Something Fishy

News Flash: The Baby Boom Generation is aging. One of the hallmarks of Boomerosity is an affection for merging music (especially 60s and 70s music) and politics. As the boomers age, many have turned inside out and become Republicans. It would be natural for the born-again GOPers to try to mix the tunes of their kidhood with their politics of today. For more details, read Clueless In The USA

Ann & Nancy Wilson wrote and performed a rock 'n roll classic. It was aimed directly at a record company's A & R guy - a music promoter - who spent a lot of time indulging in his own fantasies by sexually harassing the Heart Sisters. It is not in any manner, shape, or form a compliment.

This misappropriation of music is supposed to be the theme song for the 2008 candidate for Vice-President of the USA. The GOP is emphasising Sarah Palin's tough, aggressive style of politics ... like a Barracuda.

You're lying so low in the weeds
I bet you're gonna ambush me
You'd have me down, down, down, down on my knees
Now wouldn't you, barracuda?

And if the real thing don't do the trick
You better make up something quick
You gonna burn, burn, burn, burn, burn it to the wick
Ooooh, barracuda!

'Sell me sell you' the porpoise said
Dive down deep down, deeper than
You.. I think that you got the blues too

Yeah, you gotta love a barracuda. By the way, the string-powered opening riff of this song makes a great ringtone for your cell phone.

Remember - the Wilsons told the Republicans to cease and desist illegally using Heart's music - even if the use of the tune is anything but a good image for their candidate.

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