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Creepiest. Video. Ever.

Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller

* Patterson

This [video] is…

A. House Speaker Michael Madigan’s new spokesman describing statehouse events
B. A statehouse reporter possibly on the verge of cracking after 6 years of covering special sessions
C. Palatine Republican Matt Murphy’s campaign song for governor

The video…


The correct answer, by the way, is “B.”

…Adding… This song seems appropriate…


What’s wrong with you?
Oh, yeah
You’re crackin’ up

Any other song suggestions for the overtime session and budget meltdown?

       

32 Comments
  1. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:02 pm:

    Couldn’t have sung it better myself. lol


  2. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:07 pm:

    That must be renowned song-and-dance man John O’Connor. Still holding on to the day job, I see.


  3. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:24 pm:

    “Ball of Confusion,” the Temps.


  4. - OneMan - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:27 pm:

    19th Nervous Breakdown


  5. - give me a break - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:28 pm:

    “Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult
    or
    “Black and Blue” by Pink Floyd


  6. - Amuzing Myself - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:28 pm:

    Couple of Pink Floyd possibilities:

    “Money” or “Comfortably Numb”


  7. - OneMan - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:32 pm:

    The Song Remains the Same


  8. - yourRepubhippie - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:33 pm:

    Thanks for the tune …it actually put me in a better mood this afternoon after sitting around all morning


  9. - Downstate weed chewing hick - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:35 pm:

    Road to Nowhere-Talking Heads


  10. - give me a break - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:43 pm:

    Better yet - Postcards from Paraguay by Mark Knopfler

    “one thing was leading to the next
    i bit off mare than I could chew
    i had the power to sign the checques
    it wasn’t difficult to do
    i couldn’t stay to face the music
    so many reasons why
    i won’t be sending postcards
    from paraguay…..

    i robbed a bank full of dinero
    a great big mountain of dough
    so it was goodbye companero
    and cherrio
    i couldn’t stay to face the music….


    i never meant to be a cheater
    but there was blood on the wall
    i had to steal from peter
    to pay what i owed to paul
    i couldn’t stay to face the music…..


  11. - The Old Bobby - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:54 pm:

    Boz Scaggs - Low Down

    “You ain’t got to be so bad got to be so cold
    This dog eat dog existence sure is getting old”


  12. - I'm Just Saying - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:56 pm:

    Won’t get fooled Again :)
    Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss


  13. - btl - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:59 pm:

    “New spokesman”, did I miss an announcement about Steve Brown retiring, or is this guy helping out?


  14. - Old Shepherd - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:32 pm:

    “…this is the song that never ends. Yes it goes on and on my friends. Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue singing it forever just because this is the song that never ends…”


  15. - Pat collins - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:36 pm:

    “Its the end of the world as we know it” REM


  16. - Bluefish - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:50 pm:

    Karn Evil 9 by Emerson Lake and Palmer:

    Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
    We’re so glad you could attend
    Come inside! Come inside!

    If you follow me there’s a speciality
    some tears for you to see
    Misery, misery,
    Roll up! Roll up! Roll up!
    See the show!


  17. - Anon - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:53 pm:

    “I’m Henry the Eighth, I am. Henry the Eighth I am, I am . . .”

    It’ll be 95 degrees on February 2 before these clowns get it right.


  18. - Six Degrees of Separation - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:55 pm:

    “Hard Times in the Land of Plenty” - Omar & the Howlers


  19. - Ted Kord - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:04 pm:

    Simple. “Land of Confusion” by Genesis:

    Oh Superman where are you now
    When everything’s gone wrong somehow
    The men of steel, the men of power
    Are losing control by the hour.


  20. - Give Me A Break - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:08 pm:

    AC/DC’s “Listian To The Money Talk”.


  21. - Jake from Elwood - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:33 pm:

    “Stormy Weather” by The Pixies
    It is time. . .it is time. . .whoa whoa. . .it is time for stormy weather (repeat).


  22. - walter sobchak - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:56 pm:

    Doh! Eve of Destruction by the great Barry McGuire!

    Yeah, my blood’s so mad feels like coagulatin’
    I’m sitting here just contemplatin’
    I can’t twist the truth, it knows no regulation.
    Handful of senators don’t pass legislation
    And marches alone can’t bring integration
    When human respect is disintegratin’
    This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’


  23. - downstate hick - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 4:00 pm:

    How about New Legilative session in August, “Birth of the Blues”

    Madigan nursed it,
    Cross rehearsed it
    And the Governor called with the news
    That August sessions begin
    “the Birth of the Blues”


  24. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 4:38 pm:

    It’s the Final Meltdown! - Song & Lyrics by Europe, enhanced by VanillaMan

    We’re glued together
    and this is farewell
    and we’ll be forced back,
    to roast in prairie hell?

    I guess there is no one left to blame
    we’re finger pointing around (and around)
    will things ever be the same again?
    It’s the final Meltdown.

    The final Meltdown.

    Oh, We’re returning to Chicago (Chicago)
    and still we stand tall
    maybe they’ve not seen us
    and we’ll escape next Fall, yeah
    like the term years we blow
    running this state into the ground
    I’m sure that they’ll miss us so
    It’s the final Meltdown.

    The final Meltdown.

    The final Meltdown (final Meltdown)

    oh…oh

    The final Meltdown

    Oh, it’s the final Meltdown

    The final Meltdown

    The final Meltdown (final Meltdown)

    Oh, it’s the final Meltdown
    we’re in this together

    The final Meltdown
    we’ll all miss power so
    It’s the final Meltdown (final Meltdown)
    Oh, it’s the final Meltdown


  25. - VanillaMan - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 4:54 pm:

    As to John’s performance as Bill Sykes this month in Oliver! - well, playing a demented Dickens character is good training for the kind of Dickensian nonsense passing for government in this state!

    Future QOTD - Which Dickens’ character are each of our state leaders?


  26. - Eubie - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 5:00 pm:

    Stevie Ray Waughn, “Caught in the Crossfire”…

    “I need some kind of kindness….some kind of sympathy - Oh no!
    Were stranded….caught in the crossfire

    Save the strong lose the weak….never turning the other cheek
    Trust nobody dont be no fool….whatever happened to the golden rule?
    We got stranded….caught in the crossfire
    We got stranded….caught in the crossfire
    We got stranded….caught in the crossfire
    Stranded….caught in the crossfire
    Help me”

    Yep.


  27. - Eubie - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 5:02 pm:

    Sorry, duh, obviously Stevie Ray Vaughn, not Waughn


  28. - Speaking at Will - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 5:38 pm:

    How about “Jimmy Crack Corn and I dont Care”

    Why? Because it makes no sense.


  29. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 7:59 pm:

    I had “Ball of Confusion” by the Temps. The lyrics are somewhat dated, but the groove is spot on.

    Upon further review, I’ll go with “Shipping Up to Boston,” by the Dropkick Murphys. It was on “The Departed” soundtrack.

    The groove feels like a stinking, hot, frustrating day in Springfield.


  30. - Cheswick - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 10:43 pm:

    The Rolling Stones - You Gotta Move (L.A. 1975)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96de2P0WIY8


  31. - Cheswick - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 10:59 pm:

    Ooh!

    We gotta get out of this place

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP1w5Hl8D0E

    (Apparently, all my suggestions have “gotta” in them.)


  32. - Cheswick - Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 11:15 pm:

    Last one. There’s a message here for the Fran Eaton types. Or maybe it’s a message from….

    Me and My Uncle, by Joni (a real oldie, but better than the others.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp3lJg07u4w


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