Wednesday, November 27, 2019

The Rebel Black Dot Songs o' the Day: Go Blue!


Glenn Miller, "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" from Glenn Miller's 50 Finest (Mike Papa Wolverine)

Commentary: There is a line in "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" that would confuse the Buckeye faithful:
I liked her looks when I carried her books
In Kalamazoo-zoo-zoo-zoo-zoo-zoo…"
Books are an information-recording medium composed of pages bound together between a cover. Books are used to transmit information from the author to the readers, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. "Carried her books" is a reference to the song's protagonist & the eponymous gal having attended college together, most likely either Western Michigan University or Kalamazoo College. Yes, my astonished Buckeye friend, some persons attend university in order to acquire knowledge, not just to engage in masochistic self-hatred & envy of "that school up north."


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Stevie Wonder, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" from Motown 1's (Mike Papa Wolverine)

Commentary: Ohio is where happiness goes to die. Go Blue!

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