Pyro
| | Posted: May 23, 2009 - 21:20 | |
This grabs me every time. Sublime.
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Mari
(île de lesvos) | | Posted: May 23, 2009 - 21:20 | |
thanx mary, good timin'! 
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Jan 17, 2009 - 11:04 | |
toterola wrote:Socialism, huh? Give it a rest. We're all neck-deep in a bail-out system that's going to cost northwards of $5 trillion, and it was caused by over-reaching, greedy bastards. Just like the run-up to the Great Depression. Right-wingers back then called FDR a socialist, too. But he rescued their ass just like he did everyone else. I think we may all yet get a taste of an "awful system". I just pray to God we can pull out of the nose-dive before we hit bottom.  Sqrrrly wrote that statement about Algrif's comment from 2006. I have a feeling Algrif wasn't referring to the state of affairs here in 2009. Or was he?  |
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toterola
(Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 20:27 | |
sqqqrly wrote:
Awful system we live in now? I'd love to know which system of the past you would prefer?
I think we are so spoiled and most of use do not even know it. As a result we make comments about our awful system and make preparations to fix our American system by pushing ourselves ever further towards socialism. Our system could be improved no doubt. But the medicine may be worse than the disease. Someday we may be telling our grandchildren how Great America was, just as Brits do today.
Socialism, huh? Give it a rest. We're all neck-deep in a bail-out system that's going to cost northwards of $5 trillion, and it was caused by over-reaching, greedy bastards. Just like the run-up to the Great Depression. Right-wingers back then called FDR a socialist, too. But he rescued their ass just like he did everyone else. I think we may all yet get a taste of an "awful system". I just pray to God we can pull out of the nose-dive before we hit bottom. |
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Isabeau
(on the bridge) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2008 - 06:46 | |
Mary Gauthier is nearly blind with an eye condition, yet she's emerging a songwriting tour de force. This is a great song for these times.
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frednic
(Santee, CA) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 19:13 | |
This song seams to hit the spot for me.
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whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 19:13 | |
The wife says... don't give it suck-o-barfo... I concur... Sweet... give her a 9!
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sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 19:12 | |
algrif wrote:For ages I've been trying to work out why I don't really like this one. Not just because its C&W. A real reason. I think Ive got it.
She goes on and on stating the obvious. Everybody needs a little mercy in the awful system that we are living in at the moment. But then we all know that already. This sickly song seems to want to state something important, but all it does is repeat something we already know over and over and over and ......
Awful system we live in now? I'd love to know which system of the past you would prefer? I think we are so spoiled and most of use do not even know it. As a result we make comments about our awful system and make preparations to fix our American system by pushing ourselves ever further towards socialism. Our system could be improved no doubt. But the medicine may be worse than the disease. Someday we may be telling our grandchildren how Great America was, just as Brits do today. |
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MusicRookie
(Fort Worth Texas) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2008 - 19:10 | |
I really dig that song... I am not much on country, but that twang is EXCELLENT.
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jjbix
(san diego) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 13:41 | |
please have mercy now, . .. never play this again, PLEASE!!!
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Pyro
| | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 13:26 | |
healyf52 wrote:Nice. Reminds me of John Prine. Did he write the song?
Nope, she wrote it. |
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lmic
(Sacramento, CA) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 13:25 | |
Odyzzeuz wrote:I used to do this with my therapist a lot and he called me on it every time. Here's how it works: We have an emotional response to something, and rather than delving into that response and exploring the imagery that emerges, which will reveal the source of the emotion, So, how do you really feel about Cake?  |
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hippiechick
(Weekendland) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 13:21 | |
Great Song! Saw her at the Old Town School in Chicago. Very good performer.
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TexasAggies
(Houston, Texas y'all) | | Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 13:20 | |
Acoustic guitar sound is excellent... |
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macadavy
(Cascadia's attic, eh?) | | Posted: Jul 11, 2008 - 22:07 | |
S'truth, we could all use a little mercy now!
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esotericderek
| | Posted: Jun 26, 2008 - 13:36 | |
fredriley wrote:Ok, Alba gu bràth! If you don't mind my asking, though, where's the Gaelic connection to this song/singer?
Just making fun of how she pronounces her last name. "Gauthier" is pronounced "Go-Shay", which I find amusing. Hence the word play.
Stupid, probably, but I enjoyed it.
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Pyro
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:58 | |
Mary, a Louisiana native, has a pretty interesting history. (click here)
And SHE wrote this song after getting clean and sober. |
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esotericderek
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:53 | |
How many syllables in the word "now"?
na-e-o-u
FOUR!
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Dog_Ear
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:53 | |
When your family starts dying off -and the rest are in trouble, you might appreciate a tune like this. Nice bittersweet set!
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:52 | |
esotericderek wrote:Mary Go Shay!!
Erin Go Bragh!!
Ok, Alba gu bràth! If you don't mind my asking, though, where's the Gaelic connection to this song/singer? |
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anotherlistener
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:52 | |
Definately along his line of prose...also reminds me a little of Nancy Griffith.
healyf52 wrote:Nice. Reminds me of John Prine. Did he write the song? |
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EssexTex
(Eating a taco in Texas) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:51 | |
I'm welling up!  |
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esotericderek
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:50 | |
Mary Go Shay!!
Erin Go Bragh!!
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TrebleStauter
(Killumbus, Ohio) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:50 | |
healyf52 wrote:Nice. Reminds me of John Prine. Did he write the song?
Thats exactly what I was thinking. |
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anniebear
(chapel hill, nc) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:50 | |
Tagish_girl wrote:Okay, I need a little mercy now, too. A mercy killing. Please make it stop . |
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vit
| | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:49 | |
I really wish I could rate this a 1 again.
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annoffalese
(Eastern Pennsylvania) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 09:49 | |
I'm crying mercy!!! Can this one....
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vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 13:37 | |
Tagish_girl wrote:Okay, I need a little mercy now, too. A mercy killing. Please make it stop.
lol
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healyf52
(Lower Manhattan) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 11:36 | |
Nice. Reminds me of John Prine. Did he write the song?
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Tagish_girl
(happily seeking hammock) | | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 11:35 | |
Okay, I need a little mercy now, too. A mercy killing. Please make it stop.
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