DBT Track # 79 & 131 - The Thanksgiving Filter

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Zip City wrote:I've gotta be honest, that's a depressing post.

I love both Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I'm sorry, didn't mean to depress people. I'm just being honest. I do not like the holiday season. I stopped liking Christmas in high school. My favorite holidays are Memorial Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day. I also like Easter. I'm not really a Scrooge. I am no grumpier at Christmas than I am the rest of the year. Never had anything depressing happen at Christmas like losing a family member. It is just that Christmas always seemed like something I had to "get through".

One of the things I enjoyed about being a pastor was that focusing on the religious aspect of the holidays made me enjoy them more.
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I don't think it's a depressing post, actually I think it's a good story....... dealing with life's ups and downs. Like the 'Filter'
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Good call. I love playing this one on guitar too so I'll have to work it up this weekend.
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cortez the killer wrote:


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Since I'm away from both of my families today, I'm feeling this song pretty strongly in their absence. The duality of the Johnnie thing.

But I just realized something while singing the most topical lines to myself today:
My Aunt's praising Palin and my niece loves Obama
My uncle came to dinner wearing his pajamas
(I know just how the man feels. I haven't had long pants on since I got home from work Thursday night.)

But what I realized is that couplet's not quite consistent. It's meant, I think, to convey that's a couple and their daughter, but my aunt's daughter would be my cousin, not my niece. (If that's not how it works in your family, we have another song for you Northerners.) Now, you could recast that first line and still make it--what's the equivalent musical term for "scan"? Damned if I know--fit the rhythm of the song, like this:
My Aunt's praising Palin and my cousin Obama
or this:
My Aunt's praising Palin, my cuz loves Obama
or even this:
My Aunt's praising Palin, my cousin loves Obama
But neither of the first two sounds as natural as Patterson's line, and in even the third one, which isn't too bad, the tension between mother and child is less poignant than between mother and daughter. Here's a case where a slightly inexact meaning is worth the loss.
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Thanks for bumping this.

Inevitably at some point on Thursday I think.....I'm thankful for a big tall stiff drink-full. :mrgreen:
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Rocky wrote:Thanks for bumping this.

Inevitably at some point on Thursday I think.....I'm thankful for a big tall stiff drink-full. :mrgreen:
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I hear ya TC. The key to happiness at the holidays....is in a direct inverse relationship with the amount of time spent with family.

(I did not read this in a greeting card.) :mrgreen:
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Thanksgiving, yo.
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Thank God for the filter that enables some distance
From the screaming and crying and the needs of assistance
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I've been posting this for friends who've never heard DBT a lot this last week.
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My family has been in mid to late November form since the middle of October. So I'm ready for Thanksgiving and the filter.
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It's this time of year that I love my job just a bit more than I usually do. Since nobody stops using the sink/shower/toilet my place runs 24/7 which means unless the holiday falls on your days off you're working. I haven't had to go to any family holiday meals for the past 15 years. Xmas is especially convenient because I'm home long enough to be with my boys to open presents and then it's usually time to go to work. Missing dry turkey and the uninformed opinions vs the persecution Olympics battle Royale is just fine with me. Plus double time and a half doesn't hurt either. Hope you all have a great holiday and burn a joint for me

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This is one one of my favorites to cover at home on the acoustic, particularly this time of year.

In their infinite wisdom, the Baby Beebses yelled at me for the insensitive lyrics because "it might be rude to the church people if you say the J word"

So it's been modified

"It's Thanksgiving and Cheese Sticks, I'm thankful"
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Beebs wrote:This is one one of my favorites to cover at home on the acoustic, particularly this time of year.

In their infinite wisdom, the Baby Beebses yelled at me for the insensitive lyrics because "it might be rude to the church people if you say the J word"

So it's been modified

"It's Thanksgiving and Cheese Sticks, I'm thankful"
I love playing it too but it's been a couple of years. Time to relearn.
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Beebs wrote:This is one one of my favorites to cover at home on the acoustic, particularly this time of year.

In their infinite wisdom, the Baby Beebses yelled at me for the insensitive lyrics because "it might be rude to the church people if you say the J word"

So it's been modified

"It's Thanksgiving and Cheese Sticks, I'm thankful"
Artistic compromises. :lol:
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Patterson's not the only one with a Thanksgiving song:

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Referenced at the bottom of yesterday's NYT Food column...

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uncle rickey wrote:Referenced at the bottom of yesterday's NYT Food column...
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It's that time again
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Clams wrote:It's that time again
We've skillfully avoided the scenarios in this song by simply going out to eat on Thanksgiving the last several years.
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I got this at my very first DBT show, haven't gotten it since.
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Back in the days when I pretended to like my family I could totally relate to this song.

I might listen to it at some point this week, then again, maybe not.

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Thank god for the filter...
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Clams wrote:Thank god for the filter...
I can't relate to this song, as I just have Thanksgiving with my wife and kids every year. No crazy uncles or MAGA hat wearing grandpas to be found :lol:
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Zip City wrote:
Clams wrote:Thank god for the filter...
I can't relate to this song, as I just have Thanksgiving with my wife and kids every year. No crazy uncles or MAGA hat wearing grandpas to be found :lol:
but from the perspective of your wife and kids...
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