George Jones: Radio Lover (1983)

[Spoken:]
He kisses her goodbye,
And heads for the radio station.
Aw, he hates to leave her,
But he's got another show to do.
He knows she gets lonely,
So he lets her know that he's thinking about her.
And though millions are listening,
She knows who he's talking to.

[Chorus]
Comin' to you live like I do every night
From the heart of your radio
I play a little sad, and I play a lotta glad
And a few ol' cheatin' songs

Here's hopin' everybody out in radio land
Finds a love just as true as mine
Good night angel, sleep tight darlin'
Close your pretty brown eyes

When the show is over,
Your radio lover
Will be home by your side

She's laying in bed
As her DJ tells her that he loves her
It would break his heart
If he knew she wasn't there alone
She knows when to cheat
And when to tell her lover to leave her
She knows they'll be safe
Just as long as his show goes on

[Spoken:]
He planned a surprise
For the night of their first anniversary.
He taped his show just so he could be home with her.
The radio was playing and,
As he walked in on her and her lover,
He heard himself saying
The last words that they ever heard...

[Chorus]
Comin' to you live like I do every night
From the heart of your radio
I play a little sad, and I play a lotta glad
And a few ol' cheatin' songs

Here's hopin' everybody out in radio land
Finds a love just as true as mine
Good night angel, sleep tight darlin'
Close your pretty brown eyes

When the show is over,
Your radio lover
Will be home by your side

[Chorus]
Hey, I'm comin' to you live like I do every night
From the heart of your radio
I play a little sad, and I play a lotta glad
And a few ol' cheatin' songs...

George Jones: Tennessee Whiskey (1983)

I used to spend my nights out in a bar room
Liquor was the only love I'd known
But you rescued me from reaching
For the bottle
And you brought me back from
Being too far gone

You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskey
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of brandy
And I stay stoned on your love all the time

I looked for love in all the same old places
Found the bottom of the bottle always dry
But when you poured out your heart
I didn't waste it
'Cause there's nothing like your love
To get me high

You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskey
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of brandy
And I stay stoned on your love all the time...

George Jones: I'd Rather Have What We Had (1983)

We used to drink Blue Nun there in room 321
Over the river, where we weren't well known
Now it's two coffees then off to the office
Then back in the driveway and sitting at home

Sneaking around with me
Being tied down with me
Which one would you rather have?
(Be honest)

Dying to be with me, watching TV with me
Is this what we wanted so bad?
Well, I'd rather have what we had

We carefully planned it, what our hearts demanded
No more motel rooms, no more cheating lies
Now we're looking at it, a neatly wrapped package
But open it up and there's no surprise

Sneaking around with me
Being tied down with me
Which one would you rather have?
(Be honest)

Dying to be with me, watching TV with me
Is this what we wanted so bad?
Well, I'd rather have what we had
Darling, I'd rather have what we had

George Jones: I Always Get Lucky with You (1983)

I've had good luck and bad luck
And no luck, it's true
But I always get lucky with you

I've been turned on and turned down
When the bars close at two
But I always get lucky with you

I keep two strikes against me
Most all of the time
And when it's down to just a phone call
I'm minus a dime

There's been good days and bad days
But when the day is through
I always get lucky with you...

I keep two strikes against me
Most all of the time
And when it's down to just a phone call
I'm minus a dime

There's been good days and bad days
But when the day is through
I always get lucky with you...

George Jones: Shine On (1983)

She'll never grace the centerfold of Playboy magazine
And chances are you'll never see her on the silver screen
She's by far the biggest star the world will never see
But she don't shine for the rest of the world
She's too busy shinin' on me.

Shine on, shine on,
Shine on though the world may never see
Oh my baby won't you, shine on, shine on,
Shine all your sweet love on me.

She won't be asked for autographs like all the movie stars
She won't wear Paris fashions or ride in chauffeured cars
But in her jeans she's the sexy dream that they'd all like to be
But she don't shine for the rest of the world
She's too busy shinin' on me.

Shine on, shine on,
Shine on though the world may never see
Oh my baby won't you, shine on, shine on,
Shine all your sweet love on me...

Puppetoon Sequence: "Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (1962)

Elves with grudges!
"Why am I up?"
"I'd rather be a bad-luck elf."
As I'd say to Bartleby the Scrivener: Get over it, philosophical elves, and sing your song!

Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night (1997)

Paul McCartney: Press (1986)

As someone on YouTube said: "This is embarrassingly '80s, but in a good way."
And Paul plays with his hair too much, but he's still very cute as "everyman-Paul-on-the-subway," and this is a catchy '80s pop song!

It's also a pleasant flash-back to the UK tube in the '80s. I highly doubt that the riders are still as mild today.

Wings: Junior's Farm (1974 Abbey Road Studios)

The Beatles - Paperback Writer (1966)

No "New York City" calendar for the first time in...15 years?

I actually can't remember the last time I DIDN'T order a "New York City" calendar for the new year. I lived there from 2007 to 2010. And before and after that, I had NYC calendars, thinking and dreaming about the place. From what I've been hearing lately, though, NYC is in horrible shape, and for the very first time in over 15 years or so, I have no desire to be there.

I couldn't decide on just one replacement, so ordered two: Archaic Celestial and Art Noveau.

 

Truffaut

Have been watching many Truffaut films in the past few weeks, courtesy of Netflix (DVDs delivered via mail, not streamed): The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Shoot the Piano Player, Fahrenheit 451, Day for Night. My favorites: 400 Blows, Day for Night.

On Truffaut's Wikipedia page, was curious about this statement: "Truffaut was an atheist, but had great respect for the Catholic Church and requested a Requiem Mass for his funeral."

If you're an atheist, you don't request a Requiem Mass for your funeral. So he wasn't an atheist.

Hunt You Down / Naked / C-Link (Paul McCartney, 2018 from "Egypt Station")

I can't find my love
No matter how hard I try
She's giving me the runaround
Makes me want to lay down and cry

Come on back to me right now
'Cos you don't have to stay away
I don't play no hide and seek
It's not a game I want to play

Traveling around the world
Trying to find a perfect mate
I found myself a little girl
But now she's started running away

Come on back to me right now
Don't wait til they unleash the hounds
If you don't get back today
They'll follow your trail and hunt you down

I've been taken for my younger brother
Life's a bastard but I have no other
I keep waking up when I'm trying to sleep
I've been naked since I was born
Born to follow you wherever you go
But my problem is I never do know
Where you're taking me I don't have a clue
I've been naked since I was born

Save my soul and set it free
Free to fly home
There's a place I'm meant to be
Back, back home

I've been broken in so many places
Put together by a sea of faces
What to make of them I don't hardly know
I've been naked for so long, so long

I've been taken for my younger brother
Life's a bastard but I have no other
I keep waking up when I'm trying to sleep
I've been naked for so long
I've been naked for so long
So long, so long now...


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As an addendum: McCartney released the above brilliant sequence when he was 76 years old!

Pennsylvania's New Senator

WOW! A man born in 1969 who'd never held a job in his life until he got elected mayor of Braddock, PA (pop 1,721) in 2006 (at age 37), serving until 2019 (age 50)... At a $150 per month salary. Subsidized by his rich daddy (and kind sister, who sold him his house for...$1).

He was somehow elected Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania in 2019.

According to the left-wing arbiters of Wikipedia, re Fetterman's term as Lieutenant Gov:

An Associated Press review of Fetterman's daily schedule during his tenure as lieutenant governor found that he kept a light work schedule and was often absent from official state business.^[66] From his inauguration in January 2019 until May 2022, Fetterman's official schedule was blank for one-third of workdays.^[66] Additionally, the days that he worked were often short ranging from four to five hours.^[66] He was often absent from presiding over the Pennsylvania State Senate, an official task of the lieutenant governor. In 2020, he attended only half of the sessions and in 2021, only one-third of the sessions.^[66]

Oh, yeah, and he had a stroke back in May 2022, before the Democratic primary. Despite the stroke causing obvious brain damage, the Democrat party didn't ask him to step aside to let another candidate represent the party. Nor did his televised debate with Republican opponent Dr. Mehmet Oz in October 2022 dissuade the state's voters from electing this person who is utterly unqualified and incompetent---based on his personal history, his professional history (see above job performance record), AND his health.

What's next: Biden/Fetterman 2024?

If "Saturday Night Live" were still a real show, that would make a great skit. Unfortunately, all of the edgy Harvard/Yale writers they used to hire in decades past have now dumbed themselves down intellectually out of both PC cowardice and overt allegiance to one political party. For shame. And you wonder why there are historical crack-downs on such blatantly biased academics and intellectuals...

When, as a kid, I read about Germany and Soviet Russia and China's Mao in my school history books, I was innocently shocked: "No one should ever condemn journalists and teachers! They're so smart! They read books!" Well, I've been a first-hand witness in the past 7 years or so as to why exactly "journalists and teachers" are considered suspect---because they have an extreme left-wing bias (over 95% of teacher/academic and journalist donations are to the Democrat party), untempered by actual thought, that they actively try to impose on the public via their positions. Decades go by when we ignore it, or else they tone it down a bit for periods... But when their bias rears its ugly head too overtly and for too long, then of course there are going to be well-deserved repercussions. Frankly, after what I've witnessed since 2016 or so, I won't shed a tear.

George & Tammy (2022) Official Trailer | SHOWTIME

OK, I will be the judge of this!

Tammy Wynette: Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad (1967)

The Beatles: She Loves You (1963)

The Beatles: Ticket To Ride (1965)

The Beatles: A Day In The Life (1967)

The Beatles: Revolution (1968)

But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow...

Paul McCartney: My Brave Face (Live in Rio 1990)

One of my favorite McCartney songs. The sheer exuberance. I get goosebumps.

Paul McCartney: Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End

So in awe of this man's talent (and of his body---he's taken great care of himself!).
When he passes, it's going to be the equivalent of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
Paul McCartney's influence is/was THAT great.