Posted on 03/10/2012 4:22:42 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
A man of constant sorrow who roams this world alone, doomed to realize his greatest loves only in dreams.
Does this sound like the description of a man running for President?
More like a tortured artist, right?
Believe it or not, that’s the inner life suggested by the songs Mitt Romney cherished enough to put on his Spotify playlist.
Yes, it’s that Mitt Romney we’re talking about, better known as a wildly successful business tycoon, doting family man, eager public servant and all around handsome guy.
Who knew?
Romney opens his 25 song list with The Soggy Bottom Boys’ version of that classic song of suffering “I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow.” He goes on to pepper the list with Clint Black’s cover of the Eagles’ ode to a shut-down loner “Desperado,” Roy Orbison’s uber-mopey “Crying” (along with his classic song of thwarted love “In Dreams”), Johnny Cash’s rumination on eternal damnation, “Ring of Fire,” and Willie Nelson’s take on the ultimate song of hopeless yearning, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
From "Over the Rainbow's" Wiked-pedia entry:
It was adopted (along with Irving Berlin's "White Christmas") by American troops in Europe in World War II as a symbol of the United States--in fact, Garland even performed the song for American troops as part of a 1943 command performance.
Lambert’s “Ring of Fire” is absolutely original. He puts a very Middle Eastern spin to it.
you’re right about fantastic voice and song.. I think neither one of us can go wrong with either choice. what an amazing singer she was at such an early age. sublime..
Absolutely agree! Talk about silliness...
Besides, everyone knows “Ring of Fire” is a song about Mexican food...
“Lambert’s “Ring of Fire” is absolutely original. He puts a very Middle Eastern spin to it.”
Hey LS, I searched this out and listened to it, it does have a very Middle Eastern spin.
That is what he is very good at, finding those “notes” in a song and bringing them out, because that angle was always there, whether June Carter (someone here said she wrote it) realized that, or intended it, or not.
Of course I’ll always remember when he did “Tracks of My Tears” as a slow number and they even had Smokey Robinson in the audience (am I just making this up? Well it’s how I remember it, so it’s “Truth” you know) and Robinson and everyone else was just: wow, I never thought that song could be done that way, it never occurred to me, etc.
But, having just seen it done, it seemed clear, to me anyway, that that version was always right there.
That was pretty amazing.
And if you want amazing guitar work, listen to Lincoln Brewster . . . anything.
I’m gonna have to agree with the Daily News writer on that one. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” is NOT a song of Christian hope in the afterlife. Although its highly reasonable to expect that Heaven might be the fulfillment of such a longing, — there’s nothing anti-Christian about it, and there’s Christian precedent for reading “wish upon a star” as “prayer borne by an angel to Christ,” so that it’s not pagan — the song is more wistful than hopeful.
Are you serious? The sounds he make aren’t difficult; it’s just that most men wouldn’t WANT to make them. I found Lambert soulless, depthless, and with whose raw vocal talent wasn’t really all that. Drop a carp down Bruce Springsteen’s shorts, and he’ll make noises like that, too.
Which is why you have your tastes and I have mine. Springy is ok, for a Tony-Bennett-aged old man. I found his new songs “soulless, depthless, and with zero raw vocal talent.” So we’re even.
No Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
..........AND NOW BARRACK HUSSIEN OBAMA’S FAVORITE SONGS ARE....................... huh?.......... I can’t hear you........ speak up ......... crickets
This is SUCH an important question NOT! My 25 top favorite songs would all be by Willie Nelson with “On the Road Again” at #1!
We watch Sons of Anarchy and you are right, that opening tune is great.
They actually have great music on that show. This is silly for me to talk about, but perhaps you know, or someone else will and it was really great. On one episode (this year probably, because there was a lot of Mexican stuff, but I could be wrong) opened with a very popular song (maybe a Dylan song? I’m really not sure - this is the silly part - if I wake up hubby he probably won’t remember either), but with the lyrics in Spanish, and it was great.
I’m annoyed now, that I can’t remember it, it just blew me away at the time.
I don’t know “Strike Back” at all, but I’ll look into Lincoln Brewster,hubby might know him. He’s a good deal more knowledgeable than me.
I’m one of those “i just know what I like” philistines.
But, you know, I like a lot of stuff, from a lot of areas/genres.
Right now we are very happily waking up to classical music on WQXR, for ages and ages “the radio station of the New York Times” which the Times dumped a while back and which is now a “public” radio station at the top of the FM dial. I guess the Times sold their premium spot.
But, it’s great to wake up to and I love it because it is what I grew up with. For my (very conservative) dad the sun rose & set on the front page of the Times (things have changed A LOT in the past 40 years and not for the better) and QXR was the ONLY station he’d permit.
Imagine how great was it when we got teenage babysitters right around 1965?
So, I’m rambling, but it’s all good, it all rocks!
it was a nice ramble, thanks
By the way, the title song for the show "Alphas" was so popular that people basically forced the show to put it out the song . . . which is only one verse and one chorus of about 1 minute in length!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.