2 posts tagged “paul wellstone”
I haven't done one of these 80's Music Flashback posts in a very long time, but this song came up today in the shuffle and it made me want to see the video.
I'm going to my 25th college reunion this summer and have volunteered to reprieve my former role as a DJ at KRLX campus radio. I had the most eclectic play list imaginable on my Friday night 10 pm to midnight show: Hall & Oates, Rick James, Gordon Lightfoot, the Replacements, Prince, Billy Idol, Cat Stevens, the Gap Band, Elvis Costello, Diana Ross & the Supreme's, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, the Time, Steve Miller, Patrice Rushun...
Oh my, the mix was a mess on paper, but I think it worked on the air. But who knows, that was 1980-81 and no one gave a shit about a "format". Ronald Reagan had been elected President my freshman year and we kids at the college where Paul Wellstone was a ramble-rousing political science professor, just wanted to listen to some good music on a Friday night out there in the corn fields of Northfield Minnesota. It didn't matter one bit that the songs or the artists didn't really fit together and that only a handful of people were listening.
I've not been to one of the reunions yet, but I imagine I'll find that some of us still hold on to that heart of glass.
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out had a heart of glass
Seemed like the real thing, only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
Once I had a love and it was divine
Soon found out I was losing my mind
It seemed like the real thing but I was so blind
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
In between
What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do
Lost inside
Adorable illusion and I cannot hide
I'm the one you're using, please don't push me aside
We could've made it cruising, yeah
Yeah, riding high on love's true bluish light
Once I had a love and it was a gas
Soon turned out I had a heart of glass
Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass
Seemed like the real thing only to find
Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind
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I couldn't sleep (again) the other night in the hotel in Santa Barbara, so I flipped through television channels and stayed up watching this wonderful little movie that was playing on HBO.
It has some of the visual feel and minimalist dialogue like Lost In Translation, but with so much more warmth, depth and substance. The acting was brilliant and the story is both sweet and powerful. Beautoful cinematography too.
Most of the time I want to slap myself for obsessively staying up to watch some dreadful movie on television. This time it didn't regret the two hours of lost zzzzzzzs.
Don't be fooled into thinking it's just a sweet little romance. The political messages woven into this beautiful little movie are some some of strongest I've seen.
The way it ended made me miss Paul Wellstone and once again I was ashamed at the blind eye the United States casts on the rest of the world.
