December 11, 2008 Earworm

There's something about a song that keeps on trying even though there's little hope of recognition. Chip Taylor's "Anyway That You Want Me" first got a run in '66 with The Troggs but was DOA and later that year, The Liverpool 5 (an LA session band, of course)got to #98 with it before disappearing. The American Breed closed out their chart run with it in '68, peaking at #88, and then Evie Sands decided that she'd give it a go since everyone else had been stealing her hits and finally got herself on the charts, but only to #53. I'm sure there's more but...

When Spiritualized chose to cover it as their debut single in 1990, it was clear that they were no longer going to be Spacemen 3 no matter what logo was on the sleeve. Stretched out to nearly seven minutes, they made themselves at home but, again, the song failed to have any major chart impact, ignored in the US and peaking at #75.

Life is unkind.

November 03, 2008 Earworm

Having been reprimanded for being a bit "over" the endless dissection of what the polls mean, what the candidate meant, and what they are or are not, I concede to the fact that it is quite amazing to see so many talking about so much. Still, with so many people talking, there's a lot who have obviously done no more than listen to what so and so said about this and that or worse, forwarding emails full of details that are obviously false without bothering to see if any of it is true. Is it really that difficult to download the Google tool bar? I mean, if you are that impressed with your candidate, wouldn't you know that he didn't spend twenty-two years in the military? Everyone is so busy "getting the word out" that they don't even bother to read.

I try to keep the idea that everyone wants what they think is best for their country, but it's become more and more apparent that it's not just children that should be seen and not heard. I'm referring to both sides of the aisle now because even I'm a little tired of Obama as the second coming.

The truth is, no matter who gets this E-ticket, it's going to be one crazy ride and it's not going to be easy to fix things while their hands are up in the air, trying not to scream. So strap yourself in and get over yourself, we're all in it together and I'm pretty sure that we're going to need everyone's help in fixing this rode hard and put up wet clusterfuck that is the United States of America.

Oh... the song of the day is "I'll Hold Out My Hand" by The Clique and even if you hate the idea of a clique, when one holds out it's hand to you, the least you can do is shake it. It's just common decency. And doesn't everyone think that they are a decent person?