10th
Skankin' at the Blank
Skalrighty then! San Jose was fun last night. The new tunes rocked, and we also did our cover of Fortunate Son. Something about that song makes me go postal. I open up to sing the first line, and the whole thing leaps out of me like a pissed tiger from a cage. It has to do with the subject matter - John Fogerty wrote it during the Vietnam mess, on the day he was discharged from the National Guard. It’s the sound of a young man gaining his freedom and opening his eyes to what’s really going on, told by an El Cerrito kid who just wanted to play in a band and get on with his life. The lyrics are spot on - simple truths about a cruel and immeasurable greed, told precisely and poetically. Kills me every time. We also played Burning Sky, a song I wrote, on a similar note. I do hope one day the lyrics to both these songs will become passe.