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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?

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 12:59 pm

Comments

Couldn’t have sung it better myself. lol

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:02 pm
That must be renowned song-and-dance man John O’Connor. Still holding on to the day job, I see.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:07 pm
“Ball of Confusion,” the Temps.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:24 pm
19th Nervous Breakdown

Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:27 pm
“Don’t Fear The Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult
or
“Black and Blue” by Pink Floyd

Comment by give me a break Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:28 pm
Couple of Pink Floyd possibilities:

“Money” or “Comfortably Numb”

Comment by Amuzing Myself Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:28 pm
The Song Remains the Same

Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:32 pm
Thanks for the tune …it actually put me in a better mood this afternoon after sitting around all morning

Comment by yourRepubhippie Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:33 pm
Road to Nowhere-Talking Heads

Comment by Downstate weed chewing hick Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:35 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…..

Comment by give me a break Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:43 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”

Comment by The Old Bobby Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:54 pm
Won’t get fooled Again
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Comment by I'm Just Saying Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:56 pm
“New spokesman”, did I miss an announcement about Steve Brown retiring, or is this guy helping out?

Comment by btl Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 1:59 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…”

Comment by Old Shepherd Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:32 pm
“Its the end of the world as we know it” REM

Comment by Pat collins Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:36 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!

Comment by Bluefish Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:50 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.

Comment by Anon Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:53 pm
“Hard Times in the Land of Plenty” - Omar & the Howlers

Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 2:55 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.

Comment by Ted Kord Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:04 pm
AC/DC’s “Listian To The Money Talk”.

Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:08 pm
“Stormy Weather” by The Pixies
It is time. . .it is time. . .whoa whoa. . .it is time for stormy weather (repeat).

Comment by Jake from Elwood Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:33 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’

Comment by walter sobchak Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 3:56 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”

Comment by downstate hick Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 4:00 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

Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 4:38 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?

Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 4:54 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.

Comment by Eubie Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 5:00 pm
Sorry, duh, obviously Stevie Ray Vaughn, not Waughn

Comment by Eubie Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 5:02 pm
How about “Jimmy Crack Corn and I dont Care”

Why? Because it makes no sense.

Comment by Speaking at Will Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 5:38 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.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 7:59 pm
The Rolling Stones - You Gotta Move (L.A. 1975)

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

Comment by Cheswick Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 10:43 pm
Ooh!

We gotta get out of this place

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

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

Comment by Cheswick Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 10:59 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

Comment by Cheswick Wednesday, Jun 24, 09 @ 11:15 pm