# Because there can't be too many threads about Michael Murphey's Wildfire. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 3, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595 "2007-04-03T18:40:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/41 "2013-01-05T00:36:57Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I now have an odd mental youtube of David Lee Roth singing WildFire. > > “Yeah, I always liked those kind of horse shoes, too. No no no no, don’t take 'em off, leave 'em on. A little more to the right…” I have the mental picture of Michael Moriarty wailing the song while while indicting a mobster nicknamed Wildfire for 2nd degree murder. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/42 "2013-01-05T01:31:24Z")
“Sodbusting”? I always thought it was “somebody”. Now it all makes so much more sense. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/43 "2013-01-05T02:39:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Some zombie threads make my day. This is one… except for the fact that I now have “Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiildfire!” in my head. Great do we now have a zombie ghost horse. Or a ghost zombie horse? And do ghost zombie horses shamble in the skyyyyyyyyyyy? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/44 "2013-01-05T02:42:23Z")
That’s what you get when some momma lets her kids grow up to be cowboys. ---
**Author:** ![Hannah1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@Hannah1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hannah1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/45 "2013-01-05T02:48:59Z")
He that recieves a prophet recieves his reward it’s said, In wildfire’s song the Green Eyed Lady is posed as dead. She comes alive to call love’s name, But another answers while he refrains, By his own words he has confessed, Accuracy of prophecy is considered less, Than character alone in 2003, So it matters little what you believe, If prophecy has not to do with accuracy. It is not him that to me does speak, But an imatator of truth and lies beneath, In sheep’s clothing you all are dressed, I’ll hear no more song’s that you express.😉 BTW… I love Czarcasm ---
**Author:** ![Hannah1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@Hannah1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hannah1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/46 "2013-01-05T03:05:59Z")
Now back to my movie in progress, The Words. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/47 "2013-01-05T03:28:18Z")
And the sad thing is Murphey is a legitimately talented artist with a long history of promoting Western culture and Indian rights. [Here’s a much better song by him.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiTYf8iJC84) ---
**Author:** ![Hannah1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@Hannah1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hannah1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/48 "2013-01-05T03:39:50Z")
Sorry…_imitator_ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/49 "2013-01-05T03:43:12Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > Marvin Gaye and Zane Grey spelled their names differently from their fathers, so you never know. What? Zane Grey was Marvin Gaye’s _father_? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/50 "2013-01-05T03:55:36Z")
> [@Hannah1](#): > > BTW.. I love Czarcasm I get that alot…but the next morning all I have to show for it is a crumpled up $20 bill on the dresser and no phone number. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/51 "2013-01-05T04:02:34Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > Marvin Gaye and Zane Grey spelled their names differently from their fathers, so you never know. I think my confusion came from the fact that in the early 90s, Michael Martin Murphey had a hit song called, “Talking to the Wrong Man”, a duet with his son Ryan. And somehow Ryan’s name never stuck in my head. So when, not long after, David Lee Murphy’s first song hit the radio, I just sort of assumed he was the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/52 "2013-01-05T04:23:53Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > What? Zane Grey was Marvin Gaye’s _father_? No, but _Lady_ Zane Gray was his _mother_… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/53 "2013-01-05T04:30:43Z")
As long as we’re reopening this case, has anyone checked David Frost’s alibi? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/54 "2013-01-05T10:55:35Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Well now, that makes a lot more sense! Can you tell me if, in the desert you can’t remember your name because there ain’t no one to give you blame, shame or fame? I always thought “pain”. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/55 "2013-01-05T15:51:38Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Because there can’t be too many threads about Michael Murphey’s Wildfire. It’s been five years. Has the statute of limitations passed for calling the OP on this blatant falsehood? ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/56 "2013-01-05T19:20:03Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Well, if you’ll excuse me, I don’t have time to stand around yackin’, what with four hungry children and a crop in the field. My friend will tell you that four hundred children took a crap in the field. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/57 "2013-01-05T20:51:00Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I always thought “pain”. Has to be “pain”–“blame,” “shame,” and “fame” actually _rhyme_. You can always ask the “fly with a buzz” in “the heat [that] was hot.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/58 "2013-01-05T21:31:35Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > My friend will tell you that four hundred children took a crap in the field. That’ll certainly reduce the fertilizer bill. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/59 "2013-01-05T22:34:09Z")
And gives us some idea of why he was upset at the timing of his loose wheel (on his tractor) leaving him. Dumped him in the poop when it caused his tractor to tip over. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595/60 "2013-01-05T23:33:27Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > My friend will tell you that four hundred children took a crap in the field. _South Park_ made an episode out of it. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-there-cant-be-too-many-threads-about-michael-murpheys-wildfire/398595.md?page=2)