Tuesday Tunes
Image you are a school bus driver. You’ve just picked up a load full of elementary school students to take them home.
And they start singing “Joy To The World.” Every. Single. Day.
That is how we tortured our bus driver.
Tuesday Tunes – GO VOTE!
From the north to the south, from the east to the west, we all need to vote.
North
South
FELLOW CITIZENS: I am very greatly rejoiced to find that an occasion has occurred so pleasurable that the people cannot restrain themselves. [Cheers.] I suppose that arrangements are being made for some sort of a formal demonstration, this, or perhaps, to-morrow night. [Cries of `We can’t wait,’ `We want it now,’ &c.] If there should be such a demonstration, I, of course, will be called upon to respond, and I shall have nothing to say if you dribble it all out of me before. [Laughter and applause.] I see you have a band of music with you. [Voices, `We have two or three.’] I propose closing up this interview by the band performing a particular tune which I will name. Before this is done, however, I wish to mention one or two little circumstances connected with it. I have always thought “Dixie” one of the best tunes I have ever heard. Our adversaries over the way attempted to appropriate it, but I insisted yesterday that we fairly captured it. [Applause.] I presented the question to the Attorney General, and he gave it as his legal opinion that it is our lawful prize. [Laughter and applause.] I now request the band to favor me with its performance.
—Christian McWhirter, “One of the Best Tunes I Have Ever Heard.”, Civil War Pop (Apr. 10, 2015) – Abraham Lincoln
—Christian McWhirter, “One of the Best Tunes I Have Ever Heard.”, Civil War Pop (Apr. 10, 2015) – Abraham Lincoln
East
West
Tuesday Tunes
I love the sound of this song. Here is the movie version:
And a very pure version:
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I’ve been listening to the Andrew Sisters for years. Their voices are wonderful. In all of those years, I had never actually seen them in film.
Last night, this song showed up in my play list. I was thinking about it, how our culture has changed. “Give me some skin” would get me in trouble today.
In my time, Harlem has always been a dangerous and scary place. There was a time when it was a cultural up end place to go.
Regardless, watching the sisters sing and dance makes me smile.
And another:
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And the original, which I like better. I’m the guy that can listen to the same singer singing the same song and hear that they are different. And it drives me bonkers. So the original is the only version that I actually like.
This is part of my SSS series.
And for our friends in the Carolina’s
The 500 Year Flood
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFUyS4At/
@adampopemusic “Five Hundred Year Flood” 🙏 #hurricanehelene #flood #blueridgemountains #appalachia #smokymountainstennessee #folkmusic #folksong #flood ♬ original sound – Adam Pope Music
Go and listen. It’s not available anywhere but TikTok right now because the guy (Adam Pope) wrote it and recorded it there. He had no idea it would take off. It’s *good*. It captures the feeling of what’s going on down there. It really is a song that has faint whispers of Johnny Cash and a whiff of Appalachia.
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Ally here, stepping in for Chris for a change. I ran across this on TikTok, and then went and found it on YouTube to get the full effect. I found myself tearing up while watching and listening. I’m impressed. The song itself is amazing. The video is… yeah. I’d love to see Trump walk into an event with this playing. Regardless, I really wanted to share it.
At the end, when they show the iconic moment where Secret Service hustle him off the stage, I saw things I didn’t in the color version. The black and white gives you a look at Trump’s face that you just do not get in color. He’s obviously afraid. And then he stood up and did what he knew he had to, to reassure those who were there. Damn. Never thought I’d hear myself saying the words, but thank you, Trump. I hope you win.
Header image attribution: Office of the President of the United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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From the YouTube description:
The following are a series of war correspondence films from the Simba Rebellion in the Congo in 1964/65 set to the tune of “Roland the Thompson Gunner” by Warren Zevon. The film features a platoon of mercenaries from Europe conducting a platoon attack on the town of Boende in the Cong. The mercenaries primarily come from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Of note, there is an ex-ss officer in the film according to the source, I can’t confirm this, though.
EDIT: The German officer is Siegfried Müller, one of the mercenary captains. He was a Wehrmacht First Lieutenant in World War 2, not an SS officer.
This is the type of war the leftists are pushing for. I fear for my children and grandchildren.