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Your "song of the day/week" thread.....

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This is a humorous, upbeat, Caribbean/reggae inspired song from Steely Dan's 1976 album 'Royal Scam'. It tells the story of an unhappy spouse who travels to Haiti, to take FULL advantage of their 1970s tourist-trap policy of legally granting QUICK and EASY divorces, only requiring 1 spouse to be present, and very loose legal justification for the divorce.

The Haitian govt created this quickie divorce system to draw in foreign tourists, to 'get it over with ASAP', then to party and have fun on the sunny beaches!

The subject in the song takes full advantage of the system AND it's implied she also took advantage of "the local talent"! This song includes tasteful and unique usage of the then-popular "talk box" sound effect used by Peter Frampton and Joe Walsh. But here it's used as a unique wah wah guitar effect.

Haitian Divorse:
 
This is a rather humorous ballad about an actual historical event with the added story lines about racism and marijuana use.



1970 Capitol ST678 reissue of the Oracle Records release.

In the late 1960s, the exploding popularity of underground FM radio allowed for the broadcast of songs of a length that had been previously unimaginable in rock (and, for the most part, folk) music. Arlo Guthrie's 18-minute "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (more popularly known simply as "Alice's Restaurant") may have been the most renowned of these, following a loose talking folk-blues format to relay an amusing shaggy dog of a tale. Somewhat less remembered, though likewise a big FM favorite in its time, is Jaime Brockett's 13-minute "Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic." Like "Alice's Restaurant," it too followed a talking folk-blues format, and also threw in knowing countercultural references, albeit with a mania that seemed like Brockett was going to jump right off the grooves and into a straitjacket. Unlike Guthrie, however, Brockett was unable to build upon his marathon monologue to sustain a long-running career as a recording artist. Indeed, "Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic" wasn't even too typical of his work, the rest of his debut album leaning toward introspective folk ballads. It was "Legend of the U.S.S. Titanic," however, that most listeners bought the LP for, and which would come to overshadow not only the rest of the album, but Brockett's entire career.
 

Because it's a metal band covering a song which sprang from a moment on a stream of some friends playing minecraft.
And following that back to the source last week was interesting.
 
Fantastic Negrito - Lost In A Crowd

 
Here is my interpretation of most people, not only on DP, but anywhere you encounter them online. A spot on exhibit of the persona we project vs. the reality that we really are...

 
Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (Official Video) ft. Florence Welch

 
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