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Monday, May 11, 2026
Belated Cinco de Mayo Greetings
At the risk of waxing cliched, how did I not get the memo on this?
I mean, seriously -- how do you say "freaking hilarious" en epspanol? 😎
It'll undoubtedly be met with derision, but I maintain that "We're Not Gonna Take It" is a perfect pop song, like The Spinners' "I'll Be Around", Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman", and The Association's "Never My Love" -- a perfect marriage of voice, sound, arrangement, emotion, lyrics. C in California
That’s fabulous. The product placement in the drum kit is an especially amusing touch.
ReplyDelete- Paul in DK
I was never really a fan back in the day, but I've grown fonder and fonder of them recently.
ReplyDeleteDee Snider's dad was Jim Dandy Mangrum. I keed, I keed.
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ReplyDeleteThat is great!
ReplyDeleteCaptain Al
It'll undoubtedly be met with derision, but I maintain that "We're Not Gonna Take It" is a perfect pop song, like The Spinners' "I'll Be Around", Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman", and The Association's "Never My Love" -- a perfect marriage of voice, sound, arrangement, emotion, lyrics.
ReplyDeleteC in California