Thursday, May 22, 2008

Music Friday: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

Well, I'm posting this on Thursday, but most of you folks may not read this until Friday. But I humbly submit Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues."

Have a great Memorial Day weekend, folks. 

We're off to Waterloo to have Virg and Deloras spoil the grandkids. Virg also needs some yard work done.

Peace.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jason Isbell's lyrics paint great pictures. The greatest thing about the song is that it focuses on the Marine, Matt Conley, not politics.

Google ESPN and Matt Conley for a great article on ESPN.com (of all places) about this young man and his young family. It's very moving stuff.

Quintilian B. Nasty said...

Yep, while I really like the acerbic political statements in Isbell's "The Devil Is My Running Mate," "Dress Blues" provides a basic story that listeners can relate to.

And when you bring political baggage to the song, at the end of the song you have your own luggage, not the artist's.