Garbage

A lot of what we value is just garbage. 

Donna Summer and Robin Gibb

I was always an early adopter of gadgets. One gadget I adopted early was a VHS recorder. The death of Donna Summer and Robin Gibb caused me to think of this. I recorded the following Bee Gee concert and watched it many times over the years. I do not understand why it I can not buy the video today. I would, in a minute. 

I also recorded Donna Summer's 1979 special, both on the same tape to save money! It too is unavailable-but here is one of the songs from Donna Summer around that time. Her oddly apropriate Last Dance:

This is one of Robin Gibbs last performances. It is a cover of Staying Alive by Russian Pop Star Valeria (Валерия). He sang back up. I hope they paid him enough for this.

It is actually a good cover, I like Valeria.

With God On Our Side

 Is God on our side? 

Here are the lyrics:

Oh my name it is nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I's taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side.
Oh the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh the country was young
With God on its side.
Oh the Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I's made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side.
Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side.
When the Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now too
Have God on their side.
I've learned to hate Russians
All through my whole life
If another war starts
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side.
But now we got weapons
Of the chemical dust 
If fire them we're forced to
Then fire them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.
In a many dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ
Was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war.

Worst Song in the World

This song is notorious because it is so, so bad. 

Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down

This is one of my favorite songs. There is a bad Nancy Sinatra cover of "On Broadway" after Bang Bang, please for the sake of humanity do not watch it. But there is a fun Frank and Nancy father and daughter duet that is worth watching at the end.