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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
SWEARIN' TO GOD
Frankie Valli
Close-Up
Private Stock : 1975
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Too much historical import for me to take it all in, certainly in any kind of glib journalessayistic way, and because of that, I will resist the temptation to put This Label on That Thing or That Wrapper around This Event. Plus, highly orchestrated events that involve millions of people are, to me, troubling things. Still, I sent some spies. There seems to be a surplus of joy and optimism, along with a surplus of merchandise. A friend of mine who is there checked in with this report: "Today, an outpouring of hope; last night, an outpouring of martinis."
Years ago there was another country called the seventies. I remember the inauguration of Jimmy Carter, which we talked about in school. We all had to draw pictures of the new president, and that was easy: big teeth and yellow crayon for the hair. Around that time, Frankie Valli put out the disco single "Swearin' To God," and while it's a love song about how spiritual power feeds the heart, or maybe feeds off of it, it serves equally well as a summary of the stirring oddness of the swearing-in ceremony for our nation's highest office, that (un)holy collision of power, conviction, inspiration, and the personal touch that characterizes the best politicians:Swearin' to god
There's no one else on earth I'd rather be
Swearin' to god
You made me see, so I believed in you
Oh, you've been fillin' my cup
Til' I'm runnin' over with joy
From you heaven sent love
Just touch me again
I'm king of all men and reigning from above Labels: ben, disco
posted by Ben
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