“Alice’s Restaurant Massacree”, commonly known as “Alice’s Restaurant”, is a satirical talking blues song by singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie, released as the title track to his 1967 debut album Alice’s Restaurant. The song is a deadpan protest against the Vietnam War draft, in the form of a comically exaggerated but largely true story from Guthrie’s own life.
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I hate the song and one day when I was recovering from surgery I decided to watch the movie. JFC I was high and it was only fun to watch for the recording of the 1970s colors
I still think he should have gone to jail for littering! Those fuckers tossed a lot of shit out their car.
I probably heard this song the first time roughly around the age of 25 which was maybe some time after 2010-ish. It was when I really started my deep-dive into folk which was a heavy influence beginning with Arlo / Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and so fourth. This song really established my base (as well as the other aforementioned artist songs) of appreciated songs that were just peak, art.
Queues it up 3 times on the jukebox and leaves the bar
I love this song lol
Except in Alice.
Am I right in saying that Rodney Alcala used part of this song when he took the stand in his own defense?
