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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: More and more this primary has distilled down to one thing for me: [View all]Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)116. I'm right there with ya, ChiciB1 :)
White woman here too, longtime fan of Sanders. Nope, I'm pretty sure HC has never heard of Jackson. If so, it didn't spark much thought or feeling within her, and I don't see how that's possible. She strikes me as more of a "Bubble Gum Music" type, as we used to call it in my locale. Maybe show tunes, but that might be a stretch. So funny, I almost put "For America" in my first reply! I love that song so much too, and I'm glad you posted those lyrics. We must be birds of a feather!
I'm so glad to find another Jackson fan here! I think there are a few more of us, here and there, scattered about the place.
Very glad you got to see Jackson in person, I was going to ask that because he's one not to miss. I've seen him 5 times over the years -- at first it cost next to nothing, too bad concerts are so pricey now. I wouldn't mind so much if the musicians got most of it but they don't.
Lol! I too almost named my son "Jackson". He used to call himself that though anyway, because I played those albums so much. He'd pretend to play guitar with an old acoustic, and did in fact grow up to get a degree in classical guitar (how did that happen?, second major in IT) and is a genius player. Oh my, too bad I warped that kid. My daughter is a big JB freak too, like me. Inevitable, I guess.
When you listen to the "Running On Empty" album, the title song and "Load Out", and "Stay" were recorded at an outdoor concert venue near where I lived at the time in Columbia, Maryland (Merriweather Post Pavilion). I was a single mom then, and I took my 4 year old son with me to a summer JB concert there. It was a very cool little local setting in the woods with a smallish number of seats and then people would spread blankets on the naturally-inclining ground picnic-style beyond that. The sound was great! I think it cost something like $25 for both of us, and we went with friends who also had kids his age. ("The Road" too was recorded at Cross Keys Inn, on the lake within walking distance of the woods. It was a very cool little town in 1977, very progressive actually, and btw, EmmyLou Harris waited tables for a time before she was famous at the restaurant in the Cross Keys Inn.)
Back to the concert... At what we thought was the end of the evening, the crowd was clapping and pleading for yet another encore, we didn't think we'd get one, so about half of the people had already left, and that's when Jackson slowly walked back onstage alone saying nothing, sat down at the piano very casually and started playing a little, almost ignoring us. And a couple more musicians came out as if just getting their stuff together and then he started to sing "Load Out" by himself "now the seats are all empty..." and we though WTF?, we didn't even know what was going on at first. And then it was clear that it was a song, and strangely enough sort of about us and that night, and that was cool. And we thought that little song to us was all the very last encore was going to be, and that was great! But as the whole band kicked in and then "Stay" started, we "got it" that this was a REAL encore and the remaining crowd went absolutely NUTS!!! Unforgettable! There was dancing (on and off stage), there was "aren't you glad we didn't leave so fast?", everybody was rockin'! I still can't figure out how they got so much of the crowd noises out though. It was thunderous!
We had no idea at the time, that encore was being recorded. Little did we know, that, and our experience of the new title tune we heard that night, "Running On Empty", were going to end up on the next album when it came out. And now we can hear a little bit of "our" concert anytime. It was August 27 1977. What a day!
Just fwiw, I'm W8ing4Everymen too on Twitter.
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Thing is, if you think a candidate is untrustworthy, why do you vote for their campaign rhetoric?
merrily
Feb 2016
#1
He switched to Indie and caucused with the Dems, until he retired--and Bernie followed his lead.
merrily
Feb 2016
#7
I can't say for sure, but... couldn't a person convince themselves there's a special relationship
HereSince1628
Feb 2016
#9
I think that is why they have assailed him as "naive" rather than "untrustworthy"
GreatGazoo
Feb 2016
#10
I don't know how ANYONE can look at that chart and not be concerned about Hillary in the G.E.
EmperorHasNoClothes
Feb 2016
#34
It depends on who she may be up against. Of course we have to consider the intellect of voters.
YOHABLO
Feb 2016
#89
Yes and it's easily debunked: a lifetime of activism and public service =/= "naive"
GreatGazoo
Feb 2016
#62
Then you figure you wouldn't be voting for the candidate who peddles policies he knows
boston bean
Feb 2016
#15
His policies are bunk. They don't add up. They are not do-able, the way he is leading young people
boston bean
Feb 2016
#19
If Bernie wins the whole enchilada, would you help in fighting for these things?
Dustlawyer
Feb 2016
#22
I wasn't clear enough, if he wins the White House, (spare me the "won't happen" I know
Dustlawyer
Feb 2016
#30
Maybe you are too young to remember, but before Reagan we used to do things as a country,
Gore1FL
Feb 2016
#35
These aren't novel ideas. Other countries have universal healthcare and tuition paid for.
Jackilope
Feb 2016
#51
The policies do add up. It will be up to the voters to determine whether they are do-able.
thesquanderer
Feb 2016
#60
Having someone that at least wants to change the current corrupt system is much
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#44
Oh, did Hillary get an advance vote from Congress on her policies?
Waiting For Everyman
Feb 2016
#56
I think they are objectives, not policies. How does the word "policies" work in a government
TryLogic
Feb 2016
#73
He is so much the epitome of the Public Servant as his opponent is the Politician.
Hiraeth
Feb 2016
#39
I applaud your positive personal experience with Bernie, and would even agree with you Bernie is a
still_one
Feb 2016
#55
And about the rigged for-profit corporate media, and out-of-touch, calculating, dishonest
TryLogic
Feb 2016
#74
Yes, they have been slowly turning up the heat in the pot of boiling water
DiehardLiberal
Feb 2016
#90
I agree. No candidate in history has accomplished everything they set out to accomplish.
DisgustipatedinCA
Feb 2016
#82
Kicked and recommended! This post should have a bazillion of recommendations!
Enthusiast
Feb 2016
#83
Not much left to say, except that I'm jealous...not really...but you've been blessed and
libdem4life
Feb 2016
#87