BERNIE NOOOOOOO!!! BERNIE SANDERS RELEASED A PRETTY TERRIBLE SPOKEN WORD FOLK MUSIC ALBUM IN 1987

[zappaman]

Since Bernie Sanders announced his run for President of the United States of America, his lack of polish has been far more endearing to the public than his detractors ever imagined. He’s not a slick baby-kisser; the man talks serious social democratic policy and stays on message with a self-possessed intensity. However, if Bernie’s impersonal style has given the impression he’s completely devoid of sentimentality, “Brothers and Sisters,” let me assure you otherwise! In 1987, Bernie Sanders released a spoken word album of lefty folk standards, and it is bad—positively Shatneresque, if you will.

According to Vermont blog Seven Days, Burlington-based musician Todd Lockwood got in touch with Sanders out of the blue to pitch the idea—they had never met before. At this point Bernie was the Mayor of Burlington, so Lockwood just called the Mayor’s office and left a message with a secretary describing the project. To his surprise, Bernie set up a meeting, later telling Lockwood, “I have to admit to you this appeals to my ego.” Originally, Bernie was supposed to actually sing the songs, but they quickly realized he can’t carry a tune in a bucket, so they went with spoken word. You can hear samples of the results below; all I can say is that it’s good that he’s never run on anything but the issues, because he is not winning any votes with his musical talent.

If you’re just dying to hear the whole thing (for who doesn’t require a recording of an old Brooklyn Jew sternly intoning the words to “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”), you can actually purchase the entire album, We Shall Overcome, on Amazon.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bernie_sanders_released_a_pretty_terrible_spoken_word_folk



I've heard a lot worse...

[KansDem]

1. Hey, Bernie! I'll join you!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

2. Honestly?

I think this will make him even more "hipper" in the young ones eyes.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Sweet!

[cali]

4. this was much talked about when he first enters the race. many du threads about it.

[zappaman]

12. Missed it!

Regardless, I think its cool enough to post again.

[karynnj]

5. Seven Days is not just a "blog", it is a free weekly newspaper in the Burlington area

that actually can be pretty good.

I doubt anyone will reject Bernie because he can't sing -- just as they won't reject HRC for the same reason (her voice was isolated one time when she joined in I think on the Star spangled banner) Obama, who is quite good, to my knowledge never showed that he could sing.

[jeepers]

7. Wouldn't you just love to be in a crowd

of twenty thousand singing This Land Is Your Land.

Music was a very important part of this movement when we started it back in the sixties.

[arcane1]

26. Hell, people still dish out $100 a ticket to hear Bob Dylan's corpse-like monotone growl

If nothing else, this will simply humanize him and make him seem more down-to-Earth.

[mmonk]

6. .

[BainsBane]

8. I love "Where Have all the Flowers Gone."

We used to sing it at summer camp.

(meant to reply to the OP).

[Stardust]

25. Thank you so much for this. His voice and his accent are soothing to me. nt

[K lib]

9. Bernie Sanders dancing to his own song

[SamKnause]

10. Thank you for the video.

He is so sweet.

I just want to hug him.

How I respect and admire this man.

[tk2kewl]

15. he is him

that's what's so great

[mmonk]

13. .

[zappaman]

16. that's pretty great!

[ismnotwasm]

11. So cute!

[Armstead]

14. Ooops. I gues we both subscribe to Dangerous Minds. I posted this too

That's it, The cats out of the bag. It;s all over.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Well at least you are saying what you mean

If you’re just dying to hear the whole thing (for who doesn’t require a recording of an old Brooklyn Jew sternly intoning the words to “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”), you can actually purchase the entire album, We Shall Overcome, on Amazon.

Just lovely...

[zappaman]

18. Take it up with the website, kiddo.

Their words.
Their article.
And yes, Bernie is old and is Jewish and is from Brooklyn.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Whatever kiddo

It is what it is.

And it is lovely

Have a nice day child.

[zappaman]

21. You too, General.

[Armstead]

23. I posted the same thing...

Personally, I think it is more in the realm of joshing satire...not anti-semitic....One thing that's incorrect is that he was middle aged when he recorded it.

(Dangerous Minds is an, er, interesting website that is iconoclastic on many levels. Very much a loose cannon. Sometimes brilliant, other times dreadful.)

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Something in the sentence rubbed me the wrong way

and I will leave it at that.

And now back to policy... urban development, lack of affordable housing.. yeah that's something I never expect to see discussed in a presidential debate. Hell, not even in a mayoral debate.

[MADem]

28. Pretty lousy that you're being accused so unfairly, there.

There are two fucked up things about that cheap shot directed at you.

Firstly, that the poster didn't even bother to click and see WHO said it, and instead, accused you of saying it and meaning...well, "something" that the poster doesn't even have the guts to articulate (death by dire inference)... and secondly, the cheesy suggestion via scolding that there's somehow something wrong with being old, Jewish and/or from Brooklyn. I guess a lot of people would take issue with the poster somehow insinuating that those three characteristics are negative.


THAT says more about the mind of your accuser than anything else.

Really weird, that.

[zappaman]

29. I don't take it personally.

That poster has referred to this site as a "cesspool" and was going to team up with a banned member to "take DU down".

Not to mention endlessly telling us they are leaving, only to come back.

I take everything they say with a huge chunk of salt!

[Puzzledtraveller]

20. This is much, much worse than Emailgate.

I think for the good of all existence, Bernie must SING AGAIN!!

[zappaman]

22. To be fair, it's spoken word.

But it certainly beats Huckabee's bullshit bass playing!

[randys1]

27. Was this guy on it?

[zappaman]

30. Gotta love The Shat!

[sgtbenobo]

32. Rock On!

Sometimes it just works.

Carry on.

[LWolf]

31. Which has been posted frequently.

I find it highly entertaining, myself, if not exactly "good" in terms of musical quality.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

33. we've got some new Bernie songs

[LWolf]

34. And they are great.

Bernie's is probably the most fun campaign I've followed, ever.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. Yes it is