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June 21, 2003
Flaming Lips hit for plagiarism
From the official website of Yusuf Islam, aka Cat Stevens:
13th June 2003
It was confirmed today that an agreement has been reached between Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Yusuf Islam) and EMI Music Publishing (Flaming Lips) over the single 'Fight Test' and its close resemblance to the Cat Stevens classic, 'Father and Son'. Royalties from the sale of 'Fight Test' will now be divided between both parties according to the agreed settlement.
From The Herald:
In an interview for a German music website, Wayne Coyne, the band's lead singer, said of their single: "It actually sounds like a Cat Stevens song called Father And Son. Some guys, Boyzone, or a Boyzone band, had a hit with that. That song was not really a hit in America.
"I didn't really know the song as well, but I do see now that it definitely has got some resemblance with the Cat Stevens' song. It feels like a sort of re-edition of the sort of story-telling that he did."
I was not previously familiar with the Cat Stevens song. That's why G-d made P2P. Hearing them back to back, I could see the similarity. It was not quite the same, mostly just vaguely similar. I'd say there was substantially less similarity than, for example, the famous "My Sweet Lord" vs "He's So Fine" case. I don't know whether it was enough for them to be sued for, but it probably was their best bet to make a settlement.
However, I will say that the Flaming Lips did a lot more with their somewhat similar theme. The Cat Stevens song was a fairly mushy and indistinct and somewhat sappy singer-songwriter display of sensitivity. "Fight Club" came out with a considerably catchier and more tightly focused melody, better developed. It also has stronger rhythms and a tougher, more pleasing emotional tone.
Try 'em both, and judge for yourself.
posted by Al at 6/21/2003 02:01:00 PM
Dead puppies aren't much fun
I beg the pardon of long suffering readers as I take a moment of personal indulgence.
My puppy just died. This barely weaned puppy had been left in a brushpile to die in March, but was rescued apparently fairly quickly by an angel of mercy who gave him to me. This alone marks him special, being the only time I've ever brought a dog in. We always have dogs on the farm, but they just wander in from wherever and start eating our food. In these parts, that's plenty to keep several dogs around at any given time. We've still got three.
Being a big puppy, probably some kind of golden retriever or labrador, we expected a monster. Also considering that he was THE FACE OF PURE EVIL, we named him "Cujo".
I could tell fairly many cute puppy stories on him, but we'll save it. Our monster puppy weighed around 30 pounds at about five months.
Tuesday he was fine and happy, viciously attacking his master and terrorizing his big brothers, whom he was already bigger than. Wednesday he was, well, sicker than a dog, or perhaps exactly as sick as a dog. He died overnight.
Most likely he managed to poison himself, drank some antifreeze or ate who knows what. The damned fool would eat anything that got in range. He'd wolf down three large eggs, then look up at you and ask what was for breakfast. I bought him a name tag a few days ago. When I got down to put it on him, he immediately ate it. I had to pry his mouth open to get it out of his throat before it went down the hatch. Admittedly, he probably wasn't the smartest dog we've ever had.
Anyway, I couldn't find our half-assed excuse for a shovel, which left me with an old pitchfork to dig with. It broke after about two forkfulls, leaving me to dig a puppy grave with a hoe. Carrying Cujo's cold and very stiff body back to the woods rates as the least fun I've had all week, to put it midly. I wrapped him in my 101 Dalmatians bath towel and put him in the clay. At least I got done before the rain hit.
Oh, well. We loved him when we had him. He had love and care while he was here. The old man is heartbroken, but what are you going to do? I chose to listen to music.
That brings me to Ogden Edsel's classic record "Dead Puppies". In theory, it's a comedy record. It's one of the half dozen most requested songs in the history of the Dr. Demento show. Yet listening to the song when you are actually dealing with a dead puppy might give you a different take on the song.
The crude lyrics ("Mom says puppy's days are through/ she's going to throw him in the stew") combine with the over the top mock-drama of the arrangement (particularly the big organ) to make a classic black comedic gesture.
Yet hearing it now, I can't help but think there lies real pain under the song, made clear by exaggerated comic denial. It comes out in the actual melody at the heart of the record. The highest point of humor is how it can help you transubstantiate pain and misfortune. This song does that nicely. It's an exceptional song, really.
Dead puppies
Dead puppies
Dead puppies aren't much fun
They don't come when you call
They don't chase squirrels at all
Dead puppies aren't much fun
My puppy died late last fall
He's still rotting in the hall
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Mom says puppy's days are through
She's gonna throw him in the stew
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Dead puppies
Dead puppies
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Dead puppies
Dead puppies
Dead puppies aren't much fun
Dead puppies
Dead puppies
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Yet I'm happy as a frickin' clam. This may seem a bit like the trick ending of the Who's plane crash song which suddenly turns into a birthing scene ["Glow Girl"]. The only defense I have here is truth.
Dad came back to tell me about Cujo while I was on the phone. I was talking to my best friend.
My childless 38 year old best friend was explaining that she is unexpectedly pregnant.
Who cares about a damned silly dog?
POSTSCRIPT, FEBRUARY 2004: My godson was born on Friday the 13th, beautiful and healthy and perfect. Life is good. :)
posted by Al at 6/21/2003 02:01:00 PM
June 20, 2003
My top movie villains
The AFI villains list was better than their heroes, but not the most interesting list. Hannibal Lecter makes a somewhat predictable and obvious choice, but undeniable.
Their one main really dumb choice for villain is "Man" from Bambi. Goddam, but I hate that stupid movie.
"Villains" sometimes seem more ambiguous as to that status than do heroes to theirs. In theory, Michael Corleone must rank as a monster- yet I have trouble really thinking of him as a villain.
Here are my picks for most striking movie villains of all time:
 
Jack Ripper (Dr Strangelove)
You can't get much more villainous than blowing up the world. Narcissm seems to be a defining common trait looking over the villain list. General Ripper thought that the world revolved around his powerful military penis. When he couldn't get it up anymore, the only reasonable explanation must be a commie plot. You can't get much more narcisstic than that.
Eleanor Iselin (The Manchurian Candidate)
I'll call Mrs. Iselin and Jack Ripper co-villains of all time. Years of watching Ms. Lansbury in the nicey-nice Murder She Wrote would be just the thing to prepare you for a good shock. Allowing her own son to be brainwashed as an unwilling assassin to help in a communist plot to take over the US government. Oh, and don't forget the incest. Her last big scene with Raymond was just to DIE for. "One last step. And then, when I take power, they will be pulled down and ground into dirt for what they did to you. And what they did in so contemptuously underestimating me."
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Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
"NO, NOT THE DIP!!!" Only a 'Toon could be that crazy.
 Marcellus Wallace (Pulp Fiction)
This character embodied a reptilian cold bloodedness most beautifully.
Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
Hands down the best Disney villain ever, and the best villain song. "Poor Unfortunate Souls" has more wicked personality and dark humor than any other musical presentation by any evil character, live or animated.
Elija Price (Unbreakable)
This guy wrecked a train, killing hundreds of people for the sole purpose of casting himself as a comic book super villain. Talk about narcisstic, boy howdy!
 Rufus T Firefly (Duck Soup)
What, Groucho Marx a villain? Look at what the character actually did. In his inaugaral address, he sang "If you think this country's bad off now, just wait till I get through with it." Then he proceeded to directly and purposely run the country into a war for absolutely no other reason than personal interest, ie preventing the other country's ambassador from moving in on Mrs. Teasdale- the source of his power.
Mickey and Mallory Knox (Natural Born Killers)
For starters, that picture of Mickey on the DVD box alone should make your blood run cold. Killing a bunch of people just to get famous ranks as about the most directly evil line you could take. Seeming so cool just compounds their evil.
Bob Roberts (Bob Roberts)
Whoa boy, his lust for power entailed such direct wickedness as faking an assassination attempt, and then murdering a reporter who was on to his long history of drug running and ripping off S&Ls. Plus, he's a Republican. What more need be said?
Dr Yen Lo (The Manchurian Candidate)
Evil often has a charming face. That seductive quality contributes greatly to making it really nasty. Good humor invites you to join in the evil. "I've allowed my people to have a little fun in the selection of bizarre tobacco substitutes... Yak dung! ...Oh, tastes good -- like a cigarette should!"
 Mr. Scratch (The Devil and Daniel Webster)
How much more evil can you get than the frickin' devil himself- and a far more subtle and nuanced Prince of Darkness than, for example, Al Pacino.
 Rev. Harry Powell (Night of the Hunter)
This guy is the boogeyman of my nightmares, not some horribly contrived Freddy Kreuger.
Lady Mary Van Tassel (Sleepy Hollow)
Sold her soul to the devil for revenge. She had different brilliantly evil ways to compromise every person around.
Matthew Harrison Brady (Inherit the Wind)
This doppleganger for William Jennings Bryan may not have been a murderer, but it's only by accident of place and time, for he represents the face of pure demagoguery. He says stupid crap that he knows better than to bump the boobs into line, with no regard for truth or consequences. Like a good demagogue, you can see him talking himself into half-believing his own crap.
Baby Jane Hudson (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?)
Killing her sister's pet bird, then putting it on plate to serve for lunch- wow!
Norma Desmond (Sunset Boulevard)
Her real crime was not so much against the murdered screenwriter as against the butler/ex-husband whom she has heedlessly kept around in such wicked torment for so many years.
Franz Becker (M)
Oh, he can't help it. He's got a compulsion that MAKES him a monster, something inside that he can't control. Shut up.
Doyle Hargraves (Sling Blade)
Mundane everyday evil incarnate, Doyle couldn't really help it. See, he had a bad childhood, or something. Therefore, he couldn't really help smacking the woman and child around a little, and being abusive to anyone stupid enough to associate with him. This is just the kind of pussy-man behavior that makes me nuts. Boo hoo ya frigging baby.
 Judd Frye (Oklahoma!)
Steiger's performance in the smokehouse during "Poor Judd Is Dead" must rate as one of the top displays of self-pity ever. Pure class resentment permeated every fiber of his being, and motivated every hateful display- which is to say almost his every action or word in the entire movie.
posted by Al at 6/20/2003 07:58:00 PM
Original Cyn
Born June 20, 1953, Cyndi Lauper turns 50 today. Happy birthday, Cyndi!!
Obviously She's So Unusual is one of the great pop albums in the whole rock era. She's an exceptional vocal talent, with a unique and powerful instrument. She got some really good songs, notably "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".
In addition, however, she's an accomplished songwriter, personally responsible for some outstanding tunes, including at least a couple of modern standards: "True Colors" and "Time After Time".
The Essential Cyndi Lauper album makes a really good sampling, but there are a couple of live John Lennon covers that you should make a point of looking up: "Strawberry Fields Forever" and especially "Working Class Hero" will reward your search efforts.
posted by Al at 6/20/2003 07:53:00 PM
June 18, 2003
My top movie heroes
The cool thing about stuff like the AFI list of top movie heroes and villains comes from considering what constitutes heroism versus villainy.
In my mind, heroism comes not so much from physical bravery, which is not necessarily that difficult- especially for stupid people. Any idiot can hold their breath for a few seconds and walk into a line of fire.
It generally impresses me much more to see people struggling against their own internal forces, making an ongoing effort to overcome their own demons to figure out what they need to do.
The AFI list had some good but fairly obvious choices, such as Rick Blaine in Casablanca. They had some interesting and less than obvious choices (the best part), such as Juror #8 from 12 Angry Men. There were some cheap, shallow choices, such as Superman. Then there were some plain stupid choices, such as Cool Hand Luke. What was heroic about this character? He was just stupid and suicidal.
Most annoying, however, was their #1 movie hero of all time: Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Oh, the great white liberal lawyer has come to save the black man! Crikey. If I were picking someone out for heroism in that movie, it would be Boo Radley.
Anyway, this annoyed me enough to make me conjure up my own list of great movie heroes. Instead of the self-satisfied white lawyer, let's start with...
Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
I'm only marginally knowledgeable about Malcolm X and I don't much trust Spike Lee, so keep in mind that I am judging the character played by Denzel Washington rather than the historical character. With that in mind, however, this character showed great integrity and ultimately even fair humility in doing the right thing by his people and his God, even knowing that it would get him killed. He's certainly a much greater savior figure to the black man than any liberal white lawyer.
Karl Childers (Sling Blade)
Karl really struggled in his soul to do right, but ended up with an irreconcilable division between his Christianity and his imperative need to protect the boy. Ultimately, he sacrificed not just his freedom, but (in his own mind) the salvation of his soul to protect his loved one.
Rachel Cooper (Night of the Hunter)
This old woman showed what a real Christian was supposed to be- captured perfectly in the image of her rocking in her chair through the night, cradling a shotgun to protect the children, singing "leaning on the everlasting arms" with the wolf prowling the grounds.
The Stranger (High Plains Drifter)
Being dead to start with, you couldn't really say that Eastwood's stranger was exactly courageous. He was more like an agent of God- the Old Testament YHWH version- carefully and methodically forcing the people of the town to see into their own souls in such manner as they could not deny.
Raymond Shaw (The Manchurian Candidate)
From Sinatra's final voiceover: "Made to commit acts too unspeakable to be cited here... by an enemy who had captured his mind and his soul... he freed himself at last... and, in the end, heroically and unhesitatingly gave his life to save his country."
Ed Exley (LA Confidential)
Exley showed great exceptional integrity to truth in tearing down his apparently perfect career making achievement in the Night Owl Cafe murders.
Sarah Connor (Terminator 2)
She was the fiercest protective mother cub in the history of film.
Marge Gunderson (Fargo)
Fighting through the extreme cold and the discomfort and indignities of a late term of pregnancy, Marge quietly plodded forward to solve murders and -in the most understated way- provide a human soul and an understanding spiritual presence amidst all the greedy losers whose petty venality created so much suffering.
John Coffey (The Green Mile)
The coolest "magical negro" in movie history, and a striking figure. For being so nice though, note that he absolutely destroyed one jackass guard, and quite consciously pushed him into killing another inmate.
Robin Hood (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
Errol Flynn's classic 1938 swashbuckling Robin Hood can't be denied. His heroism did not have the flavor of self-sacrifice, but of proper pride and joy.
Maid Marion: You speak treason!
Sir Robin of Locksley: Yes, fluently.
Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs)
Her most impressive displays of courage came in her talks with Hannibal, knowingly making herself vulnerable to him in order to save the senator's daughter.
Ichabod Crane (Sleepy Hollow)
Notice how this version of Ichabod struggled constantly against his physical fears and sensitivities, trying to stoically choke it back again and again. Even more impressively, notice his integrity in following the empirical evidence where it led- even when it led to his beloved.
posted by Al at 6/18/2003 02:17:00 AM
Ubermensch thought of the day
If there's something I hate worse than whining liberals, it's "compassionate conservatives". Here's a thought to keep in mind next time somebody comes up wanting to feel your pain: Hands off, you sick pervert!
Or as a far greater philosopher than I put it in regards to Christianity:
Christianity is called the religion of pity. - Pity stands in antithesis to the tonic emotions which enhance the energy of the feeling of life: it has a depressive effect. One loses force when one pities. The loss of force which life has already sustained through suffering is increased and multiplied even further by pity.
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The Christian concept of God - God as God of the sick, God as spider, God as spirit - is one of the most corrupt conceptions of God arrived at on earth: perhaps it even represents the low-water mark in the descending development of the God type. God degenerated to the contradiction of life, instead of being its transfiguration and eternal Yes! In God a declaration of hostility towards life, nature, the will to life!
Friedrich Nietzche The Anti-Christ [sections 7 and 18]
posted by Al at 6/18/2003 12:35:00 AM
A new Prince album this week
FYI. Billboard reports the premiere of a new Prince studio album.
Prince will unveil a new studio album, "N.E.W.S.," on Thursday (June 19) to members of his NPG Music Club Web site. It is not known if the set will be made available to traditional retail outlets. The disc features four songs -- "North," "East" "West" and "South" -- each of which is 14 minutes long. NPG members can also preview three songs from the DVD "Prince Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas," due later this year.
"N.E.W.S." is Prince's first studio release since "The Rainbow Children," which in December 2001 hit No. 4 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart and No. 109 on The Billboard 200. The album was made available in stores via a distribution deal with Best Buy's now-defunct Redline label.
More than a decade past his last worthy album (the symbol record, with "7"), a classic recording is too much to hope for. I just hope it's better than the unlistenable and pretentious Rainbow Children album, with the ridiculous electronically altered spoken word religious mutterings.
PS I note numerous cheap used copies of the symbol album, less than $2, at Amazon. If you don't have it, you should BUY IT NOW.
posted by Al at 6/18/2003 12:32:00 AM
June 17, 2003
Stringbean, banjo pickin' fool
Dave Akeman aka "Stringbean" was born June 17, 1915. He'd be 88 today.
Akeman played old timey banjo like nobody's business. He made his bones playing for Bill Monroe in the 1940s. (Monroe hired Earl Scruggs as his replacement.)
On his own he was known as much as a comedian as for his picking. He was best buddies with Grandpa Jones. His picking and grinning made him a popular star of the Grand Ole Opry and a charter cast member of Hee Haw in 1969.
You couldn't tell it by looking for him at Amazon now, but Stringbean was the banjo pickingest fool around. This is why God invented P2P. You can't go wrong downloading Stringbean. You may particularly want to hunt for:
"Give Me Back My Five Dollars"
"How Many Biscuits Can You Eat"
"Barnyard Banjo Pickin'"
"Liza Jane"
Unfortunately, many people remember Stringbean now more for the unfortunate circumstances of his death than they do for his music. Coming home from performing at the Opry on November 11, 1973, Akeman and his wife Estelle walked in on some burglars, and were murdered on the spot.
The thought of this may hang over your fun a bit in listening to him now, but it really has nothing to do with him. The last five minutes of his life was not fun, but then how many people's last five minutes are enjoyable?
That was a long time ago, and he'd probably have passed by now anyway. Forget the unfortunate last few minutes, and get your jam on with one of the pickingest fools to ever play a banjo.
STRINGBEAN HEE HAW PHOTOS - BUNCHES OF EM! Labels: country_music
posted by Al at 6/17/2003 10:14:00 PM
Senator Hatch, RIAA thug 4 life
Senate Judiciary chairman Orrin Hatch apparently thinks we should let the entertainment industry engage in wanton thuggishness to enforce their militant and a-historic interpretations of copyright law.
From the Washington Post:
During a discussion on methods to frustrate computer users who illegally exchange music and movie files over the Internet, Hatch asked technology executives about ways to damage computers involved in such file trading. Legal experts have said any such attack would violate federal anti-hacking laws.
"No one is interested in destroying anyone's computer," replied Randy Saaf of MediaDefender Inc., a secretive Los Angeles company that builds technology to disrupt music downloads. One technique deliberately downloads pirated material very slowly so other users can't.
"I'm interested," Hatch interrupted. He said damaging someone's computer "may be the only way you can teach somebody about copyrights."
The senator acknowledged Congress would have to enact an exemption for copyright owners from liability for damaging computers. He endorsed technology that would twice warn a computer user about illegal online behavior, "then destroy their computer."
"If we can find some way to do this without destroying their machines, we'd be interested in hearing about that," Hatch said. "If that's the only way, then I'm all for destroying their machines. If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize" the seriousness of their actions, he said.
"There's no excuse for anyone violating copyright laws," Hatch said.
Yet if someone, say, burned down the senator's house to teach him about respecting property rights, they'd make it out like THEY were the asshole.
posted by Al at 6/17/2003 07:39:00 PM
Songs from the crypt
It will take more than mere mortal death to stop John Lennon from putting out new songs: Yoko's teasing us with some unreleased original John Lennon songs.
Yoko Ono, the widow of the former Beatle John Lennon , is considering making public previously unreleased music by her late husband.
"I have to wait for the right moment," Ono, 70, told Germany's "Stern" magazine in its special Wednesday edition...
Ono, the jealous guardian of his legacy, said the taped material should not be released in its current condition.
"He was a songwriter and he wanted the songs to be presented correctly. I have to think about it," she said.
On the one hand, obviously I want to hear new Lennon songs, but you have to wonder what kind of scraps are left nearly a quarter century after his passing. She's already squeezed at least a couple of albums worth out, plus the marginally passable new Beatle singles for the anthology series.
Perhaps she's got some audio of John taking a dump that we haven't heard yet.
On the other hand, it'll probably still be better than Two Virgins or the Wedding Album, or some of the posthumous foolishness put out for sale in his name.
posted by Al at 6/17/2003 06:35:00 PM
June 16, 2003
Other People's Money: Gregory Peck's best film
And Danny DeVito's as well. I've got a NEW FAN PAGE up about the severely underappreciated 1991 film Other People's Money.
posted by Al at 6/16/2003 03:56:00 AM
Richard Lugar gets real
Let me make this perfectly clear: I don't care much for Richard Lugar. His support for various new gun control laws over a period of some year particularly unthrills me. I dislike his record enough to have sought the Libertarian Party nomination to run against him in 2000. I generally think of him as another damned big government conservative.
However, THESE COMMENTS did please me quite significantly. He told Fox News that US forces (perhaps with international participation) may have to go root out Hamas.
Lugar said such a force could be used to quell Israeli and Palestinian disputes, "and, maybe even more important, to root out the terrorism that is at the heart of the problem."
Asked if that meant such troops would go after Hamas or other groups, he said, "That may be the conclusion."
"...It may not be just Hamas but clearly Hamas is right in the gunsights," he added.
Hint to the Palestenians: Richard Lugar is not known for belligerance, nor for speaking incautiously. He is not particularly the radical end of his colleagues. When even HE starts talking about US coming in after you, it should be a clue to you that American patience is nearing an end. Also, he's chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
If even a cautious guy like Lugar stands ready to even seriously consider turning our guns on you badly deserving human insects, then you better believe that we're this close to absolutely turning Israel loose on your rotten asses.
America has tried very hard to help make peace and get you a good deal and hold Israel back from destroying you. You have repaid our efforts by killing more Israelis and Americans and others. Your wicked nonsense has become very tiresome.
It would be better for Israel to hit Hamas and any supporters they can find rather than dragging US in. Merely making it clear that we're taking the leash off of Sharon might be enough. He could start by killing Arafat. He's their equivalent of bin Laden. Why is he still alive? Just make it clear that we've got Israel's back in that den of vipers called the UN Security Council. Hey, they all hate US and the Jews anyway.
Whoa be unto any of these people, however, if the Americans absolutely end up coming in after them. No American president even could get away with tolerating anything like the constant murder that the Israelis have been subjected to. Some Palestenian jerks will WISH it was Sharon who had hold of them.
Even a cautious middle-of-the-road politician like Richard Lugar has come to the conclusion that the situation is intolerable, and must be dealt with appropriately.
A few more remarks like this, and even I might support his next re-election.
Maybe.
posted by Al at 6/16/2003 03:42:00 AM
A worthy Skynyrd cause
Why is not Lynyrd Skynyrd in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? I dig the Ramones just fine, and AC/DC offers some pleasures. The Sex Pistols made one really outstanding record.
None of these other bands, however, worked in the same league artistically with Skynyrd. Song for song, and guitar line for guitar line, Lynyrd Skynyrd will whip ass on these other bands- and, yes, Neil Young as well. "Freebird" alone should have long since gotten Lynyrd Skynyrd into the Hall of Fame.
Did I neglect to mention "Sweet Home Alabama" or "Simple Man" or "That Smell" or "Tuesday's Gone" or "What's Your Name" or "The Ballad of Curtis Loew" or "Saturday Night Special" or "Gimme Three Steps"?
RIGHT HERE is a small gesture worth of your 30 seconds: a petition online asking for Lynyrd Skynyrd's induction into the Hall of Fame. Go ahead, do the right thing.
posted by Al at 6/16/2003 03:40:00 AM
Harry Potter is Master of the Universe
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is generating substantial societal waves. According to reports airing on Fox News, the British postal service has found it necessary to schedule extra trucks for the delivery of some half million copies of the book for the first day of release next Saturday, June 21.
posted by Al at 6/16/2003 03:39:00 AM
June 15, 2003
A Barger father's day mix CD
My old man ain't right. Howard Barger's messed up enough to spawn the likes of me. In recognition and celebration of that, I whipped him up a little father's day CD.
FATHER'S DAY 2003 MIX
"Boy Named Sue" - Johnny Cash
"Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man" - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
"Psycho Dad #4" - Al Bundy
"Get a Haircut, Dad" - Austin Lounge Lizards
"Dad, I'm in Jail" - Was (Not Was)
"Give Dad a Hug" - Dr Evil
"Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" - Homer and Jethro
"Homecoming" - Tom T Hall
"Daddy's Girl" - Red Sovine
"Father and Daughter" - Paul Simon
"That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" - Everly Brothers
"I Dug My Daddy's Grave" - Ferlin Husky
"Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore" - Dolly Parton
"A Letter to Daddy" - Jim Ed Brown
"My Son Calls Another Man Daddy" - Hank Williams, Sr.
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton
"Don't Cry Daddy" - Elvis Presley
"Fool to Cry" - Rolling Stones
"Cat's in the Cradle" - Johnny Cash
"So Long Dad" - Randy Newman
"Daddy Did His Best" - Dolly Parton
"My Dad's Gone Crazy" - Eminem
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone" - Temptations
"Papa Don't Take No Mess, Pt 1" - James Brown
By way of getting a head start on next year, I'm looking for help getting an mp3 of Baby Jane's signature song "I'm Writing a Letter to Daddy" from the Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? movie. Anyone? [Howard really digs when I get down on one knee and sing him a verse of this, "I'm writing a letter to Daddy/ It's postmarked to heaven above..."]Labels: country_music, johnny_cash
posted by Al at 6/15/2003 10:50:00 PM
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