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Enough with this Dream On crap already
By adamg on Wed, 12/18/2013 - 8:34am
The legislature's Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight holds a hearing tomorrow on whether to make "Roadrunner" the official state rock song. About time for this paean to the joys of driving around the Boston area with the radio on, except apparently some of the legislature's lesser lights are still pushing "Dream On," a song that has absolutely nothing at all to do with Massachusetts, except maybe for that time last year when it resulted in Comm. Ave. being shut down.
Making the case for Roadrunner, we hope, will be still-state Rep. Marty Walsh, who introduced the bill to honor the song before he started running for mayor.
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What a waste of time. Good to
What a waste of time. Good to see Walsh has hi priorities.
yes, I'm glad he does too
he responds to his constituents one of whom asked him to file this legislation.
Can someone explain again why this nonsense is important?
Can someone explain again why this nonsense is important? People actually have time to lobby legislators for "state songs", and legislators listen? They should all get jobs.
Better yet, imagine if the
Better yet, imagine if the state's politicians worked on an initiative that actually mattered, rather than this "state rock song" B.S. that has no effect on the happiness and well-being of the commonwealth.
Yeah, But...
I too would rather them fix the finances of the T or work on revamping procurement policies so that we don't have the same horrible contractors continuously winning bids for billon dollar projects.
But short of them doing useful things like that I'd at least rather they do things that don't cost the state anything, or create opportunities for graft, etc. And making the terrific song Roadrunner the state song meets my requirement of not moving the state backwards.
You left one out
Their third major role: passing laws about this and that which completely lack any mechanism for enforcement, save lawsuits against municipalities who refuse to do shit all about it.
Not the screechy grandma song!
"Dream On" wore out its welcome 30 years ago and lyrically has zero to do with the Commonwealth. "Roadrunner" kicks it to the curb (and then curbs it) as a state song. You may think our political leaders should focus on other priorities, but I would like them to get this right, as I don't need to hear that screaming hobo grandma (http://gofugyourself.com/casual-fuggerday-steven-tyler-11-2013) ever again, let alone at ball games and state functions.
If you want to talk about
If you want to talk about kicking a song to the curb, I'm pretty sure anything by Slapshot would be a better choice.
I like Slapshot (and old Boston hardcore in general), but...
...do you have any suggestions for a Slapshot track that would make sense as a state song? Somehow, I don't think your average citizen can relate to or sing along with "Old Tyme Hardcore" nearly as well as "Roadrunner". The universal nature of the experience it evokes combined with its very specific local flavor (to say nothing of its hummability) are what make it a great state song candidate.
Interesting that at the
Interesting that at the hearing, the Republican is arguing for "Roadrunner" and two Democrats are arguing for "Dream On". Aerosmith is total Republican old man music.
ROADRUNNER-ROADRUNNER-ROADRUNNER
Roadrunner rules---Aerosmith bites
Roadrunner?
I'd just as soon have the Coyote go ahead and eat the Roadrunner. If we're picking a state Looney Tunes character, I say let's show MA's hi-tech and futuristic creds, and go with Duck Dodgers in the 24th-and-a-half CENTURY!!
"Duck Dodgers" is actually appropriate
as it also highlights another common Massachusetts trait - developing excessively complex solutions to solve simple problems (as demonstrated by the "how do we find Planet X" routine in the cartoon).
I think it's totally
I think it's totally reasonable to assume that anyone who would vote Dream On over Roadrunner is a Monster and should be thrown out of office immediately!
They should be locked in a
They should be locked in a McDonald's bathroom for fifteen minutes and then shot.
i go the radio on, wait what?
i work right near the power lines on 128 and i got the radio on but there is no rock music? except wers. not really sure where the stop and shop is either.
Nowadays, if you have your AM
Nowadays, if you have your AM radio on, it's most likely going to be playing a syndicated guy yelling at you about college quarterbacks or a PSA equating hip-hop DJing, video game "ownage" and graffiti spraying with what it takes to get into college.
Not sure, but I think this is the version that used to get played around here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Y2pwViQX8
The Stop & Shop
Is still there, on Rte. 9 at Rte. 27 in Natick, just like when Richman used to drive by it. With the radio on.
It wasn't Super in those days
It wasn't Super in those days.