Musitorial: Looks Like Up to Me

 

My latest musitorial: Looks Like Up to Me

 

musitorial n mashing music, musings and editorials, music and song that evokes thought and commentary.

 

Today’s musitorial is a two-fer (make it a double). It’s my little gift to you this fine spring day (haha, it’s April 1st, and far from "fine").

 

These musical references are inspired in part by my recent essay “Is There a Disturbance in the Force?”, which looks at the current trends in opposite land. In part, my musical choices reflect the desperate dissonance that people perceive at election time, when one has to hold one’s nose to vote for “anybody-but-anybody.” Boy, some people make a mockery of leadership, don’t they? Maybe that should read, “muckery,” for it makes one feel dirty to be mired in it.

 

So, the first of the double-header musitorial is from The Doors’ 1971 hit, “Been Down so Long.” When you’re fishing at the bottom of the barrel, a smelt is like a trout – they smell the same but one is more palatable. Links below.

 

The second of the double-header is from the Jimi Hendrix Experience: “All Along the Watchtower” (1968). Links below.

 

Link to lyrics of “Been Down so Long,” Doors Music Company, Songwriters: Jim Morrison / John Paul Densmore / Robert Krieger / Raymond Manzarek: https://tinyurl.com/3ju9c5mj

 

Link to YouTube performance of “Been Down so Long”: https://tinyurl.com/yt2hncxs

 

Link to Wikipedia article on “Been Down so Long”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Been_Down_So_Long

 

Link to lyrics of “All Along the Watchtower,” song by Bob Dylan, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group: https://tinyurl.com/246td36z

 

Link to YouTube performance of “All Along the Watchtower”: https://tinyurl.com/2s3p53sx

 

Link to Wikipedia article on “All Along the Watchtower”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower