From: Jeff Kreines (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Oct 15 2005 - 15:54:52 PDT
Google often gives you more info than you need:
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/easyrider/dontbogartme.htm gives us:
Artist: The Fraternity Of Man Lyrics
Song: Don't Bogart Me Lyrics
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me.
Roll another one
Just like the other one.
This one's burnt to the end
Come on and be a friend.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me.
Ro-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oll another one
Just like the other one.
You've been hanging on to it
And I sure would like a hit.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
It was written by Elliot Ingber (a member of "The Mothers of
Invention" circa "Freak Out") made popular in "Easy Rider" (always
hated that film with a passion, though with age it's slightly less
awful, and it's funny to see Phil Spector and Toni Basil in it).
Makes you wonder if the song was written in the spirit of "Absolutely
Free" or not?
Google often gives you more info than you need:
"The Fraternity of Man
The Fraternity of Man were a band led by Elliot Ingber after leaving
Zappa's Mothers of Invention. The band consisted of Elliot Ingber -
guitar, Richie Hayward - drums & vocals, Martin Kibbee - bass, Warren
Klein - guitar & sitar, Lawrence "Stash" Wagner - guitar & vocals.
They're probably mostly remembered for their song 'Don't Bogart Me'
included in the soundtrack to Easy Rider (1969). Later called 'Don't
Bogart That Joint' recorded & performed by Little Feat. Get In On,
the second album by the band with Ingber, also included Lowell George
on guitar and Bill Payne on keyboards.
1967 US The Fraternity of Man on ABC ABCS-647
1968 US Get It On on Dot DLP25955
2000(?) US CD X on San Franciso Sound SFS 09930"
Jeff "too young in '67 to be a hippie" Kreines
On Oct 15, 2005, at 5:10 PM, cynthia walker wrote:
> as far as i
> know, hippies used "bogart" as slang-- starting with a
> song which included the lyric, "don't bogart that
> joint, my friend, pass it along to meeee..." because
> bogart, as everyone knows, kept his cigarette in his
> mouth. like, all the time. he talked with it on his
> lip. he didn't use his hands. he would never have
> given anybody else a drag off of it, etc...
>
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