As a young boy growing up in Washington Heights, I, thanks to my surroundings, had a wide range of musical tastes. I learned to love classical on my own. My brothers got me into everything from the Beatles to Elvis Costello. My friends inducted me into b-boy culture. And MTV was where I learned of Madness.
Their videos opened a new world to me, far away from my barrio. London! Pork pie hats! Ska rhythms! It was awesome.
And, as if I couldnāt love them enough, when I started watching real football, and fell in love with Chelsea FC, I learned that Suggs, their frontman, is a devoted Blue. So, for tonightās night owl chat, some Madness.
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One Step Beyond
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It Must Be Love
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The Sun and the Rain
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Baggy Trousers
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Our House
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Again.
Oh.
Em.
Gee.
This is so fantastic.
Chips has a DM waiting for her when she wakes up!
I just checked Aumaās TL and she must follow @theobamadiary on twitter (and may follow you) - OMG.
Plus, I think @POTUS follows her, so he would see what she R/Ts. OMG.
I. FUCKING. KNOW!!! OMG!!!!!!!!
I verified (for myself) that she effinā follows @theobamadiary !!!!!
I may take to my fainting couch…
Before you do may I post my dogs in honor of Dog Day Afternoon. I mean #NationalDogDay? š
Of course!
š Thanks.
It is disconcerting to think you are only a few years older than my oldest son. When I first followed TheObamaDiary you were preparing for your wifeās surgery a few weeks or months later. Just saw my son and DIL last week and Iām sad to say she has the EXTREME opposite problem. I canāt stop worrying.
Oh no, Iām so sorry. Eating disorders are a blight.
Yes they are.
You are officially Royalty! Bowing!
Great piece earlier! Congrats on Pres. Obamaās “sister?” retweeting you. A question: do you know the status of the Iran deal?
LL…Auma Obama??? You totally rock!
Awesome!
By the way… so was your essay!
Proud Mum of these guys! They love their private pond.
Oh, they are so dignified.
Thank you. Itās a rare occurrence.
Bear was born in 2009 and he loves it when the Bear is loose. We were prescient in naming him.
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Thank you Dudette. They are a good looking, happy bunch.
Bear & Sammy enjoyed campaing in 2012 and are ready to Go For Joe in 2016!
Campaigning!
wtg LL - I think every member of the Obama family reads TOD - whether they follow the twitter or not. Keep writing - you will have a book of essays to present to the Obama Library in 2017
agreed.
On a completely different topic - I believe Trump is running for VP - the job, that like Sarah Palin, he thinks is a breeze. His latest on agreeing not to stand as an independent, confirms my thought. This will be his reward for withdrawing from the GOP race.
Disagree 99. Heād never settle for 2nd place. He is changing his position on this because he has to in order to get on the ballot in some of the primaries. My guess is that his lawyer advised him that these requirements have been upheld. And of course, if he loses the primary he can always “change” his mind and at that point they cannot be enforced against him.
You know much more about the rules than I ever would Foxfire - maybe Iām thinking this way because he is so beginning to sound like the 2008 GOP VP nominee.
He must surely realise he doesnāt have the knowledge/skills to be President, so I was thinking VP may be his desire. Perhaps from your knowledge base, he is more like GWB than Palin? Let his VP make the policy! Yikes.
I figure Donald Trump would never want a lower spot. His ego would never let him. I think he really believes he is the smartest guy around because he is rich. He is arrogant due to everyone bowing to him. He surrounds himself with yes people that agree with everything he says and does. He thinks he can treat the presidency the same way. Dangerous and delusional!
I always liked the song, Our House. At first I didnāt realize who they were until I saw the last one.
Love the Madness! Brings back fond memories for me too! ššš
How ābout we follow up the Madness with a bit of mellow?
Love all three pieces in this set, but the ad hoc improv (2nd song starting around 8:00) blew me away. WOW,
You and I must be the only two awake Dudette - sleep well
Hiya 99ts! Youāre right! Guess Iād better go catch some zzzzzzs now too!
Take care! ššš“
“And, as if I couldnāt love them enough, when I started watching real football, and fell in love with Chelsea FC, I learned that Suggs, their frontman, is a devoted Blue. So, for tonightās night owl chat, some Madness.”
Real Football, you know, throughout my life Iāve had to swallow some things that were not necessarily good for me. Iāve had to bite my tongue to make peace possible. No more!! I will not stand by and watch as Football is bastardized down to the level of soccer. In America we play Football. Now I have nothing against soccer, Iāve played that game on many occasions when I was in elementary school and we had a blast. It takes a special type of person to play soccer, Iām just saying, I imagine a person that loves soccer also loves fine wine, and a nice drive in the country. Where Iām from we donāt do bicycle kicks or play friendlies, no, we donāt get down like that, we play Football. Man against man, strength and tenacity. It is said that the meek will inherit the earth, the meek aināt inheriting nothing on the Football field, Real Football that is.
Gooooooooood Morning TOD….
Morning!
https://theobamadiary.com/2015/08/27/early-bird-rise-and-shine-86/