Seriously? So much WIN.

[sheshe2]

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Why does Obama look like he about to drop the best album of 2013
10:28 AM - 20 Oct 2013

http://theobamadiary.com/

Great image for an album cover~

[IrishAyes]

1. Dang me if I didn't wake up lucky this morning!

It would have to be a blues album, because blues celebrates victory over adversity. (I maintain that c&w is white man's blues, suffering in proportion to its distance from the original source. I wanted to say, "pales by comparison" but some people wouldn't take it well.)

Now you've set me on a mission to think of the best title for that album. But first I have to conquer this wild jealousy over the unnamed photographer who took the picture. Might take me awhile.

[Ikonoklast]

24. The sampled opening riff would absolutely have to be...

Muddy Waters.

[IrishAyes]

25. Can't argue with that, and wouldn't if I could!

Trying to pick a favorite singer would be impossible for me, because it tends to be the one I'm listening to at the moment. How could I choose between Muddy Waters and BB King? Or, Paul Robeson? Leonard Cohen? SRV? JD Simo? Dylan? Baez? Tracy Chapman? ODETTA? Bono? Barack Obama? The list is almost endless even if highly selective.

Thanks btw for the video.

I've noticed the President seems to favor tenor. That doesn't mean he hasn't got a wider range, though. I'd be curious to know. The cowboy singer from the '30's and '40's, Rex Allen, had one of the widest vocal ranges I ever heard, with perfect pitch too. He had Roy Rogers and that other guy beat flat.

Regardless, you can betcher boots that the 'album cover' pic of the President is going to find itself on my living room wall. It's just too fantastic for the office.

[Initech]

2. Seriously that would make an awesome soul or R&B cover.

[IrishAyes]

3. I've got it!

Even farther back than the blues to the real bedrock.

"Go Down, Moses... Tell Ol' Pharoah... To Let My People Go...Way Down in Egypt Land..."

Or,

"We Shall Overcome"

Take your pick!

[sheshe2]

5. We Shall Overcome~

Thanks Irish, I like this one!

Together

[Cha]

4. That's an incredible shot of POTUS in the rain, she..

"Got Those World on My Shoulders Ragtime Blues".. just the opposite of this one..



Sunny / Yesterday my life was filled with rain / Sunny / You smiled at me and really eased the pain / Oh, the dark days are gone / And the bright days are here

http://www.metrolyrics.com/sunny-lyrics-stevie-wonder.html

Mahalo for your thread, sheshe~ to TOD

[IrishAyes]

6. I named my best mare after that song.

[Cha]

8. My little friend from 1st grade in Houston, Tx was

named Sunny! I love that name! You don't even want to know how long I remembered her name.

[IrishAyes]

10. Well, my Sunny had a yard-long Arabic formal name, of course, which I couldn't even pronounce.

So we pretty much stuck to the pet name. When she dropped her first foal, I hung big birthday banners all over the place. Marked him with chalk on his hindquarters to make sure God knew who he was, and had the priest out for a naming ceremony and blessing on the 8th day. Good grief, you would've thought I was that baby's grandma.

[Cha]

11. Sounds awesome, Irish!

[IrishAyes]

12. I'm not a lukewarm person.

[sheshe2]

7. From the Morehouse Choir

And a reminder~

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Thank you for that beautiful picture, with the lyrics from Sunny. That was always a favorite of mine, Cha.

Thank you for the gleam that shows its grace

Read more: Stevie Wonder - Sunny Lyrics | MetroLyrics

[Cha]

9. Thank you for the Vids, she..

I shall see them when I get back later.

[treestar]

13. Is there anyone who handles rain better?

It's like he does not even notice it!

[sheshe2]

14. Oh trust me treestar~

I have a file of them!

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With everything that is tossed his way, rain is the least of his worries. He handles the rain the same way he handles the GOPBAGGERS.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. love these pics too

And the gif.

[sheshe2]

19. Hello Blanche~

and thank you!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. hey she!

[Skinner]

15. Awesome pic.

Can't wait to hear the album.

[sheshe2]

16. It sure is~

I'll put your name in for the first recording, Skinner!

[freshwest]

17. What a beautiful thread!

[sheshe2]

21. Thank you freshwest~

Lyrically, "Who'll Stop the Rain" breaks into three verses, with a historical, recent past, and present tense approach. All three verses allude to a sense of unending malaise, pondered by "good men through the ages", "Five Year Plans and New Deals/wrapped in golden chains", and the Woodstock generation. The malaise is not defined, but appears to allude to a sense, that man's problems have to be dealt with by those who wish to fix them, and no ancient philosophers, money promising government, nor Flower Power generation can merely push them off by thought, money nor communal love. The song's universal topical appeal made it unusual in the time of its release and gives it a quality, that helps it maintain its popularity 40 years later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who'll_Stop_the_Rain_(song)

[stillcool]

22. was that pic..

From the rally right after his grandmother had died?

[nikto]

23. Good album title...

Single-Payer Lover