> > --- turquoiseb wrote: > > > > To lay with pretty women > > To drink Madeira wine > > To hear the roller's thunder on a shore that isn't mine > > > > Privateering, we will go > > Privateering, yo! ho! ho! > > Privateering, we will go > > Yeah, oh! ho! ho! > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7Dit1qw24 > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7Dit1qw24> > > > > --- turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > I always liked this song. It captures the FUN aspect of being > a privateer -- a pirate. Privateers were necessary evils back in > the day. Countries like Britain and Spain didn't have the > money to back the kind of endless wars they liked to fight, > so they "contracted out" the warfare to privateers, who were > commissioned by the various kings to sink the ships of the > country they were at war with. Good deal for the kings, good > deal for the privateers -- they got to keep all the booty. > > Mark wrote this song with the life of a rock 'n roll artist in > mind. The cover of the album (not released until recently in > the US because of contract disputes) shows an old battered > van used by a rock band to ferry them back and forth > between gigs. He identified with the privateer lifestyle. > > Me, whenever I hear the song, I think about other work that > is "contracted out," for example, to me. > > I've worked as a contractor since 1983. Haven't been an > employee of a company in all of that time. Pirate. > > And it's been FUN. Sure, you miss the supposed security > of having a "permanent job," but anyone reading the > headlines knows that no job is permanent. Besides, like > Mark's privateers, the life of a contractor gives you the > opportunity to see the world. > > Companies willing to "contract out" their dirty work to > me have enabled me to live in LA, Malibu, Palo Alto, > New York City, Pound Ridge, NY, Hartford, CT, Boston, > Santa Fe, Paris, the south of France, Spain, Holland, > and now Paris again. Good for them. Because all of > these places (well, Hartford kinda sucked) were pretty > COOL, each in their own ways, and I really enjoyed > being able to live there. > > Currently such a company is paying for me to sit in this > sidewalk cafe in Paris and rap about the joys of piracy. > Good for them. > > Arrrrr. >
Speaking of pirates, I think "ThePirateBay.org" was taken off the grid. All I get is this.. https://thepiratebay.sx/ <https://thepiratebay.sx/>
