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“I look all white, but my dad was black.”
Thanks for catching that, Michael. Corrected.
You’re welcome, Bob.
According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitute_%28The_Who_song%29) an edit was made for the American release to change the referenced line to, “I try going forward but my feet walk back.” I don’t recall ever hearing that version but it seems that claiming to be black, even if just in song, was a topic too controversial for Americans in 1966.
My favorite line is, “The north side of my town faced east, and the east was facing south.”
Pete Townsend is a genius. “Won’t Get Fooled Again” is just as relevant today as it was 45 years ago.
You’re talking about my generation.
Yeah, George, but when the band played “My Generation” at the Superbowl a few years ago, they changed the lyric from “hope I die before I get old” to “don’t wanna die before I get old.”
It’s not unreasonable to have a different opinion of the matter after almost 50 years!
I grew up in an almost exclusively white Spokane where my family, and probably most of the community, are now seeing that other race as a local invention. Probably the most amazing aspect of it all is that almost all national TV reporters are pronouncing “Spokane” correctly – “can”not “kane”.
So is it “Nevah-da City” or “Nev-a-da City”?
Sometimes it’s Nevva Dacity. Or Nirvana Silly.
This identity politics nonsense makes it a lot easier to insult somebody these days, and can also create a lot of confusion.
I know a white woman with a delightful English accent who was born in Kenya and emigrated to the U.S. from South Africa. Now that she’s a citizen, she likes to refer to herself as an African-American. That tends to confuse people.
Much of the confusion is created, knowingly and on purpose, by those with an agenda. For example: a white guy goes into a black church and guns down 9 people. Fox News then claims it’s not a racial hate crime, but an assault on Christians.
And, is it just me, or does the call for priests to start packin’ heat sound a bit bazaar?
” though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, and my preacher’s Glock”
My family came from Cornwall and I was born in Grass Valley, California, officially designated as the most Cornish town in America. I guess that makes me a Cornifornian.
Cornifornian? I don’t know why, but it sounds vaguely obscene.
By the way, WHO were those youngsters? I predict great things for them!