Comments on: Final Stunt! http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890 Níl ann ach raiméis : It's nothing but nonsense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Cionaodh http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146804 Cionaodh Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:57:40 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146804 My wee brother (late '60s vintage fellow) had a stunt set like that. My wee brother (late ’60s vintage fellow) had a stunt set like that.

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146755 maca Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:53:13 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146755 "OneForTheRoad" apologies for the delay approving your comment, I didn't get any notification from wordpress that there was a comment awaiting approval! Thanks Antonio! So that's the only way you know him? You mean you didn't have an Evel Knievel <a href="http://www.letsgoretro.com/classic_toys_evel_knievel.html" title="" rel="nofollow">dare devil stunt set</a> when you were young? ;) “OneForTheRoad” apologies for the delay approving your comment, I didn’t get any notification from wordpress that there was a comment awaiting approval!

Thanks Antonio! So that’s the only way you know him? You mean you didn’t have an Evel Knievel dare devil stunt set when you were young? ;)

]]> By: Antonio from Italy http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146703 Antonio from Italy Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:46:40 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146703 Maca, it isn't a song specificallu about him, but there's a line where his name appears. The song, from the LP <i>"The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway"</i> (1974), is <i>Riding The Scree</i> and the lyrics is the following: <i>Struggling down the slope, There's not much hope. I begin to try to ride the scree, But the rocks are tumbling all around me. If I want John alive, I've got to ditch my fear-take a dive, While I've still got my drive to survive. Evel Knievel, you got nothing on me. Here I go!</i> Hope it helps! :-) Maca, it isn’t a song specificallu about him, but there’s a line where his name appears.
The song, from the LP “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” (1974), is Riding The Scree and the lyrics is the following:
Struggling down the slope,
There’s not much hope.
I begin to try to ride the scree,
But the rocks are tumbling all around me.
If I want John alive,
I’ve got to ditch my fear-take a dive,
While I’ve still got my drive to survive.
Evel Knievel, you got nothing on me.
Here I go!

Hope it helps! :-)

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146620 maca Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:35:02 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146620 I'm not familiar with that Antonio, is one of the songs about him? I’m not familiar with that Antonio, is one of the songs about him?

]]> By: Antonio from Italy http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146593 Antonio from Italy Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:55:48 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146593 The only way I know this name through is a song by Genesis in the LP "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" The only way I know this name through is a song by Genesis in the LP “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146577 maca Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146577 Mid-70's I was still in nappies ;) He was popular here in the late 70's/early 80's, would loved to have seen him jump. Mid-70′s I was still in nappies ;)
He was popular here in the late 70′s/early 80′s, would loved to have seen him jump.

]]> By: Cionaodh http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146532 Cionaodh Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:30:40 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146532 I was blessed/cursed to see himself doing stunts at a local college stadium in the mid-70s. Having not much disposable cash at the time, I was reduced to catching glimpses of the show from the backside of the stands through an opening where he'd come to & fro on the bike to turn around. We couldn't see the actual jumps, mind you, just himself & the bike pre & post jump. Fortunately, he finished unharmed that day, unlike so many other times. I was blessed/cursed to see himself doing stunts at a local college stadium in the mid-70s. Having not much disposable cash at the time, I was reduced to catching glimpses of the show from the backside of the stands through an opening where he’d come to & fro on the bike to turn around. We couldn’t see the actual jumps, mind you, just himself & the bike pre & post jump. Fortunately, he finished unharmed that day, unlike so many other times.

]]> By: OneForTheRoad http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146507 OneForTheRoad Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=890#comment-146507 Legend. Nuff said. Legend. Nuff said.

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