Alice's Restaurant

By now if you're an avid reader of this blog you've come accustom to this post around every Thanksgiving. It's one of the few traditions I keep, but every turkey day I dust off Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant and listen to the title track. Clocking in at over eighteen minutes it is a lighthearted yet very profound folk song full of spot on social commentaries. Thanksgiving is a family holiday, and I don't think anyone has the right to call their family normal. Every family has their eccentricities and bizarre facets, and the people that Guthrie introduces us to a whole host of crazy characters in this song. So, while you're putting together your tofurkey for tomorrow why not take a little trip to Alice's Restaurant.

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Alice's Restaurant Massacre

Alice's Restaurant

One of the few traditions I actually follow is listening to the Arlo Guthrie song "Alice's Restaurant Massacre" every Thanksgiving. I also see some of my fellow bloggers hold the tradition as well. Check out Aquarium Drunkard who delves more into this song than I possibly could. What I love about this song is that even though it clocks in around 20 minutes long it tells a charming story focused around irresistible food, while making funny social commentary about a number of different issues. I invite you to share with me in this tradition. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Alice's Restaurant Massacre