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Battle of the Bands: September ***Update! Pinky Dread won!***

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STMcC Presents 'BATTLE OF THE BANDS'

I was looking for a song that I had thought of to use but couldn’t remember but since I find such fascination in irony I had to use these two songs. Have you ever read “The Sound of Thunder” by Rad Bradbury? If not, you can get it free online as a pdf. It is one of my favorite stories that I used to use to teach my English class. I will actually try and put the link after the music. It is a short story but just marvelously written, in my opinion.

Anyhow, on with Battle of the Bands

An old man turned 98
He won the lottery and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?

It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought, it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down, he thought
“Well, isn’t this nice?”
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?

It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought, it figures

Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out
When you think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
A little too ironic
And, yeah, I really do think

It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought, it figures

And, yeah, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out

Songwriters: Glen Ballard, Alanis Nadine Morissette. For non-commercial use only.

Your vote:

Alanis Morrisette or Pinkie Dread

A Sound Of Thunder by Ray Bradbury

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bW91bnRhaW52aWxsZWFjYWRlbXkub3JnfGNyYWlnLXMtY2xhc3Nlc3xneDoxMjI3ODZmYmIzNjY2OTk1
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Folsom Prison Blues BOTB Showdown

https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/2023/09/september-grass-botb.html?sc=1693762381182#c397013382122215889

https://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/2023/09/battle-of-bands-sept-1-2023-or-frank.html

BATTLE OF THE BANDS: “Rip It Up”

https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/09/basement-juggling-rehearsal-hall-botb.html

https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/2023/09/botb-september-2023-letter.html

https://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/2023/09/september-battle.html

https://mikespainwrites.blogspot.com/2023/05/battle-of-bands-stuck-inside-of-mobile.html

18 comments

  2. I stopped listening to Top 40 radio some time in the 1990’s, so I had never heard this one before. I’m not a big reggae fan, so while Pinkie Dread did a pretty good cover, I’ll vote for Alanis Morrisette. Good song, by the way. I especially like the line “It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take”; it’s the story of my life. The other good one was “A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break.”

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  3. I recall the Bradbury story. Not sure if I read it, but I did see a movie that was based on or inspired by the story. Don’t remember the film much, but I recall reading discussions about the book and the film.

    Pinky’s version is very creative and well done, but still I’ve got to go with the original. Morrisette’s version of “Ironic” is iconic.

    My vote is for Alanis Morrisette.

    Lee

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  4. Even though this song gets played ad nauseum here in Canuckland, I’m still going with Alanis. It still gives the vibe it’s meant to be plus…I’m just not a fan of Reggae

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  7. I always found that song annoying, although it’s become nostalgic enough that it’s less annoying these days. And the cover you posted is somewhat better just because it is not sung by someone whose voice sounds like a dying duck.

    But there is still the issue that none of that is actually ironic. I thought this was brilliant… in Weird Al Yankovic’s “Word Crimes” (mid-2010s, to the tune of Blurred Lines), there’s a line that says something like “I hope you can tell the difference / between irony and coincidence.” On the screen at that time in the music video is an infographic that says “Irony” with a picture of a fire truck on fire, and “Not Irony” with a picture of rain on someone’s wedding day. 😂😂😂

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  9. CHRISTINE ~

    I dig irony, too. How could I not? My whole life seems somewhat ironic. (A lot of people don’t realize this, but God has a sense of humor. How could he not? He invented it!)

    I’ve not read “The Sound of Thunder” by Rad Bradbury, but I have read “The Sound and the Fury’ by William Faulkner. Half a point?

    I never heard this song before, either. In the slower sections, Alanis Morissette sounds a lot to me like Rickie Lee Jones (one of my favorite musical artists). Unfortunately, the fast verses just sound too loud and harsh for my old, delicate ears. (When I want loud and harsh, I go to Radio Birdman or Eddie And The Hot Rods.)

    I appreciated the lyrics by Morissette, but I liked the Reggae sound of PINKY DREAD best. (Somehow even the words “pinky” and “dread” right next too each other strikes me as kinda-sorta ironic.)

    Very good Battle match-up, Christine!

    ~ D-FensDogG

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