Monday, July 04, 2011

The once-great U S of A

James McMurtry "We can't make it here".

One of the most bitter songs about the current state of the USA that I've heard in a long time...

-- Badtux the Music Penguin

5 comments:

  1. Thanx fer this one 'Tux. Gonna post this one myself .....while I'm still wipin' the tears from my eyes. Keep on keepin' on you Snarky Bird you!
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  2. Ta for the heads up on the thumbs down.

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  3. Thanks, he about said it all. I am boosting this signal.

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  4. Before he was angry, in the mid-1990s he was just wistful and depressed when he sang about down-n-out Texas in "Levelland." (Sorry about the 15-second commercial before the video.) Shows McMurtry with darker hair, but just as long, and even then he was a melodic story-teller.)

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