“ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE” : NEWS IN SONG

It’s Hurri-Cain Herman! The Scorpions, “Rock You Like A Hurricane,” http://tinyurl.com/hurrock  Here I am, rock you like a hurricane (Are you ready baby?) Here I am, rock you like a hurricane Here I am, rock you like a hurricane (Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on) Here I am, rock you like…

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“COMING HOME”: THE NEWS IN SONG

Finally, Finally, FINALLY… Coming Home – John Legend – tinyurl.com/fartoolong “It seems the wars will never end But we’ll make it home again Back where we belong again We’re holding on to when So you know that I’ll be coming home I’m coming, I’m coming, I’m coming? You know that I’ll be coming home”     E-mail…

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“FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH”:THE NEWS IN SONG

Is something happening here? Again? For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield “What a field-day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly say, hooray for our side It’s time we stop, hey, what’s that sound Everybody look what’s going down Paranoia strikes deep”   E-mail ellis@henican.com. Follow…

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“ALL SUMMER LONG” – THE NEWS IN SONG

Brrrr…Summer sure left quick… Time for one last blast –  “All Summer Long”  by Kid Rock   http://tinyurl.com/kidlyn   “Now nothing seems as strange as when the leaves began to change Or how we thought those days would never end Sometimes I’ll hear that song and I’ll start to sing along And think man I’d love…

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SEPT 11, 2001 – “THE BRAVEST”: THE NEWS IN SONG

The simplest stories can be the most powerful ones: “The Bravest”  by Tom Paxton http://tinyurl.com/pax911 “The first plane hit the other tower, right after I came in. It left a gaping, fiery hole where offices had been. We’d stood and watched in horror, as we saw the first ones fall,   Then someone yelled “Get out,…

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KATRINA REMEMBERED – “THIS CITY”: THE NEWS IN SONG

“This City”  by Steve Earle http://tinyurl.com/wontdrown  Six years ago this week, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Katrina. We can’t ever forget how the city of New Orleans was devastated. “This city won’t wash away This city won’t ever drown Blood in the water and hell to pay Sky tear open and pain rain down. Doesn’t…

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THIS WEEK’S NEWS IN SONG: “Hay Fever”

  The Kinks: “Hay Fever”  “The pollen count’s getting higher and higher My eyes are sore and my nose is on fire My throat’s dry now and I’m starting to perspire My stuffed up head’s killing all of my desire I got hay fever, you wicked allergy, Hay fever, you put the curse on me…

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