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  Convoy (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Convoy" is a 1975 novelty song performed by C.W. McCall (pseudonym of Bill Fries) that became a number-one hit in the USA and helped start a worldwide craze for citizens band (CB) radio.
The song consists of three different types of interspersed dialog: A simulated CB conversation, the narration of the story and the chorus.
The convoy crashes another road block when crossing a toll bridge into New Jersey, and by this time they have "a thousand screamin' trucks" in all.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convoy_(song)   (808 words)

  
 Song Convoy (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
1) " Song" -- In the context of Song Convoy
Art songs are songs created for performance in their own right, or for the purposes of a European upper class, usuallywith piano accompaniment, although they can also have other types of accompaniment suchas an orchestra or stringquartet, and are always notated.
2) " Convoy" -- In the context of Song Convoy
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 Convoy
Convoy was one of them, and probably the strangest choice of all the later entries in his catalogue.
Eventually, the truckers all join together in a convoy that stretches for over a mile in length and causes all sorts of media attention and ultimately brings to light Dirty Lyle’s abusive and corrupt ways.
Be sure to turn the theme song that plays over the beginning of the film way up loud for maximum trucker effect.
www.dvdmaniacs.net /Reviews/A-D/convoy.html   (759 words)

  
 Convoy by C.W. McCall Songfacts
This is a novelty song inspired by the CB radio craze of the mid-'70s.
The story of "Convoy" was told in CB jargon and with a Country and Western (the "C.W.") twang.
Convoy was the definitive song of the CB Radio craze.
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 Convoy_CW McCall
McCall's new version of convoy is played crystal clear and loud during movie though split into 3 verses, beginning middle and finale.
Better or worse a verse I labeled "Texas Dawn", which is seen/heard in the scene in which the trucks line up side by side to trash the town Spider Mike is hell in jail, is not even found in the soundtrack.
The movie was not to be based the individual characters both all of them as a whole, the trucks and the main character was the cb.
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 Convoy (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Convoy was a movie released in 1978, directed by Sam Peckinpah, and starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, and Burt Young.
The movie was based on the 1975 hit country song by C.W. McCall.
The truckers communicate with each other via CB Radio, and much of the jargon associated with the CB radio craze are found in the film.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convoy_(movie)   (727 words)

  
 Movie Spoiler for the film - CONVOY
The convoy is up to 75mph when they come up on over cornering hill and RD quickly grabs the cb mic "backem down, backem down we got a bear in a plain brown rapper" (cop in a unmarked car on the side of the road).
The convoy stops, RD opens his door and looks out to see if she is ok. Pig Pen, Pack Rat and White Rat stop and pull her out of her truck.
The convoy reaches the road block and RD smashes thru the wood as well as strike a patrol car, Melissa passes out in the sleeper part of his truck.
www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/convoy.html   (3984 words)

  
 Convoy
"Convoy" was a popular song in the 70s when CB radios were the hot item.
It's about a convoy of trucks that gets on a roll and can't be stopped by the police.
This shopping convoy builds to a thousand family trucks and there's nothing the tree huggers can do to stop it.
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 CONVOY: Movie Reviews
In the story, based on C.W. McCall's song Convoy, a group of struggling truckers (who stay in touch by CB) run into a situation which ignites their indignation.
As news of the truck convoy spreads, unexpected allies join the line, and the now-gigantic illegal protest becomes the subject of national news reports.
A mile-long convoy of protesting truckers joins him, and the action builds to an incredible climax in one of the most destructive auto crash scenes ever filmed.
www.convoytm.com /CVMR.html   (672 words)

  
 The Chuck Miller Creative Writing Service: C.W. McCall and Convoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
"Convoy," a song where truck drivers join an ever-growing parade of Peterbilts and Kenworths and use "handles" to avoid the police - all told in CB jargon and lingo - changed all that.
We knew the song was a hit when had to go out to Los Angeles, and when we got off the airplane and rode downtown in our rented car, we turned on the radio, and there it was.
The song spurred dozens of similar CB radio songs, as well as popular truck driving movies (including a movie adaptation of "Convoy," starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw).
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 Convoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The film's major drawback is that it has none of the usual Peckinpah characters that stick in the viewers mind.
The truckers are led by Martin Penwald, a.k.a.
The film is not all that bad of its type, it's just a disappointment coming from a director who was capable of much better work.
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 Convoy MP3 Downloads - Convoy Music Downloads - Convoy Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
If the Jayhawks had taken less influence from the Byrds and more influence from the Beach Boys, they'd probably sound a lot like Convoy.
This song is available from the following music services.
Sunny California pop seeps through every note of Convoy's collection of fully realized demos entitled Pineapple Recording Sessions, named for the home studio where they were recorded during 1998...
www.mp3.com /convoy/artists/448396/songs.html   (594 words)

  
 Sam Peckinpah´s CONVOY 1978 - Thomas Schäfer´s FANSEITE / FAN-SITE - Copyright © 2003-2006
Die Songtexte zu den 2 CONVOY Songs Versionen findet Ihr unter Songtexte.
In 1975 when C.W. McCALL recorded the song "Convoy" on the album BLACK BEAR ROAD I am sure he never suspected the master-director SAM PECKINPAH would later make a move of the same name.
The lyrics for both versions of the song "Convoy" can be found elsewhere on this website.
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 Convoy - Moviefone
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 DVD.net : Convoy - DVD Review
That song was actually the inspiration for this film and a song is usually anywhere between two and a half to five minutes, while a story that short demands a smaller plot… so just try stretching that into a weak 106-minute film.
Convoy is a fad film, pure and simple.
While it has a sense of fun, it does try to bring in some deeper issues that don’t quite fit that fun sense, leaving the film a little in limbo.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=4037   (612 words)

  
 Convoy GB
In 1975, only a couple of months after C. McCall's original "Convoy", a parody of it was recorded by "Laurie Lingo and the Dipsticks".
Contrary to popular belief (and as suggested in the song) you can't actually go round and round it all day.
Whatever happens you're through it and out again in a matter of seconds, though it's quite conceivable that if you weren't reading the signs fast enough you now might not be going in the direction you were hoping for.
members.tripod.com /~Cybertrucker/convoygb.htm   (912 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Convoy: DVD: Franklyn Ajaye,Ernest Borgnine,Randy Brady,Jim Burk,Seymour Cassel,Bill Coontz,Brian ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A movie based on a CB radio song that morphed into a poetic homage to machinery; where trucks are turned into mythological monsters and filmed cruising through the heat-radiating desert to a score of classical music.
Just glance at the promotional poster and you may be able to hear the sounds of a million bubbles bursting in the minds of her male fans.
Ironically had they actually seen her horrible performance in "Convoy" they might have felt better, as the performance is so absurd it achieves a sort of surreal quality.
www.amazon.com /Convoy-Kris-Kristofferson/dp/B0000A9GK3   (1804 words)

  
 convoy - OneLook Dictionary Search
Convoy, convoy : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
CONVOY : Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary [home, info]
Phrases that include convoy: convoy pennant, caravana convoy, convoy assembly port, convoy caravana, convoy dispersal point, more...
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 CBC.ca Arts - Canadian soldiers star in music video
As for the singer himself, who has played for military audiences around the world, he says the song is a way to show his appreciation to Canada's army.
When Convoy first came out, it was a No. 1 hit on both the pop and country charts.
Brandt decided to record the song when he and his wife heard it while waiting in a theatre for a movie to start.
www.cbc.ca /arts/story/2004/07/30/convoy040730.html   (1520 words)

  
 Anatomy of a Song: "Convoy" quiz -- free game
Pit yourself against 10 questions about the song and/or associated facts.
Note: There is an American state also mentioned in the spoken words at the end of the song - this is NOT the state referred to in this question.
At the end of the song, the convoy refuses to stop to pay the toll at the bridge, so they "crash they gate doing ______".
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=203553   (230 words)

  
 Convoy Lyrics - by BABASONICOS : Lyrics And Songs
You are viewing lyrics of Convoy by BABASONICOS from the album UNKNOWN at LyricsAndSongs.COM
The Lyrics above are to Convoy and are (Mostly correct, Yet...
The Lyrics seem to be the lyrics to Convoy But they are (Wrong)
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 MSO
Last year, CONVOY opened for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Aerosmith, Coldplay, The White Stripes and Better Than Ezra.
The BLACK LICORICE album (the follow-up to 2000's self-released PINEAPPLE RECORDING SESSIONS) is what FMQB described as "...a combo of their intricate harmonies, eccentric Pop-savvy and unbridled Rock energy," brimming with rock guitars and vintage keyboards (Mellotron, Moog, Wurlitzer).
Written and recorded on a desolate ranch outside of San Diego, the album features songs by JASON HILL and BRIAN KARSCIG about unrequited love and the emotional fallout of relationships.
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 Cosmic Convoy Lyrics - by UTOPIA : Lyrics And Songs
There are more songs by UTOPIA that are not in albums here
You are viewing lyrics of Cosmic Convoy by UTOPIA from the album UNKNOWN at LyricsAndSongs.COM
The Lyrics above are to Cosmic Convoy and are (Mostly correct, Yet...
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 Convoy 2000 Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It shows the route described in the song "Convoy" and the route we plan to follow.
Certain national publications and news shows will have stories about this effort long before we fill the first gas tank so they will have time to publish and get out the word that "Convoy 2000 is coming your way!" We will try to have every vehicle tied together by CB communication on a predetermined channel.
Right now, the itinerairy looks like we'll be crossing in 5 days, departing Los Angeles (Shaky Town) on the morning of Tuesday, June 6, and arriving in Atlantic City on the Jersey Shore on the evening of Saturday, June 10.
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 Am I Right - Misheard Lyrics, Convoy (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song.
These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Convoy that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
www.amiright.com.cob-web.org:8888 /misheard/song/convoy.shtml   (242 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes Forums - Retire a song
Pick a song that's ten years old or older and retire it, therefore allowing yourself impunity from ever hearing it again.
This is an example of the Lucida Sans Unicode font with an orange hue and bold type.
I hate that song more than anything and I hear it at work everyday.
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 Convoy - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Convoy on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...
Cause we gotta great big convoy, rockin' through the night...
Download, listen and watch Convoy music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
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 Convoy (1978) Easter Egg : Yo, Paulie!
"Convoy" was put out at the height of citizen's band radio mania.
"Convoy" was a silly movie that even followed the theme to a country song called "Convoy".
It had some characters from the song as well.
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 C.w. Mccall - Convoy Song Lyrics
BRIt was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
BR(Yeah, we got a little ole convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)
BR(Yeah, we got a mighty convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)
www.elyrics4u.com /c/convoy_c_w_mccall.htm   (502 words)

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