But we got lucky once before…

 

Full lyrics HERE.

Malcolm X

 

I love his passion and intensity.

You can read a transcript HERE.

Names

Women's names that are also flowers:

1. Rose
2. Lily
   
3. Daisy
4. Heather
5. Jasmine
   
6. Holly
7. Hazel
    

Women's names that are also rocks:

1. Pearl
2. Amber
   
3. Opal 
4. Ruby
5. Crystal
   
6. Sandy¹
7. Roxanne¹

 

 

¹Okay, I admit that's pushing it.

 

Gideon Tanner

 

Kenny Rogers - Gideon - Full Playlist

One of the best things about the 70s was "concept albums."  The album linked to above are twelve songs telling the life story of a cowboy named Gideon Tanner, and although some songs stand alone as nice singles, they all piece together beautifully to form a coherent whole.

When you have forty minutes to invest, give it a try.

That's All!

 

It's a sweet little song about two lovers meeting surreptitiously by moonlight, and the suitor is being cautioned not to leave a trace so they won't get caught.

It's surprising how many people think this is a goofy song about some bloated moron stomping through the flower bed.

Full lyrics HERE.

Sometimes

 

Sun Comes Out

 

(clicking imbiggens)

And that reminded me of this:

Full lyrics HERE.

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell is on the web at (of course!) Mutts.com.

Night

 

 

And that reminded me of this:

Full lyrics HERE.

Because he's never seen a single dream come true…

 

Kris Kristofferson is one of the most amazing songwriters of our lifetime.  His lyrics could stand alone as poetry.

Full lyrics HERE.

And by the way…

 

I love the way the story is really told by what is not said, and the final line-- where he's comparing the life he could have had to the one he has-- is a heart-breaker.

Full lyrics HERE.

Story Telling

Snowed Under by Ruling-Class Images

 

Excerpted from Abbie Hoffman's autobiography Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture, ©1980:

Lenin once wrote that art was counter-revolutionary because it showed beauty in the present, while revolution promised beauty in the future. It's true that art-for-art's sake leads to performing modern dance for Shahs and Sheiks or discussing sculpture at afternoon tea with the Rockerfellers. Yet creativity is needed to reach people snowed under by ruling-class images, and only artists can manage the breakthrough. Artists are the collective eyes of the future. One of the worst mistakes any revolution can make is to become boring. It leads to rituals as opposed to games, cults as opposed to community and denial of human rights as opposed to freedom.

In organizing a movement around art we not only allowed people to participate without a sense of guilt but also with a sense of enjoyment. The use of fun in struggle was a new notion. Even in Mississippi where we were truly frightened most of the time with people shooting at us, living with the constant thought that we might lose our lives, it seemed like people enjoyed their "work." All I did was admit it felt good. There's no incongruity in conducting serious business and having fun. This pissed off the straight left to no end.

Corrina, Corrina

 

Corrina, Corrina is an exceptionally malleable song.  There are scores of different versions on YouTube, with artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Dean Martin to Rod Stewart, and they're all different and they're all wonderful.

In My Life

Identity

Lyrics via SongMeanings.net:

Identity is the crisis can't you see
Identity when you look in the mirror do you see yourself
Do you see yourself on the t.v. screen
Do you see yourself in the magazine
When you see yourself does it make you scream
When you look in the mirror do you smash it quick
Do you take the glass and slash your wrists
Did you do it for fame
Did you do it in a fit
Did you do it before you read about it

She says that I'm her all time favorite

 

I'm glad Rick James was alive in the 70s. That era suited him in a way no other time would have.

Joe Biden kicking fifteen million people off of Medicaid should serve as a reminder that the lesser of two evils is still pretty fucking evil.

Rah Rah

 

Bobby Farrell was not a good dancer, but oh my God what energy!

Long as you are there…

 Full lyrics HERE.