SinceThe70s

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World!

It must have been neck and neck between you and me for the last holdout, just got it myself.

Take a little trip, take a little trip Take a little trip and see Take a little trip, take a little trip Take a little trip with me

Who doesn't like a good cover:

You see the world through your cynical eyes You're a troubled young man I can tell You've got it all in the palm of your hand But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it Why must you be such an angry young man When your future looks quite bright to me

These are days you'll remember Never before and never since I promise Will the whole world be warm as this And as you feel it You'll know it's true That you are blessed and lucky It's true that you Are touched by something That will grow in you, in you

Well, all my friends are Indians (All my friends are brown and red) Spoonman And all my friends are skeletons (They beat the rhythm with their bones) Spoonman Spoonman, come together with your hands Save me, I'm together with your plan

I'm blown away by the health care professionals on the front lines. Me and the fam have spent the past two weeks hunkered down at home except for a handful of trips to the stores for essentials (plus one to the liquor store). Every trip to the store comes with a level of caution/stress/fear for our own well-being. Which doesn't come close to comparing to what those on the front lines have been facing every day - for others well-being AND at the risk of their own well-being.

What if I say I'm not like the others? What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? You're the pretender What if I say I will never surrender?

She's got me dizzy, she sees me through to the end She's got me in her hands and there's no use in pretending Christine sixteen, Christine sixteen Editorial sidenote: this was a lot less creepy when I first heard it and wasn't 16 yet

I wish I had a pencil thin mustache The "Boston Blackie" kind A two toned Ricky Ricardo jacket And an autographed picture of Andy Devine

Catholic Girls With a tiny little mustache

Oh, I hear laughter in the rain, Walking hand in hand with the one I love Oh, how I love the rainy days and the happy way I feel inside

Bawitdaba, da bang, da dang diggy diggy, diggy, said the boogie, said up jump the boogie My name is kid Kid rock!

Don't know anything about Bill Rieflin, but I've seen Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), Joe Travers (Zappa Plays Zappa) and Pat Mastelotto (Crimson Projekt) who were all part of the planned 2020 King Crimson tour. Would have been worth it just for the drummers for me. Only percussionist I've seen live that was better than Gavin Harrison was Neil Peart.

Whether or not you like Steely Dan or never heard of them, the drunken intro is epic and a must listen:

Can it be this sad design Could be the very same A wooly man without a face And a beast without a name Nothin' here but history Can you see what has been done Memory rush over me Now I step into the sun Before the fall when they wrote it on the wall When there wasn't even any Hollywood They heard the call And they wrote it on the wall For you and me we understood

My friends initial reaction was maybe they knew it was coming and that's why they stock-piled starters. I'm skeptical. My first thought is it's not a great time to head to a hospital for elective surgery. Hope all is well with you and yours too!

I used to be an A student, I never used to complain I used to be a truant but I'm still the same Bad, bad brain, bad, bad brain I used to go to parties I used to drink champagne Now I'm beginning to feel the strain Bad, bad, brain I used to be in show biz, I used to have fortune and fame I used to have pleasure and pain, I used to have a name Bad, bad brain, bad, bad, brain

Manic depression is a frustrating mess

Did you ever wake up to find A day that broke up your mind Destroyed your notion of circular time It's just that demon life has got you in its sway

Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while We all must feel heartache sometimes Right now, right now I'm feelin' mine

When they've tortured and scared you for twenty-odd years Then they expect you to pick a career When you can't really function, you're so full of fear A working class hero is something to be A working class hero is something to be

I want you to want me I need you to need me I'd love you to love me I'll shine up the old brown shoes Put on a brand new shirt I'll get home early from work If you say that you love me

Hangin' around Nothin' to do but frown Rainy days and Mondays always get me down