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American Studies, UMass Boston
Current Project- “Boston Sounds, 1974-1999” @fsu_UMB
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Books on Black-Jewish relations (Right to Sing the Blues and Leo Frank), 9/11 and Manson.
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That’s just an all timer
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Thank you Ric!
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Stunner
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“cold cold boy with an American heart” can I get a hell yeah
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Now as always it’s literally impossible for me to figure out who Pavement’s joke is on. But now I’m watching Malkmus get old with me (ok I’m a teeny little bit older) and there’s a post-ironic (to use my friend Aaron Lecklider’s phrase) sadness around his eyes
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Jeff, she threw in GAZA bsky.app/profile/cjze...
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Yes! Remarkable
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Oh thank you for sharing, John. That’s strong.
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Thank you. And I’m glad we share this.
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There it is!
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Anyway, if you haven't heard it or haven't listened lately, you should check out Sly and Rose's version of "Que Sera, Sera." It's one of my favorite soul performances of the 1970s.
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But whatever elbow-in-the-ribs enjoyment Sly was taking by releasing his version Doris Day's classic, it is 100% clear that he is approaching the song with respect: the idea of Sly Stone covering Doris Day might have been pitched as a joke but it lands as an utterly gutting meditation on time. 5/
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The real world frisson of the song came from the rumor that Stone was involved with Doris Day. They had met and probably the sang the song together at the home of Day's son Terry Melcher (accurately described by a member of the Family Stone as a "sleazebag motherfucker") 4/
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The draggy tempo of Sly and the Family Stone's version of the Doris Day classic tells the story: I hear it now as an attempt to slow down the ridiculously fast pace (signaled by the song's narrator moving through life's cycles so quickly!) of children growing up and moving on. 3/
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The song is identified with Doris Day (more on her in a sec) and first appeared in Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much." It's almost too much to bear: a mother singing to her kidnapped child that she does not know what will happen. But that she is always there.
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I remember so sharply buying a used copy of Sly’s There’s a Riot Goin’ On at Rasputin in Berkeley when I was 21 and visiting my brother who lived in Oakland. Having read about it for years I knew it was going to be “good.” I just didn’t know it was going to teach me so much.
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Same!
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Gorgeous. Have a blast! (Me, I’m just going to the Pavement movie)
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That is a really good point
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Say no to the devil youtu.be/IjW98KMwNNE?...
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I hope it lands with you. Really shifted my brain.
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I’m always looking!
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Perfect
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Beautiful song
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Ryan Walsh! Leader of Hallelujah the Hills who have a new record with one song for each card in the deck. He also wrote the great book about Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and spoke about it at UMB!
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As a fan of the composers!
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Just speaking for myself!