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And David Byrne is even fucking older.  His hair has gone completely gray.

Maybe I'll go home tonight and listen to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (I am so fucking old I have it on vinyl).  I didn't appreciate it when I was a teenager, but maybe I will now.

Bob Dylan, circa 1964.  I would totally fight Joan Baez for him.  But then I'd regret it, because he was a real asshole in those days (and quite possibly still is, I have no information).  So really I should stay me, and fight Dylan for Joan Baez.  She's aged better than he has, too.

Here she sings one of the greatest songs of all time -- House of the Rising Sun.

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We just lost Odetta.  So soon after Miriam Makeba, this is too much.

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I think Obama should invite Queen Latifah to perform at the inauguration.  Her part starts at 1:14:

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I've loved Itzhak Perlman ever since I saw him on Sesame Street.  Here's another reason:

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This is absolutely the best laundry folding song ever. I could live without that giant Confederate flag, but Ronnie Van Zant is wearing his Neil Young t-shirt, so I guess it evens out.

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The scariest part is that Bernie Taupin neither bursts out laughing nor runs screaming from the room.

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   If you can't stomach the whole thing, skip ahead to 3:45, where it gets even freakier.

I woke up this morning with this song in my head:

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But by the end of the day, the voices in my head were singing this one:

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