magic carpet ride? - Page 3

axotiger · #31 12-09-2002, 10:41 AM

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Originally posted by phidelta315
As far as the significance of the song, sorry ladies but you'll just never know

yes yes, we know

!! My brother is a Lambda Chi... the first time I hung out with them that they played this song, I just kinda stood there with my mouth open. (the whole jumping around like a mosh pit and stripping down to their boxers -- pretty interesting since we were at Mountain Weekend and it was a tad chilly.. but that's an ENTIRELY different story

) I asked him about it later, and he just laughed in my face... so I kinda learned that it was somthing that I was never gonna learn. That was 2 years ago, and by now even I get excited when the song comes on!!! Actually, whenever I hear that song (not at a lambda chi thing) I call my brother ... it's usually when I'm drunk, so he makes fun of me.. but oh well!!

MattJackson5 · #32 12-09-2002, 11:09 AM

I love MCR myself; but stripping down to boxers during the song...something that I've never seen done before

In ZAX,
Matt

texas*princess · #33 12-09-2002, 05:43 PM

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Originally posted by axotiger

the whole jumping around like a mosh pit and stripping down to their boxers -- pretty interesting since we were at Mountain Weekend and it was a tad chilly.. but that's an ENTIRELY different story

Hmm that is definately interesting... I most all the Lambda Chi's I know do the whole mosh-pit thing... however, I have never seen any strip down to their boxers

MattJackson5 · #34 12-10-2002, 12:50 AM

That's the beauty of organizations such as ours--we have a knowledge of certain things when it comes to matters of Rituals and all. That's what brings us together within our respective organizations and also brings us together externally with other organizations. College fraternities and sororities alike were spawned from many other elder secret societies and it's very safe to say that all our ceremonies are generally the same and that is exemplified in Lambda Chi Alpha's open rituals and I'm sure it's the same elsewhere.

Sorry to have babbled...I just got that spontaneous urge to chat away

Matt

sirboomLXA · #35 03-31-2003, 11:57 AM

If not already posted if you listen to the words the singer sings of a genie's lamp or something. If you remember at various events such as association, etc. the genie-like lamp you will understand the association of the fraternity to this song. That is my take.

Tom Earp · #36 03-31-2003, 09:28 PM

Nick, there are certain things that are not put out on G C site!

Just a word to the wise.

There was a thread a while back posting the XO or AXO Ritual so they said!

Things having to do with any part of the Indoctronation of any sort is verbotin.

JonoBN41 · #37 03-31-2003, 10:32 PM

Genie-schmeenie my butt. It's just a bitchin' cool song that gets everyone going, whatever the fraternity.

Does anyone know who wrote it and if he was in a frat? Just wondering...

In ZAX,
Jono

MattJackson5 · #38 03-31-2003, 10:39 PM

One of the brothers in my chapter said that he met one of the Steppenwolf guys and that one of them is a brother and the he wrote the song. People should just stop telling myths like the one about the General Fraternity didn't like it, so they kicked them out. That's just silly because you don't get kicked out for stuff like that--it just brings the brotherhood together more and I was also at General Assembly and saw the presentation where they played the song and everyone had a good time...especially with the picture of John Tesh at the end of it!!. I agree with Jono, it's just a kick-ass song!!

In ZAX,
Matt

Corbin Dallas · #39 04-01-2003, 12:19 PM

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Originally posted by Tom Earp
Nick, there are certain things that are not put out on G C site!

Just a word to the wise.

There was a thread a while back posting the XO or AXO Ritual so they said!

Things having to do with any part of the Indoctronation of any sort is verbotin.

He's not posting anything that anyone else could guess, since he's an AM Tom, chill

ZAX
Steve

EM1843 · #40 04-01-2003, 01:41 PM

Actually it kind of bothered me more because he's an AM that he posted that...I know nothing was said, but he doesn't yet know what to say and what not to say...Hopefully he'll learn what is "accepted" to talk about...

Tom Earp · #41 04-01-2003, 05:14 PM

Steve, sorry but it was brought up to me as a poster (LXA) and a Mod!

I have been watching this thread to see if anything is out of the orderary!

We do no know for sure who this person is! Many snakes in the grass so to speak if you watch some of the Greek Threads!

RACooper · #42 04-01-2003, 05:19 PM

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Originally posted by MattJackson5
One of the brothers in my chapter said that he met one of the Steppenwolf guys and that one of them is a brother and the he wrote the song. People should just stop telling myths like the one about the General Fraternity didn't like it, so they kicked them out. That's just silly because you don't get kicked out for stuff like that--it just brings the brotherhood together more and I was also at General Assembly and saw the presentation where they played the song and everyone had a good time...especially with the picture of John Tesh at the end of it!!. I agree with Jono, it's just a kick-ass song!!

In ZAX,
Matt

Not true as far as I know.... I is a simple matter of looking into their Bio... where did they go to school? and did that school have a chapter?

Well the songwriter spent sometime here in Toronto.... but his name does not appear on our roster (I was the Rho)... so I'd have to say that while I lot of guys wish that there was a connection to LCA; i'm 99% sure there isn't.

Tom Earp · #43 04-01-2003, 05:28 PM

Hey Coop how is the hinter land to the Far North of Kansas?

Go Hawks! Had to throw that in. So do youse all play BB in teh frozen Tundra?

Glad to see the Brothers or Brother is still hooking along with us Bros. to the South!

RACooper · #44 04-01-2003, 08:19 PM

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Originally posted by Tom Earp
Hey Coop how is the hinter land to the Far North of Kansas?

Go Hawks! Had to throw that in. So do youse all play BB in teh frozen Tundra?

Glad to see the Brothers or Brother is still hooking along with us Bros. to the South!

Hawks?

The only Hawks I know is the Blackhawks and their from Chicago....

Hey we play every sport up here.... and some that you haven't heard of or tried

On a side note... we just had a snowfall again here on the weekend, after a relatively warm week (12-15C around 60F). It's going to make this weekends I intresting as usual.

MattJackson5 · #45 04-01-2003, 11:55 PM

Just to show how speculative it is, there was a counterpoint to my point, sorry, I just couldn't resist. It's almost like the commercial where the kid asks how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? I guess we'll never know.

--Matt