This first appeared on an "other people doing Yoko songs" album called "Every Man Has a Woman", which was one of the first ten or so CDs I ever bought.  While I prefer the original Yoko version, I like the Elvis Costello one just because it's so different while still recognizably being the same song.

Having said that, I never thought I'd hear anyone other than *me* play it!

Once upon a time, I was wandering down Front Street in Lahaina, Maui, with a couple of buddies.  That wasn't unusual; for four years, I was a crewmember on the USS Tunny, a 'fast-attack' submarine  based in Pearl Harbor.  The sub actually went to Lahaina twice, and us sailors learned that Lahaina was a happening town.  We returned often when we could.

Well, we were wandering past the Lahaina Yacht Club and I dared my buddies to go in with me.  To assuage their concerns that we'd be unceremoniously (and immediately) tossed back into the street, I promised two rounds on me.

The place was empty, and the bartender was eager for company.  We chatted for a few minutes, guzzled our beers (sailors!) and a Fleetwood Mac song came over the stereo.  The bartender says, "Yeah, Mick and his crew were in here last week.  He has this big wooden yawl named Challenge, and always stops in for a few days when the boat's here."

"He had these long-sleeve t-shirts printed up for their cruise," he continued,  pointing to a rack of t-shirts illustrated by a sailboat being steered by a teddy bear, with Challenge: Pacific Cruise 1978 emblazoned on the right sleeve.  "Those are leftovers he donated to the Club.  You want one?"

Each of us bought one, finished our beers and headed out the door.  Now, however, we were wandering with a purpose: impostors pretending to be Mick Fleetwood's professional sailing crew. 

Posted 11 months ago by thewiseking:
so, clearly this lil wanker is doing a Lee Hazlewood/Sanford Clark Hipster tribute. He is foolin noone.

When I first joined RP I wrote to William (Then Bill) and said I couldn't stand Dylan and why did he play so much. Was there a method of giving them Zero so RP would skip them. William explained that when he was young he did not like Dylan much but one of his friends made him sit down and listen with the lyrics. Subsequently I have done that with Dylan songs and slowly but surely raised my scores for some Dylan songs. I now do the same with Little Simz, I think her music is good but lyrics are great. I give her a high enough score to get her into my favorites. I joined RP because I could not stand the stupidity of DJs, worse was two competing to see who was the most stupid, but because of that my knowledge and appreciation of new music was not progressing. So congratulations to William and team for introducing me to artists I might otherwise miss. Thank You!!!