Some travelin’ music on the road to Splitsville
It has been barely two months since a federal judge in California overturned that state’s ban on same-sex marriage, a ruling that inspired dark warnings about the impact it was going to have on traditional marriage.
And sure enough:
Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman ... splitsville
Ben Harper and Laura Dern ... splitsville
David Arquette and Courtney Cox ... splitsville.
It’s all the fault of teh gays. It has to be, right? I mean, what else could possibly account for it?
Unless of course it was the “lying, cheating, cold-deadbeating, two-timing, double-dealing, mean-mistreating” kind of thing that people sing all the songs about.
(Happy Friday, everyone!)
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paleo-neoCarlinist
October 15th, 2010
4:21 pm
JB, and first? You need to dig into the Dewey Cox catalog for messy “same sex” marriage. Try “Let’s Duet”.
Pogo
October 15th, 2010
4:21 pm
Who cares? Goodbye Jay.
Bosch
October 15th, 2010
4:26 pm
Jay,
Oh, that was good. Way to sock it to the bigots.
AngryRedMarsWoman
October 15th, 2010
4:29 pm
Probably not your style, but I will go with “The Bleeding” by Five Finger Death Punch….ahhh, memories of my ex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BAiDKOqfvc
I remember when all the games began
Remember every little lie and every last goodbye
Promises you broke, words you choked on
and I never walked away,
it’s still a mystery to me
Well I’m so empty
I’m better off without you and you’re better off without me
Well you’re so unclean
I’m better off without you and you’re better off without me
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming
Was tearing me apart
The hatred (deceiving), the beatings; it’s over
Paint the mirrors black to forget you
I still picture your face and the way you used to taste
Roses in a glass, dead and wilted
To you this all was nothing
Everything to you is nothing
Well you’re so filthy
I’m better off without you and you’re better off without me
Well I’m so ugly
You’re better off without me and I’m better off alone
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming
Was tearing me apart
The hatred, the beatings (disaster); it’s over
As wicked as you are, you’re beautiful to me
You’re the darkest burning star, you’re my perfect disease
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming
Was tearing me apart
The hatred, the beatings; it’s over
Disaster
The lying, the bleeding, the screaming
Was tearing me apart
The hatred, the beatings; it’s over
Disaster
It’s over now…
Scout
October 15th, 2010
4:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-My2AkcZeE4&feature=related
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
4:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJosB7SEmOY
A little treat for the election season, halloween and these activist judge rulings.
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
4:46 pm
Now THERE’S country lyrics at their finest! Good choice, Jay…
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
4:51 pm
I must confess, I actually know of four of those six people.
Perhaps, some of you have heard of these guys…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=docIZINYZR0
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
5:01 pm
Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, baby, I wanna leave you…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVDViSlsSM
Del
October 15th, 2010
5:03 pm
SoCo@4:45pm,
Is that one for Nancy Pelosi when she’s removed as House Speaker?
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 15th, 2010
5:07 pm
I guess I should care about those people, up there in the pics, but really I don’t. Here’s an Alabama boy telling it like it is……….”Don’t let the screen door hit you”………
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy8ba2eL7cI
Del
October 15th, 2010
5:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-S5M9oD2wc
Jimmy Joe Bob
October 15th, 2010
5:11 pm
I had to burn that one to CD and run out and play it in the pick-em-up truck!
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
5:12 pm
It took me a long time to realize it, but now I think she is arguably one of the finest chicks to hit the modern rock scene in along while.
Kind of a female Tom Petty…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S61MJE8XfU
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:12 pm
I’m crying icicles instead of tears…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2G-DKOGFbc
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:14 pm
Amvet: That song from Sergeant Pepper’s really has significance for me. Thanks for playing it.
RW-(the original)
October 15th, 2010
5:15 pm
Bosch,
Just left you a link downstairs.
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:16 pm
Same for the LZ song!
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 15th, 2010
5:17 pm
Another one from The Sanford-Townsend Band. Never did understand, why they didn’t hit it big.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrnpbB2VnA0
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:22 pm
AmVet
@ 5:12
Back at cha…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO9dcbWO_9A&feature=related
Del
October 15th, 2010
5:25 pm
AmVet,
Yeah Sheryl even seems to get foxier looking with age. She needs to quit her toilet paper fetish though.
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:26 pm
sweet voice. strong words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSep7QJXKlE
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
5:29 pm
Thanks Sooth and jonix.
Was never much of a fan of this Welshman, but what the heck, it fits the theme…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPr7BTYY6AA
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:32 pm
And, Jay, we have our splits, too…we just look at them a bit differently…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5_CNHRqqk
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:33 pm
Grab a Kleenex
Del
October 15th, 2010
5:35 pm
A great group from way back when
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP8xff2X46A
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:37 pm
AmVet
Now, how can you beat this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI5LWwC-cE8
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:39 pm
Here’s the same song–studio version–if you want to save it your favortes. (Had to really look for this one.)
Dusty
October 15th, 2010
5:43 pm
Aww.. a bogus introduction.to bad music. Oh well, in case you haven’t heard, the US deficit now stands at 1.3 TRILLION and Geithner blames it on the previous administration!! Now…play “Raindrops are falling on my head” . More apres-vous, c’est pas?
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:45 pm
Jonix: that EJ song is one of my all-time favorites.
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
5:49 pm
josef, one the top ten greatest records ever made, in my opinion.
And though it is damn near impossible for me to do – and it could change on any given day I suppose – on a lark I decided to try and actually list my 10 favorite rock records of all time:
10 The Beatles (The White Album) (1967) – The Beatles
9 Led Zeppelin (1969) – Led Zeppelin
8 Second Helping (1974) – Lynyrd Skynyrd
7 After the Gold Rush (1970) – Neil Young
6 Tapestry (1971)- Carole King
5 They Only Come Out at Night (1972) – Edgar Winter Group
4 Who’s Next (1971) – The Who
3 Crime of the Century (1974) – Supertramp
2 Dark Side of the Moon (1973) – Pink Floyd
1 Liars (2004) – Todd Rundgren
Anyone else want to give it a try?
From number 8…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgrPfMyYCk
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:50 pm
The simple fact is that Obama inherited a federal deficit of $1.2 trillion on the day he was sworn in last year. Barely two weeks earlier, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued its regular “Budget and Economic Outlook” document, stating:
CBO, Jan. 2009: The federal fiscal situation in 2009 will be dramatically worse than it was in 2008. Under the assumption that current laws and policies remain in place (that is, not accounting for any new legislation), CBO estimates that the deficit this year will total $1.2 trillion, more than two and a half times the size of last year’s.
That $1.2 trillion projected deficit — the result of bills signed by Republican President George W. Bush — grew substantially after Obama signed his stimulus bill and submitted his own budget. But even so, by the time the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, the actual deficit was $1.4 trillion, CBO said.
Dusty, I don’t know how many times I have to post this. But here it is again. OK? GIVE IT A REST!
carlosgvv
October 15th, 2010
5:50 pm
Gay marriage is a social experiment that will eventually be the norm in all states. While it may seem like the right thing to do, don’t forget the law of unintended consequences. You just never know what this might lead to.
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:55 pm
De
@ 5:35
Timeless…l
Lil' Barry Bailout
October 15th, 2010
5:55 pm
It’s a shame we have to put up with so many garbage blog posts like this one to get a few real gems like the one on the decreasing resiliency of the economy.
Oh well, at least it isn’t CT’s blog, where it’s all garbage, all the time.
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:56 pm
carlosgvv: Carlos, really! If you’re against gay marriage DON’T MARRY A GAY PERSON! I mean, really, if two people are married that you don’t and will never see in your entire life WTF do you care?
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
5:58 pm
Here’s a suggestion: lunatic Righties–take the night off–post a song, YOU’LL LIKE IT!
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
5:58 pm
AmVet
Wouldn’t attempt it, but this is from one I KNOW would be on my list…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFhWV8–io&feature=related
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
6:01 pm
AmV
You left off Core (1992) – Stone Temple Pilots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lZgHdOU-ko
Dusty
October 15th, 2010
6:02 pm
Soothsayer,
Keep right on posting the liberal view. TARP instituted by President Bush has been REPAID but the deficit keeps rising. I.3 TRILLION AT THIS VERY MOMENT and Obama has been president for almost two years.
Keep producing those fairy tales about the economy. They match up with your fanciful interpretation of 9/11.
Beam me up, Scotty, it’s crazy down here.
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
6:03 pm
’s a shame we have to put up with so many garbage blog posts like this one to get a few real gems like the one on the decreasing resiliency of the economy.
This is the Friday music thread. If you don’t like it, don’t post or read it. It’s quite simple. Americans have the freedom to make choices, and you can make that choice for yourself.
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:03 pm
For josef and the rest of the gang who are interested in such arcane matters…
On this day in 1844, Friedrich Nietzsche was born.
He has always fascinated me. Particularly his concept of the Übermensch.
From his book book Thus Spoke Zarathustra (German: Also Sprach Zarathustra), the book’s protagonist, Zarathustra, contends that “man is something which ought to be overcome:”
“All beings so far have created something beyond themselves; and do you want to be the ebb of this great flood and even go back to the beasts rather than overcome man? What is the ape to man? A laughingstock or a painful embarrassment. And man shall be just that for the overman: a laughingstock or a painful embarrassment…”
(I’ll not even go into his theories on how this connects to the death of God!)
Way, way, way ahead of his time…
From number 10…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8muJIOznsg
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:05 pm
Here’s my favorite cheating song….by one of my favorite artists……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJfFZqTlWrQ
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:07 pm
DUSTY
“Beam me up, Scotty, it’s crazy down ”
Aw. grab your bottle of Manischewitz…it’s Friday!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5nG2jEVgc
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:10 pm
AmVet
“G-d is dead.” –Nietzsche
“Nietzsche is deade.” –G-d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG7aS07dAN0
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:11 pm
SoCo, I’ll hand it to you. You really do know how to rock!
By the 80s I was already fed up with rock music and had switched over to buying almost nothing but classical music for a long while.
So I never “got” the whole “heavy metal” thing, if that is what it was called.
But I did like these guys – the first and last of that genre that I really did.
From 1983’s Pyromania, and kind of a post-Kiss sound…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACrmwTsi08&feature=related
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:12 pm
Amvet: you’re taste in Beatles is very close to mine. I love that song!
RW-(the original)
October 15th, 2010
6:12 pm
This is the Friday music thread. If you don’t like it, don’t post or read it
And if you do read it you’ll see that Jay B tried to turn it into a political fight in his intro.
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:15 pm
Jonix @6:07: “A nar ken fregen mer frages in a sho vi a kluger ken entferen in a yor.”
“A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in a year.”
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:15 pm
okay, from Ringo and on theme…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6CMSuT98-E
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:16 pm
After you cry you want to get even……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryRepGvAf04&p=D0DE620A5BF4AFB9&playnext=1&index=1
The 50 people who dislike this song are all males with broken car windows.
Dusty
October 15th, 2010
6:16 pm
OK, I will fall in line. My favorite is usually “The Girl from Ipenema” as sung by Frank Sinatra accompanied by Antonio Carlos Jobim.. Now that’s GOOD (and I won’t mention the 1.3 TRILLION deficit. Not once!)…
Dinner/supper time….abiento, yawl..
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:16 pm
And of course, we all know…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5H-6fOc3HE&feature=related
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:17 pm
Spock: “You silly Earthlings with your animal instincts.”
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
6:18 pm
AmV
I went thru my phase where R&B was stagnant so I began to rock out. It didn’t hurt that Core came out when I was early in my college experimental years.
DDR
Do you remember this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTsZXqdyfE&feature=related
Dusty
October 15th, 2010
6:18 pm
Thank you, RW!!!!!!!! U R kerrect!!!
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:19 pm
DDR
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:19 pm
Keep producing those fairy tales about the economy. They match up with your fanciful interpretation of 9/11.
Is it me or is she starting to sound shrill, patronizing, and well…….just plain crazy……?
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
6:20 pm
And if you do read it you’ll see that Jay B tried to turn it into a political fight in his intro
And when has Jay ever just posted a song without any message whether political or not? I think that’s why the topic of the thread is Some travelin’ music and not who’s leaving who.
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:20 pm
josef, back in the day, I had almost no use for Johnny Cash.
But when I listen to the best of his stuff, I realize I was wrong to do so.
That was a great song. Thanks…
Debbie! Welcome!
This gem – that I never, ever get tired of – might be the very antithesis to tonight’s theme…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiIC3A0ROM
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:21 pm
DDR
@ 6:16
Sooth
@ 6:15
And there is that…
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:21 pm
Is this good advice or what?
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:21 pm
what up josef!!! The shiftless, lazy youth of today is in the hizzzzzouuuuuuseee!! I’m ready to rock!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFKxQ3sy_UI
How ya like me now?
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
6:22 pm
DDR
Jasmine Sullivan’s gonna get a lot of females hurt with that one too. You have to remember, those guys do have sisters and/or female cousins. At least that’s how it goes down in the country.
RW-(the original)
October 15th, 2010
6:24 pm
SoCo,
You don’t have to like the truth but it’s still the truth. When you mock your opponents on a highly charged political issue, then you’re not just asking everybody to set aside their differences and see how many hits you can send to you tube.
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:24 pm
But then Millie said it best, a little classical for y’all headed for Splitsville
(warning…not for the Puritans!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGJgyuAu6eo
RW-(the original)
October 15th, 2010
6:25 pm
Anywho, its supper/dinner time. Catch y’all over the weekend.
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:25 pm
SoCo that was one of the best cheating songs of all time!! Now I’ve got to find one too…..(I’m extremely competitive
)
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:26 pm
Did someone say Ringo?
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:26 pm
Sooth @6:12, and just one of the many reasons, I like ya!
From my number 5. Very short but amazingly sweet…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9kKXwsQ7ko
Finn McCool
October 15th, 2010
6:27 pm
I know this is about music but I’m sitting here watching “The Secret of the Kells” with my 11 year old and this movie is amazing – I think it won the Academy Award for best animation. WOW
The advanced 2-dimensional visuals are of the “oh yeah, why didn’t I think of that” kind. Great story, too! Vikings, Ireland, christians, mysticism, maybe some druidism.
Ok, got to get back to it. The Julia Child Beef Bourgoine is in the oven!
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:28 pm
Oops sorry for the dupe.
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:29 pm
Brother Bruno turned me onto this fab (get it?) Ringo tune a few months back. And it shot to the very top of my Ringo songs.
Probably because I so adored George Harrison and how his music meant so much to me throughout my life…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PjnOdHq-T8
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:30 pm
Hi AmVet!! Johnny Cash was deep and dark his music transcended genres, (as you’ve probably noticed, I like tortured souls — hence my love of opera). My favorite song from Johnny is “Walk The Line…” you listen to those lyrics and that steady driving beat of the guitar and you can only imagine the pure genius of the man.
Here’s one of my favorite tortured souls that’s one of my all-time favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JVxE2SYxo
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:31 pm
DDR
Jus’ being White Trash
and speaking of…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3umaLe37-LE&ob=av2e
Southern Comfort
October 15th, 2010
6:35 pm
RW
Today’s post was an obvious political statement, and I know that. However, I’ve always seen people say that the Traveling music post is just that, music. I guess it’s different rules for different days. Maybe we should ask Jay to make non-politically charged themes for the music thread from now on.
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:38 pm
OK! OK! The astute among you will note that I posted this one last week. BUT . . . SINCE WE’RE CRYING IN OUR BEER, here it is again.
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 15th, 2010
6:39 pm
Here’s a real cheating song……
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CWod8yRSP0
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:41 pm
SoCo: DDR – Jasmine Sullivan’s gonna get a lot of females hurt with that one too. You have to remember, those guys do have sisters and/or female cousins. At least that’s how it goes down in the country
Hey, you know as well as I know, even if it’s you’re own mother, if you do a woman wrong, all the women in the universe, (except that one who’s trying to get with you anyway) is gonna take HER side and not yours. And your mother may even slap you silly if you REALLY mess up a good thing!!
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:42 pm
DDR
Pearl’s my favorite album, but that’s my all time favorite of hers…got to see her perform it!
And let’s not leave out the ne plus ultra of cheatin songs…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvLeCMTofE
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 15th, 2010
6:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtFol29xEFI
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:44 pm
Hillbilly: “I’ve tears in my ears from lying on my back crying over you!” Great Song!
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:47 pm
okay, lovelorn…had a friend in college who said you could determine the success of one of her concerts by the number of suicides the next day…still, though, weren’t we all there? RIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypn9oKaO-3E
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
6:48 pm
Jonix: Hard to believe Hank died at only 29. Just a country boy from Montgomery AL
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:48 pm
Overplayed to be sure – as much of their stuff was – but wow, what a wonderful song…
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/161168/1606441
Del
October 15th, 2010
6:49 pm
Wonder what if any flack Obama might get from the gay community as a result of the DOJ appealing that Federal Judges ruling on DADT. He’s between a rock and a hard place on that one as Gates voiced concerns strongly. Can’t have Federal judges usurping the role of congress.
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
6:50 pm
OMG Soothsayer, if you’re gonna do Journey you’ve gotta do Who’s Crying Now?!!! It’s tradition.
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
6:54 pm
More cheatin’ and heartache.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hajBdDM2qdg
And here it is again, And in my opinion, it’s the second greatest cover ever (After Hendrix’s All Along the Watchtower)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93S_l0qZrXA
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
6:55 pm
okay, it wouldn’t be Friday night without a little…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cwKCU8Z5c&ob=av2e
And, the ad? Well, you decide!
Del
October 15th, 2010
6:57 pm
Really miss this guy and his music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd7aBAv0IUc&feature=related
Normal
October 15th, 2010
6:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVd5RVukcs
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 15th, 2010
7:00 pm
AmVet
In my opinion, “Lyin’ Eyes” is one of the few perfect songs. Not one word or note can be improved on.
The original, and in my opinion, the best version of this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBw6-LeDnIQ
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
7:02 pm
“you know I can’t stand it, you’re running around…”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y99tXNxV5s
Normal
October 15th, 2010
7:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpRR7UOQYt0&feature=related
Soothsayer
October 15th, 2010
7:02 pm
What I do for you fellow bloggers! I’ve spent the last 20 minutes trying to find this video for you. I HOPE you enjoy!
Normal
October 15th, 2010
7:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t6gUHLD4AQ
DebbieDoRight
October 15th, 2010
7:06 pm
josef I was gonna post Hank earlier!! Great minds thinking alike again!!! Oh and thanks for Millie. When my mom used to get angry at my father she’d pt on Millie Jackson and pops knew to step lightly or get a frying pan upside his head!!
Here’s my last few cheating songs for tonight.
While yo’uve been stepping out, someone else has been stepping in…. Classic!!
This is my favorite ZZ Hill song – Cheating In The Next Room
And last but not least, the incomparable Denise LaSalle telling the wife of her boyfriend Hey Lady, Your Husband Is Cheating On us! Now that’s deep!! She has a lyric in there where she says “before I bow out gracefully, I’m going to tell everything I know!! — BTW I heard she’s singing gospel now…..go figure!!
AmVet
October 15th, 2010
7:08 pm
Good call, Del.
I was into him for a very brief period. I think it was that Luckenbach, Texas thing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dXR5Dk8YNw
Normal
October 15th, 2010
7:09 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdCIsMeA8eY&feature=related
josef nix
October 15th, 2010
7:10 pm
Del
@ 6:49
From this f*ggot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf2S7kKLtEQ