Lou Reed has been a big supporter of our Blue America PAC. His latest gift to us is an unreleased version of "Walk on the Wild Side" he recorded in protest over the Iraq war, which we're proud to premier here on FDL.
Thanks to everyone who has been so generous supporting both the PAC and our Blue America candidates. As of today we've raised over $533,000. This is our way of saying thanks.
Walk on the Wild Side (Blue America Remix)
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(Special thanks, as always, to Howie Klein)
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0 baby!
Waving to Egregious!
Holy Cow!
Jane!
Lou!!
GOTV
I just posted this on the last thread…
I just saw Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council on “Hardball” who says that the Repubs could keep the house and senate because of the new Jersey gay rights issue from last week and also Kerry’s comments. “I think what he said behind what he said this Vietnam Era mentality of the draft where you gotta stay in school to avoid the draft and if you flunk out you end up going over there in the rice paddies.” When Matthews questioned Perkins if he truly thought that was Kerry’s intent Perkins says “Absolutely that’s what he meant.” When Matthews states his differing view, Perkins further digs his hole by saying “If he said it in a vaccuum of never doing anything else to be dismissive toward our troops and our military than I would say you are probably right, but I would disagree with you. I think that it shows that many of the liberals just don’t have an understanding of how there are people that have such committment to this country that they would volunteer to defend the ways and the ideas of this Nation.”
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT JOHN KERRY!
I actually screamed at the television.
I like this one…
Lou Reed???
Thank you, Jane and Christy and FDL!
Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen and John Lennon. It just plain, does not get any better.
“There’s a mighty judgment coming. . .but I could be wrong”.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 6
Speakout @ 3
Perkins is a Fox News Kool-Ade drinking nut job, who also thinks Saddam’s WMD are buried in Syria! LOL Clueless ; )
Roots and Lou !!
This Blue America thing has been an amazing innovation. It short circuits the Daou triangle. It leaves out the high priced wankers in DC, rendering them totally inconsequential.
It uses good homework, great writing, passion for justice, and constant injections of $10 bills to change the world.
I am so impressed with the efforts here and elsewhere (MyDD, AmericaBlog, DKos) to reinvent political funding. Hurrah for brilliant, participatory democracy!!
Cozumel @ 8
A psycho, if you will.
The appropriateness of the name never ceases to amuse me.
Angie from last thread-
Fortunately Mike Barnacle had a nice tidbit there at the end saying that anyone who was more fixated on gay marriage than on the war in Iraq needs serious time in therapy! haha
This link isn’t working for me. I get a torn page icon.
Ooh Keith in a green suit. I don’t like it. Did they ask me my opinion?? I woulda told ‘em.
“And the colored girls sing, do dodo dodo dodododo dodo…”
What a great fucking song!
Thank you Lou and a big thanks to ActBlue for getting me involved.
Hopefully it’s the beginning of a long and sustained effort to put quality progressive people on the radar of voters for years to come!
Scarborough show is blasting the Bush idiots on blaming the generals for Iraq mess. I love it when the right-wingers are on the run. And make no mistakie, the Republicans are in huge trouble. Nov. 8 is going to be sooooo sweeeeet!
Julia @
13
Works for me. Maybe a browser issue? I use FF.
Julia @
13
Does it work for others? I get it but it could be because I’m logged in.
And just so everyone knows, Lou has been generous with the checks to Blue America too. But who knew he was such a big Tony Trupiano fan? I spoke to Tony today– he a total music fanatic– and he was going ape ’cause he’s crazy about Lou’s music.
re Tony Perkins: there’s got to be some dirt on him someone can dig up.
You can’t be that vile and not have secret vices begging to come out.
works for me
Not only working, I’m listening to it for the third time.
I’m using Windows Media Player, don’t know about anyone else.
lina @ 21
Anyone checked the condition of his mother lately?
Jane Hamsher @ 19
It didn’t work for me either but I have a new laptop, and I may not have loaded Quicktime yet, can’t remember.
Scarborough calling Buchanan naive. God I love this!!!
OK, someone’s gotta say it: “Sweet Jane”
Scarborough to Buchanan, “I’ve never been surrounded by a bunch of cabinet members who got indicted either”!
raven @ 28
That’s gonna leave a mark.
lina @ 21
I did notice the wikipedia mentioned some ties to white supremacists, but I didn’t read the whole article. I was actually looking to see if he had served in the military, but it turns out that he was a marine.
VG -
Pls. check my 6:05 on the last thread when you get a min.
I was just looking at some the $$ from Blue America- downloaded the data into Excel. What was interesting, in part, is the result of “average amount per donor”- actually it’s ~ $15 for a lot of candidates who nonetheless have raised a significant amount of $ via Blue America.
I surely don’t want to discourage anyone from giving larger amounts– this is more to say that small amounts- $5- $15 dollars add up to a lot, when there is such great participation!
Right click, save as, play in WMP. Works like a charm.
raven @ 28
When Andy Card was on Hardball earlier Matthew’s said he was probably the only one in this White House without a billable hour. LOL
Whoa… FDL and Lou Reed?!? Doesn’t get much better than that.
MP3 works just fine for me.
If you are on a mac download “flip for mac” and you can play wmv’s
Flip
T- saw it. Not sure I can do, but send me an email with info at tenureransom at hotmail dot com. I don’t check that addy very often, but will to if I am expecting FDL email. Where are you doing the rush hour demo?
Lou Reed:
“It’s hard to settle for second best
After you’ve had me
You know that you’ve had the best
And now you know
That I’m just a gift to the women of this world”
Dial up (and Bill Clinton) is making me crazy! I think it’s working.
mc @ 33
Ah…..thanks for that. I love Lou, and that’s one of my favorite songs. I was just thinking about his “Halloween Parade” song when they showed the NYC parade the other night.
montag @ 24
does he have mommy issues?
Wow, Lou Reed and Blue America on the same page. Perhaps we can take our country back.
lina @ 41
Umm, I was thinking about “Psycho” and that Tony Perkin’s character’s mother….
I suppose I was just mentally riffing on someone’s question from the last thread: “What’s in Tony Perkins’ closet?” :)
punaise @
27
Damn, you beat me to it. Now I’m left floundering with some obscure Nico reference…to no avail. Well, sweet Jane, indeed. And Lou is the consumate gentleman artist; thank you both.
Cheers!
RBG @ 42
Blue Reed
lina @ 41
A boy’s best friend is his mother…
Busted- per prior instructions, I deleted that comment. onay eedfay ollstray.
O to the M to the G
Walcott:
Ok, “Sweet Jane“
Eli- zig alert! ixnay ootay anymay.
Valley Girl @ 50
Sorry, my screen resolution is cranked way up, so I can’t tell when it’s a problem…
punaise @ 45
You forgot the link.
Rickie Lee, Lou Reed, Dixie Chicks. Oh yeah. Doin’ the heavy liftin’.
punaise @ 45
Careful of lurkers
Perkins is a Fox News Kool-Ade drinking nut job, who also thinks Saddam’s WMD are buried in Syria!
Yes, but he keeps getting to speak on Hardball and other shows.
Bustednuckles @ 1
I thot I shd let someone else have the zero fm time to time :)
It’s been a horrific day in Russia [i’m in the US at present, working w the people in Russia] so am just trying to focus on American politics as being more optimistic…what is wrong with this picture. Has it been 3 weeks? Full moon? Bueller?
ps not Boris. He’s still hanging in there.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 53
And the Squirrel Nut Zipper guys? You know what they’ve been doing
scarecrow @ 55
Are there any right-wing nut jobs who don’t?
Speakout @ 40
Wow, I love that album though I haven’t listened to it in ages. Thanks Jane, “New York” is now back in heavy rotation.
“You need a busload of faith to get by.”
Indeed.
T- @
49
Yeah and then there’s this one.
Howie! You’re the bomb. Such a great song.
Thanks VG. You’d think I’d know better by now. *g*
I was just over to Howies, Nice piece, man.
Every Monday he participates in the West Wing conference call with evangelical leaders. The group continues to prod the President to campaign aggressively for a federal marriage amendment. “We wanted him to use the force of his office to actively lobby the Congress and Senate, which he did not adequately do,” says Haggard
http://www.tedhaggard.com/time.jsp
LOL
I Love New York! the cd
thanks jane!
thanks howie!
thanks lou reed!
That ain’t all he’s proddin’.
Cozumel @ 63
Eureka Springs, AR @ 64
I love New York! The city.
Thanks Lou Reed for all you have done for Blue America.. and then before that… ;)
mc @ 59
Busload of faith!! I had forgotten about that. I’m right in the middle of putting all my CD’s on my I-Pod, or at least all the CD’s I want on there. I’ll definitely have to add Lou Reed’s New York!
scarecrow @
55
You know, it would be fine to have these whackjobs on Hardball, KO, and anywhere, IF they’d also have a respectable Dem on to Count-PointerCount them.
Lynne, you ignorant slut.
Fair and balanced would actually be really cool, as long as it didn’t turn into the shout-fests like Crossfire and others.
Um, Colmes does not qualify.
Jane @ 60,
The Junkies’ cover is my favorite, but don’t tell Lou. The only way I can describe it is like good sex.
VG,
Details at hotmail.
scarecrow @ 55
they need to put him on with Cliff Schecter.
T- @ 71
That must be some hot mail indeed…
Link doesn’t work for me, either.
wow …. coming home to Lou Reed! how good can it get!
nothing compares to Mr Reed … except maybe our own wonderful Howie!
Hey, what’s the scoop on the debate?
dab from CT @ 74
T- @ 71
I love that version, too! Also, I think I have one by Maria McKee (Lone Justice) with or without Bono, I can’t remember.
Speakout @ 69
Haggard version: “buttload of faith”
Eli @ 67
Oh yea, that too, especially pre Giuliani.
Jane, You’re a genius. You and Christy are transforming the way politics will be done in this country. I’m getting to old to have crushes, but if I weren’t…
T- @
71
I’m pretty sure Lou once said that the Junkie’s version is the only cover version of Sweet Jane he liked, so I think you are half okay. I like them both myself.
Jane Hamsher @ 60
That could only be better if it were recorded in a church with perfect acoustics on a single microphone. What a hauntingly mesmerizing sound. I’ve always wondered if Lou found it quite as fascinating. I wonder how Neil Young felt about Powderfinger, that one kills from the Junkies too!
Preview is my friend.
I’ll have to defend VG’s honor here.
The hotmail was on a different subject entirely.
Eli @ 73
Eureka Springs, AR @ 79
That’s when I lived there…
OT- but some interesting new stuff up at http://nedlamont.com/blog
Debate info, Paul Newman ad for Lamont…
Dobson Criticizes Media For Reporting Haggard Allegation
“It is unconscionable that the legitimate news media would report a rumor like this based on nothing but one man’s accusation. Ted Haggard is a friend of mine and it appears someone is trying to damage his reputation as a way of influencing the outcome of Tuesday’s election — especially the vote on Colorado’s marriage-protection amendment — which Ted strongly supports.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/2…..ion145_xml
Dobson is going to have some splanin’ to do to his flock. While he’s telling them to go out and vote LOL
It is great hearing the legendary Lou Reed on FDL and knowing that we have joined with him and Howie Klein in helping to elect a new, progressive Democratic Congress.
I hope Lou’s and Howie’s creative ties to FDL continue beyond Nov. 7.
Jane Hamsher @ 81
Probably the best indicator of how much he liked the C. Junkies’ version is that he added the “Heavenly wine and roses…” part back into his live performances of the song after their cover came out.
Metal Machine Music… Dance to it, harlots – I command you!
;>)
Or Cassandra Wilson doing Harvest Moon?
JohnSwifty @ 82
MP3 works great downloaded from Safari into iTunes.
Thanks for an awesome remix! Usually, I don’t like many of them, but this one is the exception.
I’ve been knocked out with bronchitis, and this made me feel lots better. :)
Not enought O’s in COOL
OK, musicians out there (of which I am not one): “Sweet Jane” is a classic three-chord song, right? who’s got other nominations? (or does just about every rock song fit the category)
I’m guessing VG will nominate “Louie Louie”.
In that oldies vein: “Good Lovin’” (Rascals, Grateful Dead)
raven @ 90
good call
punaise @ 93
Actually, Lou had a funny schtick in a recent tour where he explained that it’s four chords, not three.
Hey, didn’t know Lou Reed was a fan of Blue America!
I didn’t get to see the debate between Schles and Ned Lamont (too busy getting other people to watch it.) Ct Blogger is apparently working on the video. I noticed he also invites us to take a poll.
Ye Gads! What a night. *sigh*
This Janes Addiction anthem can only be described like great sex.
Swopa @ 95
damn – I knew I was out of my depth on this
OfT: Misleading “Voter Information Guides for Democrats” arrived today at our house, with photos of Feinstein and a bald eagle on the outside. These guides list the entire Dem ticket, and then take oddly non-party positions on, particularly 86 (tobacco tax) and 87 (big oil tax).
I later got an email from the YesOn87 folks saying that the mailers had gone out, not authorized or paid for by any candidates or party, but paid for by the tobacco and big oil opponents of 86 and 87. “Use this guide when you vote” they say on the inside.
The proposition process is badly broken in California — we need to get back to representative government without these hugely expensive initiatives bought and sold by BigBiz.
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Had Enough?
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fyi – The HBO documentary Hacking Democracy is on now and quite *cough* revealing.
Md. Democrats Say GOP Plans to Block Voters
A recently distributed guide for Republican poll watchers in Maryland spells out how to aggressively challenge the credentials of voters and urges these volunteers to tell election judges they could face jail time if a challenge is ignored.
Democrats said yesterday they consider the handbook, obtained by The Washington Post, evidence of a Republican effort to block people from voting Tuesday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..03202.html
TeddySanFran @ 99
yes, I’ve had enough of the awful CA initiative process
Raven
Kirby at Connecticut Bob live blogged the debate and did an amazing job. http://ctbob.blogspot.com/
I’m in Mass right now so I didn’t see it, but from what I read it was very, very good.
The two men clearly like and respect each other (Alan & Ned) – they actually spoke about the issues. No whining, no nasty comments, no hateful glares, no filibustering and going overtime. Just an adult and intelligent discussion – making their different philosophies and approaches known.
I hope CT residents see the difference in tone and content. I’ve lived in CT on and off for 43 years and I truly cannot believe the intelligent, thoughtful people of the nutmeg state will re-elect that vindictive, corrupt and selfish man for a 4th term.
I still believe that Lamont can win. Lieberman was down 11 pts a week before the 1988 election with Weicker and down 6 the night before the election.
People in CT tend to make up their minds as they are walking into the voting booth. I personally had two people come up to me when I was poll watcher on primary day to talk to me about their inability to decide whether to vote for Lieberliar or Lamont (of course I steered them Ned’s way).
ValleyGirl@85
“Young, fresh and *spunky*? O.K. so Paul Newman is a legend. I am Mui and I approve that ad.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 100
Dang- I forgot about that show! Will have to find it on Tivo.
Thank you Lou Reed. For everything.
Loved his classic early stuff, but New York was outstanding. “Strawman” still says it all about the evils in our country.
T- @
97
The song never did much for me that way, but that video with plenty of shots of Dave Navarro half dressed? That definitely was…inspirational.
Thanks!
dab from CT @ 103
my thanks to lou, whom i had the pleasure of seeing at the latimes festival of books (not this year, year before) and even then he was speaking out against this administration.
as for “walk on the wild side,” as honored as we are hearing lou’s new remix, i still enjoy the party party’s mix of lennon’s imagine with lou’s wild side, as actually “sung” by george w. bush.
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Can someone explain the appeal of Lou Reed?
I am a total 60’s-70’s music child, but I never got Lou. Can someone help me with what I should listen for?
busload of faith
need a battleshipload of faith sometimes
punaise @ 93
dab from CT @ 103
dab, I had a really scary night of it. I talked to a young gentleman and a self-described Dem who can only be described as to the right of Chimpy even. It was . . . I think I need some tylenol.
By the way – we’re having an FDL get together in New Haven this Saturday. Selise has done a great job organizing it.
We will meetup on Saturday night at the grand finale rally* for Ned’s “Stand up for Change” where tommy yum (Maxwell/Mosher) will be performing his campaign hit “Have your Had Enough”.
The rally* starts at 7pm – (we’re working on where & how to meet up before hand) !
then to Sullivan’s** for a beer or late dinner & meet and greet.
* New Haven rally:
http://www.nedlamont.com/?s=standupforchange
http://www.nedlamont.com/page/…..llies/wrlg
**Sullivan’s on Chapel between York and Park
1166 Chapel St., New Haven
(203) 777-4367
If you are in CT and interested you can contact me at dbharbor-blog at yahoo dot com or selise at selise at speakeasy dot com.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 100
It’s more than revealing..it’s horrifying.
Bit NOLA @ 106
Up in my neck of the woods, there was this Zimmerman guy who spoke for the people now and again. I think Lou might have heard of him. He did a song called “Masters of War” which I am constantly amazed is NOT a daily mantra in our alternet media vein. In fact, I will consider it a harbinger of a true progressive tsunami.
What a great remix, I’m a big fan of Lou Reed. And thank you Lou Reed, Howie, Jane and FDL for doing this.
It’s like going to see Pylon here in Athens, people get hysterical and I don’t get it.
Balrog @ 110
OT – from ABlog…One Breath? http://americablog.blogspot.co…..59467.html
Don’t forget about this one….
They ordained the Trumps and then he got the mumps
and died being treated at Mt. Sinal
And my best friend Bill died from a poison pill
some wired doctor prescribed for stress
My arms and legs are shrunk the food all has lumps
they discovered some animal no one’s ever seen
It was an inside trader eating a rubber tire
after running over Rudy Giuliani
They say the President’s dead but no one can find his head
it’s been missing now for weeks
But no one noticed it he had seemed so fit
and I’m Sick of it
I’m Sick of You
I’m so Sick of You, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye
At risk of hijacking the thread…Three Days is about a menage a trois and has the quintesential “foreplay, climax, climax, have a smoke” construct.
Here’s one of Perry Farrel and Steve Perkins playing naked.
LJ/Aquaria @ 107
Somethings happenin here but you don’t know what it is. . .
JohnSwifty @ 116
raven @ 118
mui @ 113
Yikes – on the phone I hope.
There are some extremely conservative Dems in Connecticut – I have no idea why they think they are Dems (except perhaps their parents always voted Dem). One “Dem” walked into a coffee shop in Bethel and noticed all the anti Bush petitions, signage, etc. He lectured us that if we didn’t fight them over there – they would come here and throw grenades in our schools.
He clearly believed what he was saying – obviously he listens to Fox news, religiously.
Many CT Unaffiliated and Republican voters are more moderate and reasonable than about 25 to 30% of the “Dems” in CT.
punaise @
27
I did a shout out to Lou posting a Sweet Jane YouTube back when his donations to Blue America were not public. I’d have to find the link. It was a Late Nite.
Big thanks to Lou Reed.
Big, big thanks..
Uh, has anyone noticied that it stinks?
Nonetheless, thanks to Lou for doing this.
.
Evening firepups! Say, seems Baghdad is getting so bad, even the war profiteers are pulling out.
$3.2 billion just ain’t worth it apparently.
When it’s bad enough to gag a vulture, you know it’s pretty bad.
Raven at 7:07,
So it’s not a song?
Poem?
Should Bush apologize to his campaign contributors?
Anyone know why I’m not able to play Lou’s song? I click on the link and nothing happens.
I have Media player and Quickstart installed.
Bad Religion
Somewhere high in the desert near a curtain of blue
St. Anne’s skirts are billowing
But down here in the city of prime nights
The fans of Santa Ana are withering
And you can’t deny the living is easy
If you never look behind the scenery
It’s Showtime for dry climes
And bedlam is dreaming of rain
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burning
This is not a test
of the emergency broadcast system
When Malibu fires and radio towers
Conspire to dance again
And I cannot believe the Media Mecca
They’re only trying to peddle reality
Catch it on Prime Time
Story at nine
The whole world is going insane
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is Burning
A placard reads “the end of days”
Jacaranda boughs are bending in the haze
More a question than a curse
How could hell be any worse
The flames are stunning
The cameras running
So take warning!
When the hills of Los Angeles are burning
Palm trees are candles in the MURDER wind
So many lives are on the breeze
Even the stars are ill at ease
And Los Angeles is burningBustednuckles @ 128
Wow, what a way to wrap up my day…
Heh. Icing on the cake, babe. I spent some time after GOTV phonecalls showing Ned’s response about the Kerry sitch to a few of my peeps. Thumbs up all around; they’d been quite p*ssed off about the eating-our-young syndrome to which Ford-Clinton-Tester had fallen prey.
Tomorrow, I get to share Lou’s Blue America remix. Yay!!
Sweet Jane on FDL:
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..mmunities/
Bad English is the band.
Bustednuckles @ 128
dab from CT @ 124
Hyuck! Sometimes people like that are less scary in person than on the phone and v.v. I’ve heard of families where the Dem says he/she will vote HoJoe and the Repub says he/she will vote Lamont.
O.K. tylenol and bubble bath, now. Our voting public, Heh!
Mr. Jones and me tell each other fairy tales…
raven @ 122
Burning
Kentucky Woman @ 115
Definately not a show for those with high blood pressure! For late arrivals, prepare to scream into your pillow repeatedly.
We won so many elections….already!
T – I always thought ‘Three Days’ was about kicking. “We knew when she landed, three days she’d stay.” Perhaps the third lover being a highly lipophilic extract.
In that same vein, I remember as a young teen realizing that “waiting for my man got 26 dollars in my hand” was about something I was too young to fully grasp.
I can probably thank Lou Reed’s songs in part for not having to naively go down certain paths to gain understanding. That, and the tunes have their own inherent opioid effect.
JohnSwifty @ 136
I have it on good authority that the real Mr. Jones has visited FDL.
Los Angeles is Burning
Bustednuckles @ 128
There’s no explaining why I like Lou Reed’s stuff. I just do.
spork_incident @ 126
Spork, HA! It is pretty bad, I gotta admit. :)
I’m sorry, it’s a song and a vid.
T- @ 141
Lou was, and is, no frills, straight ahead rock and vocals. I don’t compare him to Bobby Zimmerman. Apples and oranges. There was a little to compare as Lou got more political.
Someone once said of Johnny Cash that he was Dylan without metaphor. In whatever way that’s true, it’s also true of Lou Reed, though he sometimes tries to bump up against deeper realities (as in Magic and Loss).
But Balrog, if you can’t dig Sweet Jane or Satellite of Love or any of the old hits, don’t sweat it. He ain’t your cup of tea.
Thanks Raven.
Been bugging me for quite a while,too stubborn to ask.
Waiting for the download.
AP – The leader of the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals, a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage, resigned Thursday after being accused of paying for sex with a man in monthly trysts over the past three years.
punaise @ 140
Wul cha! You visit a blog run by only the most famous uncredited demon actress in Natural Born Killers and ya gotta figure the big dogs are gonna be running wild! (Is he here now, do I look ok, is my hair alright man!)
URGENT See this Link to MylLeftNutmeg
From CtBlogger and MyLeftNutmeg:
T- @
121
You work from the assumption that I’m unfamiliar with Jane’s Addiction.
That song could be about any sex variation out there, but their take doesn’t turn me on, personally. It’s always been one of those songs that was too juvenile, in a “look at us, we’re being teh kinky” way than actually being erotic. That’s my personal take on it. Perhaps you have another. Different, er, strokes.
JohnSwifty @ 148
may be lurking – you out there, m?
Jenny from the Blog @
143
JENNY!
.
dab from CT @ 130
I can’t play it either – never learned guitar – and my singing sucks.
LJ/Aquaria @ 7:19
I didn’t get that deep into it, so to speak.
I can vividly remember several times that song was blaring in my room.
The buildup, the double crescendo and the slow way it wound down, I guess the overall timing struck a more primal chord with me.
spork_incident @ 152
I’ve got your number.
Here’s the link to the MSNBC site to vote on the ads
MSNBC ad vote
Hey look! TradMed (courant) has a “margin narrows” story about NED and RGJoe!
http://www.courant.com/news/lo…..ines-local
I wonder why Ann Coulter did not check the box on the ballot registration form indicating what sex the applicant was?
scarecrow @ 149
wow. they have it flooded.
Ya’ll this West Virginia v. Louisvill game is a barnburner.
The ‘Neers are behind in the 4th quarter so send Christy and her team some mojo.
Taking a night off from phonebanking.
Since we’re mentioning awsome songs and bands, how about 46 and 2 by tool
Here’s the link to the quote
Oilfieldguy @ 158
She doesn’t do nuance.
TeddySanFran @ 157
Be sure to read the last few paragraphs for a shining example of Joe’s statesmanlike gravitas.
oh, fer crying out loud! NRCC up to dirty tricks in CT… via My Left Nutmeg:
They are pumping up the volume on some Murphy ad and calling it the “nastiest” so Murphy can come on the tv and be embarassed…
here’s the link – the vote on the nastiest ad is about half way down the page… I chose the Corker ad…
here’s the vote linky
Bit NOLA @
145
I tell you what, Zimmy can still write a song or two; check out that new album (oh, I still call ‘em albums). I’m betting anyone taking in the scene in NY circa 1968 would never have guessed that both Lou and Bob would still be such LARGE influential forces in the music world. And it’s the OSTRICH! Clapton has the woman sound, Reed the Ostrich and Dylan sings through his nose, genuises all!
TOUCHDOWN WEST VIRGINIA!!!
Patrick 4/4 @
155
Now I’m special!
.
867-5409.
Wrong number! LOL!!!
Patrick 4/4 @
155
867-5309 ;-)
I need a ziggurat.
Bustednuckles @ 168
5309 (My wife’s name is Jeni)
Patrick 4/4 @ 171
look back again.;0
SHOUT OUT TO DOWNSTATE MICHIGAN FIREPUPS:
Boots on the ground needed in Tony Trupiano’s district MI-11 because the race is TIGHT!!! Blue America helped get it in range, now we need to CLOSE THE SALE!!!
Make it a two-fer — Howard Dean will be stumping for Jim Marcinkowski in neighboring MI-08 from Lansing; go to Lansing to see Howie and Jim, then take the ride to Livonia to drop literature for Tony.
And win back Michigan from the trolls under the bridge!!!
[p.s. Howie, thank you so much for helping us get within range; thanks to all you FirePups for kicking in, no matter where you are.]
Patrick 4/4 @ 171
I’m sure you two are like peas and carrots ;-}
Hey Busted’s got the Powa!
You made me crazy w/ this shit
Poem?
at 7:16. You gotta warn a brotha when you pull a stunt like that. Make ‘em start flashin’ back n’ shit.
john in sacramento @
169
Jenny would never leave her number is such a manner!
(And, thanks, for putting what is maybe the most horrible song in history into my brain.)
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T- @ 175
at 7:16. You gotta warn a brotha when you pull a stunt like that. Make ‘em start flashin’ back n’ shit.
I couldn’t figure what the hell happened there fer a minute. It got stuck on ’save this comment’. I had to refresh the page.
Eli @ 170
I always liked Ziggu Rat and the Spiders from Mars.
JohnSwifty @
174
Sufferin Succotash!
Howie Klein @
57
For those of us who didn’t get the memo, they apparently prefer “Maxwell/Mosher”. Who Knew?
spork_incident @ 176
Two words:
Radar
Love
Patrick 4/4 @ 181
OUCH!!
Scarecrow – Thanks for the tip. I’m in.
May I second Bit NOLA -Zimmermans newest album is fantastic.
I figgerd it out after I poured another one and saw you monkeyin’ with Jenny’s number.
Bustednuckles @ 177
I couldn’t figure what the hell happened there fer a minute. It got stuck on ’save this comment’. I had to refresh the page.
Bustednuckles @ 168
I hope you are not at work.
Eureka Springs, AR @ 185
SHHHHHH!!!!
Shit. WV is going down. Send Christy some love.
Who would have thought way back when, that Lou Reed, like Keef Richards, would still be alive today?
Patrick 4/4 @
181
Who wrote: “We’re on the escalator of life.
We’re in the human mall.”?
Oy.
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LJ/Aquaria @
91
Where is patrick Rex when you need him? My safari won’t let me download from quicktime, cause I don’t have the PRO version? Anyone know how to get around it?
spork_incident @ 189
Robert Hazard.
It’s on my iPod.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 147
This is OT, but I have to say something. I spent 6 years in fundie (evangelical) schools. During those six years, the administrator’s of the schools, and the church leaders that were tied to it, were constantly stepping down due to sexual impropriety.
Let’s see…the music teacher’s husband was arrested for propositioning a prostitute in central Louisville. He was a deacon in a fundie church.
His pastor, had to step down after a Swaggertish good-bye to his parishoners. His gay lover ratted him out to the congregation. I went to school with his kids, so I felt badly for them.
The thing that really burned me, though, was before all of the “scandals”, that same church’s choir director was gay, and he was wonderful, and Godly. They forced him out when they figured out that he was more than just flamboyant.
I’ve known these people were dirty hypocrites for years. The rest of America watched the televised fall of the evangelicals in the 80’s and 90’s. How did these people manage to get so much credibility and infiltrate our government?
There must really be some sort of mind control ray…..(adjusting her tin-foil bonnet – the Breeders Cup version).
T- @ 187
But Christy won’t visit Pittsburgh.
No love for her!
:-D
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Eli @ 191
You have my sympathy.
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Jacqrat – Firefox
Bit NOLA @ 188
Agreed. I saw him in the early 70s, when he was quite chemically enhanced. The concert was great but at the end Lou forgot to leave the stage. A roadie came on to lead him off and he started fighting with the roadie. That sure helped kick “Dabble with heroin” off my to-do list.
spork_incident @ 189
WORST.SONG.EVER
http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/s…..elvira.htm
Back in the day as I was leaving a Mexican Restaurant that pissed me off for some reason, I put 50 cents in the juke box on my way out and hit it three times as a parting gift! LOL
spork_incident @ 194
707
Eureka Springs, AR @ 195
I resist! I resist Change and therefore…Firefox!
JohnSwifty @
116
Frequent random thought lately:
“I’ll follow your casket till I’m sure you are dead.”
Still, thanks Lou Reed for the lovely Apple flashback. Soon as it finished I picked up “John McLaughlin” on the radio. Couldn’t be mellower.
Jacqrat @
190
If you hit Apple-click (or maybe shift; I have an alternate mouse, with a right click button?), you’ll get the menu to downoad the file. When you do, click on it (wherever you send downloads). iTunes will open it right up.
spork at 193 — Patience. Maybe I can get away for a long weekend after the election…you know, that period of time where I get pieces of my life back again.
SIGH My Mountaineers are having a tough night. Thanks for the offers of mojo you guys…
LJ/Aquaria @ 201
Sadly, No! it won’t. wants me to buy pro
Whoa… You can definitely hear the Laurie Anderson influence on him in that track…. Very nice.
Jacqrat @ 199
Well it’s all I’ve got. :) btw it’s free, easy, and you may continue to use safari if you choose this mission.
Bit NOLA @ 188
There but for the grace of a coconut tree…
Although my memory is fading as to the details, I’m pretty sure the Worst Song Ever had to be something by The Captain and Tennille…or would that even qualify as a song?
neurophius @ 207
For me it’s anything by Frampton and that ghastly wah-wah talking guitar. I have to turn off the radio or leave the room.
If there is one song that unites more of what I love about American music than “Walk on the Wild Side,” I don’t know what it is. I’ve heard more covers of it over the years than any song but – maybe – “Summertime” or “The Man I Love.” My son’s band is working on a cover of Lou’s song!
So, Lou and Howie help set the scene for this next five days’ walk on the wild side, as the media struggles ever so hard to create a meme that this election is close enough so it can be………..
Not a chance. We’re done with their wild side. Time for ours!
Bit NOLA @
145
I’m not sweating it per se.
There’s enough music experience on this list that I’m hoping someone can tell me what to listen for.
In exchange I will answer all Grateful Dead questions for the next 24 hours for free. I’ve been on the defensive on that Jones for 20 years!
Jacqrat @ 203
Why are you trying to do it through QT? Try downloading it directly from the link.
Jacqrat @
199
Safari, dear boy, Safari.
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I’d like to see George W. Bush Take a Walk on the Wild Side in front of Chairman John Conyers’ congressional committee in early 2007.
neurophius — ah, must be Muskrat Love…
Ick.
Right up there with anything by Tony F*cking Republican Orlando and Dawn.
New Late Night thread.
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..r-day-one/
spork_incident @ 212
I recently discovered that one of my friends in college wrote it or designed it, as well as leading the development of OSX. Freaky.
Eli @ 208
No, no. The worst song ever was “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods. Followed closely by “Torn Between Two Lovers” by Mary MacGregor. “Magic” by Pilot isn’t too far behind.
Eli @ 208
I kinda like that Frampton.
(shameface)
What are you looking at? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?
(sobs quietly to self)
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Rayne @ 214
Most definitely. They were so bad I think I burned them out of my memory banks.
neurophius @
207
HUSH! You’re threatening some carefully nurtured forgetfulness …
Evening Christy!
Go Mountaneers!!
And that is high praise coming from a Sooner fan!
neurophius @ 219
“Knock Three Times” is also on my iPod…
(as is “Radar Love”… but no “Jenny”)
Balrog @
210
Dude, is it true Gerry cut off part of a finger to get out of the draft?
And I’ll prepay with Grace: http://www.google.com/musicl?l…..p;ct=image
The problem is that when some of us were young, and listened to a lot of music on the radio, and there was a lot of music TO listen to on the radio, some of it was OK, and some of it was very, very good, but mixed in with it was some that was just very BAD…I think that’s why they invented car radios with those buttons that you could use to instantly switch to another station.
Bustedknuckles’ link to the new thread leads right back here.
[Mod Note; a screen refresh should fix that issue.]
Eli @ 222
Forgot to mention My Sharona by the Knack, Gawd that sucked
(Note to self: Never listen to Eli’s iPod.)
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Cozumel @ 226
Yep, it’s on there. I have at least two songs on there that are someone I know’s all-time least favorite: (IIRC) “Walking On Sunshine”, and “My Baby Takes The Morning Train”.
Cozumel @ 226
Trump!
“Every Rose has a Thorn” by never a band more aptly named! Thank you, and good night!
spork_incident @ 227
Good idea. The stuff it tells me to do, well… it’s not for the weak.
neurophius @
224
Ha! That brings back a memory of riding in the car with my stepfather when “Magic” by Pilot clanged through the speakers. As soon as my stepfather heard the “Oh,” he was reaching for the button–ANY button–and got it pushed right about the time the guy got to the word “magic” in the first line. Then he said, “Magic is how the station changes whenever that fucking song comes on the radio!”
LJ/Aquaria @ 231
Sounds like my relationship with Rita Cosby, back when she was on right after Keith…
Speaking of old-style radio buttons: Anyone remember figuring out how to press those buttons to “glide” to a station in between the button selections?
Awright…
Does anyone here have “Jenny fom the Blog’s” e-mail?
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Richard Dawkins Questions Evangelical Pastor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmNjfpoRZpE
yuk
Horrible song that I was FORCED to play as a “Top 40″ AM disc jockey.
Rocket Man – Elton John
YUK!
…and I thought Sister Ray was a nun…
Ok, this can’t go unmentioned…
john in sacramento @ 161
Haven’t heard the song, but need to comment on the chromasome math. It’s bullshit.
Australian aborigines and europeans have 46 chromasomes. If they had a different number, they’d be separate species. And you wouldn’t see any half-aboriginal children, much like how you never see half-chimpanze children.
The article sounds like some strange white-supremacist bollocks about superior european evolution. Stinky.
kiwifruit @ 238
more from that comment thread:
Sounds like some people still believe in the disproven Lamarkian evolution theory. IOW indidvidual oraganisms do not, as Lamarck believed, evolve.
I wish I had checked in sooner–I am up two hours past my work/bedtime. Thanks to all for all the links to fantastic music–without rock and roll, I think we might have killed ourselves between 2000 and now.
God–Lou Reed.
If any of you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lou Reed is playing Election night (7:30 start) at the small Fox Theatre in Redwood City and tickets are still available. I’ll be there.
Link:
Fox Theatre — you can buy tix online
The photo of Lou Reed juxtaposed with the adjacent photo of Mr. Fitzgerald I found to be very American. Very different but a lot alike, ya know?
Awesome, awesome, frickin’ great remix! It does not sound as if he did it for ‘a cause’, It just sounds as if he wanted to re-work it for its own sake. I usually hate remixes because they sound so …. deliberate and clumsy.
Thanks so much for this. I can’t tell you how much it’s made my morning.
Hey all–someone upstream asked about the chords to Sweet Jane. Someone later probably answered, but I gotta run to work, so just in case:
D A G Bm A
The rhythm of the thing is the tricky part, and it’s what makes the song.
D (pause) D A G-G (pause) Bm A
Works very nicely with barre chords if you prefer.
Hmmm, Ted Haggard seemed to “Take a Walk On The Wild side”
But above all, Please Vote for Democrats!
Why can’t Lou Reed?
Eureka Springs, AR @ 9
You live in the most beautiful place on Earth.
GOOD STUFF, thank you Lou! We have an awsome network.
Lou, great to hear from you. Great stuff. Thanks for this and all your other great music.
Please God we can put a stop all this evil come Tuesday. To paraphrase Diane Keaton in “The Godfather,” BECAUSE ALL THIS HAS TO END! Peace.
Bionic @
240
I’m pretty sure the person I quoted just probably misspoke – you know how sometimes when posting a thought on the internets and you can’t think of the right word to say, you wind up saying or implying something completely opposite of what you really think. What they probably wanted to say was something like neanderthal or cro magnon man and what came out was aborigines.
But the overall metaphor which they seem to be getting to in regards to the meaning of the song is that human beings do and should evolve