167 Comments - Cap'n Crud - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:09 am: “Flirtin’ With Disaster,” Molly Hatchet. - Beerman - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:11 am: I like the theme to Pinky and the brain. Seems to fit. Pinky and the Brain They’re Pinky and the Brain Yes, Pinky and the Brain One is a genius, the other’s insane - Ghost - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:13 am: House: Under Pressure - Queen Senate: Free will - Rush Gov: Wannabe (Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want) - Spice Girls - Clowns to the left of me...jokers to the right - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:18 am: Stealers Wheel - “Stuck in the middle with you” - Dozer - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:18 am: Gov — Flirtn with disaster Molly Hachet - Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:19 am: House: Why won’t they let us go home? Senate: Until the end of time Gov: They’re coming to take me away, ha ha… Yeah, I’m old. - get real - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:20 am: for the governor how about tell me lies by fleetwood mac. for the senate talking heads road to nowhere. for the house. chain of fools by aretha franklin. - your so vain / carley simon - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:24 am: The gov of course, who else calls a hair brush his football and ask who’s got the ball before going on camera. Sourse news paper about excess state police guards - S. Illinois - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:24 am: Ramones - “I wanna be sedated.” - boozy floozy - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:27 am: For the whole GA and the Governor: Head Like A Hole - NIN For the Speaker: Samuel L. Jackson’s recitation of Ezekial 25:17 from Pulp Fiction - anon - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:28 am: Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on DONT STOP Oh, sorry. The commercials for reruns of the Sopranos are stuck in my head. - 105th Blues - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:29 am: “Say You Will” (Fleetwood Mac) - Goofus and Gallant - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:30 am: For Rod: ‘The Great Pretender’ by The Platters “Oh yes, I’m the great pretender Pretending that I’m doing well My need is such; I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell. Oh yes, I’m the great pretender A drift in a world of my own I play the game; but to my real shame You’ve let me to dream all alone.” Madigan- - 105th Blues - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:30 am: “You can’t always get what you want” (Rolling Stones) - 105th Blues - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:31 am: For the Guv: “Burning Down the House” (Talking Heads) - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:31 am: The End by the Doors. - So Ill - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:32 am: This is the song that doesn’t end, Oh, it goes on and on, my friend. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was Now they keep on singing it forever, just because This is the song that doesn’t end… - 105th Blues - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:33 am: No, you can’t always get what you want You can’t always get what you want You can’t always get what you want And if you try sometime you find You get what you need - Skeeter - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:38 am: Madigan/House: “Busted.” I prefer the Johnny Cash version, but the Ray Charles version would work. Jones/Senate: “Countin on a Miracle”, Bruce Springsteen Blago: “I’m Not From Here”, James McMurtry - Bluefish - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:38 am: We need a Weird Al approach to this. Senate: The Dead’s Casey Jones -> Emil Jones Sample lyric: Driving that train, Blago on his brain Emil Jones you’d better watch your speed Trouble ahead, trouble behind And you know casinos just crossed my mind House: Ballad of Gilligans Island -> Ballad of Madigans Island So this is the tale of the castaways, they’re here for a long, long time, They’ll have to make a budget up, with Blago it’s an uphill climb. Madigan and Skip Saviano, will do their very best, To make the others comfortable, in the tropics with the pest. Blago: Heartbreak Hotel Well, since Mike Madigan left me, I found it’s overtime in hell. I’m down at the end of lonely street at Heartbreak Hotel. - Lula May - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:40 am: Still crazy after all these years. - Why won't this post?? - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:41 am: Its close to midnight and something evils lurking in the dark Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes, Youre paralyzed cause this is thriller, thriller night And no ones gonna save you from the beast about strike You know its thriller, thriller night Youre fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight You hear the door slam and realize theres nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand and wonder if youll ever see the sun You close your eyes and hope that this is just imagination But all the while you hear the creature creepin up behind Youre out of time cause this is thriller, thriller night There aint no second chance against the thing with forty eyes You know its thriller, thriller night Youre fighting for your life inside of killer, thriller tonight Night creatures call And the dead start to walk in their masquerade Theres no escapin the jaws of the alien this time (theyre open wide) This is the end of your life Theyre out to get you, theres demons closing in on every side They will possess you unless you change the number on your dial Now is the time for you and I to cuddle close together All thru the night Ill save you from the terror on the screen, Ill make you see - g-hack - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:44 am: I’ll be home for Christmas!! - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:44 am: dazed and confused - Anonymous ZZZ - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:45 am: “Somebody Robbed the Pension Plan” by George Mann “The Old Divide and Rule” by Alistair Hulett - A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:51 am: From the Pink Floyd discography: Blago – “Brain Damage” Madigan – “Money” Watson – “Nobody Home” Cross – “Comfortably Numb” Jones – “Pigs (Three Different Ones)” Session summary – “Is there Anybody Out There?” - Just Saying - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:51 am: Money, get back. I’m alright, Jack, keep your hands off of my stack. Money, it’s a hit. Don’t give me that do goody good bull—-. I’m in the high-fidelity first-class traveling set And I think I need a Lear [state?] jet. - S. Illinois - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:54 am: If we’re going the Pink Floyd route, then it’s got to be “Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict.” It makes about as much sense as this session does! - Gus Frerotte's Clipboard - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:54 am: Governor Blagojevich: Elton John, “I’m Still Standing” Senate President Jones: Mary J. Blige, “Be Without You” Minority Leader Watson: Black Sheep, “The Choice is Yours” Speaker Madigan: Matthew Wilder, “Break My Stride” Minority Leader Cross: REM, “It’s The End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel Fine”SJ-R Editorial Board: Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk” - Gus Frerotte's Clipboard - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:54 am: Governor Blagojevich: Elton John, “I’m Still Standing” Senate President Jones: Mary J. Blige, “Be Without You” Minority Leader Watson: Black Sheep, “The Choice is Yours” Speaker Madigan: Matthew Wilder, “Break My Stride” Minority Leader Cross: REM, “It’s The End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel Fine” SJ-R Editorial Board: Fleetwood Mac, “Tusk” - AsAMom - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:56 am: For the Gov - The Platters - Great Pretender or Little Feat - Business As Usual. For the House - Matthew Wilder - Nobody’s Gonna Break My Stride - Wumpus - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:57 am: DOn’t Stop Believin’ for Blago-The White Sox WS Theme C.R.E.A.M. by Wu Tang Clan - Mr. Ethics - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:58 am: Modest Mouse has an entire album for these guys “we were already dead before the ship even sank.” - Jdub - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:58 am: This truly proves that any situation can be remedied by Sinatra…It’s like a sadistical musical score from the seventh circle of hell. Blago: “Just what makes that little ol Rod Think he’ll win and be like God Anyone knows that Rod can’t push a budget roughshod But he’s got high hopes He’s got high hopes He’s got high apple pie in the sky hopes” Madigan: “I won’t dance don’t ask me I won’t dance don’t ask me I won’t dance Mad-man with you My head won’t let my heart vote the way you want it to.” Jones: “This ain’t my kind of town Springfield ain’t My kind of town Springfield ain’t My kind of people too Like Forby whom I can royally screw.” - Antimachus - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:59 am: General Assembly - ” The Boys (and Girls) of Summer” by Don Henley G-Rod - “My Own Prison” by Creed MJM - “I’ve Got the Power” by Snap Pres. Jones - “I Walk the Line” By The Man in Black Of course the lyrics do not really reflect the situations at hand, but the titles can be construed to mean whatever you want. - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 9:59 am: The Animals, “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place” In addition to the meat of the chorus saying… “We gotta get out of this place If it’s the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place” …the song also begins with the eerily fitting, ” In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refused to shine People tell me there ain’t no use in tryin’” Hmm. - jwscott72 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:01 am: Off the top of my head: Special Sessions: Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away) by Motley Crue. Governor: Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode MJM: The Imperial March by John Williams Watson: Shave and a Haircut - HOT ROD MOVIE - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:01 am: for the Gov. - Livin on a prayer- bon jovi - Mike Noonan - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:06 am: I’m On Dope — Peter Tosh - Poli-Sci Geek - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:06 am: For MJM TMBG “NO!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvxDA6a4JZk - Overtimer - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:07 am: I think this song pretty much sums up the overtime dialogue between Blago and Madigan: “Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you” from Annie Get Your Gun. - Bill - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:08 am: More Animals, For Rod:I’m just a soul who’s intentions are good, Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misubderstood. Am,D,Am,D - M - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:12 am: It’s The End of the World As We Know it (and I Feel Fine)- R.E.M. - Rebel13 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:13 am: How about Dr Dimento show songs: Napolean XIV for The Gov! They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa. They’re coming to take me away, ho ho, he he, ha ha, To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time And I’ll be happy to see those nice young Men in their clean white coats and They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa! To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds And basket weavers who sit and smile And twiddle their thumbs and toes And they’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa! To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time And I’ll be happy to see those nice young Men in their clean white coats and They’re coming to take me away! - Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:14 am: For everyone in Springfield: “In the Year 2525 (If Mankind Is Still Alive)” “Tired of Waiting” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” - Thanks Rich... - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:17 am: We Can Work It Out Lyrics The Beatles Try to see it my way, Do I have to keep on talking till I can’t go on? While you see it your way, Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone. We can work it out, We can work it out. Think of what you’re saying. You can get it wrong and still you think that it’s all right. Think of what I’m saying, We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night. We can work it out, We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time For fussing and fighting, my friend. I have always thought that it’s a crime, So I will ask you once again. Try to see it my way, Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong. While you see it your way There’s a chance that we might fall apart before too long. We can work it out, We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time For fussing and fighting, my friend. I have always thought that it’s a crime, So I will ask you once again. Try to see it my way, Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong. While you see it your way There’s a chance that we might fall apart before too long. We can work it out, We can work it out. - Rebel13 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:17 am: Sorry, spelled Napoleon XIV wrong. - NimROD - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:19 am: It has to be ‘Dueling Banjos’ from Deliverance just for the mental imagery it evokes. - Kiyoshi Martinez - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:21 am: Beatles - “Eight days a week” - Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:23 am: GA: Takin’ Care of Business (and working overtime) - BTO or Cruel Summer - Bananarama Gov: Crazy - either Seal or Patsy Cline’s version or Problem Child - AC/DC - been there - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:25 am: House—Show Me the Way To Go Home Senate—You Can’t Be True, Dear Milrod—Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:26 am: Bill, I think it goes to Dm instead of D. This is the part where Alan Price’s organ riff comes in right after the chorus, no? - not on the clout list - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:28 am: Well who better for the summer than the Good Ole Grateful Dead? Big Bossman(Gov)>Me & My Uncle(Emil)>Throwing Stones(Cross/Watson)>Drums/Space(rest of the GA)>The Wheel(Madigan)>Bid you good nite Miller’s got the tour shirts!!!! - South Side Mike - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:28 am: For the Gov: “If I only Had A Brain” from Wizard of Oz For Jones: Either “Walk with the Devil” by the Jazz Butcher Conspiracy or “I’m with Stupid” by the Pep Shop Boys For Madigan: “I’m in Charge” by Bruce Forsyth For the Session as a Whole: The Theme from “The Neverending Story” - Siyotanka - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:29 am: A couple of Buffett tunes… For Da Gov - A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean For the GA - Livin and Dying in 3/4 Time - General Assembly Watcher - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:35 am: Here we go round the mullberry bush! - i d - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:36 am: The Lord’s Prayer. - No Way - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:40 am: I keep hearing “Yakey Sax” by the recently late Boots Randolph. Better known as the theme song from The Benny Hill Show. - i d - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:42 am: The Dirty Jobs Lyrics (The Who) The Who - The Dirty Jobs Lyrics I am a man who looks after the pigs Usually I get along okay. I am man who reveals all he digs, Should be more careful what I say. I’m getting put down, I’m getting pushed round, I’m being beaten every day. My life’s fading, But things are changing, I’m not gonna sit and weep again. I am man who drives a local bus I take miners to work, but the pits all closed today. It’s easy to see that you are one of us. Ain’t it funny how we all seem to look the same? We’re getting put down [etc.] My karma tells me You’ve been screwed again. If you let them do it to you You’ve got yourself to blame. It’s you who feels the pain It’s you that feels ashamed. I am a young man I ain’t done very much, You men should remember how you used to fight. Just like a child, I’ve been seeing only dreams, I’m all mixed up but I know what’s right. I’m getting put down [etc.] - Name/Nickname/Anon - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:42 am: “Ship of Fools” by Robert Plant. - Bill - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:44 am: Six, You’re right. One of the best (and simplest) organ leads of all time! - ryno - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:46 am: ELT by Wilco - Amused and Confused - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:46 am: To add to the post of Bluefish: So this is a tale of our legislators, they’re here for a long, long time. They’ll have to make the best of things, it’s an uphill climb. The Republicans and The House Chair will do their very best to make the others comfortable in the golden dome nest. No vote, no action, no vacation not a single luxury like Survivor contestants it’s as primitive as can be. So join us here each week my friends you’re sure to get a smile from dozens of stranded legislators Here on Legislative Island! - NRA Endowment Life Member - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:49 am: From the Led Zeppelin catalog: Blago: Fool in the Rain (alternate - The Lemon Song) Jones: Dazed and Confused Madigan: No Quarter Republicans: Dancing Days Democrats: Heartbreaker Entire Budget Process: Communications Breakdown - Cogito - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:50 am: Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust’. It is particularly relevant as it first appeared on their album “The Game”. - WOW - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:51 am: MICKEY MOUSE - Six Degrees of Separation - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:52 am: Bill- The Animals were a great band, and politically diverse, too. Eric Burdon (a Labour liberal) and Alan Price (a Tory conservative) used to get into political arguments and shouting matches at their rehearsals while the other members rolled their eyes. - MARKIE - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:56 am: Parody “I wanna new drug” for blago’s theme song I wanna new graft, one that wont get me caught. One that wont make Emil’s boy rich, or get Michael Madigan hot. - Genre change - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:59 am: Those songs are WAY too short for this. Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” is more appropriate, because that’s what we’re going to see. And the sonnet Vivaldi wrote for Summer is appropriate: (Allegro non molto) Under a hard Season, fired up by the Sun Languishes man, languishes the flock and burns the pine We hear the cuckoo’s voice; then sweet songs of the turtledove and finch are heard. Soft breezes stir the air… but threatening north wind sweeps them suddenly aside. The shepherd trembles, fearing violent storms and his fate. (Adagio e piano - Presto e forte) The fear of lightning and fierce thunder Robs his tired limbs of rest As gnats and flies buzz furiously around. (Presto) Alas, his fears were justified The Heavens thunders and roar and majestically Cuts the head off the wheat and damages the grain. - frustrated GOP - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:59 am: Eve of Destruction - Carl Nyberg - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:12 am: Yesterday by the Beatles Something you should know about Yesterday Lyrics Title: The Beatles - Yesterday lyrics Artist: The Beatles Visitors: 56020 visitors have hited Yesterday Lyrics since Feb 12, 2007. Print: The Beatles - Yesterday Lyrics print version Yesterday, All my troubles seemed so far away, Now it looks as though they’re here to stay, Oh, I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, I’m not half the man I used to be, There’s a shadow hanging over me, Oh, yesterday came suddenly. Why she Had to go I don’t know, she wouldn’t say. I said, Something wrong, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play, Now I need a place to hide away, Oh, I believe in yesterday. Why she Had to go I don’t know, she wouldn’t say. I said, Something wrong, now I long for yesterday. Yesterday, Love was such an easy game to play, Now I need a place to hide away, Oh, I believe in yesterday. Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm. - "Bill McKay" - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:17 am: For the Gov. and those in the Legistature…”Makes Me Wonder” by Maroon 5. Specifically if you change the intention of the song from a romantic break up to a fueding Illinois political system - “I still don’t have a reason, and you don’t have the time…Cause I don’t believe in you anymore…I wonder if it even makes a difference to try!?” - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:18 am: Blago - “All Hands Against His Own” The Black Keys or “I’m Going Down” Bruce Springsteen Madigan - “Ride Captain Ride” Blues Image Emil - “If I Had a Million Dollars” Barenaked Ladies Citizens of Illinois - “We’ve Been Had” The Walkmen - Jaded - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:26 am: Most of the good ones are taken, so I’ll say Vacation by the Go-Go’s. - A Citizen - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:36 am: Jail House Rock - VanillaMan - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:38 am: For the Governor: The Futureheads - “Stupid and Shallow” For the House: Gang of Four - “Paralyzed” For the Senate: Gnarls Barkley - “Crazy” - downhereforyears - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:45 am: For Rod-The Gambler, Kenny Rogers For Madigan- Who says you can’t go home, Bon Jovi For Emil-Respect, Aretha Franklin For Cross-How do you like me now, Toby Keith For Watson-I’m here for he party, Gretchen Wilson - rachel - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:47 am: Governor: Beatles- “I am the Walrus” House: Elvis Presley- “A Little Less Conversation” Senate: Johnny Cash-”Ring of Fire” - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:58 am: For The Guv - Day Tripper by the Beatles - Crockett - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:59 am: Emil Jones- Rock and a Hard Place, Rolling Stones The Illinois House- We Won’t Get Fooled Again- The Who Bill- I’m a Believer- The Monkees The Guv- Yellow Ledbetter- Pearl Jam, not for the lyrics or title, but the lack of comprehension of the audience. For the whole thing, the song name and artist, but not the lyrics, Suspicious Minds, Elvis. - Nick Naylor - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:59 am: Two Warren Zevon songs keep popping into my head: “Mr. Bad Example” and “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” - Anon - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:02 pm: We’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling - Jake from Elwood - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:02 pm: “You’ve Got to Keep Them Separated” by the Offspring. Or perhaps. . .”Fixing a Hole” by the Beatles. - BeatleBoy - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:05 pm: I would make any Yoko Ono song the theme song, and play it continuously until the legislators surrender and pass a budget. - Just Saying - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:07 pm: BeatleBoy, at least it’s not Celine Dion! - helpless in downstate - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:12 pm: For the citizens of Illinois from the Beatles “Help” We need somebody. - NimROD - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:14 pm: Just Saying: You’re right…we should alternate between Yoko Ono AND Celine Dion at extreme volume until they either pass the budget or resign. - Brother Esau - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:16 pm: Brother Esau has a great lyric that could apply to all “shadow boxing the apocalypse” and “still fighting a war we’ll never win.” Two more Zevon for the Gov - “Accidentally Like A Martyr” and “Excitable Boy.” Also - The Pixies - Where’s My Mind (Mulligan can sing it to the Gov) - Overtimer - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:22 pm: Or how about playing Linda Ronstadt songs over and over again. Weren’t those her songs the U.S. used to get Manuel Noriega to surrender? Hey, if it worked for Noriega than it might just work for Blago and the GA. - NoEndNSight - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:25 pm: Speaker to Governor: “Positively 4th Street” Bob Dylan You got a lotta nerve To say you are my friend When I was down You just stood there grinning You got a lotta nerve To say you got a helping hand to lend You just want to be on The side that’s winning You say I let you down You know it’s not like that If you’re so hurt Why then don’t you show it You say you lost your faith But that’s not where it’s at You had no faith to lose And you know it I know the reason That you talk behind my back I used to be among the crowd You’re in with Do you take me for such a fool To think I’d make contact With the one who tries to hide What he don’t know to begin with You see me on the street You always act surprised You say, “How are you?” “Good luck” But you don’t mean it When you know as well as me You’d rather see me paralyzed Why don’t you just come out once And scream it No, I do not feel that good When I see the heartbreaks you embrace If I was a master thief Perhaps I’d rob them And now I know you’re dissatisfied With your position and your place Don’t you understand It’s not my problem I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes And just for that one moment I could be you Yes, I wish that for just one time You could stand inside my shoes You’d know what a drag it is To see you - I Love the 80s - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:32 pm: Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears Destination Unknown - Missing Persons Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones Let’s Go - the Cars - JolietJake - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:33 pm: Blagojevich - Ray Stevens, “The Streak” House - Johnny Cash, “The Wreck of the Old ‘97″ Senate - I know this isn’t a song, but all I can think of is the blank, black screen that followed the Soprano’s ending. - anono - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:52 pm: Gov - Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” - 6'2" Yeti - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:57 pm: “Rehab” - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD5sahXoj0U - Lincoln's Thinkin - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 12:57 pm: I’ll go with a montage scene to the music of Rocky IV with Madigan sporting a bomber coat, growing a playoff beard, running up the capitol steps and yelling ‘BLAGO!!!’ - Say WHAT? - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:04 pm: Gov - A little less talk and a lot more action Senate - I don’t wanna work, I just want to bang on the drum all day House - The boys are back in town Overall - I think were in trouble - BodieZoffa - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:05 pm: And the Winner is…………. “Land of Confusion” Genesis Theres too many men Too many people Making too many problems And not much love to go round Cant you see This is a land of confusion. This is the world we live in And these are the hands were given Use them and lets start trying To make it a place worth living in. - Esteban - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:05 pm: Anything by Barry Manilow would speed the process along,,,,,,,,, - Jacques Strappe - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:10 pm: After reading the gov’s interview with the Ay Pee, I’m thinking Love and Rockets “Ball of Confusion…” - OneManBlog - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:12 pm: G-Rod “Give it To Me” - Timbaland et al - pickles!! - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:30 pm: ‘Message in a Bottle” the Police “Sending out an SOS, sending out an SOS, sendin out an SOS….” - Go Linda! - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:36 pm: For the Gov:Smash Mouth’s Allstar, we all know he “ain’t the sharpest tool in the shed” his “brain gets smart, but his head gets dumb” For Emil Jones: Johnny Paycheck’s “Take this job and shove it!” For MJM and the House: Queen’s “We are the Champions” - so-called "Austin Mayor" - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:40 pm: My suggestion for the overtime participants: Don’t Fear the Reaper. And here’s my musical suggestion.(mp3) – SCAM - south side - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:45 pm: We gotta get out of this place The Animals - jwscott72 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:46 pm: Maybe we all need more cowbell! - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:47 pm: “Wasted days and wasted nights” - Freddy Fender - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 1:57 pm: The entire session can be summed up with “Love Shack” by the B52s. It can be interpreted in many different ways for each person/cauus. - Bobby - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:08 pm: “Idiot Wind” - “We’re idiots, babe, It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves” - heet101 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:10 pm: Highway to Hell by AC/DC - Anonymous - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:11 pm: Psycho Killer from the Talking Heads. I can’t seem to face up to the facts I’m tense and nervous and I can’t relax I can’t sleep cause my bed’s on fire Don’t touch me I’m a real live wire Psycho killer, qu’est que c’est Far better Run away Psycho killer, que’st que c’est Far better Run away Oh yeah You start a conversation you can’t seem to finish it You’re talkin’ a lot but you’re not sayin’ anything When I have nothing to say my lips are sealed Say something once why say it again Chorus Ce que j’ai fait, ce soir la Ce qu’elle a dit, ce soir la Realisant, mon espoir Je me lance vers la gloire We are vain and we are blind I hate people when they’re not polite Chorus - Rich Miller - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:12 pm: Yeah, Bobby. That’s a good one for the guv or Jones… “Someone’s got it in for me. They’re planting stories in the press. Whoever it is I wish they’d cut it out quick. When they will I can only guess.” Go here to watch the video. - Milk Dud 08 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:18 pm: For the Gov: by 50 cent: You Not Like Me - Rich Miller - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:18 pm: “I noticed at the ceremony that your corrupt ways had finally made you blind. I can’t recall your face anymore. Your mouth has changed and your eyes don’t look into mine.” - Rich Miller - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:20 pm: “Idiot wind, Blowing like a circle around my skull. From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.” - Crimefighter - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:20 pm: “Lying Away From You” by Linkin Park. - Lefty - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:20 pm: General Assembly–”Dire Wolf” by Grateful Dead Gov. Blagojevich–”He’s Gone” by Grateful Dead - Rich Miller - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:22 pm: Sorry. Got carried away. Move along. - Milk Dud 08 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:25 pm: Blago: Black Eyed Peas “My Humps” or “Let’s Get it Started” - Blm Normal - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:36 pm: The Governor Fool’s Overture - Supertramp Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA Madigan Give a Little Bit - Supertramp Jones Things will be Better - The Byrds Cross and Watson Reach Out - The Four Tops Rank and File Lawmakers I’ve Been Waiting for You - ABBA - Blm Normal - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:42 pm: All of them together… Like a poem poorly written We are verses out of rhythm, Couplets out of rhyme, In syncopated time And the dangled conversation And the superficial sighs, Are the borders of our lives. - Simon and Garfunkel - Brother Esau - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 2:55 pm: Hate to keep hitting the Dead, but New Speedway Boogie.. Please don’t dominate the rap jack, if you’ve got nothing new to say. If you please go back up the track this train has got to run today. …Now I don’t know but I been told in the heat of the sun a man died of cold Do we keep on coming or stand and wait with the sun so dark and the hour so late?… …I don’t know but I been told if the horse don’t pull you got to carry the load I don’t know whose back’s that strong Maybe find out before too long One way or another….this darkness got to give… - muon - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 3:01 pm: Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression Pt. 2) Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside There behind a glass stands a real blade of grass Be careful as you pass, move along, move along - Ozzy - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 3:07 pm: WAR PIGS - Black Sabbath - Values Matter - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 3:18 pm: “Shattered” by Mick Jagger and the Stones - anon - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 3:19 pm: Rich, Great thread. I feel like I am actually listening to some of these songs as they sing in my head. Its amazing how many songs are appropriate. - Will - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 3:52 pm: Poison Lovers by Steve Earle I was almost out of here Nearly left this time I saw you in my rear view mirror And I pulled up on a dime But nothin’ ventured, nothin’ lost You can’t say we didn’t try That is unless you weigh the cost Of every tear we cried Chorus: Why do we do this to each other I guess we were always poison lovers If you could look me in the eye And tell me what you see Maybe you can tell me why I let you torture me I know that your lips are soft And they sing the sweetest songs But I’ve been listenin’ long enough My heart has turned to stone Chorus Another time, another place Another wind to blame Cover every track and trace I’ll find you just the same And even if we made our peace And went our separate ways You’d go west and I’d go east And we’d meet here in this place - sing it - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:09 pm: For the Gov. — You may be right, I may be crazy, but it just may be a loooonatic you’re lookin for…(Billy Joel) Also for Rod– It’s no surprise to me I am my own worst enemy cause every now and then I kick the livin s—- out of me… can we forget about the things I said (to the press) I didn’t mean to call you that…. - sing it - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:19 pm: for Rod’s proposals… Another one bites the dust… and another ones gone and another ones gone…. Not sure who these lyrics fit best…(Control, Janet Jackson) And this time I’m gonna do it my way I hope you enjoy this as much as I do Are we ready? I am? cause it’s all about control And I’ve got lots of it When I was 17, I did what people told me Did what my father said, and let my mother mold me But that was long ago Chorus: I’m in control, never gonna stop Control, to get what I want Control, I got to have a lot Control, now I’m all grown up First time I fell in love I didn’t know what hit me So young and so naive I thought it would be easy But now I know I’ve go to take… Repeat chorus That’s right, I’m on my own, I’ll call my own shots, thank you Bridge: Got my own mind I wanna make my own decisions When it has to do with my life, my life I wanna be the one in control So let me take you by the hand And lead you on this dance Cause what I’ve got is because I took a chance I don’t wanna rule the world Just wanna run my life So make your life a little easier When you get the chance just take… Repeat chorus Free at last, out here on my own Now control this That’s right, career moves I do what’s right for me And me wants to groove Is that ok? Repeat bridge Hop to it I’m in control (and I love it, that’s right) Control, now I’ve got a lot Control, now I’m all grown up I’m in control, I’m in control Don’t make me lose it - Democrat - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:19 pm: The House …Send in the Clowns The Senate…..You can’t always get what you want. The Gov….I’m leaving on a jet plane. - S. Illinois - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:20 pm: OK….someone has to say it…Cypress Hill - “Insane in the Brain.” - Singing the blues - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:21 pm: This verse from Everlast’s “Ends” has Hot Rod written all over it: Everything must change… Ends… CHORUS: Some people would rob their mother for the ends Rat snitch on one another for the ends - Concerned Voter - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:21 pm: How about that Four Tops Classic, “It’s The Same, Old Song” Or as others mentioned, “Yakety Sax” - the Benny Hill Show theme music. Okay tongue firmly planted in cheek here, while Yakety Sax is playing, I can see Judy Barr Topinka, Lisa Madigan, Mike Madigan, Emil Jones, and pick any other Republicans or Democrats you like, chasing after the guv, who is wearing a trenchcoat, running around Springfield, through the Guvs Mansion, the State House, and even through Abe Lincoln’s Tomb site where the bronze bust of Lincoln sadly looks on with a rain drop, or could it be a tear, running down his cheek. - A Citizen - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:21 pm: For the last one standing: Amazing Grace followed by bagpipe version of Going Home. - helpless in downstate - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:27 pm: IMPOSSIBLE DREAM - Papa Legba - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 4:58 pm: For the Guv an old Blue’s standard done by many artists. “Don’t Lie To Me”. For this whole budget farce - even the bands name fits well. “Money for Nothing” Dire Straits. - Shallow Pharnyx - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 5:05 pm: In The Year 2525 Sample lyrics: In the year 2525 Illinois FY2008 budget is still just jive Blago is still playing the blame game and Madigan is gaining fame. - Cap'n Crud - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 5:40 pm: Theme song soon for EVERYBODY who has ANYTHING to do with the capitol: “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” The Police. - Squideshi - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 5:48 pm: Gov: I fought the law, and the law won. - Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 5:48 pm: Governor - “My Way”, The Limp Bizkit cover, not Frank House - “Tell Him No” - Travis Senate - “Electric Company” Theme Song - Papa Legba - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 5:52 pm: This could apply for many people - “Somebody’s Acting Like A Child” - John Mayall - Gregor - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 6:06 pm: The irony in the lyrics, as well as title of Jimmy Cliff’s “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” are perfect for this. - Another hater - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 6:07 pm: Prince: “Oh Sheila!” - Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 6:21 pm: Since Zevon’s got a few appropriate titles, here are a few more: For Rod: Quite Ugly One Morning Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School Empty-Handed Heart Reconsider Me Splendid Isolation Something Bad Happened to a Clown Ain’t That Pretty At All Bad Karma Fistful of Rain (another song from Life’ll Kill Ya I can’t repeat here because of profanity) Senate: Desperadoes Under the Eaves Play It All Night Long House: I’ll Slow You Down Mutineer I Was In the House When the House Burned Down The Eventual Conclusion…Whenever It Happens: Never Too Late for Love - Little Egypt - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 7:02 pm: For Blago, House & Senate all singing in unison to the people of Illinois, The Carpenters, “We’ve Only Just Begun.” - Little Egypt - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 7:05 pm: We’ve only just begun to live, White lace and promises A kiss for luck and we’re on our way. And yes, We’ve just begun. Before the rising sun we fly, So many roads to choose We start our walking and learn to run. And yes, We’ve just begun. Sharing horizons that are new to us, Watching the signs along the way, Talking it over just the “three” of us, Working together day to day Together. And when the evening comes we smile, So much of life ahead We’ll find a place where there’s room to grow, And yes, We’ve just begun. - Bob - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 7:35 pm: “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” - Lainer - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:01 pm: “This Ain’t the Summer of Love” by Blue Oyster Cult - Lainer - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:02 pm: Or another slightly modified BOC song… “Oh no, they say he’s got to go, go go Rodzilla!” - B Hicks - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:14 pm: I Drink Alone, George Thorogood. For Bill Mitchell: Now, every morning, just before breakfast, I don’t want no coffee or tea. Just me and my good buddy Weiser. That’s all I ever need. - Milkdud 08 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:22 pm: Did anyone mention “I think we’re alone now?” Can imagine the Gov and Jones singing this to each other…. - Milkdud 08 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:26 pm: or, to the House, the Eagles “wasted time” - Just Me - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:28 pm: Siyotanka said: “A couple of Buffett tunes… For Da Gov - A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean For the GA - Livin and Dying in 3/4 Time” You forgot Madigan - If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me - Levois - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:48 pm: I wish I could’ve recommended some good rap, but my repertoire isn’t up to speed exactly. - Emil Jones - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:49 pm: I think the Governor should pick whatever song he wants, and I’ll back him all the way. - Mike Madigan - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:50 pm: Fat chance of THAT happening, Emil. - Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:50 pm: For the governor, I offer up a new twist on a Joe Walsh classic — aren’t all Joe Walsh songs clasic? Life of Illusion: Sometimes I can’t help the feeling that I’m living a life of illusion And hey, how about my GRT I thought I might get at least one vote for my resolution I just can’t help the feeling I’m Living a life of illusion. Pow, right between my eyes Madigan cut me up like apple slices Wow, Papa Tony is going down I guess I’d better check for listening devices And the subpeonaes come with no warning Fitzgerald loves his little surprises Continual crisis Hey, time for me to waste another taxpayer’s day Coming up with empty solutions That have no meaning, just another hunch Based upon jumping conclusions Caught up in endless solutions Backed up against a wall of confusion Living a life of illusion House Dems: We don’t get fooled again — the Who House GOP:Mayor of Simpleton — XTC Senate Dems:Listen like Thieves — INXS Senate GOP:Might as well go for a soda — Kim Mitchell - Pat Quinn - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 8:52 pm: I think we should create a Citizens Theme Song Board to make recommendations. - Missing Springfield - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:14 pm: Session Playlist: “Slow Descent Into Alcoholism” - New Pornographers “Let The Idiot Speak” - Old 97s “Rollercoaster” - M. Ward “Enjoy Yourself” - Todd Snider “Dropkick Me Jesus” - Bobby Bare “You Don’t Make it Easy Babe” - Josh Ritter “Roll With the Changes” REO - Tired of this session - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:27 pm: For members of the GA: Hotel California — you can check out any time but can never leave (Blago will just call you back) - 312 - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 10:39 pm: I think I’ve nominated the only Disco song (not that there’s anything wrong with that)… For the staffs, plus the rank and file legislators… ‘I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor). - Just because - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:43 pm: An adaptation of “Fun Fun Fun” by the Beach Boys Dedicated to the Members of the General Assembly Well he got a state airplane And he cruises through the capitol now Seems he forgot all about the budgeting Like he told his old lady now And with the radio blasting Goes cruising just as fast as he can now And he’ll have fun fun fun ‘Til Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away (Fun fun fun ’til Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away) Well Springfield can’t stand him ‘Cause he talks and talks and talks like an ace now (You talk like an ace now you talk like an ace) He makes the federal government look like its running smooth now (You look like an ace now you look like an ace) A lotta guys try to fight him But he calls them into special session now (You talk like an ace now you talk like an ace) And he’ll have fun fun fun ‘Til Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away (Fun fun fun ’til Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away) Well you knew all along That the Feds were gettin’ wise to you now (Be sure you don’t lie now, be sure you don’t lie) And since they took your campaign files You’ve been thinking that your fun is all through now (Be sure you don’t lie now, be sure you don’t lie) But you can go along with them ‘Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now (Be sure you don’t lie now, be sure you don’t lie) And we’ll have fun fun fun if that Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away (Fun fun fun if that Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away) And we’ll have fun fun fun if that Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away (Fun fun fun if that Fitzgerald takes the G-Rod away) - Disgusted - Thursday, Jul 12, 07 @ 11:47 pm: Gov. “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” and “Folsom Prison Blues.” GA. “Chain of Fools”, “You Talk Too Much.” Emil. “Can’t Touch This.” Mike M: “We’re Off to See the Wizard.” - Chuckster - Friday, Jul 13, 07 @ 12:42 am: “Workin’ in a coal mine, goin’ down, down, down. Workin’ in a coal mine, oops, another step down. - State of Farce - Friday, Jul 13, 07 @ 1:49 am: Bring lawyers, guns and money. The late great Warren Zevon. Dedicated to all of em! - Patriot - Friday, Jul 13, 07 @ 7:19 am: “Life Is A Bowl Of Cherries” by Cherry Pitts and the Cherry Pickers. - Tony - Friday, Jul 13, 07 @ 7:36 am: “Summer Love” - Justin Timberlake - Beerman - Friday, Jul 13, 07 @ 9:23 am: For Rod I’d say his should be: What a friend we have in Emil Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.