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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg
New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.
I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.
Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoy the time we can spend together.
I want to again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottled water. You know the routine. Sit down. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.99 a bushel. Pairs are selling in Billings, and they're selling all the way from $3,650 all the way up to $5,350 per pair. I hope to shout. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings wish I could say more, but they just sit there. $2.91 a pound. But, guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:If feedback was food, I'd be a 98lb weakling. But I do get a little feedback. And just the other day, I heard from a listener, and they said, I just listened to your episode on Studebaker. My 1st car was a Studebaker.
OK Solberg:I bought it in 1960. Got a loan from the 1st State Bank. Member FDIC. I added that part. And she ends the text message with, oh, those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end. Oh, yes. Mary Hopkin on her 1969 album. I remember that song. I bet you do too. How could I forget?
OK Solberg:1969. The year of the moon landing, the year of Woodstock, the year of the crazy Manson murders, even the year of the Vietnam Draft Lottery on national television. Oh, yes. 1969 was a year to remember. And if you go to transistor.fm or pull up the Fountain app, you can hear this program anytime you like, and I'll post another clip that will make you smile from here till sundown.
OK Solberg:For nobody can forget that the #1 song for 1969 was Sugar Sugar by the Archies. I even heard that song was the Roughnecks anthem. But check out the short video clip that is posted in this episode online. See, guys, even 57 years later, Sugar Sugar lives on. Oh, yeah. Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end.
OK Solberg:Which also reminds me of our theme bible verse for The 405 from Deuteronomy 32:7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations. Ask your father and he will show you. Your elders and they will tell you. Remember and never forget Deuteronomy 32 verse seven.
OK Solberg:Mary Hopkin cut the song in 1968, but it showed up on her 1969 album. And how did it go again? Those were the days, my friend. I'm so dizzy. My head is spinning like a whirlpool. It never ends. Oh, I remember it like yesterday. Left a good job in the city working for the man every night and day. Now I don't hardly know her, but I think I could love her, Crimson and Clover.
OK Solberg:Why do you build me up, Buttercup, just to let me down? Hands touching hands, reaching out, touching me, touching you. Sweet Carolina. Good times never seem so good. See? In the year 2525, if man is still alive, if woman can survive, they will find. What goes up must come down. Spinning wheel, gotta go around.
OK Solberg:Talking about your troubles is a crying sin. Ride a painted pony. Let the spinning wheel spin. Yeah. See, up at Cody's camp, I spent my days, Lord, with flat car riders and cross tie walkers. Old Cody Junior took me over, said you're gonna find the world is smoldering. And if you get lost, come on home to Green River.
OK Solberg:I love you so. I always will. I look at you and see the passion eyes of May. Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day? These eyes watched you bring my world to an end. This heart could not accept and pretend the hurting's on me. Yeah. Galveston. Oh, Galveston. I still hear your sea winds blowing.
OK Solberg:I still see her dark eyes glowing. She was 21 when I left Galveston. Everybody's talking at me. I I don't hear a word they're saying, only the echoes of my mind. Oh, man. The games people play now every night and every day now, never meaning what they say now, never saying what they mean.
OK Solberg:And then you painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair. Ruby, are you contemplating going out somewhere? I should laugh, but I cry because your love has passed me by. You took me by surprise.
OK Solberg:You didn't realize, but I was waiting. I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me. Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me. The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down. And here come old flat top.
OK Solberg:He come grooving up slowly. He got Jew Jew eyeball. He won holy roller. He got hair down to his knees. Got to be a joker. He just do what he please. I'm telling you. Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end. Now memories hold the songs our younger hearts once sang.
OK Solberg:So until next time. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.