Don't go 'round tonight.

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I went to a restaurant the other day to celebrate the birthday of a friend. The place was a cheerful surf-themed tacos 'n' booze joint of the kind you see a lot around here. It was the early end of Saturday night and a covers band was playing

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[chthonicsiren]

That was illuminating.
-person way too young to have experienced the crappiness of 1968

[nebris]

Unfortunately, I'm not too young to remember. Turned 15 that summer and watched it all on the nightly news at the dinner table...and worse things are coming. *sigh*

~M~

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seconded

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There are a lot of jaunty folksongs about terrible things. Since most of his songwriting is based on Cajun folk music, it makes sense that his unhappy or angry stuff (Who'll stop the rain, Fortunate Son, etc.) has the same sweet sound.

[besskeloid]

You're not alone. I knew it was a downer song, but didn't know what John Fogerty was down about until this post. Some people hear the last line of the chorus as "There's a bathroom on the right"!

[threepunchstuff]

This is not as bad as "God Save the Queen" karaoke in Hollywood. Nothing is.

[n_by_nw]

There was also this:

Though your brother's bound and gagged
And they've chained him to a chair
Won't you please come to Chicago
Just to sing

And of course, this:

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drumming
Four dead in Ohio

We're going to need better than Conor Oberst to hold up to that standard.