Posted on 06/21/2025 3:45:40 PM PDT by Libloather
The Democrats are having a hard time connecting with normal people, and one congressman decided that the best thing to do would be to grab a guitar and throw down an anti-Trump version of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Hey Joe."
The only problem is that he doesn't know how to play guitar. Like, at all.
**SNIP**
The unbuttoned shirt, for instance, was 1,000 percent a decision made moments before his intern hit record. This may have even been take two after he stopped in the middle of tie-on take one.
"Wait; hang on… (*Unbutons shirt*) …Now we're ready."
But let's give Hank a chance. As he explained in the ramp-up to his axe-slinging — which is almost better than the guitar playing — he has his new Fender Stratocaster on him. And that's not just any Strat, by the way. That appears to my eye to be a Stevie Ray Vaughan signature model (the "SRV" on the pickguard is a bit of a giveaway), which is currently listed on the Fender website for $2,299.99.
Which, as you're about to see, is about $2,000-worth of guitar more than someone with Johnson's playing ability needs.
**SNIP**
Then came the lyrics and… oof.
"Hey, Trump; where you goin’ with that gun in your hand?" Johnson sang. "I’m goin’ down the street to shoot democracy/You know I want to be a king someday."
Oh boy. So, he sucks at playing guitar and thought he was a lyrical genius for cramming the same tired left-wing platitudes about democracy being in peril, even though Trump was elected by the people, while the Democrats nominated someone who had never received a primary vote in her life.
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Wasn’t aware this zero talent clown was the same stoopid who thought an island could tip over
Want fools elect this dish rag
No strategy, that would take planning. They have an obsession. They are anti-Trump. They have NO strategy to make the US great. They have no strategy to make life better for the common folk. They have no strategy beyond winning elections but forgot why they wanted to win and for what purpose.
“Hey Joe” existed before Jimi Hendrix covered it.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. That comparison is hitting below the belt. Dish rags serve a useful purpose.
How this guy gets reelected is way beyond me. He has to be the most stupid person ever elected to congress. What District does he represent?
With the availability of electronic auto tuners, how could he have a fine guitar totally out of tune for this historic musical event?
Plus he must have practiced singing the tripe song for hours and then was flat. As someone (cruelly) said of Ringo Starr:
“He tries to make acquaintance with the notes, a little below, a little above and sometimes right on the note as he sings.”
Don’t want to leave a dig at Ringo here, I loved It Ain’t Easy and Photograph, for example, and his overlooked but fine country album Beaucoups of Blues.
The poignant Photograph was sung at the one year anniversary memorial Concert For George with the lines that make me think of my dear wife Joy’s passing:
I can’t get used to livin’ here while my heart is broke
My tears I cried for you.
I want you here to have and hold as the years go by
And we grow old and grey.
Now you’re expecting me to live without you
But that’s not something that I’m lookin’ forward to.
But all I’ve got is a photograph, and I realise you’re not comin’ back anymore.
Yoko Ono is still alive, believe or not. 92 years young.
Cringe must keep you alive.
Yes.
The Leaves sang it first in 1964.
Little known group The Music Machine album had mostly covers including a version of this and 96 Tears. Obscure but good album but they only lasted for 2 LPs.
I remember the Byrds singing it but only live, not on a studio version for some reason.
“The Byrds were known to perform the song at the LA hotspot Ciro’s which is where The Leaves discovered the track, and eventually became the first group to record and release the song commercially. Debuting as “Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go” in November 1965, it found limited commercial success.”
Brief list:
Patti Smith, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Frank Zappa, Cher, Johnny Hallyday, Type O Negative, and Wilson Pickett (featuring Duane Allman).
That’s what we said about Pelosi, Schumer and Biden.
Notice the American B2 stealth bombers are heading for a landing on Guam.
Does Hank know about this?
“Hey Peter” by Type O Negative is better.
/where you goin with that ax in your hand?
😁
It Don’t Come Easy is one of my endless loop songs.
I can only hope she doesn’t have a dog.
Hey, Joe--Carl Smith (1953)
And here's Kitty's answer.
Hey, Joe--Kitty Wells (1953)
There are people who think House Of The Rising Sun was penned by The Animals.
/Frijid Pink was way better
Tipping over the island will short out his gituar, fatally.
Joan Baez wrote it.
Sorry for the title slipup. If I’m old enough to have bought It Don’t Come Easy on a 45 single then I’m.....old.
The guy couldn’t channel Calhoun Tubbs, let alone Jimi Hendrix.
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