Jill Sobule will be playing La Java March 16, 8:30pm in Paris. And yes, she will so be singing “Heroes” in France. You know, where they joined the resistance after the war. She’s done it before. They didn’t applaud. Maybe Jill sang the words too fast. I have them below.
Does anyone want to add lyrics to the song? Do you have any heroes who turned out to be jerks -- or at least made a fool of themselves? IE: “Tiger woulds do anyone...”
“Heroes”
Why are all our heroes so imperfect
Why do they always bring me down
Why are all our heroes so imperfect
The statue in the park has lost his crown
William Faulkner drunk and depressed
Dorothy Parker mean, drunk and depressed
And that guy in Seven Years in Tibet turned out to be a nazi
The founding fathers all had slaves, the explorers slaughtered the braves,
The Old Testament God can be so petty
Paul McCartney jealous of John, even more so now that he's gone
Dylan was so mean to Donovan in that movie
Pablo Picasso cruel to his wives
My favorite poets took their own lives
Orson Welles peaked at 25, ballooned before our eyes
and he sold bad wine
Heard Babe Ruth was full of malice
Lewis Carroll I'm sure did Alice
Plato in the cave with those very young boys
TS Elliott hated Jews, FDR didn't save the Jews
All the French joined the resistance after the war
Raymond Chandler drunk and depressed
Tennessee Williams drunk and depressed
Think I'll just get drunk and depressed.
Video for “Heroes”
Buy Jill’s grand music at: http://www.jillsobule.com/store
In the next few months I will give you a glimpse of a work in progress. It will be called “Starry, Starry Playground” -- it is book about artists, mental illness and being diffrent.
Friday, March 5, 2010
"Heroes" by Jill Sobule
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I am very pround to have found a picture with three jerks in one shot. That is not easy to find.
ReplyDeleteVincent...it looks like you are saying Jill et al are jerks...LOL...Kerry is in that pic too. Your comment is with the last pic. LOLOL
ReplyDeleteDang so people ARE reading my blog. I must make more mistakes to get more comments!! It is a point well taken. I will drop that picture so everyone knows I am making fun of Cher and the other girls in the picture, same as always.
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