Keeping Hope and Humor Despite the Record

Misery by Maroon 5.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g6g2mvItp4&ob=av2e

 Not gonna, lie, I got this idea when you threw up “Ultimate Misery Mix 2011”…but I do think this song is perfect for the whole Zygi Wilf-Governor Dayton relationship. I laughed when I thought about if this was Zygi singing this to Mark Dayton about needing a new stadium and how Dayton won’t follow up on his promises, because it actually kind of makes sense..

Here are a couple parts that made me laugh:

“I am in misery
There ain’t nobody who can’t comfort me, oh yeah
Why won’t you answer me?
The silence is slowly killing me, oh yeah”

and

“You say your faith is shaken, and you may be mistaken
You keep me wide awake and waiting for the sun
I’m desperate and confused, so far away from you
I’m getting there, I don’t care where I have to roam”

Anyways…my two cents!

Rolling in the deep

But perfect to send to Dayton. Plus P.O.S. is a Minneapolis dude.
P.O.S. “Yeah Right”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjdQwiz3JpE&feature=relmfu

by Monty Python

not really a band but it is a song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

“Land of Confusion” by Genesis, covered by Disturbed

“There’s too many men, too many people
Making too many problems,
And there’s not much love to go around
Can’t you see this is a land of confusion?”

As in Minnesota’s politicians continually making more problems and prolonging our stadium issue. They must be in a state of confusion.

Soul Asylum – Misery

Vikings = Frustrated Incorporated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ2TIul8pI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ekz_CSBVg
Only when I stop to think about it

I hate everything about you
Why do I love you?
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you?

Only when I stop to think about you,
I know
Only when you stop to think about me,
do you know?

I hate everything about you
Why do I love you?
You hate everything about me
Why do you love me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijZRCIrTgQc&ob=av2e

Yeah, pretty much sums it up for me.

Gimme a break. The defense runs around like chickens with their heads cut of. The O-line is pathetic and leaves me wondering if there was a leak Ponder would be gone later in the 1st round or did we panic. Traidng back, could we have had Sloder,, then Ponder if we auire tow later picks, then Wisnewisk instead of a tight end? That was not our greatest need.
I hate to say it but I watched GB secondary and they are like snipers. They hide,behind LB’s andlure the QB into stupid throws and then turn on the speed to block or pick a ball.
Aside from JA, Winny, Greenway and Sherels the rest of them play like they just don’t care about getting better.
Why are we catching up when all long we should have put the pedal to the metal and just got the game in hand from the start. One reason is we have a shorter QB who needs a line to hold. They get pushed back so far Ponder can’t find recievers. What else do you do but roll out and hope one of our average WR will help harvin and get open enough to draw coverage/
LAZY PLAY. What happend to 40 for 60?i

When will we find out the winner?

As you know I have been out of the loop with personal issues. Doing well but it seems that there is something every day I fall behind on so my reading goes as fast as everything else ::-)

needs a free agent overhaul and some of these guys need to be told “don’t count on a paycheck next year”

So, I present, “Run to the Hills” by Iron Maiden

Run To The Hills

Lyrics:
White man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes, he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need

We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free?

Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom a stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack

Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives

Soldier blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing their game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whiskey and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old

Run to the hills, run for your lives

Reminds me of the Vikings this year, including trying to move a broken car as fast as it can go down the road, even past law enforcement…

Got those highway blues, can’t you hear my motor runnin’
Flyin’ down the road with my foot on the floor
All the way in town they can hear me comin’
Ford’s about to drop, she won’t do no more
And I smell my motor burnin’
Underneath the hood is smoke
Can’t stop, and I can’t stop
Got to keep on movin’ or I’ll lose my mind

Oh, rockin’ down the highway
Oh, rockin’ down the highway
Oh, rockin’ down the highway
Oh, rockin’ down the highway

The highway patrol got his eyes on me
I know what he’s thinkin’ and it ain’t good
I’m movin’ so fast he can barely see me
Gonna lose that man, I know I should
I gotta kick in my pedal
Make my Ford move a little bit faster
Can’t stop, and I can’t stop
Got to keep on movin’ or I’ll lose my mind

Oh, rockin’ down the highway
Oh, rockin’ down the highway
Oh, rockin’ down the highway
Oh, rockin’ down the highway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHJaqe12BIc&feature=fvwrel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pHTp6uPU7U
I have a feeling that if this keeps up, Zygi Wilf will be singing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02lXLiFsRtE

You’re breakin’ my heart
You’re tearing it apart so fuck you

All I want to do is have a good time now I’m blue
You won’t boogaloo,
Run down to Tramps, have a dance or two, ooohhh
You’re breakin’ my heart,
You’re tearing it apart but fuck you

You’re breakin’ my heart
You’re tearing it apart, boo-hoo

You stepped on my ass
You’re breakin’ my glasses too
You won’t drive my car, might be a star
I’ve had enough of you
I’m goin’ insane
There’s no one to blame so fuck you

Instrumental break #1

You can’t have your way
There’s nothing left to say
There’s nothing left to do, ooooohhh
You’re breakin’ my heart
You’re tearing it apart so fuck you

Instrumental break #2

You gotta have your way
There’s nothing left to say
There’s nothing left to do, ooooowww
You’re breakin’ my heart
You’re tearing it apart but I love you

Prince
Purple Rain Lyrics

Send "Purple Rain" Ringtone to Your Cell

I never meant 2 cause u any sorrow
I never meant 2 cause u any pain
I only wanted 2 one time see u laughing
I only wanted 2 see u laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain

I only wanted 2 see u bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted 2 be your weekend lover
I only wanted 2 be some kind of friend
Baby I could never steal u from another
It’s such a shame our friendship had 2 end

Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain

I only wanted 2 see u underneath the purple rain

Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing
It’s time we all reach out 4 something new
That means u 2
U say u want a leader
But u can’t seem 2 make up your mind
I think u better close it
And let me guide u 2 the purple rain

Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain

If you know what I’m singing about up here
C’mon raise your hand

Purple rain Purple rain

I only want 2 see u, only want 2 see u
In the purple rain

TAPS

http://youtu.be/DaPSgjM98Q0

It was on the front page for a wile I use it for therapy after a loss.

This song is a classic from the 80’s and one of Styx’s best songs. It seems fitting for the current situation (lease is up, viking’s resolve to say no to stay anymore and move on to a better place). Original intent of song is about a relationship that is ending, looking for ways to make up, make it right, and move on. It has multiple meanings depending on how you view it with the new stadium process. Warning: it may trigger any memories of any former relationships you had that you didn’t wish to end and how you moved on from it.

Haven’t we been here before (not able to locate original video, which is kind of creepy, so on stage performance result is best I can find)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-wFyx03NEw

http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/8354/
(added notes in reference to current situation for humor)

Haven’t we been here before
Footsteps lead down to the note on the door (of the Metrodome)
That says I can’t stay here anymore (lease is up)

And haven’t we felt this same way
Sure in our hearts, but afraid just the same
To say I can’t stay one minute more (we’re done, it’s time to move on)

You might think that it’s hopeless
Beyond our control (thanks to over the top political posturing and correctness)
But that’s not necessarily so
Can’t you see there’s a chance
For the daring young soul
Who’s finally learned to say no
No, I won’t be misused ( vikings finally calling the shots )
Ignored or refused
And I won’t just give up and let go (of my dream place at Arden Hills)

So tonight hold me close to you (Minneapolis to the Vikings)
And don’t give up what’s important to you
And as time rolls on
Nothing can stand in our way (please stay, I’ll be good for you, I promise with fingers crossed behind back)

And I believe if we learn from the past (of our bungled political landmine & hostage scenario)
We’d find keys to unlock every door (to newer and better place to be)
Dark would turn into light
We’d be strong (yes, Vikings would be strong)
We’d be right (yes, Vikings would be right! )

So tonight hold me close to you
And don’t give up what’s important to you (one more last hurrah @ MPLS & @ Metrodome)
And as time rolls on
Nothing will stand in our way

And I believe if we learn from the past
We’d say haven’t we been here before

Oh, and I believe if we open our hearts (too late Minneapolis, your heart has been closed off & cold all these years. You wont miss the Vikings until they are finally gone.)
We’d find keys to unlock every door

Hearts could change overnight (wishful thinking to MN politics, only when they absolutely positively have to)
We’d be strong…We’d be right
So play stay with me now (just one more last season or two)

(to Arden Hills, or anyplace in Minnesota but the Metrodome )
The future is ours
And we’ll be the ones who go on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znh58WITU8&feature=related
 Games People Play
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean
And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they’re covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine

Chorus
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play

Oh we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame
Neither one will give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking ‘bout the things that might have been
It’s a dirty rotten shame
People walking up to you
Singing glory hallelulia
And they’re tryin to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord
They’re gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board
Look around tell me what you see
What’s happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am
Cause you’ve given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turns you sad on humanity
And you don’t give a da da da da da

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKCnHWas3HQ&feature=related

                 Downtown
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go – downtown
When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know – downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
Downtown – no finer place, for sure
Downtown – everything’s waiting for you
Don’t hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows – downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close – downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You’ll be dancing with him too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown – waiting for you tonight
Downtown – you’re gonna be all right now
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I’ll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown, things’ll be great when you’re
Downtown – don’t wait a minute for
Downtown – everything’s waiting for you
Downtown, downtown, downtown, downtown …

The impending death of this season and the hope that is a new season all in one song.

I am just too damn busy to participate in this. Love the concept. I cant wait to read the entries and see who you’ve chosen as the winner!

Loser – 3 Doors Down

(the original, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg)

    Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
    ljud högt, o dyra ord!
    Ej lyfts en höjd mot himlens rand,
    ej sänks en dal, ej sköljs en strand,
    mer älskad än vår bygd i nord,
    än våra fäders jord!

    Din blomning, sluten än i knopp,
    Skall mogna ur sitt tvång;
    Se, ur vår kärlek skall gå opp
    Ditt ljus, din glans, din fröjd, ditt hopp.
    Och högre klinga skall en gång
    Vår fosterländska sång.

This one goes out to the Minny Government

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

“You made a mess of things
My what a mess you’ve made
I hate the way you make me feel
I hate the way you make me
In your world it’s cold outside
So button up and open wide
I hate the way you make me feel sick, sick, sick”