Musical open thread

Hmm... (0.00 / 0)

Although I'll never complain about something that has both Stevie and EWF, a bit pedestrian... "Still the One"?  Puh-leeze. Didn't McCain or someone use that? And to be still the one, don't they need to actually be the one, first?

And no, I'm not complaining due to lack of the theme from Shaft or some 20-minute long 70's Yes epic, so don't even go there.

You can read JD's latest at five before chaos. Politics. Godlessness. Music. Films of questionable quality. It's all there, folks.

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by: JDRyan @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 17:54:09 PM UTC

You do know (0.00 / 0)

that the guy  who brained that band is  a Democratic US Representative, right?

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 19:55:31 PM UTC

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PeasantswithPitchforks (4.00 / 1)

Oldie - Goodie  (and scroll to the link w/Colbert which is another classic).

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by: Pschauk Paughpette @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:46:44 PM UTC

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Yes (4.00 / 1)

I recognize him on their famous naked album cover.  

You can read JD's latest at five before chaos. Politics. Godlessness. Music. Films of questionable quality. It's all there, folks.

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by: JDRyan @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:48:08 PM UTC

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oh yes (4.00 / 1)

and this is a fine piece of his work: Half Moon
(turn it up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...  

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by: Doug Hoffer @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:38:36 PM UTC

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Oh yeah (0.00 / 0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

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by: BP @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 23:09:08 PM UTC

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Janis (0.00 / 0)

nice
(John Hall wrote the tune actually)

I had the good fortune to see Janis sing with Tina Turner in 1969 at the Garden in NYC; Janis came out for Tina's encore and the place went nuts

oh yeah, then The Rolling Stones played...
it was a good night

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by: Doug Hoffer @ Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:34:56 AM UTC

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Copyright? (1.50 / 2)

Her campain must have paid a lot of money to get the copyrights to all that music.  

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by: mapleman @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 17:58:45 PM UTC

They don't need copyright license (4.00 / 1)

to tell you what songs they played at a party.
Sit back down.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 19:57:11 PM UTC

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Huh (0.00 / 0)

Given the wide-spread mis-understanding of the lyrics to "Blinded by the Light" I find that to be a pretty odd choice.

"GMD's once proud libertarian-socialist"

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by: wdh3 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 19:05:22 PM UTC

It's not the misunderstood ones (4.00 / 1)

It's the UNDERSTOOD ones.

I think there are at least 10 references to the reproductive process or reproductive organs in the first verse alone.

I doubt they used the Ska version from the Live in Dublin CD. That would have been really cool.

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by: Pschauk Paughpette @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:13:19 PM UTC

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To clarify ----------- (4.00 / 1)

The references to getting laid on the beach at Asbury Park are cool.  Just plain cool.  Please do not take my comments any other way.  I like the song.

The song might seem like an "odd choice" in Puritanistan America. But I fully endorse the choice on its artistic and thematic merits, particularly all that getting laid stuff in the first verse.  

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by: Pschauk Paughpette @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:24:02 PM UTC

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I was talking (0.00 / 0)

about the popular interpretation of the lyrics as "wrapped up like a douche..."

I mean- survey 10 people, I'd bet at least half of em think those are the actual words....

"GMD's once proud libertarian-socialist"

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by: wdh3 @ Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:53:08 AM UTC

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Maybe there is something wrong with me (3.33 / 3)

but I don't see the point of a campaign "play list."  This is the kind of peripheral nonsense that makes me wonder whether or not we, as a nation, have the attention-span left to operate a functional democracy.

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by: Sue Prent @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 19:17:48 PM UTC

So (0.00 / 0)

ignore it!
Jesus Christ, this is a small thing.
Happens all the time.
The only time it's  a problem is when they happen to use music from someone who doesn't like their politics.
Like if she had used a Ted Nugent song, he'd'a said, "Stop" and bashed the evil Democrat STEALING HIS GREAT WORK!  And gotten all sorts of publicity for his crap politics and his equally crappy music. ANd shed have stopped, of course.
On the other hand, if Deb had used a Ted Nugent song, it woulda called her intelligence into question....:)

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:02:41 PM UTC

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Now You're Talkin'! (0.00 / 0)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

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by: GreenMtBoy @ Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 14:16:36 PM UTC

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was that (0.00 / 0)

a try out for This Is Spinal Tap?

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by: Doug Hoffer @ Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 20:43:05 PM UTC

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You can feel it all over! :) (4.00 / 1)

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:07:20 PM UTC

Wow (0.00 / 0)

I guess this board better stick to dust-dry dissections of legislative action and vote counts and tritium leaks, because apparently, God forbid anything half-ass lighthearted should get posted here. It seems to make purity trolls out of otherwise reasonable people.

lighten up, folks. Life is short.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:17:30 PM UTC

Lighten up? (0.00 / 0)

Who's the one getting bent out of shape over it? Most of us are just in the "who cares?/that's silly" camp.

You can read JD's latest at five before chaos. Politics. Godlessness. Music. Films of questionable quality. It's all there, folks.

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by: JDRyan @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 20:52:48 PM UTC

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I find it symptomatic (0.00 / 0)

of the perception of left-of =centers as effete snobs who play chess but find a game of pool or darts beneath their dignity.
I thought that was unproductive and frankly, emblematic of the kind of people I tend to avoid. I can't stand a snob.
That's just me.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:06:57 PM UTC

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I play pool... (0.00 / 0)

not very well, but what kind of response would meet your approval?

"Gee that's great, but there really needs to be more country music on there."

How's that?

You can read JD's latest at five before chaos. Politics. Godlessness. Music. Films of questionable quality. It's all there, folks.

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by: JDRyan @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:13:29 PM UTC

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Maybe it's what SHOULDN'T have been said. (0.00 / 0)

This is the kind of peripheral nonsense that makes me wonder whether or not we, as a nation, have the attention-span left to operate a functional democracy.

Well, excuse the fuck out of me.

Snot is cheap, repulsive, and not particularly useful.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:43:58 PM UTC

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You see it as mucus... (0.00 / 0)

I see it as a poignant comment on the pathetic state of modern political campaigning, that some consultant has to sit around and come up with a "playlist"...

"Phish in there for the hippies? Check. Gotta throw some country in there for the blue-collar types. Check. Some 70's funk and Orleans for the boomers? Check. Oh, and don't forget the 80's and at least something modern that made it on the radio, too."

Sue thinks it's peripheral nonsense. I think that's putting it mildly. You disagree. Lighten up. I doubt anyone's gonna vote or not vote for Deb because of her "playlist".

You can read JD's latest at five before chaos. Politics. Godlessness. Music. Films of questionable quality. It's all there, folks.

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by: JDRyan @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:53:33 PM UTC

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Voting's not the point. (4.00 / 1)

Enjoying life and smiling is the point.

Hope I die before I get old.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

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by: kestrel9000 @ Wed Mar 10, 2010 at 21:59:04 PM UTC

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I know . . . . (0.00 / 0)

 . . .it's only

with Tina:

and without Tina:

sláinte,
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-- Religion is like sodomy: both can be harmless when practiced between consenting adults but neither should be imposed upon children.

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by: Caoimhin Laochdha @ Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 01:51:14 AM UTC

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How about one that reflects the current reality (0.00 / 0)

... for a few too many Vermonter (and Americans in general):

Beware the Everyday Brutality of the Averted Gaze

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by: mataliandy @ Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 01:09:06 AM UTC