The pirates who don’t do anything – Veggie Tales (2005) d76
And I’ve never hoist the mainstay, and I’ve never swabbed the poop deck. and I’ve never veered starboard ’cause I’ve never sailed at all. And I’ve never walked the gang plank, and I’ve never owned a parrot, and I’ve never been to Boston in the fall .
Chain of fools – Aretha Franklin (1968) d71
I thought you were my man But I found out, I’m just a link in your chain Oh, you got me where you want me I ain’t nothin’ but your fool Ya treated me mean Oh you treated me cruel Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain Chain of fools)
Cool, cool, considerate men – The cast of “1776” (1969) d70
“Most men with nothing would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich than face the reality of being poor.” Thanks for the suggestion Eileen.
Land of confusion – Genesis (1986) d67
This is the world we live in and these are the hands we’re given. Use them and let’s start trying to make it a place worth living in.
Wooden ships – Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) d65
We visited Los Alamos yesterday, the home of the Manhattan Project. Looking for anti-nuclear war songs, I confess that I didn’t know “Wooden Ships” was one. The introduction from this recording at Woodstock makes it clear.
The logical song – Joe Crookston (Supertramp cover) (2008) d62
Now watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical, Liberal, fanatical, criminal. Won’t you sign up your name, we’d like to feel you’re Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
Always look on the bright side of life – Monty Python (1979) d59
I mostly listen to this as a song, rather than watch it in the movie, so I kind of forgot the setting. I should probably wait until after Lent is over to post it, but as Eileen says, “I’ve been humming this bit of inspired lunacy for days. ‘You come from nothing, you go back […]
