A DU first!! From DU's Atticus, along with The Freedom Toast--a DU music parody video!

[DFW]

A few months ago, Atticus posted the lyrics of what became the first and third verses of this song.

What then happened in sequence was this: I asked him if it was OK if I used them as the basis of a TFT video. He gave his blessing, I added a second verse of my own, got the band together in Atlanta remotely, recorded it, gave it to Cinebot Video, also in Georgia, and loosely guided them through the screenplay (although Alison knew pretty much what I wanted), and we sent the final version to The Parody Project to put it out on their channel.

A DU first!! We gave Atticus his due credit for his great lyrics in the ending credits.

[MiHale]

1. Excellent!...

Great job. You guys are awesome!

[Glorfindel]

2. Brilliant! Thank you, Atticus and DFW.

I'm sharing this far and wide.

[blm]

3. Lolol.

Perfect!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Number one on the DU charts!

[DFW]

31. The DU charts!

Right, where the competition is so fierce! LOL!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

63. What? It has beaten out "Don't tuch the butt"?

I have lost the link to that masterpiece.

[Cadfael]

81. Link to the masterpiece

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7950254

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

88. Thank you. A work to rival any sketch by Joan Miro.

[cachukis]

5. Fabulous.

[love_katz]

6. This is magnificent!

[malaise]

7. Freaking fabulous

Rec. Rec. Rec!😀😀😀

[Walleye]

8. Outstanding, " as Steven Miller told his tale"

Great job!

[Irish_Dem]

9. Excellent work!

The music perfectly complemented the lyrics and video.

All of it highlighted the gravity and tragedy of events on Jan 6.

[Karadeniz]

10. Ready for prime time!!!!!

[housecat]

40. msnbc

[Karadeniz]

41. Yay! Wish I'd seen it over the air waves!

[housecat]

54. Me too, but it hasn't been there yet.

[DFW]

69. We only finished it last week.

Whether or not it gains any traction remains to be seen.

I was told, no idea how much truth there is to this, that Youtube has a rightward bias, and restricts, with varied degrees of severity, access to “uncomfortable” videos, especially since Jan. 6th.

If you look at our “slip-sliding away” parody about Trump contemplating Biden’s impending inauguration, it got over 400,000 views. These days, it’s a struggle to reach 10,000.

[nolabear]

75. I just saw it on Facebook

Posted by a friend I don’t think knows about DU. I told him.

[Talitha]

11. Nicely done - BRAVO!!!

[Marthe48]

12. So well done!

Instant classic!

[Emile]

13. Awesome 👍

[Fla Dem]

14. Great job!!!

[kooth]

15. Outstanding!

Great lyrics! The performance was spot-on! The guy singing hit all of the notes perfectly, and the band was excellent! Great job!

[CaptainTruth]

16. Awesome! Great job by all!

[DFW]

29. And for the lyrics of our own Atticus!

Inspiration is where you find it.

[Atticus]

17. 👏 for DFW's talent! nt

[Hotler]

18. Well done.

[yardwork]

19. Brilliant!

[SheltieLover]

20. Fabulous! Atticus is one exceptional writer for sure!!!

Kudos to you & the entire team!

[planetc]

21. Great job all hands!

[hermetic]

22. Excellent!

The next song on YouTube, The Real GOP, is also quite good.

[DFW]

27. My brother wrote that one!

Don liked that one so much, he performed it himself.

[Farmer-Rick]

30. Just listened to the Real GOP

I like this comment, it says a lot:

"Was ever a descent into fascism so melodiously heralded."

[DFW]

70. I remember that comment, too

It was one of the better ones for sure.

[gademocrat7]

23. Absolutely fantastic!

You all rock! 👏👏👏

[Lucinda]

24. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Farmer-Rick]

25. OMG, a great compilation

It rivals the affects of Bob Dylan's anti-war songs in the 60s.

Great job.

[highplainsdem]

26. This is fantastic! Kudos to all of you!

[niyad]

28. Excellent! Thank you, DFW and Atticus! A great collaboration.

[Iggo]

32. Well, look at you guys. You made a thing!

Well done, All.

[Wild blueberry]

33. Superb work by all!

This is Excellent!
Thank you!

[ProfessorGAC]

34. Very Good!

And, great job making the vocal similar to the original.

[judesedit]

35. Thank you so much. More of that, please

Awesome job, you guys

[DFW]

72. There is MUCH more!

Just go to Youtube, type in The Freedom Toast and/or Parody Project. We have done dozens together, and Don has done at least as many on his own.

I saw his solo work, and was really impressed, so I started sending him my own lyrics suggestions. He liked “Wasting Away In Mar-a-Lagoville,” sang it snd did the video himself. It has close to half s million views, so it must have connected.

[DFW]

76. Here are four from the past flaunting some of our instrumental and vocal talent

Strangers on the Right:

No Business like "NO" Business:

In D.C. (On Broadway parody)

&t=50s

Dumb Down (Downtown)

[StarryNite]

36. Outstanding!

[sagetea]

37. *Chef's Kiss!

That was so awesome!!!

sage

[Wiscodoug]

38. Cool

One of my favs, band really nails it. Great work.

[Uncle Joe]

39. Excellent and well done by all involved!

Thanks for the thread DFW

[DFW]

92. Thanks!

Glad our efforts seem to have met with approval!

[jmbar2]

42. Masterpiece! Wow wow wow! Please send to Rachel

Kudos to Atticus for the concept and lyrics, and to you for springing for this great production. Simply awesome.

[DFW]

71. I haven't the first notion HOW to send it to Rachel

Not to mention that even those who DO get to her must be so numerous, I can’t imagine how our video would stand out.

[Upthevibe]

43. DFW ............

Excellent!

Shout out to Atticus and you.........

[Bluepinky]

44. Wow! Great music, lyrics and video.

This is how it’s done! A+++

[MontanaMama]

45. THAT made my morning!

[Delphinus]

46. This

is FANTASTIC!!! Wow! Love it!

And DFW - you have an amazing voice!

Kudos and bravo to you both (all).

[DFW]

48. Wish I did!! I didn't sing that.

But TFT does have some serious vocal talent.

[Delphinus]

52. Thank you

I just re-read the post and now understand The Freedom Toast sang it. My bad! They are quite good.

[DFW]

64. Well, thanks!

The Freedom Toast IS my band. I’m just not the singer.

[RussBLib]

47. Loved it

Hopefully Procol Harum will not mind. Are they even still around?

[DFW]

84. Last I heard, at least some of them are still around.

Parodies, luckily, are protected. Think Weird Al or Allan Sherman.

[barbtries]

49. that was great.

thank you and thank you Atticus - I think i read that post!

i'm close to greatness over here

[Hekate]

50. 💖 Awesome!

[erronis]

51. I was thinking that the vocals sounded like a mix of drumpf and Gary Brooker

A lot of nasal and almost whining (whinging).

Absolutely a great job!!!

[grantcart]

53. Brilliant, again

[TeamProg]

55. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[Bev54]

56. Well done!!!! Congrats to all of you involved. I love this, even the music from my fav song.

[emulatorloo]

57. Wonderful! Thanks to all of you.

[Alliepoo]

58. Most excellent!!!!

Fabulous job!

[FakeNoose]

59. This is brilliant

[madamesilverspurs]

60. DUZY

And then some!


.

[tavernier]

61. NICE!

Something tells me that Jack Smith will be his Retribution.

[panader0]

62. Recommended! Thanks DFW, Freedom Toast and our own Atticus!

[WarGamer]

65. Your R-E-S-P-E-C-T video was my favorite...

Soooo well made.

[DFW]

68. That was a while ago.

The woman who sang that one, our “Hillaretha,” also was the vocalist on “Walk Like A Drunk Russian,” our parody of Walk like An Egyptian.

[Hortensis]

66. Great! Thank you to both Atticus and you and to the others.

[mnhtnbb]

67. Brilliant.

[homegirl]

73. Absolutely

BRILLIANT!!!

[nolabear]

74. A FB friend just posted this on FB. I don't think he's on DU.

It’s getting around. 😄

[Abigail_Adams]

77. Bravo Bravo Bravo!!

Thanks to Atticus, DFW, and all who participated in making this happen. It's glorious!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

78. KR NT

[Cha]

79. Wow! That's Flat Out Brilliant!

Mahalo, DFW, Atticus, and everyone who helped Crate this Historical Piece.

[DemocraticPatriot]

80. EPIC !!!!!!

God Bless You All!!!

(or whatever superior entity you may believe in, or none at all...)

(( personally I have empathy for the native American spirits,
and native Americans seem more "christian" in caring for the Earth...
they walked the talk))

[FailureToCommunicate]

82. "And the Academy Award for best short film goes to...

WHITER SHADE of FAIL !!!"

[bucolic_frolic]

83. Kudos to all, you kicked it up more notches than we can count

Democratic meritocracy wins the day

[YoshidaYui]

85. Subarashii desuyo!

Excellent.

[DFW]

89. Arigato gozaimasu!

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We did our best!

[YoshidaYui]

91. Itsu demo saizen o tsukushite.

どういたしまして!

[KPN]

86. That is so good! What a great production. Color me

impressed to the moon. Congrats on a job super well done to you, Atticus, the band and everyone else involved in making that classic of a classic.

[DFW]

90. It was an Atticus inspiration.

I had never thought of doing something to that tune. The band, more a studio band than anything else, was up to it, as always. The videography was a little tricky, but we and our main video partner, Alison at Cinebot, got it down after many consultations and edits.

[burrowowl]

87. Very good!