I know, I know, the Kermit song may be corny, but I love it. I've sung it to babies, like my partner's niece, to get them to sleep. I have a very serviceable baritone, actually. I've performed at the Kennedy Center as part of their annual Honors show. Ok, I was part of a chorus and no one could hear me, but still. I was on tee vee!
Liberals are accustomed to having their hopes dashed, and for many, the experience of hoping is scary, frightening, a precursor to bitterness, depression and impotent rage. But it looks like, this time, we may have cause to taste real victory, and I hope everyone can get used to, well, hoping, maybe for the first time.
If we taste victory Tuesday, it will be well earned, and for sure, we will still have lots of work to do, as I discussed earlier tonight. But it's still worth getting used to winning, believing we can win. If we win, Rove lost: think about that. He's not supernaturally gifted, he's just been on top of a winning machine, but if we win, it's because we've built our own, competing alternate machine: one that can win. And we're just getting started.
Reading through the comments today, lots of us have been out walking precincts and handing out literature. We've been making calls, too. We're tired, and yet our work is not done before Tuesday. So for all of you, I wanted to offer a bit of a sweet lullaby, as you'll need a good night's sleep tonight.
In the comments, what are your favorite lullabies, sweet songs, songs of hope, no matter how corny? Fess up.
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Kermit and TRex!
FITZ!!!!
All Through the Night. My kids loved it and now it calms my grandson.
It’s corny these days, but I always liked “Puff the Magic Dragon”.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
I always fell asleep (or did I pass out?) halfway through.
Puff is great. And so singable.
You know nothin’s gettin’ done
When talkin’s all you hear.
Like someone revvin’ up a truck
But never put in gear.
You don’t see a cowboy
Run his mouth and strut around.
He just takes the bull by the horns
And throws him to the ground.
Takin’ care of business
Not just puttin’ on a show.
When it gets down to it
Everybody knows…
It ain’t the smoke, it’s the fire
That gets the burning done.
If it wasn’t for the bullet,
Nobody’d fear the gun.
It ain’t the bark, it ain’t the growl
It’s the bite that hurts.
Thunder’s just the noise, boys
Lightning does the work.
“Lightning Does The Work” – Chad Brock
Well, since you asked… ; )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PBHfHOFwqg
I think what everyone is doing to make sure that Democratic control is regained in the house and senate deserves a little of this…
http://www.freehugs.org
Speaking of good music, open a tab in your browser and go to:
http://www.kcur.org and click on Listen Live for the Saturday night Fish Fry on an NPR affiliate. Good blues, great R & B, some New Orleans sounds, and lots of roots music to listen to as we patrol the Internets.
not a lullaby, but I used to use it as one when the kids were small – Otis Redding/Johnny Nash’s ‘Bright, Bright Sunshiny Day’…works like a charm.
Dang…can’t type:
http://www.kcur.org
“Won’t Get Fooled Again”
“The Final Countdown”
My kids insist on “train whistle blowing” which is really “Morningtown Ride”. Me, I love, really *love* the welsh version of All through the night — Ar Hyd Y Nos: the Kings Singers do a beautiful a capella version of it.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.
Joe in D.C. links to WashPo tomorrow. Even Broder is daring to speak of Democrats taking both houses:
http://americablog.blogspot.com/
Pach- any reports from the NH rally and musical event?
We’re gonna win on Tuesday- the only question is (stand back Eve) “How big is this thing gonna get?”
Ten Top Ways You Can Tell We Have Lost In Iraq:
http://www.juancole.com/
“Make My Life Shine”
Boz Scaggs
ArthurKC @ 20
When Nourri al-Maliki won’t take your calls – oh wait…
A lullaby?
Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”.
Come to think of it, all of “Way to Blue”.
‘Niters, FirePups. Need to rest up before another onslaught of literature drops tomorrow.
Moon River
Work hard and get your rest.
And don’t ever lose sight of your
Dream Baby
.
Patrick 4/4
When Chalabi looks good….
ArthurKC @ 26
No Wait. When Saddam looks good.
Bobby McFerrin ~ “Don’t Worry – Be Happy”
Cindy Lauper ~ “True Colors” (Phil Collins does a nice take on it too)
Mad Dogs @ 1
Sorry, Pach. I’m so used to TRex as our Late Nite host, I didn’t notice the post was yours.
But I still like Puff! *g*
Top Ten Ways You Know You’ve Lost In Iraq:
When you start spelling Iraq with an “n”.
Re: Third parties from last thread and this thread” “It’s not Easy being Green”
And the number one way you know you’ve lost Iraq: When the House and Senate go D.
Geezzzz. Just got home and freaking John McCain is on SNL. Ugh.
Rayne @
23
Ah, Nick DRake. Such a tragedy. Too soon gone.
Watched Festival Express tonight. Knowing that the Grateful Dead, the Band, Buddy Guy and Janis Joplin played to change the world is enough to get me to sleep after the worst week ever.
We had hope once. I remember. I think it died on the lawns at Kent State, but I remember it.
It can come back. Tina Turner and Gracie Slick are still alive. Neil Young is a walking, singing argument for the spirit of defiant hope.
I am too old to understand Donita’s work, but I am pretty sure she brings us hope every week.
And then there’s Kermit. Thanks twice in one evening, Pach.
Thank you for the Kermit tune.
My Mom always sang me “You are my Sunshine” or a Danish lullaby about the Sandman; here is the tune (played too fast imo, but you get the idea):
http://www.mamalisa.com/midi/lilleole.mid
If you could put this to music, I’ll sleep like a baby:
AP
I find hope every time I turn on the computer. Because I see the grassroots/netroots constantly growing stronger, more effective, more inventive.
No matter what happens on Tuesday, we’ve come a long way and we’re not done yet.
Breadbox @ 15 – oh, my kids loved “Morningtown Ride” also. It became problematic, though, as my older daughter had a strong blanket attachment, and I’d try to sing the lines “underneath their blankets/go all the girls and boys” as “underneath their mmmnnhm go all the girls and boys.” But Rachel always caught it, and cried “Blankie!” If she didn’t have blankie clutched in her little fist, we’d have to go off in search of it.
Actually, it’s a bit difficult to think of lullabies right now, as it’s challenging to get Have You Had Enough? out of my head. I hope everyone here in OR-02 and the rest of the country is humming along.
It’s kind of you to wish us sweet dreams, Pach. You sleep well, too. You deserve it.
The Voisin campaign that Howie wrote about here earlier in the day has been so busy, in a wonderful way, that I haven’t made the time to add my thanks to so many people here who have been a source of information and inspiration for us. Several of us in the campaign first met each other at FDL, then bonded at the early Roots Project. We decided to give Carol Voisin, candidate for OR-02, a copy of Crashing the Gate. Somehow that quickly led to our living and breathing the campaign for the next five months.
We’ve formed strong friendships and effective working relationships that will not end after this campaign. We plan to keep working together. We owe this to you.
Thank you not only for the ads, Howie, but for your kindness and your belief in a genuinely people-powered campaign. Thank you for the support from the FDL family. Thank you for the Roots Project, Jane, Pach, Matt, everyone. The Roots Project will help us take the next steps to taking our country back.
Guardian angels surround thee all through the night.
Elizabeth
You Know You Have Lost In Iraq When:
Not only do the neocons jump ship, in Vanity Fair of all places, but Tony Snow blames General Tommy Franks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbJy5Y_07Ak
and the blame-game heats up.
Alison @
35
Ah Alison. Thanks for reminding me to watch this again.
Favorites: Danko and Janis in a drunken and wonderful ‘Aint No more Cane (on the Brazos)’
Anything with Jerry (who made his way into most of the jams, or was invited first).
Kenny Gradney (longtime bassist for Little Feat) holding down the bottom for most of the jams while with Delaney and Bonnie.
It is a great movie.
EPU’d i think…by the time i read the previous marvelous post and typed in what follows the asterisks, the new post was up! (is EPU’d correct? I’m pretty new at this.)
My fave bit of song when I’m depressed is an old Gordon Bok song, think the title is “Turning toward the morning”, the chorus is what uplifts me “…the stars are swinging slow, and the world is always turning towards the morning…”
*********************
de-lurking to say excellent analysis, Pachacutec!
Farther back in the comments firepups were talking about continuing fundraising versus giving people a break from it. For myself, i wasn’t able to donate much (year of unemployment following a hard decade of single parenthood, lots of folks like me around!) BUT the overtime at my new job is starting to mount up and in a week or two i’ll have much more discretionary income and i’d love to be able to start giving immediately for the next round.
So keep the donation links open! Can’t think of better Xmas presents for the adults in my family than a donation to a good candidate.
Visited my 77-yr old parents last weekend, they’re still politically active and old fashioned progressives. They were pleased and excited to hear about races such as those in California and Alaska with good people running like Rodriguez, Roth, Benson, etc. Thanks to sites like FDL i was able to give them info they weren’t getting from the MSM. A big thanks to all of you who post, comment, and work so hard.
Dru! My dad always sang, “You are my Sunshine” too. Also, an old song, “Money, Marbles, and Chalk (sweetheart, and it still seems though I am poor. . . ).
And Dru, new (republican leaning) poll out tomorrow that has Webb ahead. The marriage amendment is 49 yes, 45 no, so now that’s competitive and it’s the first time it has been under 50.
The Black vote is finally breaking big for Webb and the gender gap has reemerged. “The women are coming home,” as one guy at the paper said.
NewDealFarmGrrrlll @ 42
You have the coolest screen name.
We need a {EPU} {/EPU} button.
Honestly, 2004 was the worst downer ever. I really am not one to get my hopes up these days.
But.
I know there is a glimmer of hope. Anyone up for top ten on how to spot that glimmer of hope?
I did GOTV today and wore my sticker all day after wards. At the co-op check out, I was asked for info on voting procedures, making sure not to have to use a provisional ballot. Two people asked for and received info right there, from me.
Tonight I wore the sticker to the movies. On the way in, a man in the parking garage said, “Smart lady.” We talked about winning all the way to the ticket line.
On the way out of the movie we ran into friends. We discussed “Hacking America.” The info is getting out. People are on guard. Everyone is expecting tricks, and they are doing everything possible to thwart it.
I count three reasons for hope, but I’m not going to the bank until after we count the votes on Tuesday, or however long it takes.
Itsy bitsy spider
Three lullabys at our house, for The Kid . . .
The Flirtations doing “Everything Possible”, and James Taylor singing “Up on the Roof” and “Carolina on My Mind.”
(But I’ve got to find that Kings’ Singers version of Ar Hyd Y Nos that breadbox @ 15 mentioned – sounds great!)
“You Are My Sunshine” is a geat one, written by a former governor of. . . was it Mississippi?
Mine is ‘It a wonderful world’ by Louis Armstrong
now it is the Dixie Chicks …damn cant remember the name…can’t forgive??
We just went to see Ladysmith. That’s the manufacture of happiness.
And our granddaughter’s elementary school singers just performed, along with “Puff,” and others, “Blue Skies, Nothing But Blue Skies…” Sing it on Tuesday, you Blue Firedogs.
Ga @ 51
Blue Skies = Hoagy Carmichael.
I’m a total classic American songbook phreak.
Pach – late to the last thread, but good analysis of the “three parties.” It will be very interesting to watch how the pundits spin things on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Especially with Christy on CNN to call them on their BS.
Hi Dana; I’ll be phone banking at Webbquarters tomorrow; thanks for the poll info. That damn amendment has got to go down! grr…
Pach @ 48
Gov Davis of LA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_My_Sunshine
New Model Army, ‘Love Songs’, from Ghost of Cain:
I think what you are trying to say is being a Liberal is a lot like being a Red Sox fan (at least until the bastards screwed up the metaphor and won in 2004 — boy I would have traded that for a Kerry win instead!)
So the metaphor is now like being a pre-04 Red Sox fan, but I must say of late they are their old selves again.
Jimmy Davis, LA
Pachacutec @ 48
Does “Epiphany” from Sweeny Todd count?
Dru, I may see you there. I delivered yard signs all morning for Nachman.
“Blue Bayou”–Linda R.
“Dog named Blue”
“My Blue Heaven”
My son and I are working the phones all day tomorrow for Robert Rodriguez (CA-25) and his fabulous team.
One more: John McCutcheon’s “Calling all the Children Home.” (scroll down for the lyrics)
It’s a great folk song that tells of Mom calling the kids home for dinner, in a big family where there’s always room for one more at the table. The last chorus goes like this:
A musical thread? How about…
Won’t you turn my red state BLUE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1VAHZkfe8
It’s difficult to accept that too many Americans voters are not informed, but depend on political propaganda for their poll decisions. But that’s the way it is, and they pay for their selections. Most voted for, but are now dissatisfied with the Republican Congress that rubber stamped the Bush agenda. And if the polls are correct, too many of those Republicans will be elected again. When Kerry lost in 2004, I was ambivalent. If Kerry had won, he would have been in a true mission impossible situation. The disaster of Iraq could not be reversed with a Republican Congress. It was better for the Republicans to bear 100 percent responsibility for that war. Sometimes what appears wrong is right.
As a Buddhist, I do not encourage hope. Hope is a mind game that should be dropped. If the present moment needs changing, one must do all possible to affect change. When nothing (Wednesday) can be done, then accept. What is, is. Acceptance is happiness.
Pectopah @ 56
Those of us who are Cubs fans understand . . .
katymine @ 49
“Not Ready to Make Nice” – Says what a lot of feel!
“I Was Born In a Small Town”. John Cougar Mellencamp
John Laesch’s theme song….
John Laesch has a real shot! It’s close.
Hastert has taken the Il 14 CD for granted for years.
The IL 14th HATES the Iraq war and the Foley thing.
PLEASE help John if you have any time.
Want to help take down the current Speaker of the house?
They need phone bank volunteers.
Robyn at 630-207-2366 or Jen at 630-809-6595 to volunteer your service.
http://john06.com/
Peterr @ 65
Those of us who are White Sox fans understand, but shake our heads in disbelief…
Patrick 4/4 @ 67
O ye of little faith.
Patrick 4/4 @ 44
Thanks! The button is a great idea.
My paternal grandparents lived next door and i would listen enthralled to their stories of the Great Depression and how FDR saved farmers and brought electricity to rural America. Grandpa stumped from one end of the county to the other for FDR. Funny thing, there was war profiteering back in the day as well, rich Repug farmers were selling gas on the black market, etc. Grandpa sure had stories about their underhanded dealings! His son (dear ol Dad) snorts and says “Why are you surprised?” at all the latest corruption.
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune–without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I’ve heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
The first song that sprang to my mind was Billy Joel’s “Through The Long Night With You”, followed by Augie March’s “Asleep In Perfection” and “One Crowded Hour”.
bg @ 45
Be on guard for Stabenow in Michigan. She is well up on the polls at 51%, her challenger is at 38%. But I was struck on NPR, when a commentator was asked to predicet the biggest surprise this Tuesday, and it was a Stabenow upset. And Frist was campaigning in the state making a similar prediction. I smell a rat. They can not win OH, PA, VA, so they are going to steal MI. We do not have touch screens in MI. Everything is optical, so the hacking will not be easy to document. But at least there is a paper trail, assuming ballots don’t go missing.
With the election coming up……a song of hope.
Yes – ‘Soon’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaCLjf02y8
deeply EPU’d, but if T- is around . . .
Lagavoulin. Nice and smoky. Too smoky for Mrs. Peterr, which means more for me!
(But there’s some other good stuff that she likes, so we’re even.)
Billmon’s lyrics for the moment, at:
http:www.billmon.org
Rocky Mountain High
You know you’re in a pretty tight spot when you’re a fundamentalist preacher with a high political profile and your defense is: “I only bought crystal meth from that gay hooker.”
Maybe Jimmy Swaggart could survive something like that, but then Jimmy isn’t gay.
Good luck in your future endeavours, Ted. You’re going to need it.
Or, to quote that other Haggard (Merle):
I’d like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
But they won’t let my secret go untold
I paid the debt I owed them, but they’re still not satisfied
Now I’m a branded man out in the cold
Pectopah @ 72
I just don’t see them trying to steal an election where there’s a paper trail.
Just got back from New Haven and the final rally for Ned. I met selise, scarecrow, SharonW, spazeboy, CT Bob & his lovely wife, the BBC guy, tommy yum, Matt Stoller and our beloved TRex. Many, many others, as well.
It was a great event – tommy’s group was wonderful – and of course they played “Have You Had Enough?” Hundreds of people, lots of energy and excitement – lots of love for Ned and Annie.
It’s hard to believe that it’s almost over – I’m sure for many people who are involved in other campaigns across the country – coming to the end is bittersweet. You’re exhausted and rather tired of the whole campaign thing – but you’ve met lots of wonderful people and have been able to make a difference for something you believe in.
Making a difference is pretty heady stuff. Grass roots, working on a campaign built from the ground up – is an amazing experience.
Anyway – canvassed today – will canvass tomorrow and perhaps Monday – will be a poll watcher and perhaps driver on Tuesday. And will be in Meriden for the party Tuesday night. Like everyone else, I’m a nervous wreck.
NewDealFarmGrrrlll @ 70
During the Depression, whenever my grandmother would bake, she would bake two pies and put them on the back porch to cool. One was for the family, the other was for who ever happened along and was hungry.
It is that kind of neighborliness that has to be the core of our appeal to the red states. Enough for everyone is good for everyone.
Peterr @ 68
I think the difference is the Red Sox come close and always lose, hence the disappointment. The Cubs rarely are in the running. But I feel your pain (Did I just quote Clinton?). 2003 could have been a great series.
Perhaps being in the Reform or Green Party is like being a Cubs fan.
Pectopah @ 80
Talk about pouring salt in the wound.
It ain’t just a river in Egypt:
NY Times
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 — The battle for Congress rolled into a climactic final weekend with Republican Party leaders saying the best outcome they could foresee was losing 12 seats in the House. But they were increasingly steeling themselves for the loss of at least 15 seats and therefore control of the House for the first time in 12 years.
Patrick 4/4 @ 80
Don’t your realize it sucks to be a Red Sox fan, because we cannot complain anymore. We envy Cubbies.
Pectopah @ 79
[beware the ziggurat!]
Cubs fans aren’t merely broken up by coming close and missing. We look at the bad trades and free agents that left town, and eternally wonder “what if?” Greg Maddux was a Cub, long before he was a Brave or a (shudder) Dodger. Lou Brock, the great St. Louis base stealer, was a Cub before he was a Cardinal.
Lou Costello @
73
Excellent call Lou.
But I think it needs to be combined with its parent piece until after the election.
After the election Gates can be retired for a week before reemerging as a battle cry.
God I love this thread tonight.
iz kamakawiwo’ole or the satch singing ‘it’s a wonderful world’.
and
‘walk along with me, the best is yet to be’.
and
‘yesterday is history and tomorrow is a mystery. today is a gift. that’s why it’s called the ‘present’.
peas!
Peterr @ 83
Oh, and the Red Sox didn’t have a bad trade? Babe Ruth for a Broadway Musical called No No Nanette!
Peterr @ 84
Both Chicago teams were like farm teams to the rest of the majors. Tommy John, for instance, before becoming a Mets hero. There are more, but I may start crying.
Peterr @
74
Laphroaig. Harsh until the second drop.
Very Balrogish nectar!
Another lullaby, with all this baseball talk: Steve Goodman’s “Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request”
Chorus:
(He also wrote “City of New Orleans” and a ton of other great songs, before leukemia took him long before many of us were ready to let him go.)
My mom used to sing me Stevie Wonder’s “You Are The Sunshine of My Life”, and I still love that song.
Balrog @ 88
Yum!!
ed anderson @ 85
Yeah, there’s a song with everything the Doctor ordered!
ed anderson @ 85
Yes! I got chills just hearing the Hawaiian harmonies echo in my head.
DAB from CT – Thanks so much for the update!
ed anderson @ 85
IZ! Heard his CDs for the first time last year, love his Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Peterr @ 90
A doff of any cap you choose to Steve.
And another great song“
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME WAYLON JENNINGS
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME CHARLIE PRIDE
AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME MERLE HAGGARD ANYMORE
EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE ON MY FIGHTIN’ SIDE
AND I’LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDIN’ IN THE RAIN
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN’, DARLIN’
YOU NEVER EVEN CALLED ME BY MY NAME”
Just to complete the baseball analogy. I guess if our hopes are dashed, it will be that Red Sox Fan himself that let the ball slip through his legs, John Kerry doing his best Bill Buckner. Botched is such a Red Soxian term. Oh, and Buckner was originally a Cubbie!
oh Pach,
have sung the Kermit song for years !
3 songs of Hope that always lift the spirit-
Johnny Nash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NbCrTIYpSo
Jackie Wilson – Higher & Higher
starting out as just the best in-car radio song evah – a song for so many in my life – lovers, kids, Spirit, and now one easily dedicated to y’all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2_zhLs_T4
and then there’s Tuesday and all it’s promise
Sam Cook – Change Is Gonna Come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjsz8VGXLqs
“Over the Rainbow” is the greatest song ever written. It is absolutely perfect.
Caldonia
Any and all of Etta James
Little Boxes by Pete Seeger. So corny yet wonderful, sometimes I play it just to irritate the kids.
Dave Latchaw @ 99
Very nice…and appropriate!
I voted this morning, picked up my precinct materials, then went off to a MoveOn phoning party for Webb. I really needed some GOTV that was social; a lot of my work has been trying to wrangle volunteers or walking a door-knocking route by myself. Good Morning America was filming there, so I may end up on TV tomorrow or Monday morning! I got into a debate about Iraq on one of my phone calls (which you’re not supposed to do, of course) and when I looked up, the camera was on me. :-)
Lullabyes — Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” has always been a favorite (and there’s one I made up for Ms. Redshift for when she has insomnia, but that’s private.)
Etta James: sweetest peaches.
Over the Rainbow: both Judy and Eva Cassidy.
Major props to all the Steve Goodman fans out there, even though I’m not from Chicago. He makes you laugh and cry in the same breath. An achingly human and humane artist, too soon gone.
Balrog @ 84 – Your right about that. So here’s the parent:
Yes – The Gates Of Delirium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0tdWKQAOsc
Here is Izzie singing “Somewhere over the Rainbow” It always gives me chickenskin.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2A2Jt4WOxN8
G’nite gang: bed awaits. Until the ‘morrow.
My inner DJ is lovin’ this!
Eva Cassidy – Over the Rainbow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY
Xtina doing Etta James – At Last: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1fpcN_wmSY
After 2004 Americans accepted election results widely at variance with exit polls. This was wrong and undemocratic. Frankly, very few other peoples in the world would have accepted this. But Americans did. I strongly feel that there needs to be a discussion about the consequences of another result that is at variance with exit polls. I would argue that citizens deprived of their democratic rights have the obligation to withhold all taxes.
Tin can at my feet,
think I’ll kick it down the street.
–That’s no way to treat a friend.
Skies before me, the signs emplore me:
Help the needy, and show them the way.
Human kindness is overflowin’–
and I think it’s gonna rain today.
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you’re dead you can’t
But I’d rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
‘Night Doggies – long, big day tomorrow – GOTV and Keith at the Lake !
My song of hope for the last month has been Mosh, I play it every morning when I go for my walk to get my day started. It was the song Eminem did right before the 2004 election with the dramatic animated video.
Israel Kamakawiwoole – Over the Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03oJL83w9sE
Don’t mind the video. It’s some kid’s interpretation using computer animation.
Hey Redshit and other Va. FDLers — Just read the New Yorker article on Webb. It was a really good and I sent it to my aunt’s high school friend who lives down there. She said she’s voting for him and so is her husband, a Navy vet who works in the military contracting business.
drive by *wave* between courses at a dinner party.
certain CA cabernets hold their own against French Bordeaux.
Lou Costello @
107
The Eva Cassidy YouTube made me cry. I never saw her recorded live in video. And now I’m really off to bed.
Sweet dreams, all.
Oh, another favorite lullaby: Gershwin’s Summertime.
Redshift, so sorry, my f key is not always working. just noticed my gaffe, apologies.
punaise @ 114
Ecotopia swirling!
( those legs aren’t from mtn biking… )
Kewalo @ 105
Oh man, I didn’t see your Izzie before posting mine.
You’ve got great taste, and apparently, so do I. :)
UptownNYChick @ 111
Yes! “American Idiot” also helps keep me going. (Better than the time a year or so ago when it was mostly the Clash’s “Clampdown.”) Today, though, I was listening to Midnight Oil’s “Blue Sky Mining” all the way through. Not entirely topical, but great and inspiring!
Res Publica @
90
I sang that one to my kiddo. Also, Goodnight, by the Beatles, Twinkle Little Star, When You Wish Upon a Star, and Lavender Blue.
I used songs rather than bedtime stories with him. I’m a “dramatic” reader, I really get into it, and that excited him too much.
Funniest video I have of my son is when I went upstairs after he was supposed to be asleep, he wasn’t, and I caught him “reading” Ferdinand the Bull to himself. He didn’t know the words he was reading, but he had memorized the story (he was almost 3 at this point) so much that he was reciting it. The amusing part was that he was using the exact inflections I used to read the story, emphasizing things exactly the way I did. Of course I grabbed the camera!
I can still hear his little voice saying, “And all the lovely ladies with flowers in their hair…”
SharonW @ 118
Oh God. Not SOTR! It makes me cry, every time. Well, when Judy sings it. Anybody else, I’m not so impressed.
UptownNYChick @ 116
Heh. I never would have noticed.
At the end of the White Album, the Beatles had Goodnight. I used to sing it quietly to my daughter, 20 some years ago.
I remember hearing Tura Lura Lura as a child, and being told stories about the Banshee. Brrrr!
For my kids, Tura Lura was enough.
So, late to the party, but anyone else hear that Doogie Howser has come out?
Bill R @ 123
OMG! Me, too, except it was my son. :)
kristinejoy @ 125
of syndication?
John Coltrane’s “After the Rain”
Notso @ 128
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
When the kids were real young, there was a Richard Scarry book with all the major lullabies. Sang ‘em all. They got a bit older and I’d sing them George Gershwin songs. It was especially fun when they’d ask questions about the lyrics of something like “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” or “Embraceable You.”
I made a few lullabies up too, and tried singing lullabies from Natalie Curtis’s “The Indian Book.”
I don’t have a favorite lullaby, but welcome the thought of playing some dirges for the GOP this Wednesday.
Jackson Browne, After the Deluge. Especially since most of that album is seriously depressing.
Janis Joplin “Me & Bobby McGee”
(San Francisco values…)
“And in the end…
the love you take
Is equal to the love
you make.”
Yeah, it’s corny. The last song on the last album the Beatles ever recorded together, and it’s the Golden Rule in verse. But I try to live by it. Call me naive. But I believe it.
Here’s what gives me hope: Shalaigh Murray’s POV of W picking up the Denver paper.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00992.html
Ed*ard Teller @130,
We had the old Green Folk Tune Book. So many good songs in that; sea chanties, spirituals, carols, working songs, etc. and I loved them all.
Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O was my favorite, I think.
Malacandra @ 133
May your belief be the world.
As a little one (five or six years) I used to put on headphones the size of a volkswagon bug and sing along (much to my grandmothers delight, bless her heart) with Joni Mitchell or Van Morrison.
I really like Brian Eno – Music For Airports for relaxing the spirit.
TSF #134- Thats a great catch! hehe
Margot @
135
sea chanties. I’d forgotten singing those.
I always sang my kids to sleep with “Only the Heart May Know,” by Emmylou Harris Dan Fogelberg. Sappy sweet, but they loved it. You gotta be a soprano AND a tenor to pull it off:
Silent sea, tell this to me:
Where are the children that we used to be?
[Silent Sea:] At picture shows
Where nobody goes and only the heart can see.
Starry skies, soft lullabies
Where do they go when their melodies die?
[Starry Skies:] To a day far far away
That only the heart may know.
Friends we knew follow us through
All the days of our lives
Love we shared waits for us there
Where our wishes forever reside.
Falling tears, memories’ mirrors
Where are summers
Oh, where are the tears?
[Falling Tears”] Carried far
To a wandering star
That only the heart may know.
Friends we knew follow us through
All the days of our lives
Love we shared waits for us there
Where ourwishes forever reside.
Starry skies, soft lullabies
Where do they go when their melodies die?
To a day far, far away
That only the heart may know.
I think these would make fantastic commercials.
See what you all think.
http://americanpolitics.com/20061103Young.html
TeddySanFran @ 134
But..but..if Bush isn’t in the A Section, the terraists have won!
Thanks for pointing this out, Teddy. It is SWEEEEET.
“Cradle Song” by Shriekback
Cradle Song
Sing a cradle-song now, as the light fades around us
And you breathe like the ocean, lying small in my arms
See it all in a moment – you so young and unclouded
Shining bright as a lion – feel the motion of time
As the world rolls away from the sun.
I can feel your life burning – unlived moments within you
Further than I can see…
May the fire be your friend and the sea rock you gently,
May the moon light your way – till the wind sets you free
I remember your face as you cried for the first time
The cold air of the world and the fierce light of day
And the cruel separation in a world washed with tears;
Numbed with pain to unfeeling – May you hold to your truth
As you walk the dark night of unreason
The stone walls which surround us – may your spirit fly round them
Like the wind from the sea…
May the fire be your friend and the sea rock you gently,
May the moon light your way – till the wind sets you free
May you never know hunger: may you love with a full heart -
The light stay in your eyes…
May the fire be your friend and the sea rock you gently,
May the moon light your way – till the wind sets you free
May the fire be your friend and the sea rock you gently,
May the moon light your way – till the wind sets you free
Well, the sun is surely sinking down
But the moon is slowly rising
So this old world must still be spinning ’round
And I still love you
So close your eyes
You can close your eyes, it’s allright
I don’t know no love songs
And I can’t sing the blues anymore
But I can sing this song
And you can sing this song
when I’m gone
Won’t be long before the break of day
We gonna have a good time
No one’s gonna take that time away
You can stay as long as you like
So close your eyes
You can close your eyes, it’s allright
I don’t know no love songs
And I can’t sing the blues anymore
But I can sing this song
And you can sing this song
when I’m gone
(James Taylor, 1971)
Don’t sleep. Nap if you must. Godspeed. You are in my prayers, always.
My mom, who passed suddenly last month, used to dance with our cat to this song.
Elton John – Tiny Dancer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ppoX4bVTQ
icewaterchrist @
142
1st time I’ve seen a reference to Shriekback here. Love it – Nemesis!
The Greatest – By Kenny Rogers! What can I say, I’m a sucker for unreserved optimism. The story this lovely little song tells always gets me.
By the way everyone… It’s midnight and I’m sitting down for a marathon editing session since I just finished my BlueAmerica Campaign Trail interviews with Charlie Brown and his special guest today, Paul Hackett.
Late ? early to the Lake today but………..
One . Of . The . Best . Threads . Ever !
Thanks to all (esp. NDFarmGrrrlll – GBok & Peterr – McCutheon) for the wonderful song memories & reminders.
Although I often write parodys of other people’s songs, it is rare when I’m able to write a song of my own. This one has kept me motivated and serene since it fell on me on New Year’s Day 2002.
I’d be honored if all of you carried it with you in your hearts for a few days.
Red Line Blues
“Just One Victory” by Todd Rundgren. It is almost perfectly appropo:
“Somehow, someday,
We need just one victory and were on our way.
Prayin’ for it all day and fightin’ for it all night,
Give us just one victory, it will be all right…”
http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyri…..ctory.html
As I said in 2003:
We Are The Blog!
Resistance Is Futile!
Good luck and pleasant dreams.
May the Love that know’s no Comprehension find refuge in your hearts and in your homes forever.
“You Calmed Me Down” (Paul Simon) Annie Lennox’s version with P.S. doing a backup vocal …….
sleep well you early nighters. late nighters, i’ll be back. gotta go get some work done now…..
There’s a fantastic guitar solo by Yes called “Mood For A Day.” Also “3/5 Of A Mile In 20 Seconds” by Jefferson Airplane.
one of those wunnerful peeps came to my house today, handing out literature and a list of places we could drop off our ballots (OR has vote by mail, and drop off up to and on election day).
He was delightful, full of positive energy. I am…hopeful.
I know just what mean about having your hopes dashed. The pendulum is swinging, it will come back to our side sooner or later. On tuesday we’ll get what we paid for.
Tom Traubert’s Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8TPtN8nNSU
This is what I’ll be singing if you guys are right.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LoRmMI9psRw
soyinkafan @
100
Little Boxes was written by that great Berkeley leftie grandmother – Malvina Reynolds
In the interest of being thorough, I contacted some relatives in Connecticut that I felt would not vote for Lamont, to ask them nicely anyway.
Turns out my sister in law’s new husband went to the Naval Academy with James Webb. Small, small world. (No that’s not my song submission.)
My song: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, because it captures my longing to do something far away. When I was little I wanted to be Mighty Mouse, fly through the air and save innocent creatures. Now I work 5,000 miles away in a children’s hospital.
Dream big, and dream over the long arc of time.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
I loved seeing Kermit again!! It takes me back to a lovely time when my kids were little and Sesame Street was our favorite program.
My favorite song in the whole world is My Way by Elvis Presley. I saw a video of it a long time ago. It was when he was at the end of his career but his voice was so full and so rich that it blew me away! He did it MUCH better than Frank Sinatra.
(If anyone could tell me where I could get a copy of that video, I would be grateful.)
with my oldest, i would hum the theme to “the simpsons”…with my other two kiddos, it was (and still is) “you are my sunshine”…
Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Dylan
Thirsty Boots – Eric Andersen
Heroes — Bowie
Saddam death by hanging!
I remeber when they first caught Saddam 3 or 4 am Illinois time the BBC of course had the news and after listening to it six times I went to the American stations for some differnt takes on the coverage. It was over an hour later before those guys clued in, anyway I pulled into the warehouse and told the boss I think you should turn on the BBC they caught Saddam. Everyone perked up at the news asked a few questions and that was it. Nobody turned on the radio noone cared enough to listen to the radio. And now once again I’m the first to hear the news Saddam will die, he deserves it too. but tell me does Rummy regret selling Saddam poision gas for gulf war 1, does bush 1 and 2 regret that even though they both fought wars it seems they will never get Saddams oil. Does Saddam regret the evil things he did for power, is he surprised that the Americans his allies in the Iran-Iraq war betrayed him? I wonder if we see things clearly after we die, or do the lies we tell ourselves stay with us always?
Associated Press Writer
WEYERS CAVE, Va.
A liberal blogger who was manhandled by supporters of Sen. George Allen this week was handcuffed by authorities and escorted from another rally Saturday after an Allen backer claimed the man pushed him to the ground.
Mike Stark told The Associated Press that sheriff’s deputies detained and released him. He was not charged.
“I’ll own this town,” Stark, a first-year University of Virginia law student, was overheard telling sheriff’s deputies as he was led away from the rally at Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.
I didn’t see any of the other votes for Somewhere Over the Rainbow til after I posted.
Good Morning, Firedogs!
I’ve been away for a few days–and actually got to see a few political ads [conference roommate & good friend turned on the idiot box to get weather report and news headlines] in MD. I saw the ad with Michael Steele’s sister, where she says he wouldn’t cut off support for all stem cell research.
Shortly after I was married, I took a job with a smalll nonprofit, with a board president with deep pockets and crazy ideas. I was new to the field, and the job instantly became nonprofit-from-hell. And I had a horrible commute, too, a tension-filled drive that could take two hours from work to home on a Friday afternoon. I listened to Whitney Houston sing “The Greatest Love of All” every Friday afternoon to give myself hope–that I would get home in a reasonable time, that I would find a job that I could love doing work that made a difference in people’s lives, and that I wouldn’t drive my new spouse completely bonkers while I worked for that crazy woman. I worked there for six months–and went on to a good job, and several others.
Thank you to the many people here at the ‘Lake for sharing songs and poems [one of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems was one of the early comments on this thread] and stories and videos. Thanks to Dab from CT for giving an update [man, I really want Holy Joe to go!]. I managed to twist my knee while I was at my conference, so I won’t be able to do door-to-door volunteering today for Linda Stender in NJ-07, but maybe I can make some phone calls.
I’ve made an extra-big pot of coffee. I’m going to go start some laundry. Just help yourselves to a cup.
Is the Jack Burns in the opening credits the same Jack Burns that used to be partnered in a comedy team with the mustachioed Avery Schriver?
Curious minds want to know.
Taxi!
Hey there, egregious! My sister’s nickname as a child was Mighty Mouse, and we both watched it every chance we could.
Thank you for the work you do.
So Saddam was sentenced to die. Did the violence start yet?
Good morning, NJ. Welcome back.
War simulation in 1999 pointed out Iraq invasion problems
And even then, the games showed, the country still had a chance of dissolving into chaos.
In the simulation, called Desert Crossing, 70 military, diplomatic and intelligence participants concluded the high troop levels would be needed to keep order, seal borders and take care of other security needs.
O’Reilly has details of Kansas abortions
Dr. George Tiller said he will ask the Kansas Supreme Court on Monday to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and take possession of the records of 90 patients from two clinics.
…….
During a Friday night broadcast of “The O’Reilly Factor,” the conservative host said a “source inside” told the show that Tiller performs late-term abortions when a patient is depressed, which O’Reilly deemed “executing babies.”
O’Reilly also said his show has evidence that Tiller’s clinic and another unnamed clinic have broken Kansas law by failing to report potential rapes with victims ages 10 to 15.