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THERE'S A KIND OF LUSH - Dedicated to Mike

By  September 30, 2013  
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35 days till Peter Noone's birthday!  That's right, the lead singer of the group Herman's Hermits celebrates on November 5th.  As the British say "Remember, remember the Fifth of November."  My rock group backed up Peter Noone's Tremblers (on Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston's CBS label back in 1980) and years later I got to write his biography and many reviews for AllMusic.com

     Today Peter's book is in the Medford Public Library with a foreword by yours truly. 

     So in 35 days we celebrate Peter Noone's birthday.  Happy Birthday Herman.   We know someone who wants to drink to that!
 
  There's a Kind of Hush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gatIk3z9a7Y

   Of course the songwriter in me wants to write a poem to the melody - a parody of the guy who has held the corner office for the past 26 years

PARODY: THERE'S A KIND OF (ALLEGED) LUSH

   There's a kind of (alleged) Lush, all over the town, tonight
All over the town, you can hear the sound, of voters in need
You know what I mean

Just get out and vote, with nobody else, in sight
There's nobody else and
You'll feel so good, when we get rid of Mike

So listen very carefully / At City Hall and you will see what I mean
But not on Channel 15
The only sound Mike wants to hear
Is at the Dockside with a Beer, have one too
forever and ever
There's a Kind of Lush, all over the town, tonight
all over the world, people just like us, need to get out and vote
need to get out and vote
need to get out and vote


    "High Time We Went" - as Joe Cocker sings,  is another good one we'll dedicate to all those signs on Riverside Ave

35 Days to Herman's Hermits birthday party!
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20131105T00&p0=43&msg=Election+Day+2013+McGlynn+Rem...
   Seriously, people, if we get 1,100 promises a day from now up to November 5th, Planet Medford will change, for the better.

   I just think voter apathy is so overwhelming it's going to take an appointment ...or a politician's indictment...to improve the quality of life in Medford.