Monday, November 7, 2016

The Rebel Black Dot Thunder Song of the Day


They Might Be Giants, "Thunderbird" from The Spine (The Last Angry Man)

Commentary: Before Hallowe'en, I idly considered a loosely knit theme of songs with "Thunder" in the title, but the proximate cause of this week's theme was my conversations on Saturday with Red Patton, who teaches high school history. We discussed, as we are wont to due, the Carthaginian oligarch & general Hamilcar Barca. Red Patton had started referring to him, affectionately, as "Thunder Pig," pig for the Ham- in Hamilcar & the surname Barca meaning "thunder." I've since learned that Barca actually means "lightning," but "Lightning Pig" isn't as fun a nickname as Thunder Pig. Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, I say.
"I know, I know I said that would quit,
Alright, I promise, no more after this,
You don't know how I tried
To forget what it was like,
I remember now, I remember now,
Why they called it Thunderbird,
Why they called it Thunderbird…

"We like fun, me and my girl,
We'll have fun, fun, fun until
T-bird takes her dad away.

"I know, I know I said that I'd desist,
Alright, I promise, no more after this,
Not to be what I was like,
Not to soar across the sky,
Spread my thunder wings and fly,
Spread my thunder wings and fly,
I remember now, I remember now
Why they called it Thunderbird,
Why they called it Thunderbird."

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