Some believe stimulus is brilliant, and some believe it has the potential to bring down the system! ( Recall where one opines on a subject depends greatly on their agenda or bias.)Īre you aware that stimulus has begun yet again in the United States? They, meaning the Federal Reserve (Fed), just aren’t calling it stimulus this time. There is considerable debate around this topic, and there likely will be for decades to come. Perpetuate would be an understatement in this case! For my last post of the year and for the decade, I thought I would address and expand on what I believe to be the most prevalent theme of the longest bull run, Stimulus! A forewarning, I have ranted on this issue for many years! However, I think to wrap up the Teen’s decade, I would add some additional details and address some common beliefs on stimulus.
MEANING OF SEMISONIC CLOSING TIME DRIVERS
Just another reminder that all parties come to an end.Įvery market cycle has a few common themes or drivers that perpetuate the cycle.
much more adult.“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end…” -Dan Wilson, from the alternative rock band Semisonic “Closing Time” is a catchy and timeless song written in 1998. The song you most likely danced to like an idiot when you were three and didn't know better was really. Tutti Frutti, good booty / If it don’t fit, don’t force it / You can grease it, make it easy.The lyrics were then changed in studio to "Tutti Frutti, all rooty" (all rooty was slang at the time for "alright") so that the rest of the song didn't make sense, making it more marketable. When performing live, Little Richard sang the following: Not only is it about some guy getting it on with multiple girls - Sue and Daisy - they both "know what to do" (so they're very experienced), and they all drive him crazy.Īlso, the repeated hook of "Tutti frutti, aw rooty" was not the original lyrics of the song, before it got picked up to be recorded. Well, give this record a spin and really listen to the lyrics - you'll realize that the song is all kinds of rough. You probably heard this song a lot as a kid and didn't think much of it. #335 of 3,867 The Best Songs Of All Time, Ranked #12 of 18 Creepy Rock Songs About Young Girls You've Been Singing Along To Without Realizing #54 of 72 The Worst Karaoke Songs in the History of Music Hear him with the women just around midnight.Īh, brown sugar how come you taste so good?īrown sugar, just like a young girl shouldYikes. Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields This song is about white plantation owners raping their African slaves. This song isn't a love tribute to a beloved African American woman and it is most definitely not something about the sweetener that brings us all chocolate chip cookies.
MEANING OF SEMISONIC CLOSING TIME TV
It's used in some daytime TV commercials and places all around in this fun, light-hearted manner when it is quite literally a song about slave rape. Somehow (we don't know how) they typically understand what this song is about, even though the story is right in the lyrics.
Many an unsuspecting singer chooses "Brown Sugar" for karaoke and balks at the lyrics as they appear on the screen.