The Party of Youth and New Ideas has appointed the ever youthful John Kerry to be Climate Czar. His Czarness is introducing new ideas to address the challenges of our age, most notably his remark that the UK Climate Summit is the World's "last best chance".
We've heard this song before - actually over and over. Remember Al Gore's warning that we have ten years to save ourselves from Global Warming? That was in 2006. Ah, but this is one more last chance. There's a country music song about that.
Vince Gill needs no introduction to music lovers. Front man to Pure Prairie League in the '70s, super star in the '80s and '90s he has 21 (!) Grammys to his name. This video is just plain fun, with a cameo by George Jones riding a John Deere.
One More Last Chance (Songwriters: Vince Gill, Gary Nicholson)
She was standing at the front door
When I came home last night
A good book in her left hand
And a rollin' pin in the right
She said you've come home for the last time
With whiskey on your breath
If you don't listen to my preachin' boy
I'm goin' to have to beat you half to death
Give me just a one more last chance
Before you say we're through
I know I drive you crazy baby
It's the best that I can do
We're just some good ol' boys, a makin' noise
I ain't a runnin' 'round on you
Give me just a one more last chance
Before you say we're through
First she hid my glasses
'Cause she knows that I can't see
She said you ain't goin' nowhere boy
'Til you spend a little time with me
Then the boys called from the honky tonk
Said there's a party goin' on down here
Well she might've took my car keys
But she forgot about my old John Deere
So give me just a one more last chance
Before you say we're through
I know I drive you crazy baby
It's the best that I can do
We're just some good ol' boys, a makin' noise
I ain't a runnin' 'round on you
Give me just a one more last chance
Before you say we're through
4 comments:
I think this is off topic (don't care) How does a guy get paid for his "songs" Do they get something like 6 cents per play? How can a guy like this, with all those historical "wins", continue to pay for his groceries when he hasn't had a top 10 song in quite awhile?
He is a scratch golfer as well.
What a great tune!
With the proviso that I have no knowledge of the contractual arrangement(s) made by Vince Gill, to answer Steve's question generally, the usual arrangement is the performers get paid for their performances of a given song, either recorded or live, and Vince Gill still performs live so that's one stream of income for him (his personal recording company more likely).
Vince Gill is also a songwriter, and the existence of ASCAP [www.ascap.com] is predicated on successfully collecting royalty payments for their songwriter members from virtually anyone who uses their properties, effectively anywhere/anywhen (the arguments over "fair use" in this regard are legendary). This is a second stream of income for Vince Gill (and almost every other songwriter), alive and - surprisingly often - post mortem (the amount and variety of shenanigan's in this aspect of the music business is more of a testament to human creativity than is the music created, so enter at your own risk).
I'm a long-time fan of The Eagles - there's a Vietnam vet story there we will ignore - and the personal and professional relationship between that band and singer/songwriter member Don Henley with record company owner David Geffen is a classic, and very public, example of the types of shenanigans to be expected when it comes to making money from your music, and who gets it. Some of which story is also on You Tube.
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