Tuesday, November 5, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #310--D-Day!


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Which message will resonate with voters?

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Not a shadow of a doubt


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Yes we Kam!


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Kamala * 2024


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Not a tough decision


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The only patriotic choice for President


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Absolute classic


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Democrats are the ONLY American party


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Reminder: Never Quit, Never Surrender


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Hate vs. Love


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Monday, November 4, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #309--Election Eve!


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Superwomen


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Sad!


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And MAGA is the absolute worst of America


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Even more parallels between the GOP and Nazi Germany


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Abject racism


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Sunday, November 3, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #308


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Need to be protected from the entire GOP then


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The whole damn world


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The apartheid nazi


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Perverted evangelical to his very core


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Trump had plenty of practice on Putin


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Saturday, November 2, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #307




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Believe him


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A pathetic, sick, twisted cretin


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Fuck you, Donnie


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Nazis love them some Trump


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Who Trump admires is who he wants to be


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Friday, November 1, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #306


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What will history say you did?


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This is what democracy looks like


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Fake except the criminality, the treason, and the hate


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Unforgivable cruelty


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And smallpox and cholera and pneumonia and diptheria...


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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DXI--The Who: Don't Let Go the Coat

 Believe it or not, I had three quarters of this complete last Saturday....

A few years back my youngest son was playing the The Who's video Thirty Years of Maximum R & B Live (actually the 2009 re-release of it), and when this week's tune came on...I realized that over time I had completely forgotten about the song.  I literally loved this song when it was first released, and somehow it had disappeared from my memory. Makes me wonder how many other musical gems have faded from my mind these many years....

I've written about The Who twice (can't believe it's only twice), Vol. XLII and Vol. CLXXX, and I wrote about a song each by Pete Townshend (here) and Roger Daltrey (here), so there's really not much else to add other than the fact that we saw them live in 2022, and for a couple of guys just about touching eighty years of age, Townshend and Daltrey put on a hell of a show.  Also to note that, amazingly enough, they're still my favorite band....

"Don't Let Go the Coat" was the second single released from The Who's 1981 album, the rather profile rhythmically entitled, Face DancesThe single reached #47 in their native U.K., and a whopping #84 (but still with a bullet!) in the U.S.  The album fared much better, hitting #2 in Great Britain, and #4 here in America.

Fun Fact:  The cover for Face Dances is composed of sixteen different paintings of the band members (four of each) as painted by English painters.  The concept for the cover came from one Peter Blake whose musical claim to fame is designing the renowned cover for an album you may have heard of:  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

There's some disagreement as to what "Don't Let Go the Coat" refers to, with some believing it's an ode to Townshend's spiritual advisor Meher Baba, and others believing it's a nod to his parents who helped him numerous times during his struggles with alcohol and drugs. Personally, and this could just be that I'm not imaginative enough, I thought the coat was hope.  Anyway, the song is something of a departure for The Who, as it's a more of a pop ditty than some of their power rock from their earlier days (Wikipedia called it country rock, but I flat don't see it), and very much shows their versatility.  The critical reception to the tune was somewhat lukewarm, but what the fuck do they know?  Daltrey delivers a resolute vocal performance, Townshend lets loose with some wicked jangly guitars (with a hint of Spanish guitar in his solo), John Entwistle and Kenney Jones keep the beat smartly, and its lyrically inspiring and musically (especially the chorus) as catchy as ca-ca-ca-catchy can be.  The song was a joyous surprise when I first heard it, and an even more joyous surprise when I was reintroduced to it so many years later--and another in the wonder of all wonders that makes up great pop music.

Lyric Sheet:  "You friends all pass all pass for life is just a market/But you have to finish everything you started/So I live my life tearing down the runway/Sure to get the hang of hanging in there someday..."

Enjoy:




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#VoteBlue2024 #305--Halloween Edition!


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A Halloween wish


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It will, once again, be women that save America


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Fuck this fascist


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Remind people of just who Trump is


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Worst campaign ever?


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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Our next chapter


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#VoteBlue2024 #304


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Owned by Russia


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Still looking out for all of our best interests


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Apparently, cop killing is just fine with the GOP


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All the things Donald Trump has said he will do


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Who Donald Trump really is


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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #303


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A sad reality


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If we win all three this will be a reality


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The media's double standard


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Mush head


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I wouldn't hire Trump to take care of my kid's cat, let alone my kid


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Monday, October 28, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #302


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Sequin my ass, too

 

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Billionaires can be such fucking wimps


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Absolutely nailed it


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Nothing about Trump is remotely human


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Game changer at the Nazi rally at MSG


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Sunday, October 27, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #301


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MAGA needs to look in the mirror to see the cause of their "problems"


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Block the noise. Keep the faith. Vote blue.


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On the brink of fascism


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This is exactly how you call out these mealy mouthed cocksuckers


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Tim Walz exposing Elon Musk for what he really is


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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Spreading the truth about the 2024 election--Video 8


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#VoteBlue2024 #300


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Democrats have the right priorities


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The real Slim Shady


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The cowardice of a little man


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Trump is no friend to those of us who aren't rich


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Color me shocked--Elon Musk is Putin's bitch


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Friday, October 25, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #299


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Once again, Hillary nails it


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If Trump ended Roe v. Wade, he'll end Social Security and Medicare


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Huh?


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Pretty easy


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We got here because our media massively failed us


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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DX--Bob Dylan: Sweetheart Like You

At least this one's less than a week late....

This week's tune was a pleasant surprise--Dylan had just released three straight religious albums (none of them particularly interesting or good) after his "conversion" to Christianity, and I expected very little from this week's featured album.  It opened my eyes in many ways--no, it wasn't Blood on the Tracks (how many albums are?), but it was at least a little bit of a return to form, and this week's tune would eventually become one my favorites of his.  I suppose it illustrates that one is never too old to be surprised by rock and roll....

This will mark the fifth time I've written about Bob Dylan (one, two, three, and four), which doesn't include my post on the Traveling Wilburys (here).  Needless to say, I have nothing more to pontificate about when it comes to Robert Zimmerman.

"Sweetheart Like You" was the second single from Dylan's rather rebelliously named 1983 album, InfidelsThe single would reach #55 (with a bullet!) on the Billboard Hot 100, while the LP would peak at #20 on the Billboard 200.

(Two) Fun Facts:  The video made for "Sweetheart Like You" was the first of Dylan's long career.  And, in something of an oddity, Dylan has never performed the song live--which is really saying something (to steal a phrase) considering he tours almost nonstop.

Produced by Mark Knopfler (it's a small world--featured on last week's post, coincidence, not planned), "Sweetheart Like You" does have something of a Dire Straits feel to it, but the moment Dylan starts singing you know it's all his.  Arguably one of Dylan's better vocals, it's understated but at times piercing (could be an effect of the lyrics).  The guitar (both the solo and its backing play) in the song is to die for--I learned, as I was doing my half-assed research, that Knopfler did not perform the guitar solo (I assumed he had, and further assumed that the woman playing in the video was just a stand in for him) but rather Mick Taylor (of Rolling Stones and acclaimed session player fame) who performed it. Sheer brilliance.  There is quite a bit of difference opinion on what the song is about (Central America, Christian Church, music business friend of Dylan's) but I'm going to go Occam's razor on it and just say it's about a beautiful woman who's fallen on hard times.  No matter--it was a nice comeback for Dylan and is musically, lyrically, and vocally an absolute triumph.  

Lyric Sheet:  "You know you could make a name for yourself/You can hear them tires squeal/You can be known as the most beautiful woman/Whoever crawled across cut glass to make a deal..."

Enjoy:




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There's stupid, and then there's MAGA stupid


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I'm the enemy within


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No, weirdos


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From a disgusting, soulless human being


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A sad state of affairs, media edition


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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Friday Night Jukebox, Vol. DIX--Dire Straits: Communique

 Jesus H.--almost two weeks late...

I've noted this before (no idea which post, too many now for remembering some word of wisdom (?) that I dropped in the intro), but originally, I had planned to feature a lot more tunes that were album cuts that didn't get released as singles, or at best were a third or fourth single released when the moment had passed.  Over time my top of the pops sensibilities got in the way, but there are still a few long-abandoned album tracks that I'm going to feature--like this week's tune....

I wrote about Dire Straits wondrous first single in Jukebox, Vol. XLVII, and as the band has been disbanded since 1995, and with Mark Knopfler again claiming just last year that he would never play with the Dire Straits again, the only thing to add is that they were finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.  And that Knopfler--true to form--did not show up for the ceremony.

Fun Fact:  In its listing of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," Rolling Stone ranked Knopfler at twenty-seventh.  In a completely unsurprising related note, I did not make their list at all.

"Communique" was the fourth song on Dire Straits second album, the rather communicatively entitled CommuniqueThe song was not released as a single, but the album reached #5 in their native U.K., and #11 here in America.  In Germany, however, the album debuted at #1, while their previous album was still at #3--so many cool kids in Germany!

As I was doing my half-assed research this week and listening to our featured tune a number of times, it dawned on me that "Communique" could conceivably be about Knopfler himself, who was never fond of his celebrity, and that the "communique" could actually be his songwriting, where he could be more deliberate that one normally can be with the press.  Neither here nor there, I suppose, but I also noticed that the song in many ways foreshadowed their phenomenal success over the next ten years with its playful lyrics and Knopfler's wink, wink, nudge, nudge vocals.  It was definitely in the vein of so many of their hit singles to come--top notch guitar playing, a catchy as all hell melody and equally so chorus, and the incorporation of more instruments to give a grander sound.  All of which is to say, it's a great tune that time has forgot--but not here in the annals we call Friday Night Jukebox....

Lyric Sheet:  "They want to get a statement for Jesus' sake/It's like talking to the wall/He's incommunicado, no comment to make/He's saying nothing at all..."

Enjoy:




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Tiny Trump

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Participation trophy


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If Trump wins, if you're Latino, you're gone


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Trump = Economic Disaster for Seniors


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This should be the lead story on every single kind of media


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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #296


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Trump knows about clown cocks


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This is how hopeless our mainstream media is


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I know this much is true


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A complete phony


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So not only does Trump have a teeny johnson, but he's also gay?


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Monday, October 21, 2024

#VoteBlue2024 #295


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There's stupid, and then there's Donald Trump stupid


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The leader we all deserve


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If you're black and you vote for Trump, you're a fucking idiot


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More likely for when he gets out of prison


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