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| Big Dog |
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Haz robots, no la guerra. Son las últimas
estrellas del Ejército estadounidense. El
grande es BigDog, un impresionante
cuadrúpedo robótico capaz de correr y
escalar (hasta 35 grados de pendiente) en
terrenos difÃciles. Es increÃble ver cómo
patina sobre el hielo soportanto cargas de
más de 100 kilos. Es un encargo del DARPA
americano a la empresa Boston Dynamics para
enviarlo como apoyo a Irak. Pronto llegarán
allà también miles de mandos de la Wii, que
serán usados por los soldados para controlar
a otro robot, el Packbot, una máquina
detectora de minas y explosivos bastante
eficaz.
Tags : Big Dog ejército americano robots |
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Affichage : 244746
Durée : 210 s |
| Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John |
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BIG BAD JOHN
is a country song originally performed by
Jimmy Dean and composed by Dean and Roy
Acuff. Released in September 1961, by the
beginning of November it went to number one
on the Billboard Hot 100 and won Dean the
1962 Grammy Award for Best Country &
Western Recording.
* The Jordainares sing backup on this song.
* Floyd Cramer was to play piano backup but
suggested that a hammer hitting steel would
be better! Floyd has no ego problem.
Everyone wanted this to be a big hit for
Jimmy, one he badly needed.
Visit SongFacts for some interesting tidbits
about the song:
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1804
Other artists that covered Big Bad John:
(source: Wikipedia)
Johnny Cash
Jim Ed Brown
Henson Cargill
Charlie Daniels
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Deadbolt
Tex Williams
Tennessee Ernie Ford
--LYRICS--
Big John
Big John
Every morning at the mine you could see him
arrive
He stood six-foot-six and weighed
two-forty-five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the
hip
Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big
John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all
alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
If ya spoke at all, ya just said hi to Big
John
Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight o'er a cajun queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Lousianna fella to the promised land,
Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought they'd breathed their
last, 'cept John
Through the dust and the smoke of this
man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew
well
Grabbed the saggin' timber and gave out with
a groan
And like a giant oak tree, just stood there
alone, Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty
shove
Then a miner yelled out, there's a light up
above
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be
grave
now there's only one left down there to save,
Big John
With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
As smoke and gas belched outta the mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for
Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Now, they never re-opened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of
it
These few words are written on that stand,
At the bottom of this mine lies one Hell of a
man, Big John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
Big John
Big Bad John
Big John
The song and its sequel tell a story typical
of American folklore, reminiscent of Paul
Bunyan or John Henry.
Big Bad John was also the title of a 1990
television movie starring Dean.
Tags : jimmy dean big bad john country western pop |
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Affichage : 459259
Durée : 182 s |
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