Today's song isn't one that speaks to the soul necessarily, but it's a very good song. It comes for my sister, Hannah. She is studying to become a physician's assistant (PA) in Chicago. I know, the first time I heard the title "PA", I thought it was similar to "dental assistant" or something like that. But you should know "PA" is nothing like "MA" (medical assistant), which one can become if they get a fake associates degree at a fake college like Stevens-Henegar College where tuition is $20,000 a year. Whew, what a run-on sentence. Anyway, a PA is a masters degree and a very competitive field. Hannah, my sister, is hands-down the most intelligent/driven individual I know, so please don't accuse her of studying to become a CNA in Chicago.
Ok, that's neither here nor there. So Hannah just heard this guy Todd Snider (pictured on right),
to whom I was introduced by a friend about a year ago. I asked her if she had heard one of his best songs, "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Blues," which she had not. So I am making it this week's song. It's very funny, and those of you within about three years of my age (24-30) will really appreciate it because you experienced the grunge movement. Just so you know, I have a real reverence for grunge music and would be lying if I told you I didn't own a Mudhoney album, but the fact that I have that reverence makes it legal for me to laugh. Kind of like how Chris Rock can make jokes about black people but Michael Richards (thankfully) cannot. Forgive me for comparing a trivial topic like grunge music to a relevant, real social topic like racism; but I think you got my point.Anyway, great song. Funny song. And this man has many more. Check him out. It's live in Boulder, CO. Ladies and gentlemen...Todd Snider...
4 comments:
One way to get more people to read your blog is to write about them. My name was mentioned 3 times, with 2 compliments. It even inspired me to post this, my first blog comment EVER. (I even had to set up my own blog, first ever. Embarrassing, really, what I went through to be able to reply.) Either way, Ben's blog, new official population: 2.
Anyway, a funny song. Thanks for posting it. That Snider is witty. For anyone reading this (i.e. Ben and me) who's interested in another of his funny songs, try "Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight White American Male." Very funny and very worth checking out. And just as Ben can make fun of grunge and Chris Rock can make fun of Black people, I can think that song's funny because I admittedly have 5 of the 8 adjectives described. (Conservative, Christian, Straight, White, American). I'm just a middle-wing mostly Democratic female, otherwise I probably could have written it myself.
ben you've been found out! You now have two faithful readers so don't let us down.
sincerely,
your homies in guatemala
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