Blogcritics Comments on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Comment by Connie Phillips on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Mon, 29 May 2006 13:38:25 EDT

Thanks Scott, It's working now. ]]>

Comment by Scott Butki on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Sun, 28 May 2006 22:11:29 EDT

The link to Mark's piece doesn't work. ]]>

Comment by Scott Butki on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Mon, 8 May 2006 11:25:46 EDT

"Inspired" and "is accurate" are not the same. I just realized that I spelled my name three different ways above. I think I need a copy editor for my own posts:) ]]>

Comment by ScScott Butki on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Fri, 5 May 2006 11:03:38 EDT

Of course it may not be important what is and isn't true but I'm still curious. I would not be surprised if the whole part about sitting with father rapers was made up or exaggerated but when he insists it is true that makes me more curious. ]]>

Comment by Scot Butki on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Thu, 4 May 2006 20:44:30 EDT

It's possible of course that this report is wrong since Wikipedia is fallible but it does make me wonder. It doesn't help that the movie has scenes that did't really take place. Anyway from the Wikipedia report: "The song, a bitingly satirical protest against the Vietnam War draft, is based on a true incident. In the song, Guthrie was called up for a draft examination, and rejected as unfit for military service as a result of a criminal record consisting in its entirety of a single arrest, court appearance, fine and clean-up order for littering. In reality, Guthrie, though a potential carrier of the genetically inherited disease Huntington's chorea, was classified as fit (1A), but, his draft-lottery number did not come up. However, on the commentary of the below-mentioned movie version, Guthrie states that this is totally false; asserting that the events as presented in the song are true to how they ocurred in real life and he was not declared unfit for any genetic disease." ]]>

Comment by Scott Butki on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Thu, 4 May 2006 20:33:17 EDT

Did you read the Wikipedia report? I'm not sure if this is a case of a writer wanting fiction to be reality or skeptics or what exactly? ]]>

Comment by Richard Marcus on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Thu, 4 May 2006 17:58:28 EDT

Scott, you better read the interview, because he most clearly says that part two of the song was inspired by losing his defferment and having to go up to the draft board. Richard ]]>

Comment by Scott Butki on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Thu, 4 May 2006 17:05:25 EDT

I started watching the movie last nite and stopped to look up the Wikipedia entry for Arlo Guthrie and the movie and song. Some interesting tidbits: It's been reported that the whole part about him having to go to the draft office was fictionalized though Arlo - on the movie commentary I have yet to watch - says otherwise. And it says there's a new version of the song he put out. ]]>

Comment by Jet in Columbus on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Mon, 1 May 2006 19:24:58 EDT

Without looking it up, what floor was the Psychiatrist's office on? What was the fine for picking up the trash? What was Alice's dog's name I used to think up stuff like this with my friends to pass the time. ]]>

Comment by Barry Stoller on Featured Artist and Song: Arlo Guthrie and "Alice's Restaurant"

Mon, 1 May 2006 19:04:53 EDT

The Living Strings (easy listening orchestra) did a version of "Alice's Restaurant" back in the 60's - talk about culture jamming, eh. ]]>