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OK, I know it is too early for Friday night tunes, but ... I have other plans for tomorrow evening. So I am starting this thread now.
OK, let's begin with the Steve Miller Band mentioning "funky shit" in the lyrics. ..
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Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a sweeping effort to do away with the endangerment finding, a proposal that not only disregards science but also has huge consequences for stemming the climate crisis ... read more
OK, here's one that will never make it to pop radio.
I first heard it on the local college station.
I never heard it on a commercial station.
Gee, I wonder why?
Note: NSFW.
I repeat, NSFW.
Ugly Americans - Boom Boom Baby (1996)
www.youtube.com
Not a surprise, no lyrics seem to be available.
You have to subject yourself to the song.
But I do say, NSFW.
@#3 ... "Kick Out The Jams, Brothers And Sisters" ...
MC5 - Kick out the jams (1969)
www.youtube.com
:)
OK, getting a bit more serious, there's this tune ...
Jefferson Airplane - We Can Be Together (1969)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Intro]
We can be together
Ah, you and me
We should be together
[Verse 1]
We are all outlaws in the eyes of America
In order to survive, we steal, cheat, lie, forge, ----, hide, and deal
We are obscene, lawless, hideous, dangerous, dirty, violent
And young
[Chorus 1]
We should be together
Come on all you people standin' around
Our life's too fine to let it die
We should be together
[Bridge]
All your private property is
Target for your enemy
And your enemy is we
[Verse 2]
We are forces of chaos and anarchy
Everything they say we are, we are
And we are very proud of ourselves
[Refrain]
Up against the wall
Up against the wall, -------------!
Tear down the wall
Tear down the wall
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on now together
Get it on together
...
Yeah, this tune had a couple of issues to being broadcast on the radio back in the day.
But the late 1960's were a turbulent time for our Country.
Then there's ...
James - Laid (1993)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt
...
[Verse 1]
This bed is on fire with passionate love
The neighbours complain about the noises above
But she only comes when she's on top
...
Laid (song)
en.wikipedia.org(song)#Composition_and_reception
... The song includes the lyric "she only comes when she's on top". The American release of its music video replaced this lyric with "she only sings when she's on top" ...
I do note that the alternative radio station I enjoy listening to, does broadcast the original, not the sanitized, lyrics,
Kudos to WXPK ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXPK )
Another you don't hear on your pop radio ...
Steeleye Span - Alison Gross (1973)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1]
Alison Gross that lives in yon tower
The ugliest witch in the North Country
Has trysted me one day up to her bower
And many a fair speech she made to me
She stroked my head and she combed my hair
She set me down softly on her knee
Saying if you will be my lover so true
So many good things I would give to you
[Pre-Chorus]
Away, away, you ugly witch
Go far away and let me be
I never will be your lover so true
And wish I were out of your communy
[Chorus]
Alison Gross she must be
The ugliest witch in the North Country
Alison Gross she must be
The ugliest witch in the North Country
[Verse 2]
She showed me a mantle of red scarlet
With golden flowers and fringes fine
Saying if you will be my lover so true
This goodly gift it shall be thine
She showed me a shirt of the softest silk
Well wrought with pearls abound the band
Saying if you will be my lover so true
This goodly gift you shall command
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
She showed me a cup of the good red gold
Well set with jewels so fair to see
Saying if you will be my lover so true
This goodly gift I will give to thee
[Pre-Chorus]
Away, away, you ugly witch
Go far away and let me be
I never would kiss your ugly mouth
For all of the gifts that you could give
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
She turned her right and round about
And thrice she blew on a grass-green horn
She swore by the moon and the stars of above
That she'd make me rue the day I was born
The out she has taken a silver wand
She's turned her three times round and round
She muttered such words till my strength it did fail
And she's turned me into an ugly worm
...
@#12 ... He's too old. Perhaps it has changed recently, ...
There's this ...
Secretary Noem Unveils No Age Limit for Patriotic Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst from U.S. (August 6, 2025)
www.dhs.gov
... U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will waive age limits for new applicants so even more patriots will qualify to join ICE in its mission to arrest murderers, pedophiles, gang members, rapists, and other criminal illegal aliens from America's streets. ...
Michael Murphey - Wildfire (1975)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
[Verse 1]
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night
[Interlude]
[Verse 2]
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down his stall
In a blizzard, she was lost
[Chorus]
She ran calling Wildfire
Calling Wildfire
Calling Wildfire
[Verse 3]
So by the dark of the moon, I planted
But there came an early snow
Been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now
'Bout six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
...
Speaking of poll numbers ...
Elon Musk now most unpopular person in America, according to new Gallup poll
www.kron4.com
... Just how unpopular is Elon Musk? According to a new poll, the Tesla CEO is literally now the most unpopular person in America. That's according to a new Gallup poll in which Americans were asked to weigh in on 14 prominent news-making figures, both in the U.S. and globally.
In the poll, which was conducted between July 7 and July 21, Pope Leo XIV was ranked as most favorable, with many more Americans viewing him positively as opposed to negatively. The pontiff scored a 57% favorable rating and an 11% unfavorable rating, resulting in a +46 net-favorable score.
Contrast that to Musk, who scored a 33% favorable rating and a 61% unfavorable rating, resulting in a -28 net-favorable score.
The means that according to Americans, the X owner is viewed less favorably than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a -23 net-favorable score and President Donald Trump, who is tied with Secretary of State Marco Rubio with a -16 net-favorable rating. ...
@#57
There's this ...
Connecticut's zoning laws a focus in racial equity debate (2021)
apnews.com
... After the police killing of George Floyd, a Connecticut law professor invited architects, planners and land use attorneys to a discussion of how local zoning worsens the state's racial inequities. Over 200 people logged onto her impromptu Zoom meeting.
Months later, that group has grown into a coalition of more than 60 organizations called Desegregate Connecticut.
It has compiled a package of zoning changes for lawmakers to consider in a legislative session marked by debate over how to bring more equity to a state with some of the highest levels of income inequality.
"People can see with their own eyes that segregation exists in Connecticut and oftentimes they don't know why. And zoning is one of the reasons why," said Sara Bronin, the law professor at the University of Connecticut and Yale University.
"It goes to the very core of the opportunities that families have to live in integrated communities and to have the opportunities that they need to thrive." ...
... Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller has lived in a memory-care facility "for the past few years," reported Paul Sperry on X." Unclear is whether was unclear as of Wednesday if the House Oversight Committee intended to withdraw its subpoena of Mueller. ...
Or will it politically exploit this current medical condition?
My guess is that the Committee has not yet decided upon how they may treat this new information.