Good (Saturday) evening #JukeboxFridayNight
I'm back, and the playlists are finalised.
#ShineALight https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZe9K6g9lwnTUl-ZCbhIR8p0dAlh7IBYt
#FoolsAndJokers https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZe9K6g9lwnR03s2JrXgqqmUEgEXdPPDO
The Beatles - I Am The Walrus
I am the eggman.
They are the eggmen.
I am the walrus.
Goo goo g' joob g' goo goo g' joob.
Expert texpert choking smokers,
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile,
Like pigs in a sty, see how they snied.
I'm crying.
There seem to be two themes for #JukeboxFridayNight this week: #ShineALight and #FoolsAndJokers.
I just remembered that I linked to this song pretty recently for some other reason, but it's worth another listen. Esp with attention to, and emphasis on, the "shine, shine, shine, shi-i-ine..."
Everybody Is a Star / Sly and the Family Stone
There seem to be two themes for #JukeboxFridayNight this week: #ShineALight and #FoolsAndJokers.
I skimmed through the posts and, surprisingly, didn't see this song. It needs to be included, obvs. :) Maybe I'll come up with something for the other h/t later.
The Joker / Steve Miller
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #파면_기념_연친소
9: #YoonSukyeol
8: #VendrediLecture
7: #WindowFriday
6: #foolsandjokers
5: #shinealight
4: #FensterFreitag
3: #internasongorpoem
2: #JukeboxFridayNight
1: #totp
They started this joke quite a while ago. #JukeboxFridayNight #FoolsAndJokers #Music
Bee Gees - I Started A Joke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZWKR2zJESk&list=LLUwhfey9MublWMilUTVvxBQ&index=20
Going to the city tomorrow to protest against those fools and jokers. #JukeboxFridayNight #FoolsAndJokers #Music
Foghat - Fool For The City:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD_fmaw1CNY&list=LLUwhfey9MublWMilUTVvxBQ&index=15
This one goes out to the fool that placed a tariff on an island inhabited only by penguins. #JukeboxFridayNight #FoolsAndJokers #Music
XTC - Mayor Of Simpleton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6FObPezIAk&list=LLUwhfey9MublWMilUTVvxBQ&index=19
This one goes out to all the people that cast their vote in November for all the wrong reasons; these lyrics surely apply to you by now, or some time in the near future (the stock market might have already done the deed).
#JukeboxFridayNight #FoolsAndJokers #Music
Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPeHHpXOOds&list=LLUwhfey9MublWMilUTVvxBQ&index=16
#FoolsAndJokers is now trending across Mastodon
Green Day - Look Ma, No Brains!
I said look ma, I ain’t got no brains
I’m a goner and I don’t feel no pain
I’m with stupid and I’m all by myself
’Cause I’m special and I don’t need your help
Green Day - Too Dumb to Die
Way up high, too scared to dream
but too dumb to die
And one more for "Fools And Jokers" on Jukebox Friday Night –
The Tiger Lillies, "Stupid Clown" (2022), from their "One Penny Opera" (cheaper than Brecht! more contemporary that John Gay!)
"Only children
And idiots
Are happy in this life we suffer …"
Split Enz - My Mistake
(in their early days NZ band Split Enz deliberately styled themselves as clowns, close to fools and jokers!)
Tim Finn - Fraction Too Much Friction
(being foolish and with a joker in the mix)
@irix inspired me with their Stone Roses selection - same title, different song, style, continent... just as lovely in a different way.
I feel like this fits both hashtags. It's called fool's gold because it's shiny, right?
"Fool's Gold" by The Abramson Singers (2010)
Back to the theme "Fools And Jokers" on Jukebox Friday Night:
Steely Dan, "Dirty Work" (1972)
"I don't wanna do your dirty work no more …"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR5Ki6jjPaY
Or if you prefer:
Iain Matthews, "Dirty Work" (1974)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2DvLYvYhg
or even:
The Pointer Sisters, "Dirty Work" (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNoLqV-0TcI
Folks will see they have been fools doing your dirty work …
#JukeboxFridayNight #FoolsAndJokers
#SteelyDan #ThePointerSisters #IainMatthews
And this round goes to "Fools And Jokers" (April Fool's Day) for the double-headed themes for Jukebox Friday Night –
Supertramp, "Fool's Overture" (1977)
"So you found your solution
What will be your last contribution?
'Live it up, rip it up, why so lazy?
Give it out, dish it out, let's go crazy
Yeah!' "
Crash Test Dummies - The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
(fool or joker?)
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
Spreading wisdom and cash around
Fed the starving and housed the poor
Showed the Vatican what gold's for
But he made too many enemies
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Monkey To Man
(was evolution a mistake?)
Big and useless as he has become
With his crying statues and his flying bomb
Goes 'round acting like the chosen one
Excuse us if we treat him like our idiot cousin
In the fashionable nightclubs and finer precincts
Man uses words to dress up his vile instincts
When a vicious creature took the jump from monkey to man
