argued over religion or anything else.
Speaker 1:They give me the pamphlet. They want me to do a little qr code, watch a video. You know what? Okay now, so to go back to some of these writings whoever transgresses according to the jehovah's Witnesses and does not or I guess this is one of the Christian, this was stepsoffaithmediumcom. Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ is both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house, nor greet him or share in his evil deeds.
Speaker 1:Then there was the other one that you know you're helping to spread the evil deeds and I don't know that I can just straight up go along with that. Again, it's the golden rule how people want to be treated. Well, it takes a few minutes, we have a pleasant conversation and we go about our different ways. So there you go. Well, I don't think I've ever really gotten. In fact, I know I've never go about our different ways. So there you go. Wow, I don't think I've ever really gotten. In fact, I know I've never got into a conversation like this on my podcast Feels good.
Speaker 1:Now I'm looking at my records. I accidentally pulled three of them out today. You've got to be kidding me. The ones that I pulled out here. You must be kidding me, I swear to you. The first one that I pulled out, after talking about all of that, is a song called Booty Butt. I'm not kidding.
Speaker 1:Booty Butt, march 15th, what is it? You can barely read that sticker 1971. I'm not going to play Booty Butt after talking about that, I'm not. I'm not gonna play booty butt after talking about that. Not, I'm gonna play this one booty butt. From religion to booty butt, from the golden rule to booty butts, ray charles. But you know we do have to listen to booty butt this week, though, you know. I mean, is this the laugh button? Oh no, no, hey, everybody, you got to listen to Booty Butt. Thank you so much. I never get to use these buttons. Booty Butt, thank you.
Speaker 1:So this record here is on MCA. I would recognize this one anywhere. I think this must be. I don't think this is a radio DJ copy. I think this was sold in the stores. It is in impeccable condition. By the way, I remember when this song was a big hit on the radio too, and it does have a B-side. Maybe we'll play the B-side too.
Speaker 1:So this song, I know this song was covered many times by different artists, including, I think, pat Travers' first album. He did the cover of this song. It's an American. It's a song written by singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955, written as an answer song to Archie Shibley's 1950 hit Hot Rod Race Went to number 29. Good old Archie Shibley. If anyone remembers old Archie, so this song, you're going to get it right away. What I'm talking about Describes a drive north on US Route 99, which was a predecessor to Interstate 5.
Speaker 1:If you live in Northern California you know these highways very well. Ran from San Pedro, la, over the Grapevine Hill. Soon, as it becomes this hot rod race, it ends in very serious consequences and you'll know it as soon as I tell you this. The car race described between two hot rod cars, the Ford Model A with a Lincoln motor and a Cadillac. The Ford has got 12 cylinders, it's got the overdrive, it's got the four barrel 411 gear ratio Safety tubes.
Speaker 1:The original version was a rockabilly version released in 1955. This version, however, there are no radio station stickers or anything on this. So it tells me that this was either purchased at a record store and it was just on the shelf with these other records. I'm not really sure exactly, but this is a 1971 version and I've seen these guys in concert and I'll tell you what. I'm a big fan of their music. It's a country rock band and this was from their album Lost in the Ozone. Oh my God, I haven't heard that song before. Lost in the ozone again. Lost in the ozone again. I'm drinking wine, I'm drinking gin. Lost in the ozone again, boy, drinking wine, I'm drinking gin. Lost in the ozone again, boy, I haven't heard that forever. That became the most successful version of this song, reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Number 28, adult Contemporary. Number 7 in Canada and ranked as number 69 on the US Billboard End Hot 100 singles of 1972. It is Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen Hot Rod Lincoln.
Speaker 3:If you don't stop driving that Hot Rod Lincoln. Have you heard the story of the hot rod race with the Fords and the Lincolns was set in the pace. That story is true. I'm here to say I was driving that Model A. It's got a Lincoln motor and it's really suped up. That Model A body makes it look like a pup's. Got eight cylinders and uses them all. Got overdrive, just won't stall. With a four-barrel carb and a dual exhaust. With four living gears you can really get lost. Got safety tubes, but I ain't scared. The brakes are good tires, fair.
Speaker 2:Pulled out of san pedro late one night, the moon and the stars was shining like they was standing still.
Speaker 3:All of a sudden, in the wink of an eye, a cadillac sedan passed us by, said boys, it's a marvel for me, by then the taillight was all you could see. Now the fellas had rid me for being behind. So I thought I'd make the link and unwind. So my foot off the gas and alive, I shoved it on down into overdrive, rounded up to 110, my speedometer said that I hit top end. My foot was glued back, led to the floor. That's all there is, and there ain't no more. Now. The boys all thought, lost my sense and telephone poles looked like a picket fence. They said slow down. I see spots. The lines on the road just look like that. Took a corner side swipe. The truck crossed my fingers, just for luck. My fenders was clicking. The garden rail post. The guy beside me was white as a ghost so you're probably pretty familiar with that one.
Speaker 1:All right, I don't have the rights to that, not trying to make anything off of that, just trying to educate about the song. Here's the flip side of that record. Okay, the flip side of that 45,. This song here adopts a 1940s hipster style sound. I remember this song as well. I remember this Again. I haven't heard this song forever. I remember this Again. I haven't heard this song forever. It's a song written in 1940 by Dan Ray Huey, prince and Ray McKinley. Follows the American boogie-woogie tradition of syncopated piano music. Okay, so this is the flip side of Hot Rod Lincoln. It's Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen. It's a song called it's Never mind, I won't get to go there, I just had a thought that I'll leave it alone. But it is a song called Beat Me, daddy. 8 to the Bar.
Speaker 1:Well, now there's a little honky-tonky village in Texas. Where's the?
Speaker 2:guy who plays the best piano by far. He can play piano any way you like him, but the way he plays it best is they do the bar. When he jams, it's a bar, he's a daddy of them. All the people gather around when he gets on the stand and when he plays he gets a hang. The rhythm he plays puts him catching a tram. Nobody there bothers to dance, and when they jam with a bass guitar, they're howling oh beat me, daddy. Hey to the bar as they blink, blink.
Speaker 1:Thank you for listening. I greatly appreciate it. A Pat's Peeps number 254. I hope you have a great weekend. Happy Friday. See you on the radio. Steel guitar radio.
