thielges@uiuccsb.UUCP (04/18/84)
#N:uiuccsb:10200026:000:319 uiuccsb!thielges Apr 18 09:27:00 1984 Does anyone know the name/artist who sang a song with the lyrics : I don't care if it rains or freezes.. Long as I got my electric Jesus Riding on the dashboard of my car...... To whoever identifies this song, I'll give the address of Rev. Ewings Church by Mail (great fun) Bart Thielges ...uiucdcs!thielges
rkp@drutx.UUCP (04/19/84)
PLASTIC JESUS!!!! That one's easy. Paul Newman in "Cool Hand Luke." Russ Pierce drutx!rkp P.S. Do I win? P.P.S. Do I want to win? NO! :-)
peters@cubsvax.UUCP (04/26/84)
I never knew the whole song, but some other lines are:
I don't care if it rains or freezes
Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Sitting on the dashboard of my car;
You can buy them pink and pleasant
Shine in the dark, they're phosphorescent,
Take one with you when you travel far.
I don't care if it's dark or scary
Long as I got my Virgin Mary
Sitting on the dashboard of my car....
[sorry, folks, that's all I know...]
{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters Peter S. Shenkin
Dept of Biol. Sci.; Columbia Univ.; New York, N. Y. 10027; 212-280-5517
"In accordance with the recent proclivity for clever mottos, this is mine."jackson@uiuccsb.UUCP (04/27/84)
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uiuccsb!jackson Apr 27 11:19:00 1984
Does anybody have all the lyrics to this song? If so, please mail them
to me! Thanks.
Dan Jackson
UUCP: {pur-ee!ihnp4}!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!jacksonczp@houxa.UUCP (C.PODARAS) (05/03/84)
a slightly tardy reply: i believe the "plastic jesus on the dashboard" tune can be attributed to kinky friedman and the texas jewboys, early/mid 70's. kf is now twisted artist-in-residence at the lone star cafe in new york. yerz, chuck podaras ...ihnp4!houxa!czp
cak@CS-Arthur (Christopher A Kent) (05/07/84)
I recognize the song, but I can't come up with a definitive answer. It seems like something John Prine would do, but I can't find it on any of the albums of his that I have at home... Cheers, chris
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (05/07/84)
[] Just came across this one. Sorry to answer late. The song you refer to, "Plastic Jesus", was sung lo these many years ago by Al Higgins out of New Orleans. I first heard it in the early 50s. I am looking at a copy of the lyrics from an old song book at this moment. It is a collection of folk songs from all over the world. Why this was considered a folksong I'll never know, but its there. Don't ask for the name of the book, the first and last sections are gone. This song is on page 140 of whatever book it is in. There are five verses here and the notes say that there are dozens more which are unprintable. T. C. Wheeler