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OT: What are you Watching/Listening/Drinking?

So my listening enjoyment didn't change for it but I always thought it was a shame how Max Webster seemed to miss being as big as they shoulda-coulda been.

I'm guessing Zappa would have given them a rare thumbs up.
 
Didn't really know much about them until I started listening to Q107 in my 20s. Liked their style quite a bit, should probably look a bit deeper.
 
Compared to What


View: https://youtu.be/QdDZXKe9QPA?si=xJe5FRjXyHtV3g8S

I love the lie and lie the love
A-Hangin' on, with push and shove
Possession is the motivation
that is hangin' up the God-damn nation
Looks like we always end up in a rut (everybody now!)
Tryin' to make it real compared to what? C'mon baby!

Slaughterhouse is killin' hogs
Twisted children killin' frogs
Poor dumb rednecks rollin' logs
Tired old lady kissin' dogs
I hate the human love of that stinking mutt (I can't use it!)
Try to make it real compared to what? C'mon baby now!

The President, he's got his war
Folks don't know just what it's for
Nobody gives us rhyme or reason
Have one doubt, they call it treason
We're chicken-feathers, all without one nut. God damn it!
Tryin' to make it real compared to what? (Sock it to me)


Church on Sunday, sleep and nod
Tryin' to duck the wrath of God
Preacher's fillin' us with fright
They all tryin' to teach us what they think is right
They really got to be some kind of nut (I can't use it!)
Tryin' to make it real compared to what?

Where's that bee and where's that honey?
Where's my God and where's my money?
Unreal values, crass distortion
Unwed mothers need abortion
Kind of brings to mind ol' young King Tut (He did it now)
Tried to make it real compared to what?!

Tryin' to make it real compared to what?
 
Due diligence regarding above, lyrics written during LBJ's administration:

Compared to What" is a protest song written by Gene McDaniels. It was recorded by Roberta Flack in February 1969 for her debut album, First Take, but became better known following a performance by Les McCann (piano and vocals) and Eddie Harris (tenor saxophone) at the Montreux Jazz Festival in June of that year. The song appeared as the opening track on their 1969 album Swiss Movement on the Atlantic label, which was certified Gold in sales in the United States.[2] The song has been recorded by more than 270 performers, including Ray Charles and Brian Auger.

 
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