Diary (May 23, 2020)
Online diary of Karl Jones for Saturday May 23, 2020.
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Song of the Day for Howard Kranz
Nineteenth in a series of songs for Howard and me to cover, or be inspired by, or something.
One Nation Under a Groove
"One Nation Under a Groove" by Fundadelic
So wide you can't get around it So low you can't get under it (So low you can't get under it) So high you can't get over it (So high you can't get over it) Da-yee do do do do do do This is a chance This is a chance To dance your way Out of your constrictions (Tell suckah!) Here's a chance to dance our way Out of our constrictions Gonna be freakin' Up and down Hang-up alley way With the groove our only guide We shall all be moved Ready or not here we come Gettin' down on The one which we believe in One nation under a groove Gettin' down just for the funk (Can I get it on the good foot) Gettin' down just for the funk of it (Good God) (Bout time I got down one time) One nation and we're on the move Nothin' can stop us now Ah ah aye aiii aiiieeeeee Feet don't fail me now Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for Feet don't fail me now Do you promise to funk? The whole funk, nothin' but the funk Ready or not here we come Gettin' down on the one which we believe in Here's my chance to dance my way Out of my constrictions Do do deeyodo do deeyodo do deeyodo Do do deeyodo do deeyodo do deeyodo (You can dance away) Feet don't fail me now (ha ha) Here's a chance to dance Our way out of our constrictions Gonna be groovin' up and down Hang up alley way With the groove our only guide We shall all be moved Feet don't fail me now (ha ha) Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for Feet don't fail me now Here's my chance to dance my way Out of my constrictions Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for (Feet don't fail me now) (Feet don't fail me now) Do you promise to funk, the whole funk, Nothin' but the funk One nation under a groove Gettin' down just for the funk of it One nation and we're on the move Nothin' can stop us now Nothin' can stop us now One nation under a groove Gettin' down just for the funk of it One nation and we're on the move Nothin' can stop us now Nothin' can stop us now One nation under a groove Gettin' down just for the funk of it One nation and we're on the move Nothin' can stop us now Do you promise to funk? Do you promise to funk? Hah Do you promise to funk, the whole funk? One nation under a groove Gettin' down just for the funk of it (Here's my way to dance my way out) Gettin' down just for the funk of it One nation And we're on the move Nothin' can stop us now Do you promise to funk, the whole funk? You can't stop us now Givin' you more of what you're Funkin' for
- One Nation Under a Groove @ YouTube
- One Nation Under a Groove (song) @ Wikipedia
- Funkadelic @ Wikipedia
Spoonerism
Fate don't feel me now.
Uncouth
I personally do, in fact, wish to be uncouth, after my own fashion. But I find doing so very difficult. The shame is too much.
I wish, by contrast, that my country would never behave in an uncouth manner, and here I have been repeatedly ashamed of my country's behaving since ... well, certainly Watergate was the tipping point, although I remember being four years old in 1965, looking the pictures in a newspaper (either the *Star* or the *Tribune*; I think they were still published as separate papers in those days), and asking my parents what the little explosion symbols on the map of Southeast Asia were for.
As for any military abiding treaty obligations ... who was it said "Trust, but verify"? Not the "Genghis Khan with a Telephone" guy — the other one, the American.
- Comment @ Boing Boing