gnw@mtsbb.UUCP (G.N.WEBER) (08/14/85)
Dear North America, In the movie "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman (as Luke) plays the banjo and sings a song after his mother dies. This song opens with the line "Get yourself a plastic Jesus... for the dashboard of your car". Also included in the song are references to "Virgin Mary", "sweet Madonna", and "colors pind and irridescent". If someone could tell me the name of this song and a recording of it I would be very happy. "Sometime nuthin' is a real cool hand -- Paul Newman" "What we have here is a failure to communicate -- prison boss in C.H.L."
jimn@cornell.UUCP (Jim Nesheim) (08/14/85)
In article <140@mtsbb.UUCP> gnw@mtsbb.UUCP (G.N.WEBER) writes: >Dear North America, > >In the movie "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman (as Luke) plays the >banjo and sings a song after his mother dies. This song opens >with the line "Get yourself a plastic Jesus... for the dashboard >of your car". Also included in the song are references to "Virgin >Mary", "sweet Madonna", and "colors pind and irridescent". If >someone could tell me the name of this song and a recording of it >I would be very happy. I don't know the name but I know some of the lyrics: I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus, sittin' on the dashboard of my car, he never slips and he never slides, 'cause his ass is magnetized, sittin' on the dashboard of my car. :-)
al@psivax.UUCP (Al Schwartz) (08/16/85)
In article <140@mtsbb.UUCP> gnw@mtsbb.UUCP (G.N.WEBER) writes: >In the movie "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman (as Luke) plays the >banjo and sings a song after his mother dies. This song opens >with the line "Get yourself a plastic Jesus... for the dashboard >of your car". Also included in the song are references to "Virgin >Mary", "sweet Madonna", and "colors pind and irridescent". If I hear this song regularly on the Dr. Demento Radio Show. The version I hear is "Plastic Jesus" by the Gold Coast Singers. -- Al Schwartz Pacesetter Systems Inc., Sylmar, CA {trwrb|allegra|burdvax|cbosgd|hplabs|ihnp4|sdcsvax|aero|uscvax|ucla-cs| bmcg|sdccsu3|csun|orstcs|akgua|randvax}!sdcrdcf!psivax!al or {ttdica|quad1|scgvaxd|nrcvax|bellcore|logico}!psivax!al ARPA: ttidca!psivax!al@rand-unix.arpa
paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) (08/16/85)
In article <140@mtsbb.UUCP> gnw@mtsbb.UUCP (G.N.WEBER) writes: >In the movie "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman (as Luke) plays the >banjo and sings a song after his mother dies. This song opens >with the line "Get yourself a plastic Jesus... for the dashboard >of your car".... The song is "Plastic Jesus" by Ernie Mars. Written about the mid '60s. I can't recall who recorded it. I'm adding net.music to to distribution, perhaps someone there has more details. -- -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Paul Blumstein "I may be drunk, but you're ugly. Citicorp/TTI Tomorrow, I'll be sober." 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. W. Churchill Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidca!paulb
hunter@oakhill.UUCP (Hunter Scales) (08/17/85)
In article <685@ttidcc.UUCP> paulb@ttidcb.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) writes: >In article <140@mtsbb.UUCP> gnw@mtsbb.UUCP (G.N.WEBER) writes: >>In the movie "Cool Hand Luke", Paul Newman (as Luke) plays the >>banjo and sings a song after his mother dies. This song opens >>with the line "Get yourself a plastic Jesus... for the dashboard >>of your car".... > >The song is "Plastic Jesus" by Ernie Mars. Written about the mid >'60s. I can't recall who recorded it. I'm adding net.music to >to distribution, perhaps someone there has more details. Come now, dont you remember the way Janis Joplin belted out that song? -- Motorola Semiconductor Inc. Hunter Scales Austin, Texas {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax,gatech}!ut-sally!oakhill!hunter (I am responsible for me and my dog and no-one else)
adelem@tekecs.UUCP (Adele Mangiapane) (08/23/85)
> >Dear North America, > > > > I don't care if it rains or freezes, > long as I got my plastic Jesus, > sittin' on the dashboard of my car, > he never slips and he never slides, > 'cause his ass is magnetized, > sittin' on the dashboard of my car. > :-) Folks, I've been waiting years to find out what the lyrics are. Keep those cards & letters coming. Let me add the following: I don't care if it rains or freezes, long as I got my plastic Jesus, sittin' on the dashboard of my car, Comes in colors pink and pleasant, Shines at night 'cause it's iridescent. Take it with me when I travel far... All I want's a sweet Madonna Crown of gold and (robes?) upon 'er (sitting on the dashboard of my car?) Sounds to me like the lines about "ass" belong in the first stanza and the lines about "pink" belong in the second. Hope I jogged someone's memory as I am anxious to get the definitive version of these lyrics! :-) Adele
mopa@ur-tut.UUCP (Mike Opacity) (09/13/85)
There's another version of 'Plastic Jesus' I've heard. In NYC Don Imus
a DJ used to play something like this:
I don't care if it rains or freezes
as long as I got my plastic Jesus
riding on the dashboard of my car.
I can go a hundred miles an hour
as long as I have that almighty power
right up there by my pair of fuzzy dice.
Well, I think it's close to what I heard...
Mike Opacity