I'm a little drunk and I need you now

The way things are between STBEMH and I, I heard a song that is spookily appropriate.

At first (and subsequently 'til I tracked it down) hearing, I guessed at it being the Dixie Chicks. Not really being a C&W fan that was pretty good for me, I thought.

I had to grab this version, not the "official video" - embed is disabled by request - so I could place a video...

(Edit - I'm a little confused, because whilst I did pass-out over the keyboard again last night, I had written much more than this...)

Anyway, in case you may think me mad (and who would blame you) I present here my musical reasoning for the above belief that the song may have been some  kind of collaboration of some cowboy-type and the afore mentioned Dixie Chicks  ...

 Or is that just me?

I had read the new-to-me name 'Lady Antebellum' in play-lists and charts and not made the association to this hauntingly beautiful song. That was before even knowing what Antebellum meant: - 

 Antebellum or ante-bellum (Literally, Latin for "before the war") may refer to:
 

• Generally, Pre-war; the time period preceding a war.
   
• In the United States of America, the term refers to pre-Civil War America, especially the pre-Civil War culture in the southern states. Specifically, the era in the history of the United States after the American Revolution and the establishment of the U.S. as a sovereign nation, yet before the U.S. Civil War. Example: Slavery was an accepted part of antebellum plantation life.
   
• Antebellum architecture, the neoclassical architectural style of the American South during the Antebellum era.
   
• Lady Antebellum, an American country music group.

Hmmm..............? So what does that say about them? Does it leave me with 'Sun City' issues of conscience. Oh Dear.

I just thought it sounded a bit "Indie". An arena where other than cross-over chart success hits, I find little in the way of aural satisfaction. I was going to use Vampire Weekend as a sort of illustration, with regard the naming conventions and musical difficulties that present themselves.

I went off to find an illustrative video, only to find that I actually rather liked what I was going to present as something contrary to my musical tastes. This is something of an anthem I believe, particularly with the welly and wet fields brigade...

 

So I was rather  hoping to do one thing and ended up doing something quite the opposite.

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I have Electric Sheep. I had rather hoped I might benefit from some Electric Lamb Chops (English Lamb being so dear and all) - no such luck. I was slightly surprised by the small variety - it being on limitless Linux and all. Winamp visualizations have far greater variety.

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Having established I have a vast capacity for being wrong, I finish with, quite frankly more than a little amazement that many intellects which I have long considered superior to that of the NoozeHound falling somewhat short in consideration of the Gulf Oil Disaster.

As a Brit I feel admittedly a little protective in the face of BP bashing. Not that I have any vested interest, quite to the contrary in a round about way.

To me, away from the ill effects and dreadful US news coverage, it seems one party is getting a free ride in the affair. That party being the ones who granted the rights to drill (against the advice of interested parties); benefited from the granting of said licenses and overtly failed to correctly legislate and monitor safety (and by all accounts common-sense)  on the rigs they were benefiting from, namely the Bush administration.

As I have said, I acknowledge my capacity for being wrong, but Obama beating-up BP seems an awfully nice way of not confronting the real issues.

I think that particular little crook, Dubya, might go down in history as the teflon-covered prez.

Welcome to the disappointment.