heck, I don't know if they ahve a website. I'll have to look.
edit: piffle, they don't.
How's it sit? Pretty cunning, don'tchya think?
Jayne ,'The Message'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2004 10:07:37 am PST #5725 of 10003
brillig
Merinda - Nov 04, 2004 12:43:51 pm PST #5726 of 10003
"I don't know the meaning of the word 'surrender'. I mean, I know it, I'm not dumb... just not in this context." - "The Tick"
I still don't think I've ever heard an explanation as to why the R&R Hall of Fame is in Ohio. I mean ... Ohio??
Because we are "the heart of it all." Literally, it seems, because the Rock Hall website says that Cleveland is within 500 miles of 43% of the US population. Which I didn't know. Educational.
Plus it's lovely, right on Lake Erie. Niceness.
DXMachina - Nov 04, 2004 12:59:17 pm PST #5727 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Cleveland, city of light, city of magic...
Alicia K - Nov 04, 2004 4:20:19 pm PST #5728 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
The central location makes good sense. I would have liked to have gone (huh, that seems gramatically weird) when they had their big U2 exhibit, but flying halfway across the country to view things behind glass seemed wrong somehow.
In other news ...
Are there any Seattle REM fans that would like to go to the 11/20 concert with me? Or do you have a friend/relative in the area who's an REM fan and would like to go with me?
Email me at aliciak1013@yahoo.com if you're interested, and I can give you details. It's a good seat, and I'm looking for face value ($75), or best offer.
Lyra Jane - Nov 04, 2004 5:17:18 pm PST #5729 of 10003
Up with the sun
So ... in keeping with the mood of the board, what are your favorite protest songs current and historic? Some of mine (in no order) are:
1. "Final Straw," R.E.M.
2. "Ohio," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
3. "For What It's Worth," Buffalo Springfield
4. "What's Going On," Marvin Gaye
5. "Shipbuilding," Elvis Costello
6. "Less Than Zero," Elvis Costello
7. "Sunday Bloody Sunday," U2
8. "Universal Soldier," Buffy St. Marie
9. "I Like Fucking," Bikini Kill
Alicia K - Nov 04, 2004 5:21:37 pm PST #5730 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
From your list, I really like 2, 3, 4 and 7. I don't know a lot of other protest songs. U2 did a cover of Peggy Seeger's "Springhill Mining Disaster" during their '87 tour, and I like that one a lot as well.
Ooh, how about REM's "Ignoreland?" I like that one much better than "Final Straw."
Would Green Day's "American Idiot" count? I'm not a big fan of theirs, but I like that song a lot.
Jon B. - Nov 04, 2004 5:22:18 pm PST #5731 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
"Back to Square One" by the Outnumbered (pre-Pansy Division!)
Alicia K - Nov 04, 2004 5:24:23 pm PST #5732 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I guess I know more than I thought I did:
"My Youngest Son Came Home Today" by Billy Bragg
"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" ... not sure who originally did it (Buffy St. Marie?), but I've only heard the Indigo Girls' live version.
Bruce Springsteen's "41 Shots (American Skin)," although that's more of a single-incident protest song.
Ginger - Nov 04, 2004 5:27:53 pm PST #5733 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Phil Ochs' "I Ain't Marching Anymore"
It's always the old who lead us into war
It's always the young who fall
Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all
And, of course, Country Joe & the Fish's "Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die Rag"
DXMachina - Nov 04, 2004 5:35:39 pm PST #5734 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
2. "Ohio," Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Ohio" makes my list. Some others:
"Chicago" - Graham Nash
"Military Madness" - Graham Nash
"Alice's Restaurant" - Arlo Guthrie
"Done with Bonaparte" - Mark Knopfler
"Volunteers" - Jefferson Airplane
"What Did You Learn in School Today" - Tom Paxton
"I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag" - Country Joe McDonald
"Fortunate Son" - Creedence Clearwater
I could do this for hours...