Sooner or later, there won’t be much around… There is only so much oil in the ground Sooner or later there won’t be much around Tell that to your kids while you driving ’round downtown That there’s only so much oil in the ground We can’t cut loose without that juice Can’t cut loose [...]
Bank Foreclosures – Underwater Mortgages…Tom Waits couldn’t possibly have known about the housing crisis that had yet to occur when he penned these lyrics – but it sure sounds like something right out of today’s news. “House Where Nobody Lives” by Tom Waits tinyurl.com/nobodyshome There’s a house on my block That’s abandoned and cold Folks [...]
THE NEWS IN SONG: Down to the wire music to campaign by… and they’re all singing the same tune. University of Iowa Bassoon Quartet “Iowa Fight Song” http://tinyurl.com/iowafight Sing along if you care to: “Fight! Fight! Fight! for IOWA. Let every loyal Iowan sing. The word is “Fight! Fight! Fight! for IOWA. Until the walls [...]
This Week’s News In Song Only the best Christmas song ever by the best Christmas singer ever. PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS by Aaron Neville tinyurl.com/merryaaron Friends and relations send salutations Sure as the stars shine above This is Christmas, yes, Christmas, my dear The time of year to be with the one you love [...]
Nassau – New York’s wealthiest county – can’t balance it’s budget without another half BILLION dollars. So they borrowed it. Money – It’s Never Enough “Money (That’s What I Want)” The Flying Lizards tinyurl.com/justgimme Gimme Money (That’s What I Want) Lots Of Money (That’s What I Want) Just Give Me Some Money (That’s What I Want) [...]
Long Islanders to McCain : Stick to… anything but comedy. “I Started a Joke” Faith No More http://tinyurl.com/nojoking “I started a joke, which started the whole world crying, but I didn’t see that the joke was on me, oh no. I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing, oh, if I’d only seen that [...]
Here at last! Shop ’til… “This Time of Year”, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones http://tinyurl.com/tiludrop “The stores are packed With stuff for us to buy. The shelves are stacked A mile high… But let’s get back To what I love about this time of year.” E-mail ellis@henican.com Follow him at twitter.com/henican
It’s Thanksgiving …Time to give thanks for shopping. Robin Sparkles, “Let’s Go To The Mall,” http://tinyurl.com/getmalled “Let’s go to the mall everybody! Everybody come and play Throw every last care away Let’s go to the mall… Today. Everybody loves the mall!” E-mail ellis@henican.com Follow him at twitter.com/henican
The 2010 Census showed more and more adult children are living back home with parents. But… There comes a time – Billy Joel’s, “Movin’Out,” http://tinyurl.com/cantstay “You oughta know by now You can pay Uncle Sam with the overtime Is that all you get for your money? And if that’s what you have in mind yeah [...]
The truth comes out, eventually. ‘Silence is Broken’ by Damn Yankees http://tinyurl.com/silbro “The silence is broken it’s over now the truth has been spoken and with every word you say you blow away the scene of another crime”
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
