Bobby Rush - Live at Ground Zero Blues Club

No, they could have played it safe and done nothing.

Yay, officer!

hey y'all I said hey y'all I said hey y'all you know what if you think I'm gonna leave my woman cause of what somebody said you must be crazy I ain't studdin ya let me tell ya again I ain't studdin ya see my daddy done told me to leave the girl alone and my mama done told me too making love to that woman every night is gonna be the death of you I looked at my mama looked at my dad I then turned to smile if this good little woman gonna kill me I don't mind dying I ain't studdin ya let me tell you again I ain't studdin ya someone had the nerve to tell me said Bobby Rush you ain't nothing but a hen-pecked dude no way listen listen I'm not hen pecked I've been pecked by the right hen wait a minute it been talking to me sometimes it talks so low I can hardly hear it I have to get real close to it been talking to me hey brother between me and you not only can it talk but it can sing too you don't believe it sing for my brother I've been pecked by the right hen

World Clock It's going to be a few hours wait yet.

World Clock

I fit into too many of those categories.

Aren't they going to relax the smoking bans for this event? There are people from Canada who are attending.

I turn them off when they start to hurt my eyes.

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and half full because sometimes they do.

Daddy told me on his dying bed give your heart but don't lose your head she came along just what did I do Lord lost my heart and my head went too little girl little girl you sure can cook girl little girl you got me hooked when you kill that chicken save me a head should be working but I'm home in bed love that girl I love the chickenhead too without your love I can't go on love I've got for you is much too strong let me in let me in let me in let me ease on in my love for you is so doggone strong like a Mississippi River run all along love for you was a doggone crime I was sent to jail doing Fed 99 love that girl love the chickenhead too without your love I can't go on the feeling I have for you is much too strong let me in let me in let me in let me ease on in (instrumental break) without your love I can't go on the feeling I have for you is much too strong let me in let me in let me in ease on in my love for you is so doggone strong like the Mississippi River run all along and my love for you was a doggone crime I sat in jail did Fed 99 love that girl love the chickenhead too without your love can't go on feeling I've got for you is much too strong let me in let me in let me in let me ease on in - as sung by Magic Slim, written by Bobby Rush and Calvin Carter

My cup is half full in this imperfect world, and I'm satisfied living in the moment.

Too cynical.

I'm a Blues Man - Magic Slim

I must admit this is not my favorite song from this CD, or even my favorite song from the Everly Brothers. If I were going to improve this video choreographically, I might have directed them to move more naturally in place rather than traveling. Maybe there was very little time to get too creative before they ran up on a production deadline. Often it's better to make and fix all your production mistakes before they hit the stage in front of a live audience, especially if that audience is a brutal one, but not every performer enjoys that luxury, and the show must go on. It had some interesting line and design features in the symmetry of the two of them, although there are more options than stage left and stage right with the horizontally-challenged two facing each other. That horizontal stage-left-to-right line can be an awkward one, so choreographers and directors usually prefer to use it only when for some reason or another it is particularly right for the scene. For instance, the diagonal, an S-shape, an elliptical or a circular floor pattern can sometimes work better. Diagonal is the easiest alternative design when you are short of time, and is often a more flattering line than a horizontal stage-left-to-right. I like the sparkly effects for the holidays, but there are other ways to sparkle instead of cliched glitter. White poinsettias, snowflakes, icicles or fog complement a black and white theme with a softer and more natural effect but can convey a sense of magic. I also remember seeing a gold curtain in the stage set. Gold contrasts well with black, which I believe Robert Plant was wearing in this video. Gold glows nicely in the darkness of a black stage equally as well. Metallics that are woven into the fabric of a costume, either worn on the head or sleeves, so they do not overpower, can draw visual interest aesthetically. According to the lyrics of the song, here you have someone who is disappearing. So the magic would logically be in how they disappear before your eyes, an effect you could accomplish with a clever use of a spotlight on a dark stage, rather than a severely starkly-lit stage. Perhaps this video needed someone on the equivalent of Harry Potter's scene designers. I wonder if they really thought before they put the set together. It came across as modern in a retro way and almost too pedestrian perhaps. Each one of them is capable of conveying more drama and emotion if that were the intent; the emotion in that song is one of anger. I guess they were keeping it light-hearted but that's not really what the song was ever about; despite the upbeat tempo, it is a song about dissatisfaction.

That makes a nice blueprint, but it may not be the real last call. If what you say is correct, remember this is coming from a guy who in the past has been known to tell the audience he is returning soon. His concepts of "soon" and "last call" may be a little up for grabs, so to speak, and perhaps represent his attitude and outlook more than what may actually happen. Everything in life is relative.

Some people can't be satisfied. They will always want more no matter how much he gives them. They're insatiable, consumed by a never-ending desire. It's beastly, like the cute little pomeranian that was barking at me the other day while I was out walking.

Cross-country skiing would chase the blues away.

He needs to fulfill his true purpose in the here and now, which may differ from the past.