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TONIGHT I HEAR IT IN GLORY

I love this song.

I’ve performed it exactly twice:

– Once in the winter of 1990, home from college, when two of my high school classmates were killed in separate car accidents in the same weekend. One of my high school bands had a “reunion” show at a local cafe, and I played this song and got all choked up. Messy.

– Again in the fall of 2001, at John Hodgman’s post-9/11 Little Gray Book lecture. I think I opened with an original composition called “I Hate You Heaven,” then played this song, then closed with a big “New York, New York” singalong.

Two times I sang this song in the shadow of grief.

Tonight I hear it in glory.

FFO: WEEK 7

Friday Face-Offs: “Bring It On Home” – 3rd Place

LOL, David Plouffe?

Mastermind alert! EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO BRING IT ON HOME.

Check out 0:27 — he’s actually using SARAH PALIN’S KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN POLICY as a pick! LOL!

Also, was I very psyched at 4:10? Kid’s just gonna play the whole song through his computer and film himself listening to it? Then he gets so excited for “the good part,” he totally jumps the gun with the now-it’s-time-to-rock index finger!

By the way, here’s how to really BRING IT ON HOME.

FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! THIS KID WILL BE RUNNING THINGS IN FIFTEEN YEARS!!!

FFO: WEEK 7

Friday Face-Offs: “Bring It On Home” – 4th Place

Okay, we’re on the eve of a historic election and I’m trying to get people psyched to volunteer all weekend . . . with my special ELECTION EDITION of FRIDAY FACE-OFFS, “Bring It On Home” . . . and then I find a video of a guy singing “Bring It On Home” PLUS “Turn The Page” by THE SEEG?!?

And you think I’m not posting it?!?

LOL, did this guy read my mind very hard?

Because are we turning the page very hard on Tuesday?

LOL, small page in history not about to get turned with very much force on Tuesday . . .

2:30 is BANGIN’.

We all need to LIVE the lyrics to “Turn The Page” for the next four days:

Every ounce of energy, you try and give away,


As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.


Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed,


With the echo from the [door-knocking you did] ringing in your head

LOL, if you are phone-banking or canvassing this weekend, remember to be friendly and calm. If you sound like this guy (5:20 – END), you’re doing it wrong.

Save your “outside voice” for Tuesday night.

FRIDAY FACE-OFFS! BRING IT ON HOME AND TURN THE PAGE AT THE SAME TIME!!!

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Reader Mail: Friday Face-Offs!

This just in from a reader . . . the magic is working . . .

Yes! Yes! Yes! Friday Face offs gets me pumped to walk the streets of NH to bring it home to the front door! The week of Fortunate Son really kicked my ass in gear… Thanks Dave!!!!

LET’S DO THIS.

FFO: WEEK 7

Friday Face-Offs: “Bring It On Home” – 5th Place

You know that old saying about the theatre, “If there’s a gun on stage, it must go off,” or something like that? Maybe Ibsen said it? (Or was it Tennessee “Florida” Williams, the famous playwright who wrote “There’s a Cat on the Roof” and “Old-Timey Southern Secrets”?)

Anyway:

HOW ARE YOU GONNA PLACE A BONGO DRUM RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF YOUR “BRING IT ON HOME” VIDEO AND NOT USE IT?!?

I was preparing myself for the wildest song arrangement of all time . . . instead I had to settle for an unintentional Sonic Youth impersonation that made me LOL with how slammin’ some of those microtones were!

Also, check out some of the tags they used for this video:

young talent guitar skill

LOL, hell yes! When you got game, YOU LET THE WORLD KNOW. You knock on doors and let ’em know.

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GYWO Video: CAMPAIGN CHAOS!!!

You can hear me laughing in the background when Dennis Miller comes up. Totally unprofessional, I know . . . but we do have fun at the recording sessions.

PLEASE DIGG AND TWITTER AND FLICKR AND SEND TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!