Jukebox: Sometimes you really need a song

5 Replies to “Jukebox: Sometimes you really need a song”

1. I Guess If No One Else…,
   is going to drop a quarter in the jukebox…, I’ll offer up a couple of tunes from one of my new discoveries. An old Idaho boy that I am taking a real shine too.

   Josh Ritter:
   Girl in the War

   Wolves

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2. I’m with Scott R. – not sure what the theme is here, but here are the incomparable Rolling Stones, singing about a:

   http://youtu.be/64nCCjonKW0

   Street Fightin’ Man

   (Still relevant 50 years later…)

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3. More on the “bitter irony” side I would say:
   Billy Bragg- “It says here”
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWXA8O28fso

   The Specials: “Ghost Town”
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI

   Manic Street Preachers:”You Stole the Sun from My Heart”
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzueepOhDpo

   Mark Knofler “Brothers in Arms”
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBadAVsdixk

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4. Not Sure…,
   if this one from The Band…,
   The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
   fits into the ironic category or the never give up category…,
   maybe both.

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   1. Seconded:
      

      I must admit I’m partial to this version: The night they drove old Dixie down.
      Bonus: The Band, Up On Cripple Creek
      Something completely different: Outlaws: Green Grass and High Tides
      

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