Great ghost story of a Memphis bar

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRWCwWdetEg

A friend of ours produced this five minute piece for a film class. It is a tale of a Memphis bar that has a lot of history. There is a great ghost story in the middle of it, re: the jukebox coming on with a particular song, which related to the conversation at the time. I thought some of you might enjoy this.................

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1. That is such a cool story. Nothing menacing

just nice musical feedback. Now, what can't all ghosts play nicely like that :)

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3. kinda like Casper

the friendly ghost!

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2. cool story! loved to hear how vibrant the city was w/ trains and soul food.

probably a halfway point for people going up and down the blues corridor and all the pullman union workers spreading the latest information... there's some rich history in those walls.

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4. yeah, and that part of downtown

Is still a throwback. It completely missed out on the sixties and seventies, so all those haunts are mostly the same as they were. The train station is renovated.........tastefully.......but rarely used except for things like wedding receptions.:rofl:

It was the setting for the movie "Mystery Train" which had quite an Indie following.

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5. OMG I love that movie

It's weird as shit, but I love it!
:rofl:

Some cities really carry the spirit (and spirits) of the past so strongly. I've never been to Memphis (hey, was that a song? :D--oh wait it was I've BEEN to Memphis--moving on ;) ) but I feel that way about New Orleans. Layers and layers and layers of the past remain.

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6. that hotel

was across the street from Ernestine and Hazel's. I actually think the hotel is gone now. Maybe there is a restaurant there? I don't get down there too much. About a block away is the infamous Lorraine Motel, where MLK was assassinated--now the National Civil Rights Museum.

You are definitely right about the movie being weird!!

Most famous "recent" song about Memphis-- Walkin' in Memphis......

Then there is the oldie "Long distance information get me Memphis, Tennessee"

Yeah, New Orleans is about a six hour drive from here. We used to go quite a bit but not since Katrina! We had ton of people here who were refugees from Katrina. One who stayed is the doctor that did Steve Job's liver transplant.

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7. "Walking in Memphis" is one of my favorite songs!

Sounds like we need a Memphis playlist! I was thinking of Lyle Lovett's "I've Been to Memphis". The humor in it is GREAT (and the tune is funky):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d5-v0XVXE8

The sun comes up
In a coffee cup
Waitress please I've had enough

Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right there beside me girl
And make yourself at home

I've been to Memphis
And Muscle Shoals
And I love a woman
What I don't know

When the sun goes down
It's another town
Bartender please another round

Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right there beside me girl
And make yourself at home

I've been to Houston
And San Anton-i-o
And I love a woman
What I don't know

Sherry she had big ones
Sally had some too
But Allison had little ones
What hate to go to school

And I make my bed
Where I lay my head
And I wish I heard what she just said

Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right there beside me girl
And make yourself at home

I've been to LA
And El Paso
And I love a woman
What I don't know

Sherry she had big ones
Sally had some too
But Allison had little ones
What hate to go to school

And I make my bed
Where I lay my head
And I wish I heard what she just said

Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right there beside me girl
And make yourself at home

I've been to...
And where I go
I love a woman
What I don't know

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8. LOL, I've been to all those places

And I don't even remember the song, but it is great, you are right.

You might be too young for Chuck Berry. Listen to John Lennon help butcher this song--(Long Distance Information, give me Memphis, Tennessee)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kgu71d81U

It's a kinda funny performance. Great song though.

Alex Chilton (Big Star) just died. He was from Memphis. When he was with the Boxtops he had a wonderful song (The Letter).

Elvis, of course, is a big industry here.

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9. Au contraire, Miz C!

While I'm a huge Beatlemaniac (group and solo work), and I appreciate John's version, I LOVE me some Chuck Berry and know the original well! :D I've always been a big fan of '50s and '60s rock. (I was very sad to hear Alex Chilton died. I always liked "The Letter.")

I have a theory (not just based on my musical preference LOL) that my past life prior to this one was quite current--that I had been a young 'un/teen in the '50s and in my 20s in the '60s. I cam out of the womb loving '50s rock and glommed onto British skiffle music with a vengeance. I also was obsessed with the British "mod" style when I was tiny--I remember begging my mom to let me wear her white fake-leather knee-high boots to kindergarten (she said no ;) ). I strongly suspect that I died young, likely in England, maybe even London, in '65 and turned right around and came back in '66 with all my style preferences intact.

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10. Too bad your mom said "no"

It would have made a really cute picture! I have a feeling I was really, really poor in past lives--looking through garbage cans poor, and extremely resourceful, able to successfully get by on scraps of food that I would find by all means possible. This may be generational, though, as I have a fair share of Irish in my background.