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This one's for you Orange Man Boehner (Original Post)
malaise
Nov 2014
OP
BumRushDaShow
(130,372 posts)1. LOL How about this one?
monmouth4
(9,725 posts)3. Love him and my how he's changed over the years. Isn't it a pity?????...n/t
BumRushDaShow
(130,372 posts)4. He is no longer with us
He passed in 2006. Time has really flown by!
monmouth4
(9,725 posts)5. I did not know that. I don't keep up on that side of things. Thanks for
the headsup..
BumRushDaShow
(130,372 posts)6. No problem!
He had a bunch of great hits!
OT- That reminds me... I need to get some mp3s of his songs to add to my "Old School" collection.
malaise
(269,500 posts)8. Do you know that he wrote this one for Nixon
There's a good story on it.
BumRushDaShow
(130,372 posts)9. Didn't know he wrote it for Nixon
although I know it came out that same year Nixon waved bye bye from Marine One.
malaise
(269,500 posts)10. Here's some background
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8311
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This song is an angry, acidic attack on US President Richard Nixon, who two weeks after the release of Fufillingness' First Finale resigned over the Watergate scandal and left the White House in disgrace. Shortly after Nixon's resignation, Wonder issued this statement:
"Everybody promises you everything but in the end, nothing comes out of it. I don't vote for anybody until after they have really done something that I know about. I want to see them do something first. The only trouble is that you always hear the president or people say that they are doing all they can. And they feed you with hopes for years and years. I'm sick and tired of listening to all their lies."
<snip>
This song is an angry, acidic attack on US President Richard Nixon, who two weeks after the release of Fufillingness' First Finale resigned over the Watergate scandal and left the White House in disgrace. Shortly after Nixon's resignation, Wonder issued this statement:
"Everybody promises you everything but in the end, nothing comes out of it. I don't vote for anybody until after they have really done something that I know about. I want to see them do something first. The only trouble is that you always hear the president or people say that they are doing all they can. And they feed you with hopes for years and years. I'm sick and tired of listening to all their lies."
BumRushDaShow
(130,372 posts)12. Interesting info!
He has always kept relevant over his many decades of composing and singing and didn't pull any punches in a song when he wanted to send a message.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)2. Boehner DOES make a good pumpkin.
For sure
spanone
(136,008 posts)7. k&r...
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