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****Liberty Call****

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I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent
~ IIIrd Tyme Out ~

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In A Broken Dream
~ Python Lee Jackson featuring Rod Stewart ~

Sidenote: Python Lee Jackson was a band that did some sessions with Rod Stewart in 1968 because the band's lead guitarist and singer was a fan of The Jeff Beck Group and felt he couldn't do justice to the song's lyrics. Nothing became of the track until 1970 when this lovely obscurity was released as a single and became a hit in their native Australia.

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Bad Liver and A Broken Heart (in Lowell)
~ Tom Waits ~

Sidenote: The master of vagabond story-telling, Tom Waits established himself as the trademarked gravel-voiced boy-blues genius and hobo poet laureate with this cynical and cliché-ridden masterpiece from 1976, filled to the brim with surprising double entendre, alliteration and plays on words. From the opening snatch of "As Time Goes By" to the closing rhyme for "asbestos" (for which he won a bet with Chuck E. Weiss), Waits set the bar so high that he's been accepted as the ultimate 'songwriter's songwriter' by artists as unlikely and diverse as The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, Crystal Gayle, Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones, Bono, Miles Davis, Frank Zappa and Henry Rollins to name just a few.

In 2011, Tom was inducted into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young for an impressive and ambitious body of work spanning 40 years. In his acceptance speech, Tom reduced the luminaries in attendance to sobbing laughter when he noted, "They say I've never had a hit .... and I'm difficult to work with ... like that's a bad thing."

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110603-N-TU221-396 PACIFIC OCEAN (June 3, 2011) - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113 breaks the sound barrier during an air power demonstration over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Travis K. Mendoza/Released)

110520-N-BP741-001 ARABIAN GULF (May 20, 2011) - The guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76) patrols the Arabian Gulf. Higgins is deployed supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Alex Mabini /Released)

The Thunderbirds perform May 21, 2011, during the 2011 Joint Service Open House at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)

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Broken Barricades
~ Procol Harum ~

Sidenote: The Broken Barricades album in 1971 was Robin Trower's last outting with Procol Harum before launching his successful solo career.

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Queen Of The Broken Hearts
~ Loverboy ~

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Broken Toy
~ Under The Iron Sea ~

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Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
~ Alicia Keys ~

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Broken-Hearted I'll Wander
~ Folkmill ~

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Just Me And My Broken Heart
~ Hank Williams Jr. ~

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God Bless The Broken Road
~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ~

Sidenote: Co-witten by Dirt Band founding member Jeff Hanna, God Bless The Broken Road is most often associated and attributed to Rascal Flatts. Here's the original.

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Broken Hearted Melody
~ Sarah Vaughan ~

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Morning Has Broken
~ Cat Stevens ~

Sidenote: I usually avoid posting anything by Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou and better known as Cat Stevens), but this lovely Christian Hymn with lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon and set to the traditional Gaelic tune Bunessan is hard to resist for irony's sake alone.

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Heavily Broken
~ The Veronicas ~

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My Broken Heart Belongs to You
~ Willie Nelson ~

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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
~ Barry Manilow ~

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Broken-Hearted Girl
~ Beyoncé ~

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Born With A Broken Heart
~ Kenny Wayne Shepherd ~

Sidenote: I'm dedicating this one to FReeper Titan Magroyne, my BFF and the one who introduced me to the music of little Kenny Wayne all those years ago. When she asked what this week's Canteen theme would be before I had considered one, I replied, "I don't know kid, everything's broken". Inspiration is a funny thing, Thanks K. This one's for you - it don't get much better than an SRV-style "3 against 2" shuffle and Noah Hunt crooning lyrics about sad guitars, guns and banging drums, imho. :)

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Bone Broke
~ The White Stripes ~

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I'm Broken
~ Pantera ~

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