For a change I'm actually not bitching about St Louis. Even though The Cure, The Pixies and MC5 are all skipping St Louis on their current tours, StL has put something pretty cool together. I just got back from a free Wyclef Jean performance. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday they're holding a series of free concerts under the St Louis Arch.
And unlike the usual state-fair caliber bands, they actually managed to put together a pretty decent line up: BB King, Branford Marsallis, Los Lobos, Liz Phair, Lyle Lovett, Medeski Martin & Wood, Eve 6, Paul Oakenfold, the B52's and a bunch of others.
And Wyclef owned. I don't have any of his cds, but this is the second time I've seen him and I was blown away each time. His ability to blend conflicting styles (folk, reggae, hip-hop, funk, rock, country, world beat) into a cohesive whole is to be commended. He managed to throw in covers and musical nods to Cypress Hill, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Sugar Hill Gang, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Michael Jackson, and a bunch of others I'm sure I missed. And he knows how to entertain a crowd.
"Election time is comin'
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
An Old man told me
Instead of spending Billions on the war,
We could use some of that money in the Ghetto.
I know some so poor
When it rains that's when they shower,
Screamin fight the power
That's when the vulture devoured.
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
The Radio won't play this
They call it rebel music.
How can you refuse it Children of Moses?
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
Tell the children the truth, the truth
Christopher Columbus didn't discover America.
Tell them the truth, the truth, yeah.
Tell them about Marcus Garvey.
Tell them the truth, yeah the truth
Tell them about Martin Luther King.
Tell them the truth, the truth
Tell them about JFK.
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
If i was President.
That's the truth right there"
--Wyclef Jean
And unlike the usual state-fair caliber bands, they actually managed to put together a pretty decent line up: BB King, Branford Marsallis, Los Lobos, Liz Phair, Lyle Lovett, Medeski Martin & Wood, Eve 6, Paul Oakenfold, the B52's and a bunch of others.
And Wyclef owned. I don't have any of his cds, but this is the second time I've seen him and I was blown away each time. His ability to blend conflicting styles (folk, reggae, hip-hop, funk, rock, country, world beat) into a cohesive whole is to be commended. He managed to throw in covers and musical nods to Cypress Hill, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Sugar Hill Gang, P-Funk, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Michael Jackson, and a bunch of others I'm sure I missed. And he knows how to entertain a crowd.
"Election time is comin'
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
An Old man told me
Instead of spending Billions on the war,
We could use some of that money in the Ghetto.
I know some so poor
When it rains that's when they shower,
Screamin fight the power
That's when the vulture devoured.
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
The Radio won't play this
They call it rebel music.
How can you refuse it Children of Moses?
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
Tell the children the truth, the truth
Christopher Columbus didn't discover America.
Tell them the truth, the truth, yeah.
Tell them about Marcus Garvey.
Tell them the truth, yeah the truth
Tell them about Martin Luther King.
Tell them the truth, the truth
Tell them about JFK.
If I was President
I'd get elected on Friday,
Assassinated on Saturday,
And buried on Sunday
And go back to work on Monday
If I was President....
If i was President.
That's the truth right there"
--Wyclef Jean
devil_bitch:
Yeah well I am pissed that Cure is skipping KC too!! Damn I don't think that I will ever get to see them live. I am too fucking poor to go travel anywhere. They aren't coming anywhere close!! *sigh* 
devil_bitch:
Thanks for congrats on the job!! You're a pretty cool dude!!!