Hey. I haven’t dunned you all week for our prospective Democratic congress-critters. Let’s fix that. I don’t expect something for nothing. Let me share a song from my personal reel of proto-rock songs.
I’m well aware of Louis Jordan, Ike Turner’s Rocket 88 and all that stuff. My list doesn’t just have backbeat-y songs that sound like early rock and roll. I’ve found some early songs here and there that have the energy and spirit of good rock music. Here, just listen:
Isn’t that fine? Maybe you know a few good ones too.
Let’s keep up the good work with 70 most competitive congressional races according to Swing Left.
AnonPhenom
This morning Scarborough, while criticizing Gingrich’s remarks about the F.B.I. and the special counsel, said this;
…does anyone know WTF Morning Glory is referring to?
And by the way Joe, these guys aren’t doing anything to Mueller that they didn’t also do to John Kerry. I don’t remember you having a problem with that tact back then.
cleek
how about some proto-rap?
youtube.com/watch?v=XNzKZ7lJRUc
Jewish Steel
@cleek: So good! Love the portrait of Lincoln in the background.
Yutsano
Are there just an inordinate number of Jehovah’s Witnesses in rock and I just haven’t been paying attention?
Jewish Steel
@Yutsano: There is a big JW convention here in town every year and it’s mostly black folks.
? ?? Goku (aka Amerikan Baka) ? ?
@AnonPhenom:
He was trying to do a both sides gotcha. Never mind that Americans childishly worship their military. After seeing those servicemen cheer on something Trump said I could easily see them march into an American city and shoot peaceful protesters willingly. A uniform doesn’t automatically make someone a good person.
OzarkHillbilly
Anything by John Lee Hooker has to be good.
Yutsano
@Jewish Steel: The JW conventions are always great business for the hotels wherever they end up being held. My brother (a long time hotelier) says they were good guests but terrible tippers.
Mnemosyne
@Yutsano:
Michael Jackson and Prince were both raised as Jehovah’s Witnesses, so …
trollhattan
@Yutsano:
I doubt the bartenders did very well.
J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford
Did the Opossum Queen’s daily briefing already happen? I don’t see the link at the top of the WaPo and The Hill’s link is just a splash screen.
The Ancient Randonneur
@J.A.F. Rusty Shackleford: Not yet. This link to the live feed says it’s now kicking off at 1445 EDT.
Old School
@AnonPhenom:
Google tells me Al Gore used the term in 2004, but not about troops.
I’d guess Joe’s memory is faulty.
Aleta
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915 – 1973)
youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ
(from around 1:25 on)
Aleta
Cordell Jackson (1923-2004)
Can’t find vid of her playing in the 40s – 50s, but here she is playing a couple of those songs later on in her life.
(Then around 2:20, after the first song, she talks about when she started writing r n r at age 12.)
youtube.com/watch?v=QRGrQCzOg8o
youtube.com/watch?v=KbRVPYTU7Xo
Aleta
@Aleta: I got the order of those ytubes mixed up…She talks about herself a bit in the 2nd video, which also shows her playing. Which is wild.
J R in WV
Well, I can’t criticize the selections so far, John Lee Hooker, Sister Rosetta Tharp, and thanks for introducing me to Cordell Jackson, just wow!!
She was right there when Rock a Billy was invented, for sure! Amazing!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Maybe you know a few good ones too.
Thread probably dead, but let me drop this recommendation here anyway. Ran across this group while searching for some spirituals on YouTube. I give you the Stellenbach University Choir of South Africa.
kingweasil
love me some little walter too!